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agrees with Peters's description, tlie dorsal rays being xii, lo, not 

 xvm-i, 15, as stated by Peters, This species is j)robably the cue 

 poorly described by Tschudi under tlie name of Frhtlpoma scapnhn-e. 

 It is Avell distiuguished \>y the (•()h)r mark, which has suggested the 

 names scapularis, melanosinlH.s, and not (d us. 



57. ANISOTREMUS DAVIDSONI. 



Priatijyoma davidsoni Uteintl., Ichtbyol. Beitriigc, iii, 6, 187") (Sua Dioj^o); .Toidaii & 

 Gilbert, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1881, 385 (Catalina Islaud, Sail Diego). 



Habitat: Coast of southern California. 



Etymology: Xamed for Prof. George Davidson, of San FrantMsco. 

 This well-delined speoies is not rare about San Diego and neighbor- 

 ing islands. It has not been taken el.sewhere. 



58. ANISOTREMUS TiENIATUS. 



Aiiisotremus twniatus Gill, Proc. U. S. X. M. 1801, 107 (Panama). 



Habitat: The Pacilic coast of tropical America, ^lagdalena Bay to 

 Panama. 



Etymology: rar^ia, a ribbon; ta'niafiis, striped. 



This species, the most brilliantly colored of the genus, is common 

 on the Pacific coast of tropical America, where it replaces the closely 

 nWied An isotrcmus ^'irginicus. The differences between the two species, 

 though slight, seem to be constant. Steindachner records the sjiecies 

 from Magdaleua Bay. Our specimens are from Mazatlau and Panama, 



59. ANISOTREMUS VIRGINICUS. (Catalineta; Porkfish.) 



GuatuciipujubaMatcgTHvc, Hist. Ika.sil., 1G48, 148 (Brazil). 



Acara jyinlma 'MaicgTiixe, 1648, 152 (Brazil). 



Spams inrf/inicits Limiieii.s, Sy.st. Nat., x, 281, 1758. 



Pristipoma virglnicHm Giiutht;!-, i, 288 (Jamaica). 



Pomadast/H virglnicus .Jordan «.V Gilbert, Proc. IT. S. N. M. 1881, 385. 



Anisotremus virginicus Gill, Proc. Ac Nat. Scl. Pliila. 18G1, 107; Jordan, Proc U. S. 



N. M. 18i)0, 319 (Babia). 

 Sjyarus r^itlatiia liloch, Icbtbyol., taf. 2G3, fig. 2, 1791 (after Marcgrave, Jcdrn pinimu). 

 Pcrca jitha Bloeb, 1. c, taf. 308, fig. 2, 1791 (after Marcgrave). 

 Grammisloi manrUil Bloeb &. Scbnoidor, Syst. Icbtbyol., 185, 18()1 (after Spamn vit- 



talim). 

 f Prixlipoiiui catharina- Guv. A Val., v, 209, 1830. 

 Prinlipoma rodo Cuv. &. Val., v, 274, 1830. 

 Priatijioma aiara pinimaCt.int*i\na.\\, Aniiii. Nouv. on R.ares, 1S5(>, 8. 



Habitat: West Indies, Florida Keys to Brazil. 



Etymology: Virginia, but tlie species docs not reach thns far to the 

 nortliward. 



This well-kuown species is the commonest of the genus in llu' West 

 Indies and is the only one which exten<ls its range to the coast of 

 Florida. 



