8. nOLOCENTRUM. 29 



BoJiauus pentacantlius,^toeA. t. 225 (very bad); 8haw,Zool. iv. p. 570. 

 pi. 83 (very bad). 



jaguar, Lacep. iv. p. 286 (bad). 



Scitena rubra, Bl. Schi. p. 82 (not Forsk.). 



Ampbiprion matejuels, £1. ScJin. p. 206. 



Ilolocentrus sogbo, Block, t. 232. 



Holocentrum lougipinne, Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 185, vii. p. 496. 



D. 11 I 15. A. 1 V. 1/7. L. lat. 47-50. L. transv. 4/7. 



Ctec. pylor. 25. Vert. 11/16. 



The height of the body is 3 1- in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times ; the interspace het'^een the eyes is 6|- in the latter 

 (opercular spine included). Operculum with two flat spines, the 

 lower of which is the smaller. The third and fourth dorsal spines 

 longest, the soft dorsal fin as high as the body ; the length of the 

 caudal is 3|- in the total, the ujiper lobe much longer ; the third and 

 fourth anal spines longest, but the former much longer and stronger ; 

 the ventral fins reach near to the anus, much longer than pectoral. 

 Eeddish, with more or less distinct shining longitudinal bands. 



Caribbean Sea ; Coast of Brazil. 



a. Fine specimen. Cuba. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



h. Adult. Cuba. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



c-lc. Adult and half-grown : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnoll's 



Collection. 

 I. Hidf-grown. St. Clmstophers. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 m. Adult. West Indies. From the Haslar Collection. 

 n, 0. Adidt : not good state. West Inches. 



p-r. Adidt: stuffed. West Indies. From Mr. Scrivener's Collection. 

 s. Half-grown : stuifed : not good state. Bahia. 

 t. Adidt. America. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 u-x. Adidt : stuffed. America. 

 y. Half-grown. America. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



2. Holocentrum furcatum. (Plate IV.) 



D. 11 I 16. A. j^. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 4/7. 



The height of the body is equal to the length of the head, and 

 not quite one-fourth of the total length. The interspace between 

 the eyes is 6^ in the length of the head. Snout shorter than the 

 diameter of the eye ; the upper maxillary reaches nearly to below 

 the middle of the eye. Operculum with one veiy large spine and 

 several very small ones beneath ; the prseopercular spine one-half 

 of the length of the posterior edge of praioperculum, the second to 

 fifth dorsal spines longest, not quite one-half the height of the body ; 

 the soft dorsal fin elongate ; caudal very deeply forked, with slender 

 and elongate lobes, the upper much longer than the lower. The 

 third anal spine longest, but one-eighth only of the total length. 

 Eed, ^^•ith lighter longitudinal bands. 



«. Adult : stuffed. South Sea. 



