Joj'dan and Evermann, — Fishes of North Avierica. 1713 



672. CANTHERINES, Swainson. 



Cantherines, Swainson, Class'u Fishes, II, 327, 1839 {nasutus = sandwichensis) . 



? Acanthoderma, Agassiz, Poiss. Fossiles, Vol. 2, 251, 1843 (ovale; fossil ; name preoccupied) . 



Liomonacanthus, Bleeker, Ned. Tydskr. Dierk., Ill, 11, 1866 (pardalis). 



Cantliorhinus, Gill; corrected spelling. 



This genus difters from Monacanthus cliiefly in the ahsence of barbs on 

 the dorsal spine, which is long, strong, and placed over the front of the 

 eye. Scales minute. Species few. {xdvQoi;, ass, or more likely dxavQa, 

 spine; piv, snout.) 



a. Dorsal I, 35; A. 31. pullus, 2128. 



aa. Dorsal 1, 38; A. 34. carol.3?,, 2129. 



2128. CANTHERINES PI LUIS (Kanzani). 

 (Ll.JA COLORADA.) 



Depth about 2. D. II, 35; A. 31. Body moderately' elevated; snout 

 moderately produced, the upper profile slightly concave; posterior mar- 

 gin of eye directly above axil. Adults (12 inches long) with 2 to 6 pairs 

 of strong recurved spines on each side of tail ; caudal short ; dorsal spine 

 nearly straight, rather shorter than head, without barbs, serrulate in 

 front, situated above front of eye; skin with a velvety appearance; the 

 scales minute. Coloration variable, generally with a whitish spot behind 

 the last dorsal ray, and several more or less distinct pale longitudinal 

 bauds along tail; head with undulated bluish streaks; body sometimes 

 with scattered round light spots, each with a dark speck in the center; 

 young sometimes uniform silvery; color probably varying with surround- 

 ings. Reaches a weight of 6 pounds. (Giinther.) West Indies and coast 

 of Brazil, occasionally north to southern Florida; specimens from Bahia 

 examined by us, brown in color, without markings. Identified by Giin- 

 ther with the widely distributed East Indian species, Cantlurines pardalis, 

 perhaps correctly, but the color seems different, {pullus, dusky gray.) 



Lija colorada, Parka, Dif. Piezas, etc., pi. 23, 1787, Cuba. 



Monacanthus pullus, Eanzani, Nov. Comm. Act. Sci. Inst. Bonon., v, 4, pi. 1, 1842, Brazil ; 



Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 858, 1883. 

 Monacanthus macrocerus, Hollaed, I. c, ii, 327, pi. 12, fig. 1, 1854 ; adult, Bahia ; body 



covered with rounded spots, size of eye. 

 Monacanthus ruppelH, Castelnau, Anim. Am. Nouv. Amer. Sud, Poiss., 97, pi. 47, fig. 2, 



1855, Bahia; D. II, 35; A. 30; body with orange spots. 

 Monacanthus irroratus, Poey, Memorias, II, 330, 1861, Cuba; cheeks with oblique orange 



streaks; body with longitudinal brown streaks and pale spots. 

 Monacanthus stratus, Pc^Y, Memorias, ii, 329, 1861, Cuba ; 6 spines on each side of tail. 

 Monacanthus parraianus, Poey, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 185, Cuba ; after Lija 



Colorada of Parra ; 4 spines ou each side of tail. 

 Monacanthus punctatus, Poey, Synopsis, 437, 1868, Cuba; no stripes on sides of cheek; 



spots on body yellow. 

 Monacanthut pardalU, GOnther, Cat.,vin, 230, 1870; in part, probably not of EOppell. 



2129. CANTHERINES CAROLiE, Jordan & McGregor, new species. 



Head 3i^; depth 2. D. I, 38; A. 34; eye 5+. Body elliptical, com- 

 pressed; anterior profile somewhat concave, oblique; mouth small; teeth 

 large, white, and irregular; gill opening somewhat in front of j)ectoral, 



