0. PACHYURTTS. 281 



3. Eques punctatus. 

 Farrd, pi. 2. f. 1. 



Eques puuctatus, JUL Sch/i. p. 100. pi. 3, f. 2 (cop.) ; Cue. Sf Val. v. 

 p. 1G7. pi. 110. 



D. 11 1 5^. A. |-. Ca5c. pylor. 7*. Vert, 11/14. 



Tlio first dorsal as high as tlie body below. Brown : sides of the 

 head with two vertical bands ; sides of the body with curved bands, 

 running from the back to the root of the caudal fin. The vertical 

 fins with bluish- white spots. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



6. Adult: stufi'ed. Caribbean Sea. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



c. Adixlt : stufted. Caribbean Sea. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



d. Adult: stuffed. 



e-ff. Adult : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. ParneU's C'oUection. 



6. PACHYURUS, 



I'achyurus, Agass. in Spix, Pise. Bras. p. 123. 

 Lepipterus, Cm. ^- Val. v. p. 151. 



Body oblong ; muzzle with the jaws nearly equal in front ; eye 

 moderate. Two dorsals, the first with ten spines ; one of the anal 

 spines strong. The second dorsal and caudal fins densely covered with 

 scales. AH the teeth villiform. Proeoperculum distinctly denticu- 

 lated. Scales moderate, or rather small. Aii'-bladder ? Pseudo- 

 branchia) (P. scJiombimjJcii). 



South America. 



1. Pachyurus squamipinnis. 

 I'achyurus squaniipennis, Agass. in Spix, Pise. Bras. p. 123. tab. 71. 

 D. 10 I 30. A. |. V. 1/5. L. lat. 9G. 



The second dorsal and caudal fins densely covered with small 

 scales to their extremity. Caudalis rounded ; the second anal spine 

 very thick and strong, its length being 2f in that of the head ; the head 

 is one-fourth of the total length ; the diameter of the eye one-seventh 

 of the length of the head ; the first dorsal spotted with brown. 



Atlantic Ocean. 



a. Nineteen inches long : etuflfed : not good state. 



2. Pachyurus francisci. 



Lepipterus francisci, Cuv. S,- Val. v. p. 152. pi. 113. 



D. 10 I i . A. f V. 1/5. 



Caudalis loundcd ; the second anal spine very thick and strong, 



* Cuvier gives as a cliai-acter of the genus, foiu- pyloric appendages (p. 166), 

 but \n the description of this species (p. 168) he says tliat he has found seven. 



