4. H0LACANTHtJ3. 47 



the vertical from the posterior margin of the operculum ; the soft 

 dorsal and anal fins are much produced. A bluish ring on the nape 

 of the neck ; a bluish blotch on the upper and posterior angle of the 

 operculum ; a bluish vertical streak from the occiput, touching the 

 anterior margin of the eye ; the dorsal and anal fins with bluish 

 margins ; caudal yellow. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a, b. Adult and half-grown : stuffed. Bahia. 



c~f. Adult : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 



g. Adult : skin. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



h-Jc. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. 



I. Sixteen inches long : stuffed. West Indies. 



m, n. Half-grown : stuffed. Old Collection. 



o-j. Adult and half-grown : bad state. From the Haslar Col- 

 lection. 



r, s. Adult and half-grown : skins. From Gronov's Collection. 



t. Half-grown. 



w. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. — A blidsh vertical 

 streak before and behind the eye, both united by cross-streaks 

 above the orbit. 



12. Holacanthus formosus. 



Castelnau, Antm. nouv. ou rares de I'Am&r. du Sud, Poiss. p. 19. 

 pi. 11. f. 2. 



D.-ii-. A.-?-.* 



25 (?) 21 (?) 



The prseopercular spine is rather small ; the scales of moderate 

 size ; the dorsal and anal fins produced posteriorly. A blackish 

 ocular band, edged with blue, from the neck to the root of the ven- 

 trals ; body with fom* blue transverse bands, one from the middle of 

 the spinous dorsal, the tlu'ee others from the soft ; caudal, ventral, 

 and pectoral fins yellow, the latter with a blackish spot at the base. 

 (Casteln.) 



Sea of Bahia. 



13. Holacanthus lepidolepis. 



Bleeker, Batav. p. 468. 



D.L3. A.I. L.lat. 70. 



[The scales are covered with smaller scales at the base.] The 

 prseopercular spine is longer than the eye, its length being one- 

 third of that of the head ; the dorsal and anal fins are much 

 produced. Each scale with a bluish spot ; the opercles and ventral 

 fins edged with blue ; the produced parts of the dorsal and anal 

 yellow. (57.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



* The numbers of the fins are entirely wrong as stated by Castelnau, I. c. 



