96. POMACENTRID.E— CHROMIS. 611 



95§. P. coBscolor (Gill) J. it G. 



Dark olive, with 5 or C vaguo, dark cross-bands; pectoral with a 

 taperiug, black transverse line at base. Interorbital space convex, 

 wider than orbit; breadth of infraorbital ring- two-thirds the greatest 

 breadth of the preorbital. Teeth rather broad, deeply notched. Dei)tli 

 1|. D. XII, 12; A. II, 9; scales 3-25-10. {Gibithcr.) Both coasts of 

 Central America, north to Floiida Keys. 



(Euschistodua concolor Gill, Prnc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1802, 145: Ghjphidodon con- 

 color Giiutlier, iv, 37: Ghjphidodjn cjncolor Goodc tfc Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 187'J, 

 338.) 



959. Po saxatilis (I>imi.) J. & G. — Cou--p\loi; Mojarra. 



Greenish olive ; head and fins dark ; body with 5 or G black cross- 

 bands, which are rather narrower than the interspaces; the first from 

 the origin of the dorsal to the pectoral fin, the second downwards from 

 fourth and fifth dorsal spines, the third from the ninth and tenth dorsal 

 spines toward the vent, the fourth from end of spinous dorsal to middle 

 of anal, the fifth below the end of the soft dorsal and continued on the 

 posterior rays of dorsal and anal; a faint sixth bar at base of caudal. 

 Soft dorsal and anal fins produced, the fourth and fifth rays of dorsal, 

 and the fifth and sixth of anal, longest. Eye rather large, about as 

 long as snout. Head rather short, 3J in length; depth If. D. XIJI, 

 14; A. II, 13; Lat. 1. 27; pores on 21 scales. Tropical seas of Amer- 

 ica ; occasional on our South Atlantic coast. 



{Chcatodon saxatilis Linn. Syst. Nat.: Glyphidodon saxatilis Giiutlier, iv, 35: GJyphi- 

 dodon saxatilis Gootle, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. v, 38. ) 



32«.— CIBKOrfllS Cuvicr. 



(Hcliastes Cuv. & Val. : Fitrcriria Foey : Ayresia Coo\yeT. 



(Cuvier, M6moires du Mus. d'Hiat. Nat. 1815: +ype Spanis cliromis L. = Ckromis canlai ca 

 Risso, of tlio Mediterranean.) 



Body rather deep. Preopercle entire. Mouth small; teeth small, 



conical, in two or more series, the outer larger. Scales rather large, 



21-30 in a longitudinal series. Dorsal fin with 12-14 spines. Branclii- 



ostegals normally 5. Pyloric cceca 2. Gill-rakers long and slender. 



Tropical seas; species numerous. {x/x'/'U the ancient name of some 



fish, probably a Sciienoid, from yj'i.'uoj to neigh, from the noise made 



by the fish; akin to oiir names Grunter, Croaker, Drum, Ilog-fisl].) 



9<»Oo C. pusactspiBliDlis Cooper. — RlacJcsinilh. 



Daik slaty blackish, with violet lustre above; some of the scales 

 with a greenish spot or edging; fins bluish black; posterior part of 



