Jordan and Evernmnn. — Fishes of North America. 1547 



1955. (HROMIS CYAXEUS (Poey). 



Depth 3A in total length with caudal; eye 3 in head. D. XII, 12; A. II, 

 12. Profile of snout formed by 2 equal curves; upper lobe of the caudal 

 longer than the lower; soft dorsal and anal higher than in multilineatus ; 

 color bright Prussian blue with a darker violet spot on each scale ; liack 

 and vertical fins darker, ventral paler; posterior part of the caudal trans- 

 lucent. Length 120 mm. Cuba. (Poey.) (mjaneus, Hvaveo';, hlne.) 



Fiircaria cyanea, Poey, Memorias, u, 196, pi. 14, figs. 5-8, 1860, Havana. 

 HcUastes cyaneus, GiJNTHEE, Cat., iv, 64, 1862. 



1956. CHROMIS MULTILINEATLS (Guicbenot). 



Head 3? ; depth 2i ; eye 3i in head. D. XII, 11 ; A. II, 12; scales 4-28-9. 

 I'.ody elongate, both curvatures about equal, head slightly concave in 

 front of eye ; eye low, a line from tip of snout to tip of opercle passing 

 through lower edge of pupil; maxillary slipping under preorbital, its tip 

 below anterior margin of orbit; a band of villiforni teeth in each jaw, in 

 front of whicli is a single row of conical-pointed teeth, the most anterior 

 larger, especially in lower jaw; no regular serra' on any of the opcriuFar 

 bones, but fho preopercle slightly rough at angle, opercle with a single 

 obtuse point; snout equal to eye; lateral line ceasing on front of end of 

 dorsal, with 19 scales; a series of disconnected pores along side of tail; 

 fourth dorsal spine highest, 21 in head ; soft dorsal pointed, the tips reach- 

 ing base of caudal, longest ray If in head ; second anal spine 2 in head, 

 equal to soft rays ; pectoral oijual to head; ventral slightly filameutouSj 

 reaching past vent, 1^ in head; axillary scale and scale between the fins 

 long, attenuate; caudal deeply forked, the lobes pointed (the upper lobe 

 is broken ofl^', so that we cannot tell whether the lobes are ecjual). Color 

 in alcohol, back dusky, becoming paler with bluish on the sides, with 

 faint lines along side of belly, with white below; dorsal black, the last 

 4 or 5 rays white; middle rays of caudal white, outer rays dusky; anal 

 slightly dusky; pectoral colorless, the axil black, the black .showing aa 

 a small blotch at upper base; ventrals white; a sulphur-yellow blotch 

 across tail behind dorsal. West Indies. Here described from a single 

 specimen 44 inches long (No. 4963 L. S, Jr. Univ. Mus.) from Jamaica. 

 (mulfum, many; lineatuH, lined.) 



Heliases iimltilineatus, Guichenot, Eamon de la Sagra, Poiss., Cuba, 76, pi. 2, fig. 2, 1855, 



Havana; in part; confused with Kyphoius incisor -, GtJNTHER, Cat., IV, 04,1862. 

 Furcaria pitncta* Vo'ETi, Memoria.s, a, 195, 1860, Havana. 

 Ghiomiis multilineatus, Jordan & Kutteb, Pioc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1897, 117. 



* Poey's description ot Fvrcaria puncta is in substance as follows: 



Head 4^ in total length with caudal : depth more than 3 ; eye 3J in head. B. 7 ; D. XII, 

 11; A. II, 11 or 12; scales 30-12; soft dorsal high; second anal 8i)ine as lon^ as the soft 

 rays ; tip of the ventral filamentous. Color violet brown ; base of the pectoral with a large 

 black spot ; a large orange spot close behind the last ray of tlie dorsal ; each scale with a 

 brown base forming even longitudinal streaks; a whitish streak along the lateral line; 

 dorsal fin bordered with bright orange; an orange border to the caudal, rather faint; 

 other fins growing yellowish at the tip. Gill rakers very long; vertebra) 11 -f- 15 =--26. 

 Length 5J inches. 



