6. PACHTUKUS. 281 



3. Eques pimctatus. 



Parra, pi. 2. f. 1. 



Eques pimctatus, HI. Sc/in. p. 106. pi. 3. f. 2 (cop.) ; Cuv. &■ Val. v. 

 p. 167. pi. 110. 



D. 11 I :jL. A. |-. CfEC, pylor. 7*. Vert. 11/14. 



The first dorsal as high as the body below. Brown : sides of the 

 head with two vertical bands ; sides of the body with curved bands, 

 running from the back to the root of the caudal fin. The vertical 

 fins with bluish- white spots. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



h. Adult : stuffed, Caribbean Sea. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Caribbean Sea. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



d. Adult: stuffed. 



e-g. Adult : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. PameU's Collection. 



6. PACHYURUS. 



Pachyurus, Agass. in Spix, Pise. Bras. p. 123. 

 Lepipterus, Ciw. <^' Val. v. p. 151. 



Body oblong ; muzzle with the jaws nearly equal in front ; eye 

 moderate. Two dorsals, the fii-st with ten spines ; one of the anal 

 spines strong. The second dorsal and caudal fins densely covered with 

 scales. All the teeth villiform. Praeoperculum distinctly denticu- 

 lated. Scales moderate, or rather small. Air-bladder? Pseudo- 

 branchiae (P. schomhurgkii). 



South America. 



1. Pachyurus squamipinnis. 



Pachyirrus squamipeuuis, Agass. in Spix, Pise. Pros. p. 123. tab. 71. 

 D. 10 I 36. A. |. V. 1/5. L. lat. 96. 



The second dorsal and caudal fins densely covered with small 

 scales to their extremity. Caudalis roimded ; the second anal spine 

 very thick and strong, its length being 2| in that of the head ; the head 

 is one-foiu'th of the total length ; the diameter of the eye one-seventh 

 of the length of the head ; the fii'st dorsal spotted with brown. 



Atlantic Ocean. 



a. Nineteen inches long : stuffed : not good state. 



2. Pachyurus francisci. 



Lepipterus francisci, Cuv. S( Val. \. p. 152. pi. 113. 



D.10|±. A.f V.1/5. 



Caudalis rounded ; the second anal spine very thick and strong, 



* Cuvier gives as a cliaraoter of the genus, foiu- pyloric ajipeiKlageB (p. 165), 

 but in the descriiition of this species (p. 168) he says that he has found seven. 



