1668 Bulletin //, Lhiifed States National Museum. 



2080. CHJ:T0DIPTERUS PABEB (P.roussonet). 



(Angel-fish ; Spade-fish.) 



Head 3 to 3i; depth 1 to 11. D. YIII-I, 20; A. Ill, 18; scales 60; ca>ca 

 4 to 6. Vertical fins low in the young, falcate in the adult. Third dor- 

 sal spine more than .} head, in adult about as long as from tij? of snout to 

 edge of preopercle, its membrane blackish, more produced in the young; 

 chin with a row of pores; i>reorbital nearly as wide as eye; pectoral con- 

 siderably shorter than Aentral, the first soft ray of the latter filamentous. 

 Grayish; a dusky band across the eye to the throat; a second similar 

 band, broader, beginning in front of the dorsal and extending across base 

 of pectoral to the belly ; a third band, narrowcsr, extending to middle of 

 sides, from the base of fourth and fifth dorsal spines ; a fourth broader 

 band from the last dorsal spine to the anal spines, the remaining bands 

 alternately short and long; all of these bands growing obscure and dis- 

 appearing with age; ventrals black. Length 2 to 3 feet. Cape Cod to 

 Rio Janeiro; very abundant on our South Atlantic coast; an excellent 

 food-fish, reaching a large size. Very large specimens, which we suppose 

 to be old individuals, but which have been regarded as a distinct species 

 {Eph'qjiius g'lgas, Cuvier), haAe the occipital crest and anterior iiiterhiemals 

 developed in thick bony masses. Similar changes occur in the adult of 

 Selene and other CaratujUhe. (faher, blacksmith; the species was called 

 Faber marinus by Sloane.) 



Faber marinus fere quadi-atus (the Pilot-flsh) Sloane, Nat. Hist. Jamaica, ii, 2!)0, pi. 251, 

 1793,Jamaica. 



Chatodcyn faher, Broussonet, Ichth. Decas, 1, v, pi. 4, 1782, Jamaica (Coll. ,T. Ellis) ; Caro- 

 lina (Coll. Dr. Blagden). [Society Islands, Banlvs & Solaiider.] 



Zeus quadratns, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., l, 1225, 1788, Jamaica; after Fn}}er viarimis fere 

 q^tadratus of Sloane. 



Ghcetodon phimieri, Bloch, Ichtliy., pi. 211, 1793, Martinique; after Blumier. 



Selene quadrangularis, Laci5pi;de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 564, 1803, Jamaica ; after Sloane. 



Chcetodon oviformis, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc, l, 1815, 247, pi. 5, fig. 4, New York. 



Ephippus gigas, Cuvier, Eegne Anim., Ed. ii, Vol 2, 191, 1829, America; very old 

 examples with awoUen occipital crest ; Gunther, Cat., u, 61, I860; Holbrook, Ichlh. 

 S. Car., 107, 1860. 



Ephippus faher, Gunther, Cat., ii, 61, I860; Holbrook, Ichth. S. Car., 107, 1860. 



Chcetodiptcrus faher, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 613,1883. 



20S1. CHiETODlPTERUS ZONATUS (Girard). 



Dorsal VIII-I, 18; anal II, 16; scales 70. Long rays of soft dorsal and 

 anal I longer than head. This species agrees with Chatodipterus faber in 

 nearly all respects. The chief difterences are that behind the great band 

 from soft dorsal to anal in C. zonatus there are 2 other bands ; 1 under mid- 

 dle of soft dorsal, the other at base of caudal, both distinct complete 

 rings; no other bands. The third dorsal spine is not very high, being 

 only about I length of head, and about twice height of the fourth. 

 Length 2 feet or more. Pacific coast of America, Sau Diego to Panama; 

 rather common southward. Occasionally seen at Mazatlan, several speci- 

 mens being taken by ns in the Astillero. It was found by Dr. Gilbert at 

 Mazatlan and Panama. The original type of the species came from San 



