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Pohjncmus scxradiatus, Mitchill, Amer. Month. Mag. 1818, 323 (figured as " The Six- 

 rayed PolyQeme," Traus. Lit. & Phil, Soc. N. Y. 1815, pi. iv. f. 10). 

 Dactylopterus communis, Owen, Descr. Cat. Ost. Series, Eoy. Soc. Surg. 1, 1853, 56. 

 Gonocephalm macroccphaltis, Gkonow, Cat. Fish. (1780), ed. Gray, 1854, lOG. 



Rare and without a common name. The Colonial Museum at Hamil- 

 ton and Mr. Bartram's collection at Saint George's each contain a dried 

 specimen. Mr. Jones secured one in Hamilton Harbor in October, 

 1851. 



The species ranges from Newfoundland to Kiode Janeiro, through- 

 out the West Indies, and to the Cape Verde Islands, and the Mediterra- 

 nean, where it is comparatively common. 



SCAPJDJE. 



SCARUS RADIANS, Valenciennes. 

 Spanish Pokgy. 



Scarus radians, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. xiv, 1839, 207.— Stoker, Syn. Fish. 

 N. Am. 1846, 147.— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. iv, 1862, 207.— Guichexot, 

 Mem. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, 18G5, 10.— Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 

 1870, 462. 



Labrus radians, Castelnau, Auim. Nouv. «&c. Am6rique du Sud, 18.55, 29. 



Common, occurring in large schools. The greatest length observed 

 was eight inches. Though seined in quantity, the Spanish Porgies are 

 not eaten, their flesh, like that of the other members of this family, 

 being dry and flavorless. 



The species is recorded from Bahia, Mexico, and Saint Martin's. 

 Specimens from Barbados and Jamaica are in the National Museum. 

 Bermuda appears to be the northern limit of its range. 



Color. — Above, olive, tinged with reddish-brown ; beneath, rose-color; 

 head, upper part of body, and dorsal marbled with brown ; caudal 

 irregularly banded with black, the extremity and spots on the mem- 

 brane white; anal immaculate (in six specimens); base of pectorals 

 black ; chin white. 



PSEUDOSCARUS VETULA, {Schneider) Gill. 



Mud fish. 



ri(ja, Parra, Descr. Dif. Picz. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1787, 58, lam. 28. fig. 1. 



Scarus vetula, Blocii-Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 1, 1801, 289 (description founded on 

 Parra's figures).— Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. xiv, 1839, 193.— Storer, 

 S n. Fish, N. Amer. 145.— Muller & Troschel in Schomburgk's History 

 of Barbados, 1848, 674.- Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1870, 461. 



