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of its having licen rose-coloured, with parallel oblique and longitudinal 

 shining golden bands follo^ving the series of scales. There are v-isi- 

 ble on the sides of the head two oblique bands of indistinct colour, 

 one running from the back edge of the orbit across the operculum, 

 the other from below the eye to the inferior part of the operculum. 

 Length of the specimen 9". 



5. Anthias tonsor. 



Sen'anu3 tonsor, Citv. ^- VaJ. ii. p. 262. 

 D.,^. A. I-. 



12 b 



Third spine of dorsal, ventral, and caudal fins much elongate. 

 No large teeth on the angle of prajoperculum. 

 Shores of Brazil. 



6. Anthias furcifer. 



Sen'anus fm'cifer, Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 264. 

 D i A 1 



Only the caudal fin elongate, upper part longer. Reddish, on 

 each side with four small round violet spots ; fins not streaked. 

 Shores of Brazil. 



7. Anthias trifurcus. 



Perca trifurca, Li»n. Si/sf. Nut. i. p. 480. 

 Lutjanus tridens, Lacep. iv. p. 246. 



Ceutropristes tridens, Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 43 ; Holbr. Iclith. S. Carol. 

 p. 47. pi. 7. f. 1. 



D.f:- A.f, 



Dorsal spines with very long filaments ; tail trifiu'cate. Grey, 

 with a piu-ple tint, and six dusky cross-bars on the sides of body ; 

 a black spot at the posterior extremity of the spinous dorsal. 



Coasts of South Carolina and Georgia. 



8. Anthias macrophthalmus. 



Centropristis macrophthalmus, 3Iiilk'r iS'- Troschcl in Scho/nb. Hist. 

 Barbae!, p. 666 (not Anthias macrophthahnus, Bloch). 



D. i?. A. |. L. lat. 58. L. transv. 7/16. 



Caudalis deeply, dorsalis not notched ; the last ray of the dorsal 

 and anal fins elongate ; the diameter of the eye one-third of the 

 length of the head ; pra)operculum nearly right-angular, with obtuse 

 dcnticulations at the hinder and lower limbs ; a large space of the 

 angle naked. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Large specimen : stuffed. West Indies. From Dr. Janvier's 



Collection. 



b. Fine specimen. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



