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nearly equal parts, a large circular spot of the same color at the base of 

 each ray except the first. Pectoral with the first five rays and a nar- 

 row transverse liue across the base from the fourth ray blue. 



My notes on the colors of young and adult specimens of this species 

 have led me to believe that the different ages have been described un- 

 der several different specific names, as the synonymy given above would 

 indicate. Julis cyanostigma was the name given by Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes to specimens six inches in length, Julis principis to those of 

 eleven inches, while those ranging from thirteen to fifteen inches are 

 included under Jnlis patatus. The specimens of larger size ['■'■Vindividus 

 a plus de qulnzes polices''')^ included under the latter name, probably belong 

 to another species. The 'Mudian fishermen recognize the difference in 

 color to be caused by age.* I have seen specimens with the colors of 

 immaturity, which had attained the length of ten inches. It will proba- 

 bly be found that the change of color is not restricted to any fixed 

 period in the growth of the fish. Should farther investigations sustain 

 the opinion of Dr. Glinthert that Linue's Sparus radiatus is a different 

 species from that figured by Catesby, the specific name cyanostigma 

 should be retained. 



LACHis^OLJEMUS FALCATUS, {Linne) Val. 

 Hog-fish. 



SuiUiis (Great Hog-fish), Catesby, Hist. Carol. Florida and the Bahama Islands, ii, 



1743, 135, tab. xv. 

 Lahrus faJcafus,Ljy:s:^, Syst. Nat. ed. 10,1, 1758,284; ed. 12,1, 1766, 475.— Gmelin, 



Linn6, Syst. Nat. ed. 1, 1788, 1287. — Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. &c. iii, 1803, 



425, 463. 

 Laclinolaimus falcatus, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. siii, 276.— Guntiier, Cat. Fish. 



Brit. Mns. iv, 1862, 87.— Poey, Rep. Fis.-Nat. Cuba, ii, 1868, 330.— Cope, Trans 



Am. Phil. See. 1870, 464. 

 Laclinolaimus aigula, Cuv. &. Val., op. cit. 277, tab. 388 (type 11 inches long). — Stoker, 



Syn. Fish. N. Am., 1.36. 

 Laclinolaimus dux, Cuv. & Val., op. cit. 285 (type 8 inches long). — Stop.er, 1. c. 

 Lachnolaimus siiiUns, Cuv. & Val., op. cit. 286 (type 24 inches long). — Stoker, 1. c. 

 Laclinolaimus caninus, Cuv. & Val., op. cit. 288 (type 10 inches long). — Stoker, I.e. 

 Lachnolaimus psittacuSjCw. & Val., op. cit. 291. — Stoker, 1. c. 



Very common here, as it is throughout the West Indies. Hog-fish 



* Since the above was written, I find that very similar conclusions have been reached, 

 by Professor Poey, who gives under Chccrojulis cyanostigma a synonymy much like the 

 above. 



tCat. Fish. Brit. Mus. iv, p. 164, note. 



