64 POMACENTRID.E. 



spot or small transverse streak; dorsal fin violet, the other fins yellow- 

 ish ; the caudal with a brown band along each lobe ; axil not black. 

 Ternate, Booroo, Goram. 



a. Not good state. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 

 14. Heliastes marginata. 



Heliases marginata, Casteln. Anhn. nouv. Poiss. p. 9. pi. 3. fig. 1 . 

 Chromis atrilobata, Gill in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1862, p. 149. 



D. J|. A. :^. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 3/9. 



The height of the body is two-fifths of the total length (without 

 caudal). Teeth in both jaws in a distinct band, with an outer series 

 of stronger ones. Dorsal spines slender ; caudal fin deeply forked, 

 with the lobes produced. Greenish-olive above, yellowish on the 

 sides ; posterior part of the axil, dorsal fin, and a band along each 

 caudal lobe deep-black ; the last three or four dorsal rays and the 

 other fins transparent. 



Bahia. Coast of Lower California. 



a-h. Fine specimens, 4-4^ inches long. Bahia. From Dr. 0. 

 Wucherer's Collection. 



A careful comparison of Gill's description does not show any essen- 

 tial point in which the Californian specimen differs from those of 

 Brazil ; the former is said to have the snout equal in length to the 

 diameter of the eye whilst the snout of the Brazilian specimens is 

 a little shorter. But when we consider that the typical specimen 

 of H. atrilohata is much injured and shrivelled up, we cannot admit 

 this as evidence against the identity of those specimens. This would 

 be another instance of one and the same species inhabiting both sides 

 of America. 



15. Heliastes multilineatus. 



Heliases multilineatus, Guich. in Sagra, Hist. Cub. Poiss. p. 76. pi. 2. fig- 2. 

 Furcaria puncta, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 195 ; Gill, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sc. ' 

 Philad. 1862, p. 149. 



D.l^. A. j-^. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 12. Caec. pylor. 2. Vert. 11/15. 



The height' of the body is one-third of the total length ; caudal 



lobes equal in length. Teeth in a band. Brown, each scale with the 



centre darker ; pectoral with a large black spot at the base ; an 



orange- coloured spot on the back, immediately behind the dorsal fin ; 



dorsal and caudal fins with yellow edge. 



Cuba. 



10. Heliastes cyaneus. 



Furcaria cyanea, Poey, I.e. p. 196. tab. 14. figs. 5-8. 



T) '2 A ^ 

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The height of the body is two-sevenths of the total length ; the 

 upper caudal lobe longer than the lower. Teeth in a band. Blue, 

 each scale with the centre darker. {Poey.) 



Cuba. 



