0. H^KMULON. 305 



Centropomus plumieri, Lacep. iv. p. 2G8. 

 Chilodipterus chrysopterus, Lace}), iii. p. 5 

 Conodoii antillanus, Cuv. Sf Val. v. p. 156. 



D. 11 1 ^. A. \. L. lat. 54. L. transv. ^. 



The second anal spine one-half of the length of the head. The 

 upper maxiUary reaches to the anterior margin of the eye. Prae- 

 operculum with denticulations posteriorly and inferiorly, equal in 

 size, and with two spinous teeth at the angle. Caudahs truncated. 

 Body with eight cross-bands. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's CoUection. 



h. Half-grown : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 



c. Adult : stuffed : not good state. 



A. Adult : stuffed. Old Collection. 



«. Adult : skin : not good state. 



The lighter (yellowish) longitudinal bands disappear in the pre- 

 served fish. 



6. H.ffiMULONt. 



Diabasis, Desm., Benn. 



Haemulon, Ciw. Ri'gne Anim. ; Cut: Sf Val. v. p. 22.3. 



Form of the body oblong, compressed. Eye moderate. Cleft of 

 the mouth horizontal, generally wide, with the jaws equal. A central 

 groove below the chin. One dorsal, with twelve or thirteen spines, 

 the anal with three ; the soft portions of the vertical fins scaly to 

 their margins. YiUiform teeth in both the jaws, without canines ; 

 none on the palate. Branchiostegals seven. Praeoperculum serrated ; 

 operculum with very indistinct points. Scales moderate, ctenoid. 

 Pseudobranchiae. Air-bladder simple ; pyloric appendages in small 

 number. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



1. Haemulon formosum. 



Catesby, ii. p. 6. pi. 6. f. 1; Duham. Peches, ii. p. 62. pi. 11. f. 2. 

 Perca fonnosa, Lhin. Syst. Nat. i. p. 488. 

 Labrus plimiieri, Lacep. iii. p. 480. pi. 2. f. 2. 



HiBmulon formosum, Cuv. df Val. v. p. 230 ; Casteln. Anim. nouv. ou 

 rares Atnm: du Slid, Poiss. p. 10. 



j D. j|. A. -|. L. lat. 50. L. transv. ^'. 



1 The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 3i in 

 ithe total ; the diameter of the eye is four times in the length of the 

 ihead and If in that of the snout; the snout is elongate, compressed ; 

 ithe cleft of the mouth wide ; the upper maxiUaiy reaches to below 



I' • Cuvier erroneously quotes pi. 23. 

 t 1. Haemulon arcuatum, Cuv. 4' Val. is. p. 481 ; Holbr. Ichfh. S. Carol, pi. 17. 

 f. 2.— S. Carolina. 

 2. Diabasis obliq\iatus, Ben)). Znol. Joii)-)). v. p. 90. — Jamaica. 



