20. ciiKvsoi'HRYs. 487 



and the greiiter part of the maxillaiy bone caunot be hiddeu below 

 the praiorbital ; limb of prajoperculum aealy ; a protuberance above 

 the upper anterior angle of the eye. Molars small anteriorly, 

 numerous, and irregularly arranged ; two large ones on each side, 

 behind the middle of each jaw. Dorsal spines moderate, of nearly 

 equal strength ; the third and fourth nearly equal in length ; the 

 second and third anal spines arc ;3| in the length of the head. 

 Red ; the soft portions of the dorsal and anal lins black. 

 Cajie of Good Hope. 



a. 23" long: stuffed. Cape Seas. Piu-chased of Mr. Argent. 



h. 21" long: stuffed. Cape Seas. Purchased of Sir A. Smith. 



<•. 21" long: not good state : stuffed. Cape Seas. Purchased of Sir 



A. Smith. 

 d. 1 7" long : skin. False Bay. 



8. Chrysophrys calamus. 



I'agellus calamus, Cuv. Sj- Vul. vi. p. 200. pi. 152. 

 V Pagellus peiina, Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 209; Guichen. in Ramon de la 

 Saffra, Hist. Cub. Poiss. p. 82. 



D. i|. A. j^. L. lat. 50-56. L. trausv. 7/19. Vert. 22. 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length, the length of 

 the head 3|. Forehead broad, with a protuberance before the upper 

 angle of the orbit ; the upper profile of the snout abruptly descending ; 

 the prajorbital veiy large, higher than long ; the upper maxillary 

 with a prominent knob at its upper extremity (sometimes absent) ; 

 the posterior opening of the nostrils a very long slit. Molars above 

 in thi'ee series, beneath in two. Canines very distract with age, 

 and sometimes bent oiitward. Greenish, with golden longitudinal 

 streaks ; dorsal and anal s])otted with blackish ; ventral blackish. 



Atlantic shores of Tropical America. 



a. Adult. Bahia. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 



b. Half-grown. Trinidad. Presented by J. B. Richardson, Esq. 



c. Fine specimen. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 d-h. Adult: skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

 i-m. Half-gro^vn : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

 n. Fifteen inches long : stuffed. 

 0. Adult : stuffed. 

 J). Half-grown : stuffed. 



This species has very distinct canines when in matiu'e age, and 

 therefore it cannot remain in the genus Pii(jelh<s, to which it was 

 referred by Valenciennes. 



Piujellus m!croj>s, Guichen. /. c. ]). ^3. i>l. 3. f. 1, appears to be 

 different from the above species, although closely allied. It is said 

 to have two series of molars in the upper jaw. 



