22. C'ALLANTflTA3. 87 



the edge ; dorsalis with some lighter bands : in the fresh fish, body 

 with broad, vertical, dark bands. 



A.tlantic coasts of the United States. 



a. Adult. North America. Piirchased of Mr. Warwick. 



b. Adult : skin. New ^?«k. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



c. Adult : skin. Grouovs original specimen. 



Holbrook (I. c. p. 46) distinguishes two species, one being found 

 to the north of Cape Hatteras, the other to the south of it. The first, 

 he says, is the fish described by Schdpfl^, or Conjpliana nigrescens, 

 Bl., and Perca varia, Mitch. The pectoral fin is said to be longer 

 than the ventral in the southern species, and coterminal with it in 

 the northern. Further, the air-bladder is sacculated in the southern 

 ( C. atrarius, Holbr.), and never in the northern (C nigricans, Holbr.). 

 I have, at present, no opportunity of confirming these observations. 



15. Centropristis Mrundinaceus. 



Centropristis hiriindiuaceus, (Lanffsdorf) Ctiv. 8) Val. vii. p. 460; 

 rmn. Japon. p. 14. pi. 5. f. 2. 



10 6 



Operculiun ^\\t\l two spines. CaudaUs forked ; rose-coloured 

 above ; the dorsal rays and spines with brown spots. 

 Japanese seas. 



22. CALLANTHIAS. 



Callanthias, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 76, and Fishes of Madeira, 

 p. 13. 



Six branchiostegals. Teeth viUiform, with canines in both jawa; 

 teeth on the palatine bones ; tongue smooth. One dorsal, with 

 eleven si^ines, the anal fin with thi"ee. Operculum spiniferous ; 

 prasoperculum entire. A part of the fins elongate. Scales moderate. 



Coasts of Madeira. 



1 . Callanthias peloritauus. 



Bodianus peloritamis, Cocco, Giornale di Scieme per la SiciUa, Palermo, 



1829, p. 138. 

 Anthias buplithalmos, Bonap. Faun. Ital., Pesci, pi. . f. 3. 

 Callanthias paradisa^us, Lowe, Suppl. Syn. Mad. Fishes, in Proc. Zool. 

 ' Soc. 1839, p. 76, and Fishes of Madeira, p. 13. t 3 (excellent de- 

 scription). 



D. -. A. ^. L. lat. 22-24. Vert. 11/13. Caec. pylor. 3. 



Muzzle exceedingly short ; fourth ana fifth soft rajs of dorsal fin, 

 and both the lobe's of caudal fin, elongate. Back rose-coloured, sides 

 and fins with a yellow tint. 



Madeira. 



a. Adult: fine specimen. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. R. T. 

 Lowe. 



