C. Juveniles and subadults with bluish- 

 white bars on body; adults with no large 

 black areas on body posterior to the 

 pectoral fin D. 



CC. Juveniles, subadults, and adults with 

 the body blackish or with a large black 

 area posterior to the pectoral fin. No 

 bars on the body E. 



D. JUVENILE dark blue, with vertical 

 bluish-white bars on head and body, 

 and yellow-orange color on jaws, below 

 eye, and on ventral and caudal fins; 

 fourth major bluish-white bar (count- 

 ing from front to rear) nearly straight. 

 SUBADULT individuals with bars in- 

 creasing in number, but then all fading; 

 body becoming paler; posterior parts 

 of dorsal and anal fins becoming yellow. 

 ADULTS with bluish-whitish-brownish 

 tone over head and body, and white 

 edges present on the large scales of 

 body; distal edge only of caudal fin yel- 

 low, the rest similar in color to that of 

 body; blue extending into proximal half 

 of pectoral fin; usually no black mark- 

 ings present 



blue angelfish. 



Holacanthus hermiidensis 



(Fig. 7-9). 



Figure 8. — Holacanthus hermudensis, subadult, 

 101 mm SL (4 inches TL). 



Figure 9. — Holacanthus hermudensis, blue angelfish, 

 adult, 208 mm SL (9 inches TL). 



Figure 7. — Holacanthus bermwdensis, juvenile, 

 41.0 mm SL (2 inches TL). 



