312 FISHES 



Priacanthus ARENikTUS Cuvier and Valenciennes (Catalufa). 

 Tropical Atlantic, straying northward in the Gulf Stream. Obtained by 

 the steamer Albatross at Nassau. 



Family MULLIDJ]] (Surmullets). 

 Upeneus maculatus (Bloch) (Goat Fish). 

 A very handsome, strikingly colored fish, abundant and valued as food. 

 It occurs in the West Indies, and probably in Bermuda. Common in the 

 Nassau market. Obtained by the Expedition at East End of Hog Island 

 (Nassau harbor), along Eleuthera Island and at Clarence Harbor, where 

 many young were seined during July, 1903. 



Upeneus martinicus Cuvier and Valenciennes (Yellow Goat Fish). 



This species grows to a length of one foot and is valued as food. It is 

 found throughout the West Indies and north to Florida. The steamer Albci- 

 tross collected it at Nassau in 1886. 



Family CHilOTODONTIDiK (Butterfly Fishes). 



Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch) (Eock Beauty). 



Plate LXI. 



This striking fish inhabits the West Indies, and has been recorded from 



Bermuda. Numerous specimens were observed in the " Sea Gardens," near 



Nassau, during June, 1903, but none were taken. 



POMACANTHUS ARCUATUS (Linugsus) (Black Angel Fish). 

 Length one and one-half to two feet. A handsome fish, but little valued 

 as food. West Indies generally, occasionally straying northward to the middle 

 Atlantic coast. Obtained by the Expedition at Nassau and Andros Island 

 during June, 1903. 



Ch^todon ocellatus Bloch (Spanish Angel Fish). 

 West Indian fauna, straying northward. Observed among the coral heads 

 in Nassau harbor. One of the beautiful fishes of the tropics. Obtained by 

 the Expedition at Nassau during June, 1903. 



Ch.etodon capistratus Linnaeus (French Angel Fish). 

 A beautiful tropical fish, of small size, abundant around the coral reefs 

 of the West Indies. The Chcetodonts are the butterflies of the warm seas. 

 Obtained by the Expedition at Nassau, June 19, 1903. 



