7. EPHipprs. 61 



1. Ephippus faber. 



Faber marinus, Shane, Hist. Jam. ii. p. 251. f. 4. 



Chjetodon triostegus, part., L. St/st. Nat. p. 46-3; Gi?>. L. p. 124(5. 



Zeus quadratus, Gin. L. St/st. Nat. p. 1225. 



Chaetodon faber, Bl. taf. 212. f. 2 ; Bl. Schn. p. 223 ; Gm. i. p. 1263 ; 



Lacep. iv. pp. 456, 482 ; Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 340. 

 Seleue quadrangularis, Lacfp. iv. p. 564. 



Chffitodon ovifomii.s, Mitch. Trans. Lit. 8,- Phil. Soc. N. Turk, i. pi. 5. f. 4. 

 Ephippus faber, Cuv. i^- Val. vii. p. 213 ; Dekay, New York Fauna, 



Fishes, p. 97. pi. 23. f. 68 ; Holbr. Ichfh. S. Carol, p. 108. pi. 15. f. 1. 



D. 8 I ^. A. ^. L. lat. 65. Yert. 9/14. C«c. pylor. 4. 



The third dorsal spine elongate, flexible ; the anterior portion of 

 the soft dorsal and anal produced (in adult specimens ; rounded in 

 younger ones) ; the first ray of tlie ventral fins elongate. Six rather 

 indistinct bro-^vnish cross-bauds, the anterior of which passes the 

 eye ; adidt specimens uniform. 



Atlantic coasts of the United States and of Tropical America. 

 a. Adult. Guatemala. 

 h, c. Half-grown. Texas. Piu-chased of Mr. Brandt. 



d. Half-grown: bad state. West Indies. Pm-ehasedofiJj-. Scrivener. 



e. Adult. St. Domingo. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



f-q. Half-grown: sliins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

 r. Adult. ITorth America. Presented by Edward Doubleday, Esq. 

 s. Half-gro-mi. N. America. Presented by Edward Doubleday, Esq. 

 t. Half-grown. N. America. Presented by Edward Doubleday, Esq. 

 u, V. Half-grown : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 

 w. Adult : stufted : not good state. 



2. Ephippus gigas. 



Ephippus gigas, {Parkins.) Cuv. Rk/ne Anim. ; Agass. in Spix, Ge>iera 

 et %>ec. Pise. Brasil. p. 113. tab. 61 ; Cuv. iS,- Val. vii. p. 121. pi. 204; 

 Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 99. pi. 23. f. 71 ; Holbr Ichth 

 S. Carol, p. 105. pi. 15. f. 2. 



D. 8 I ^^. A. ^. Vert, f" Case, pylor. 6. 



This species is said to be distinguished from the preceding by the 

 extraordinary development of the occipital crest and of the anterior 

 interhfemals into thick bony masses, which peculiarity is not found in 

 any of the numerous specimens of .^37i./rt6er in the British Museum. 

 None of these exceed the length of eight inches ; and it will require 

 a renewed examination to decide whether Benjamin Wolf was not 

 right in referring the .skeleton, which he described in his dissertation 

 (Berhn, 1824), to Epliipims fnher. 



a. Interhftraal spine. 



3. Ephippus goreensis. 



Cut: 8,- Val. vii. p. 125. pi. 178. 



D. 7 I ^. A. 1. L. lat. 40. 

 The second dorsal spine elongate, flexible ; the soft dorsal and 



