[103] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



385.— HOLACANTHUS Lac6pfefle. 



1204. Holacanthus strigatus' (Jill. P. 



1205. Holacanthus ciliaris Linuivus. W. (964) 



386. -POMACANTHUS L:ic6pcde. (329) 

 ^ Pomacanthodes Gill. 



1206. Pomacanthus zonipectus- Gill. P. 



^ Pomacanthus. 



1207. Pomacanthus aureus' Bloch. W. 



Family CXVII.— ACAI^THURID^. (99) 



387.— TEUTHIS^ Linnajus. (330) 



1208. Teuthis hepatus Liuuivus. S. W. (966) 



1209. Teuthis tractus Poe.y. W. P. (966 c.) 



1210. Teuthis cceruleus Blocb. W. (967) 



388.— PRIONURUS » Lac^pfede. 



1211. Prionurus punctatus Gill. P. 



^Holacanthus strigatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 243. Cape San Lucas 

 to Pauama. Holacanthus tricolor (Synopsis, p. 941) should be omitted. It has not yet 

 been taken at the Florida Keys, although doubtless occurring there. 



-Pomacanthodes sonipectus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 244 (adult) = Poma- 

 canthus crescentalis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 358 (Young). 

 Gulf of California to Panama. 



^Pomacanthus aureus (Bloch), Black Angel, Chirivita. The description of Pomacan- 

 thus arcuattts, on page 616 of the Synopsis, was taken from a specimen of this species, 

 with the exception of the following phrases, which should be suppressed : "Young 

 with yellowish vertical bands"; the l)ands in the youngof P. aitreitsaro whitish. "Lat. 

 1. 80-100 "; this should read, " lat. 1. 6.5." The additional characters given on page 973 

 are taken from the true P. arcuatus, and should be suppressed, as should also the syn- 

 onymy on page 616. The true arcuatus is a West ludian species, not yet known from 

 our coast ; it is darker and more uniform in color than P. aureus, the cross bands in the 

 young are better defined and are yellow ; the scales are smaller (lat. 1. 85 to 90) ; and 

 the dorsal spines are almost invariably 10 instead of 9. P. aureus is common in the 

 Wist Indies and north to the Florida keys. 



(Chcetodon aureus Bloch, Ichthyol. ; tab. 193, f. 1.; Cuvier & Val., VII, 202, 1831; 

 Pomacanthus balteatits and arcuatus Cuv. & Val., VII. 208,211 ; Chcetodon aureus Poey, 

 Syn. Pise, Cubens., 1875, 60; Chatodon aureus Bleeker, Archives Neerlaudaises, IX, 

 1876, 183 ; Lutken, Spolia Atlautica, 1880, 571.) 



''The genus Teuthis of Liumeus, Systema Natur*, is based on Teuthis hepatus L. This 

 species, founded on iJej^a/^s of Grouow, is the common species known as Acanthurus 

 chirurgns, with which A. phlebotomus Cuv. & VaJ. (nigricans of the Synopsis) seems to 

 be identical. The generic name Acanthurus must give place to Teuthis, and this species 

 should stand as Teuthis hepatus. See Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Mus., 1884. 275, and Meek and 

 Hoffman, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884. In the latter paper is given a detailed 

 account of the three American sjiecies of Teuthis. 



6 Prionurus Lacdpede. 

 (Lac^pede, Anuales Museum, Paris, IV, 205; type Prionurus microlepidotus Lac.) 

 This genus differs from Teuthis chieUy in the armature of the tail, which consists 



of a series of 3 to 6 bony keeled ]amin;e on each side. Size small. Species not very 



numerous, in the tropical seas. {IIpioov, saw ; dvpa, tail.) 



Prionurus punctatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 242. Cape San Lucas. 



