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CO. Veutral fm with the outer rays not i>rotluccd, its lenj^th liot half more than 

 that of inner ray; body slender, the depth 4 in length; opercle 

 with a conspicuous black spot ; a blue-black band from snout 

 through eye to base of caudal ; a narrower and fainter band from 

 lower base of pectoral to above anal, these bands growing fainter 

 with age and sometimes disappearing; no axillary spot; fins mostly 

 pale, with bright colors in life; angles of caudal black in adult; 

 lower phai'yngeals T-shaped, the anterior limb shorter than any 



other species examined Bi vittatus, 7. 



aaa. Caudal fin double concave, the median portion convex, the outer rays somewhat 

 produced. 

 g. A round jet-black spot on lateral lino below fourth and fifth dorsal 

 spine ; no spot behind eye ; ventrals with the outer ray little pro- 

 duced, not reaching nearly to tips of pectorals ; body rather stout, 

 the depth about 3^ in length ; profile steep ; snout moderately 

 pointed ; scales before dorsal in about 6 rows ; a variegated blotch 

 behind pectorals ; tins mostly pale, with paler streaks ; no axillary 



spot V I)ISP1LUS, 8. 



gg. A round jet-black spot close behind eye ; no spot on lateral line ; 

 ventrals with the outer raj'S somewhat produced, reaching to op- 

 posite tips of pectorals, but scarcely twice length of inner rays; 

 body slender, the depth 4 to 4^ in length ; profile not steep ; snout 

 pointed ; eye rather large ; scales before dorsal in 7 rows, not cross- 

 ing mediau line ; sides with an orange baud and numerous sky- 

 blue spots; fins pale, with many streaks of orange and blue; no 

 axillary spot Caudalis, 9. 



1. Platyglossus radiatus. Pudding-ivife ; Doncclla. 



Pudiano ver(?e Marcgrave, Hist. Pise. Brasil., 146, 1648 (Brazil; on a drawing 

 by Prince Maurice, of Nassau). 



Turdus oeulo radiato (Pudding-wife) Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carol., II, 12, tab. 

 xii, fig. 1, 1743 (Bahamas). 



Lahrus radiatus Linnteus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 288, 1758 (based on Catesby). 



Flatyijlosms radiatus Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., IV, 163, 1862 (copied); 

 Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., 135, 1884 (Key West) ; Jordan, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., 194, 1884 (identification of Catesby's figure); Jordan, Bull. U. 

 S. Fish Com., 78, 1884 (Key West) ; Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Am., 98, 1885; 

 Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885 (Havana). 



ChoerojuUs radiatus Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 35, 1875 (Bermudas). 



Doncella Parra, Desc. Dif. Piez. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 95, lam. 37, fig. 1, 1787 (Ha- 

 vana). 



Lalrns brasilienits Bloch, Ichth., taf. 280, about 1787 (Brazil ; on a drawiug by 

 Prince Maurice, of Nassau, of the Pudiano Verde) ; Bloch &■ Schneider, Sys- 

 tema Ichthyol., 242, 1801 (copied). 



Chlorichthys hrasiliensis Swaiuson, Class. Fish., &c., 232, 1839 (name only). 



Julis crotaphus Cuvier, Rfegne Auini., ed. II, 1828 (based on Doncella of Par- 

 ra; no description). 



Julis ciiauostif/ma Cuv. «.t Val.. Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIII, 391, 1839 (Martinique). 



Platyglossus ci/anoslifpna Gnnth<}i-, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., IV, 161, 1862 (Carib- 

 bean Sea) ; Cope, Trans. Am. Piiil. Soc, 464, 1870 (St. Croix) ; Giinther, 

 Shore Fishes, Challenger, 4, 1880 (St. Paul's Rocks, mid-Atlantic). 



ChcerojuVts c!ianosligmaVoe.y,Synoimin Pise. Cub., 334, 1868 (Havana); Poey, 

 Enumeratio, 1.S75, 107 (Havana). 



Julis opalina Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIII, 392, 1839 (Martinique). 



