22. cAi,i,A.\TniAs. 87' 



the edge ; dorsalis with some liglitcr bands : in the fresh fish, body 

 with broad, vertical, dark bands. 

 Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



«. Adnlt. North America. Purchased of Mr. War\nck. 



b. Adult: skin. New York. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



c. Adult : skin. Gronov's original specimen. 



Holbrook (/. c. p. 46) distinguishes two species, one being found 

 to the north of Capo Hatteras, the other to the south of it. The first, 

 he says, is the fish described by Schopff", or Conjphma nigrcsccm, 

 Bl., and Perca varia, Mitch. The pectoral fin is said to be longer 

 than the ventral in the southern species, and coterminal with it in 

 the northern. Further, the aii--bladder is sacculated in the southern 

 (C. atmrlus, Holbr.), and never in the northern (C. nigricans, Holbr.). 

 I have, at present, no opportunity of confirming these observations. 



15. Centropristis hirundinaceus. 



Centi-opristis hirundinaceus, (Latiffsdorf) C'tiv. ^- Val vii. p. 450; 

 Faun. Japot}. p. 14. pi. 5. f. 2. 



10 6 



Operculum -tt-itli two spines. Caudalis forked ; rose-coloured 

 above ; the dorsal rays and spines with brown spots. 

 Japanese seas. 



22. CALLANTHIAS. 



Callanthicas, Lowe, Proc. Zuol. Soc. 1880, p. 76, and Fishes of Madeira, 

 p. 13. 



Six branchiostegals. Teeth viUiform, Avith canines in both jaws ; 

 teeth on the palatine bones ; tongiie smooth. One dorsal," with 

 eleven spines, the anal fin with three. Operculum spiniferous ; 

 praeoporculum entire. A part of the fins elongate. Scales moderate. 



Coasts of Madeira. 



1. Callanthias peloritanus. 



Bodianus peloritanus, Cocco, Giornale cU Scienze per la Sicilia, Palermo, 

 1829, p. 1.38. 



Antliias buphthalmos, Bonap. Faun. Ital., Pesci, pi. . f. 3. 



Callanthias paradisfeus, Lowe, Sxppl. Syji. 3Iad. Fisltes, in Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1839, p. 76, and Fishes of Madeira, p. 13. t. 3 (excellent de- 

 scription). 



D. ii. A. ^. L.lat. 22-24. Vert. 11/13. Cffic. pylor. 3. 



Muzzle exceedingly short ; fourth and fifth soft rays of dorsal fin, 

 and both the lobes of caudal fin. elongate. Back rose-coloured, sides 

 and fins with a yellow tint. 



Madeira. 



rt. Adult: fine specimen, iladeira. Presented Ity the Kev. K. T. 

 Lowe. 



