Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 847 



opercle striated, the 8tiiii' ending in tine points at posterior edge of oper- 

 cle, above a very feeble spine. Pectorals shorter than ventrals ; third 

 and fourth anal sjiines nearly ec^ual in length, the former broader. 

 Deep crimson, paler below ; a blood-red bar across opercle and base of 

 pectoral, becoming black in spirits ; tins red, the vertical fins edged with 

 whitish. Length 1 foot. West Indies to Brazil ; common ; a brilliantly 

 colored fish. {Jacobnn, James; the species is called Frere-Jacques, 

 " brother Jim." in Martinique.) 



Miirii)ristis jacobus, CuviEB & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 162, 1829, Martinique; 



GuNTHER, Cat., I, 19, 1859. 

 Myriprixlis lijchuKs, PoEY, Memorias, n, 159, 1860; Havana. 

 Rhinoberijx chrysetis, Coi'E, Proc. Aruer. Philos. Soc, 464, 1870, St. Croix Island. 



1231. MYBIPRISTIS OCCIDENTAIIS, Gill. 



Head 3| in extreme length ; depth nearly 4 ; eye 2i ; snout 5. D. X-I, 

 13; A. IV, 11 ; scales 3-35 or 36-7 ; pectoral fin contained (J times in the 

 total length, the ventrals 74, and the caudal 5 times. Color on the upper 

 half reddish purple, silvery below, with many dark points, especially 

 along edges of scales ; fins pale, except a darker border along spinous 

 dorsal. Length 6 inches. (Gill.) Pacific Coast of Mexico ; common in 

 rock pools about Cape San Lucas, (occidentalis, western.) 



Myrioprislis occideiitalis, Gii.L, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 87; Cape San Lucas. (Coll. 



Xautus.) 

 Rhat)iphoberyx leucopus, Gill, I. c, 88, Cape San Lucas. (Coll. Xantus.) 



1232. .MTRIPRISTIS PffiCILOPUS (Gill). 



Head 4 in extreme length; depth 3^; eye 2; snout 5, blunt. D. X-I, 

 14; scales 3-35 or 36-7. Olive green, golden green below, and cupreous 

 on the opercle ; spinous dorsal dark green in front of each spine, but 

 light behind as well as above and below; black in spirits; spinous dor- 

 sal margined with dark; ventrals with a broad blackish terminal band; 

 base of caudal punctulate with dark spots. (Gill.) Cape San Lucas. 

 Known from the types, which are very young; probably the young of 

 Holocentrus suhorhitalis. {ttoiklXoc, variegated; rroi'f, foot.) 



Rhamphoburyx pcccilopiis, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. S('i. Phila., 1863, 87, Cape San Lucas. (Coll. 

 Xantus.) 



382. HOLOCENTRUS (Gronow) Scopoli. 

 (Squirrel-fishes.) 



Holocentrum, Artedi, Seba, iii, about 1740, noiibinomial, {mbrutti). 



IMocentnts, Gronow, Zoophjl., 65, 1763, (roslratiis, nonbinoniial). 



llolocnillom (Gronow), Scopoli, Int. Hist. Nat., p. 449, 1777. 



Hotocentrtis, Blocu, Ichthyol., iv, 61, 1790, (sojo). 



Khi/nchichtliys, Ctjvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poi8.s., vii, 503, 1831, (pelamUis) (young). 



Holocetitrum, of authors generally. 



