4. HOLACANTHTJS. 47 



the vertical from the posterior margin of the operculum ; the soft 

 dorsal and anal fins are much produced. A bluish ring on the nape 

 of the neck ; a bluish blotch on the upper and posterior angle of the 

 operculum ; a bluish vertical streak from the occiput, touching the 

 anterior margin of the eye ; the dorsal and anal fins with bluish 

 margins ; caudal yellow. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a, b. Adult and half-grown : stuffed. Bahia. 



c-f. Adult : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's CoUection. 



f/. Adult : skin. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



h-Jc. Adult : stufi'cd. West Indies. 



Z. Sixteen inches long : stufled. West Indies. 



m, n. Half-grown : stuffed. Old CoUection. 



o-q. Adult and haLf-gro\ra : bad state. From the Haslar Col- 

 lection. 



r, s. Adult and half-gro-\vn : skins. From Gronov's Collection. 



t. Half-growTi. 



u. Half-groAvn. From the Haslar Collection. — A bluish vertical 

 streak before and behind the eye, l)oth united by cross-streaks 

 above the orbit. 



12. Holacanthus formosus. 



Castclnau, Aniiii. nouv. oh rares de VAmir. du Sud, Poiss. p. 19. 

 pi. 11. f. 2. 



25 (?) 21 (?) 



The praeopercular spine is rather smaU ; the scales of moderate 

 size ; the dorsal and anal fins produced posteriorly. A blackish 

 ocular band, edged with bhie, from the neck to the root of the ven- 

 trals ; body with four blue transverse bands, one from the middle of 

 the spinous dorsal, the three others from the soft ; caudal, ventral, 

 and pectoral fins yellow, the latter with a blacldsh spot at the base. 

 (Castein.) 



Sea of Bahia. 



13. Holacanthus lepidolepis. 

 Bleeker, Batuv. p. 468. 



D.i-3. A.I. L.lat.70. 



[The scales are covered with smaller scales at the base.] Tlie 

 prseopercidar spine is longer than the eye, its length being one- 

 third of that of the head ; the dorsal and anal 'fins are much 

 produced. Each scale with a bluish spot ; the opercles and ventral 

 fins edged with blue ; the produced parts of the dorsal and anal 

 yeUow.- {Bl.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



* The numbers of the fins are entirely wrong as stated bj Castelnau, /. c. 



