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Bodianus pentacantlius, J?/oe/<. t. 225 (very bad); Shaw,Zool. iv. p. 570. 

 pi. 83 (very bad). ^ 



jaguar, Lacep. iv. p. 28G (bad). 



Scisena rubra, Bl. Schtt. p. 82 (not Foisk.). 



Amphiprion matejuels, Bl. Sc/in. p. 200. 



Holocentrus sogbo, BInrh. t. 232. 



Holocentrum longipinne, Cm-. 8f VaJ. iii. p. 185, vii. p. 406. 



D. 11 I 15. A. ^. V. 1/7. L. lat. 47-50. L. transv. 4 7. 



Cfec. pylor. 25. Vert. 11/16. 



The height of the body is 3^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times ; the interspace between the eyes is fii in the latter 

 (opercular spine inchided). Operculum with two flat spmes, the 

 lower of which is the smaller. The third and fourth dorsal spines 

 longest, the soft dorsal fin as high as the body ; the length of the 

 caudal is 3i in the total, the ujDper lobe much longer ; the third and 

 fourth anal spines longest, but the fonner much longer and stronger ; 

 the ventral fins reach near to the anus, much longer than pectoral. 

 Reddish, with more or less distinct shining longitudinal bands. 



Caribbean Sea ; Coast of Brazil. 



a. Fine specimen. Cuba. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



h. Adult. Cuba. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



Cr-k. Adult and half-grown : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's 



Collection. 

 I. Half-grown. St. Clu'istophers. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 m. Adult. West Indies. From the Haslar Collection. 

 n, 0. Adult : not good state. AVest Inches. 



p-r. Adult: stuflx3d. West Indies. From Mr. Scriveners Collection. 

 s. Half-grown : stuffed : not good state. Bahia. 

 t. Adult. America. Presented by the Zoological Society 

 u-x\ Adult : stuffed. America. 

 y. Half-grown. America. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



2. Holocentmin furcatum. (Plate IV.) 



D. 11 I 16. A. fy. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 4 7. 



The height of the body is equal to the length of the head, and 

 not quite one-foui'th of the total length. The interspace between 

 the eyes is 6|- in the length of the head. Snout shorter than the 

 diameter of the eye ; the upper maxillary reaches nearly to below 

 the middle of the eye. Operculum with one very large spine and 

 several very small ones beneath ; the pvaeopercular spine one-half 

 of the length of the posterior edge of pra3operculum, the second to 

 fifth dorsal spines longest, not quite one-half the height of the body ; 

 the soft dorsal fiji elongate ; caudal very deeply foj'kcd, with slender 

 ind elongate lobes, the upper much longer than the lower. The 

 hird anal spine longest, but one-eighth only of the total length 

 Red, with lighter longitudinal bands. 



a. Adult ■ stuffed. South Sea. 



