6. H^MuiON. 305 



Centropomas plumieri, Lac^. iv, p. 268. 



Chilodipterus chrysopterue, Lacep. iii. p. 542. pi. 33*. f. 1, 



Conodon antillanus, Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 156. 



D. 11 1 }-. A. -i. L. lat. 54. L. transv. 1. 



The second anal spine one-half of the length of the hea*. The 

 upper maxillary reaches to the anterior margin of the eye. Pree- 

 operculum vrith denticulations posteriorly and inferiorly, equal in 

 size, and with two spinous teeth at the angle. Caudalis truncated. 

 Body with eight cross-hands. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. 



h. Half-grown : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 



c. Adult : stuffed : not good state. 



d. Adiilt : stuffed. Old Collection. 



e. Adult : skin : not good state. 



The lighter (yellowish) longitudinal bands disappear in the pre- 

 served fish. 



6. ILffiMULONt. 



Diabasis, Desm., Benn. 



Heemulon, Ciiv. B^gTie Amm. ; Cuv. <5' Val- v. p. 223. 



Form of the body oblong, compressed. Eye moderate. Cleft of 

 the mouth horizontal, generally wide, with the jaws equal. A central 

 groove below the chin. One dorsal, with twelve or thirteen spines, 

 the anal with three ; the soft portions of the vertical fins scaly to 

 their margins. VilHform teeth in both the jaws, without canines ; 

 none on the palate. Branchiostegals seven. Prseoperculum serrated ; 

 operculum with very indistinct points. Scales moderate, ctenoid! 

 Pseudobranchiae. Air-bladder simple ; pyloric appendages in small 

 number. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



1. HaBmulon formosum. 



Cateshy, ii. p. 6. pi. 6. f. 1 ; Duhnm. Peches, it.lj. 62. pi. 11. f, 2. 

 Perca lormosa, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 488. 

 Labrus plumieri, Lac6p. iii. p. 480. pi. 2. f. 2. 



Haemulon formosum, Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 230 ; Castehi. Anim. nouv. ou 

 rares Amer. du Sud, Poiss. p. 10. 



D. i|. A. |. L. lat. 50. L. transv. :g. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 34- in 



the total ; the diameter of the eye is four times in the length of the 



head and 1| in that of the snout; the snout is elongate, compressed • 



the cleft of the mouth wide ; the upper maxiUary reaches to below 



* CuTier erroneously quotes pi. 23. 



t 1. Hsemulon arcuatum, Cuv. ^ Val. ix. p. 481 ; Holbr. Ichth. S. Carol. d1 17 

 •f. 2.— S. Carolina. ^' 



2. Diabasis obliquatus, Benn. Zool. Journ. r. p. 90. — Jamaica. 



