23. ANTHIAS. 91 



of its having been rose-coloured, with parallel oblique and longitudinal 

 shining golden bands following the series of scales. There are visi- 

 ble on the sides of the head two obhquc bands of indistinct colour, 

 one running from the back edge of the orbit across the operculum, 

 the other from below the ey<i to the inferior part of the operculum. 

 Length of the specimen 9". 



5. Anthias tonsor. 

 Serranus tonsor, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 262. 



D. -. A. g. 



Third spine of dorsal, ventral, and caudal fins much elongate. 

 No largo teeth on the angle of praeoperculum. 

 Shores of BrazU. 



6. Anthias furcifer. 



Serranus furcifer, Cuv. i§- Val. ii. p. 264. 

 D. ^. A.-^. 



18 "9 



Only the caudal fin elongate, upper part longer. Reddish, on 

 each side with four smaU roimd violet spots ; fins not streaked. 

 Shores of Brazil. 



7. Anthias trifurcus. 



Pei'ca tinfurca, Limi. Syst. Nat. i. p. 489. 

 Lutjanus tridens, Lacip. iv. p. 246. 



Centropristes tridens, Cuv. 8f Val. iii. p. 43 ; Ilolbr. Ichth. S. Carol. 

 p. 47. pi. 7. f. 1. 



^^- n- ^' To- 

 Dorsal spines with very long filaments ; taU trifurcate. Grey, 



with a purple tint, and six dusky cross-bars on the sides of body ; 



a black spot at the posterior extremity of the spinous dorsal. 

 Coasts of South Carolina and Georgia. 



». Anthias macropMhalmus. 



Centropristis macrophthidmus, Miilhr Sf IVoschcl in' Schomb. Hist. 

 Barbad. p. 666 (not Anthias macrophthalmus, Block). 



D. i-J. A. |. L. lat. 58. L. transv. 7/16. 



Caudalis deeply, dorsalis not notched ; the last ray of the dorsal 

 and anal fins elongate ; the diameter of the eye one-thii'd of the 

 length of the head ; praeoperculum nearly right-angular, with obtuse 

 denticulations at the hinder and lower limbs ; a large space of the 

 angle naked. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Large specimen : stuffed. "West Indies. From Dr. Jan\'ier's 



Collection. 

 /). Fine specimen. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



