852 Bulletin ^7, United States National Museum. 



West Indies, known from Cuba and the Bahamas ; very close to 



HoJoccnlrus suborhitalis. (coruscus, sparkling.) 



Holoceutrum rontsctnii, PoEV, Memorias, ii, 158, 1860, Cuba; Jordan & Bollman, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus,, 1888, 550. 



1237. HOLOCEXTRUS BBACHTPTERUS, Poey. 



Head 3^ in total length with caudal ; depth 3^ ; eye 3 ; snout 4. D. XI 

 13; A. IV, 8; scales 40. Mouth moderate, maxillary reaching middle of 

 eye. Soft dorsal and anal not pointed; caudal lobes equal. Carmine; 

 longitudinal rosy streaks along rows of scales ; a pale band along spinous 

 dorsal; no white band on cheek. (Poey.) Cuba; a doubtful species, per- 

 haps the same as H. vexillarius. {Bpnxixj short; T:rtpur, fin.) 

 Holocetilrus hrachyptems, Poey, Repertorio, 184, 186G, Cuba. 



1238. HOLOCEXTRUS MARIANUS, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



(Mabian.) 



Head 3 in total length with caudal; depth 3|. D. XI, 13; A. IV, 8. 

 Body rather deep ; snout long, mouth large, maxillary reaciiiug middle of 

 eye ; opercular spines 2, short and subequal. Soft dorsal reaching f length 

 of caudal peduncle ; third anal spine very strong, its length f depth of 

 body, longer than first soft ray. Caudal lobes equal. Pyloric cceca 8 to 

 10. Bright red, the spinous dorsal with two rows of white spots ; other 

 fins carmine; no white blotch on cheeks. (Poej^) (ilfrtnrt«, a negro word 

 meaning tough and lean — a fish of much bone and little flesh.) 



Ilolncentntm marianiim* CvyiiiK & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss.,iii, 219, lS2:t, Martinique. 

 Holocenlrmn rostrulum, Poey, Memorias, ii, 157, 1860, Cuba; name preoccupied. 



1239. HOLOCENTRIS YEXILLARIUS, Poey. 



Head 3i in total length with caudal ; depth 3t ; eye 2f . U. XI. 13 ; A. 

 IV, 8; snout short; maxillary reaching first" third of eye. Caudal lobes 

 equal, vertical fins not very high; third anal spine | depth of body. 

 Metallic white, flushed with red-brown streaks along the edges of 

 scales; dorsal whitish, with large dark-red spots; spinous dorsal with a 

 black vertical bar behind each ray, not reaching its base; soft dorsal, 

 anal, and caudal with dark-red border. (Poey.) Cuba ; not seen by us. 

 (vexillariits, pertaining to a banner; from the'marks on the dorsal fin.) 



Holocentnim vexiUariuni, Poey, Memorias, ii, 158, 18G0, Cuba. 



Sohceiilrum productum,j Poey, Synopsis, :500, 1868; described from specimen .3 inches long; yotuig, 



as shown by the protruding snout. 

 i JJolocentnim riparinm,l Poey, Enumeratio, 37, 1875, Cuba. 



* Holocentms marianus, Cuvier A" Valenciennes: 



D. XI, 12 ; A. IV, 9. Third anal spine exceedingly long. Color silvery red, without longitu- 

 dinal streaks. No black spot on the dorsal, nor dark points on the scales. Lower jaw projecting. 

 Opercle with two flat points. ^lartinique. — Cuvier d: Valenciennes. 



fHead 3j in total; depth the game ; eye 3, half longer than snout. D. XI-15 ; A. IV, 10; 

 snout projecting ; maxillary reaching front of pupil. Upper spine of opercle with a black 

 point or perforation at base. Dorsal low, its highest spine half depth of body : third anal 

 apine strong. Kosy ; belly silvery ; series of scales scarcely marked by streaks ; fins red ; first 

 two and last two interspaces between spines dusky. Matauzas. — Poey. 



X Hohicciitrum rijinrititii is based iin small specimens found in shallow water along the reefs and 

 is said to diffir from vi:riUarii(r: in having tlie first three spines only with black interspaces. It 

 is possibly a distinct species, but needs verificatiou. 



