64 KEVIEW OF AMERICAN JULIDTNiE. 



dark lateral bauds fade, sometimes becoming more or less broken ; the 

 corners of the caudal become dark, and there is usually a dark spot at 

 base of last dorsal ray. 



The earliest specific name, radiatus^ia untenable, because preoccupied. 

 The name next in date, Mvittatus, is based on a rather j^oor figure, which 

 could, however, have beeu intended for no other known species. This 

 name must therefore be retained. The name j^sittaculus is said to be 

 based on the same figure. The humeraUs of Poey seems to be unques- 

 tionably the adult of this fish, common in the Havana markets, and his 

 arangoi is a young example of the same, from different bottom, and 

 showing a coloratiou more like our Florida specimens. The f/ranai- 

 sqnamis of Gill is based on an adult example in which the coloration is 

 less sharply defined, and finally the fiorealis of Jordan & Gilbert is 

 the gaily-colored young. None of this synonymy seems to us subject 

 to any serious question. 



8. Platyglossus dispilus. 



riatyglosstis dispilus Giiuther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Londou, 25, 1864 (Panama); 

 Giiutlier, Fish. Cent. Am., 447, 1869 (Panama) ; Steindachuer, Iclath. Bei- 

 triige III, 64, 1875 (Acapulco) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. T^. S. Fisb Com., 

 108, 1882 (Mazatlan); Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 384, 1885 (Mazat- 

 lan ; name only); Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Am., 99, 1885. 



Habitat. — Panama fauna; Mazatlan to Panama. 



This species has been well figured and described by Dr. Giinther. It 

 was found by Dr. Gilbert to be rather common in the rock-pools about 

 Mazatlan. It reaches but a small size. The characters in our analysis 

 of species are taken from the figure of Dr. Giinther. 



9. Platyglossus caudalis. 



Jiilis crotaplms Cnv. »& Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIII, 395, tab. 395, 1839 (Baliia), 



(not of Cuvier). 

 Flat)j(jlossus crotaplius Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., IV, 163, 1862 (Bahia, 



Jamaica); Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, 463, 1870 (St. Croix). 

 ChaTOjiiIls crota^jlms Foey, Euumeratio, 109, 1875 (Havana). 

 JuHs caudalis Poey, Mem. Cuba, II, 213, 1861 (Havana); Giluthor, Cat. Fish. 



Brit. Mus., lY, 191, 1862 (copied). 

 riati/glossiis caudalis Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., IV, 166, 1862 (copied) ; 



Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 286, 1882 (Pensacola) ; Jordan, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 37, 1884 (Pensacola). 

 ? Julis 2)ic.lusFoey, Mem. Cuba, II, 214, 1861 (Havana). 

 ? Flatiiylossuspictus Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., IV, 166, 1862 (Cuba). 

 ? Platyglossus pocifi Steindachuer, Ichth. Notiz., VI, 49, 1867 (Surinam). 



Habitat. — West Indian fauna ; Pensacola to Bahia. 



This species is known to us only from several specimens taken in deep 

 water near Pensacola by Mr. Silas Stearns, and described as Platy- 

 glossus caudalis by Jordan & Gilbert. 



The synonymy of the species is not wholly satisfactory. The origi- 

 nal descriptions of crotaphus, caudalis^ pictns, and pocyi all show some 

 of the distinctive characters of our specimens ; but these specimens, 

 while agreeing closely with each other, all diverge more or less from 



