166 PERCID^. 



broadest, spanning from the foiu'th dorsal spine to the tenth ; the 

 soft part of dorsalis ^vith fine darker streaks. 

 Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 



6. Adult : stiifted. America. Presented by Dr. Pamell. 



c. Fine specimen. S. America. Presented by Sii- E. Schomburgk. 



(7. Fine specimen. Sine patria. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



e. Fine specimen. (Canton?) Presented by the Zoological Society. 



/. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



22. Plectropoma indigo. 



Puei/, Memor. Cuba, 1851, p. (39. lam. 3. f. 1. 



D '" A ^ 

 V.-. A.-^. 



Allied to PI. jmella. Prasopercidnm finely serrated behind, with 

 rather smaU spinoiis teeth beneath. Blue, with five bluish cross- 

 bands, the middle of which is broadest ; ventrals black ; caudalis 

 emarginate. {Pocij.) 



Cuba. 



23. Plectropoma bovinum. 



Poeij, Memor. Cuba, 1851, p. 69. 



D. y^. A. y. Cffic. pylor. 6. 



PrPDoperculum finely serrated behind, with rather smaU spinous 

 teeth beneath. Dark blue, with eight lighter cross-bands. Cau- 

 dalis emarginate. {Poey.) 



Cuba. 



24. Plectropoma gummigfutta. 



Poeij, 3Iciiwr. Cuba, 1851, p. 70. lam. 3. f. 2. 



Prseoperculum serrated behind, and with rather stronger dentieu- 

 lations beneath. Caudalis emarginate. Yellowish, with two black, 

 blue-edged spots before the eye ; muzzle blue. {Poey.) 



Cuba. 



25. Plectropoma gutta-varium. 



Plectropoma gutta-varium, Poey, I. c. pp. 70, 441. 



melauorhiiia, Guichen. Poiss. in Ramon, de la Sac/ra, Hist. Cuba, 



p. 18. pi. 1. f. 1. 



D-n^- A.f 



Praeoperculum serrated behind, and with rather stronger denticu- 

 lations beneath. Caudalis eraarguiato. The anteiior parts of the 

 body yellow, the posterior black ; fins yellow ; a black, blue-edged 

 spot in front of the eye. 



Cuba. 



