1228 Bulletin ^y, United States National Museum. 



which it agrees in other respects, Ocyanthias differs in the form of the 

 caudal, which is truncate, with prolonged angles. In Holanthias fronti- 

 cinctus the caudal is convex. (oK/f, swift ; Anthhis.) 



1614. OCYANTHIAS MARTINICENSIS (Guicbenot). 



Head 3 ; depth 2h to 3. D. X, 15 ; A. Ill, 7 ; scales 2 to 4, 38 to 41-15 to 

 17, iiores 35 to 40. Snout f diameter of eye, which is 31 times in length 

 of head and a little exceeds interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting; 

 maxillary extending to below posterior third of eye, the width of its 

 distal extremity f tof diameter of eye; posterior border of preoperculum 

 finely serrated, the serrae enlarged at the angle; middle opercular spine 

 strong; 25 to 27 gill rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal origi- 

 nating above opercular cleft ; first and second spines shortest, third long- 

 est, li as long as the following ones, which are e([ual ; soft dorsal rounded, 

 deepest posteriorly ; no notch between spinous and soft portions ; pec- 

 toral as long as head, a little longer than ventrals; latter reaching origin 

 of anal ; anal spines strong, first short, second and third equal and as 

 long as last dorsal spine; fourth and fifth soft rays longest ; caudal trun- 

 cate, with the outer rays much produced. Lateral line forming an angle 

 below last dorsal rays. Reddish golden,* with lighter spots ; snout and 

 vertex whitish (red?), this color extending as a stripe on the nape to the 

 first dorsal spine, where it terminates in a point. Total length 160 milli- 

 meters. Caribbean Sea ; known from Martinique and Barbadoes ; the 

 present description taken by Dr. Boulenger from the original type. 

 {martinicensis, living in Martinique.) 

 Aylopon martinicensiK, Guichenot, Anthiani, Ann. Linn. Soc, Vol. x, 18G8, Martinique. (Coll. 



Boulenger.) 

 Odontmithias martuiicennis, Jordan & Eigenmann, I. c, 416, 1890. 

 Holanthias marlUdcenais, Boulenger, Cat., i, 317. 



518. GRAMMA, Poey. 



Gramma, Poey, Synopsis Piscium Cubensiuni, 290, 18G8, (loreto). 



Body rather elongate, compressed, covered with rather large, smootb- 

 ish scales. Lateral line interrupted, concurrent with the back, begin- 

 ning again on caudal peduncle. Head scaled above, its profile not 

 acute; preopercle serrate; opercle with weak armature. Mouth large, 

 with rather strong canines, especially in front of lower jaw ; strong 

 teeth on vomer and palatines ; preorbital very narrow, the maxillary not 

 slipping under it ; maxillary not scaly ; dorsals connected, the spinous 

 part twice as long as the soft part, spines 12 in number; anal spines 3, 

 the soft rays not elevated; pectoral narrow, without thickened rays; 

 caudal somewhat rounded; gill membranes somewhat connected. Gill 

 structures not described (having been cut away in the only specimen 

 known). A singular little fish, apparently allied to the Old-World genera 

 Pleseops and Trachinops, differing from these and agreeing with Anthias 



* Color golden red, little paler below, many lustrous green spots on tbe back; fina all unspotted 

 and more or less yellow; upper part of bead red. (Guicheuot.) 



