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LABKID^. 



11. Cossjrphus eclancheri. 



Cossyphus eclancheri, Valeric. Vuy. Venus, Zool. p. 340, Poiss. pi. 8. fig. 2. 

 D. ;-|. A.l. L.lat.32. 



Snout pointed, with the upper profile slightly concave ; head longer 

 than high ; dorsal and anal fins produced, caudal emarginate. Ver- 

 milion, with two large, irregular black blotches, the anterior on the 

 first six dorsal spines, the posterior extending over the whole soft 

 dorsal and over a portion of the back of the tail. ( Vul.) 



Galapagos Islands. 



12. Cossyphus rufus. 



Aipi mixira, Marcgr. pp. 145, 140. 



Perro Colorado, Parr a, p. 3. lam. 3. fig. 1. 



Tiirdus flavus, Cateshy, ii. tab. 11. fig. 1. 



rufus, L. Syst. Nut. i. p. 475 ; L. Gm. i. p. 1287 ; Bl. Schn. p. 244 ; 



Lacep. iii. p. 427. 

 Bodiaiius bodianus, Bl. iv. p. 33. tab. 223 ; Shaio, Zool. iv. p 569. 

 Lutjanus verres, Bl. taf. 255; Bl. Schn. p. 243; Lacep. iv. p. 209. 

 Sparus falcatus, Bl. taf 258; Bl. Schn. p. 269; Lacep. iv. pp. 39, 127 ; 



Shatv, Zool. iv. p. 409. pi. 58. 

 Bodiauus blochii, Lacep. iv. pp. 279, 290. 

 Harpe coeruleo-aureus, Lacep. iv. pp. 426, 427. pi. 8. fig. 2. 

 Labrus semiruber, Lacep. iii. p. 428 ; Shaio, Zool. iv. p. 487. 

 Sparus verres, Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 414. 

 Cossyphus bodianus, Cuv. Sf Val. xiii. p. 103. 

 veri'es, Casteln. Anim, nouv. ou raves Amer. Sud, p. 27. 



D. ■^. A. ^^. L. lat. 32. L. transv. 5/13. 



Snout pointed, its length being more than one-third of that of 

 the head ; head longer than high ; upper Hp thick, ^vith folds ; pra?- 

 opercidum not serrated ; the soft dorsal and anal, the ventrals, and 

 sometimes the caudal lobes produced. Yellowish, the upper parts 

 backwards to the origin of the soft dorsal fin reddish-brown ; some- 

 times more uniform, 



Atlantic coasts of tropical America. St. Helena. 



a. Adult. ? Cuba. From Mr. Gerrard's Collection. 



h. Adult. South America. Presented by Sir K. Schomburgk. 



c. Half-grown : bad state. Bahia. From Dr. 0. Wucherer's Col- 



lection. 



d. Adult : skin. Jamaica. 



e-i. Adult : stuifed. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



13. Cossyphus pulchellus. 

 Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 208. 



D. J^. A. -^. 



9-10 12-13 



Snout pointed, head longer than high, lips tluck, ])rjeopcrculura 

 finely denticulated ; the soft dorsal and anal, the ventrals, and the 



