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60. ANISOTREMUS CATHARINiE. 



rrititij}oma cdtharuuv Cuv. & Val., v, 2G9, 1830 (lie Saiiito Catharine du Brdsil). 



Habitat : Coast of Brazil. 



Etymology: From tlie i.sland of Santa Catariiia. 



This imperfectly known species x)robal>ly l)clon,<2,s to Anisotremus and 

 it is apparently nearest to A. virginicus, possibly identical with it. The 

 following* is a condensation of the account given by ( 'uvier & A^alen- 

 cieniies: 



Body deep, much elevated at the nape; depth, 3 in total length with caudal; 

 mouth, small; pores at chin, very small; dorsal uotclicd, its spines long and strong; 

 caudal eniargiuate; second anal spine longer than third, which is as long as first soft 

 raj'; vontrals longer than the short pectorals. Coloration nearly plain; sides with 

 faint streaks. D. xii, 11; A. iii, 10. 



A drawing- sent us by our friend, M. Alexandre Thominot, of the 

 Museum at Paris, shows the general form of A. virginicHs, the spines 

 in the fins notably strong, esi^ecially the third ami fourth of the dorsal 

 and the second of the anal. M. Thominot says : 



Nous no poss(3dons dans la collection du mus6um qu'un exemplairo type du Fris- 



tipoma catharinw do Cuv. & Val. 11 porte lo no. 136.5" et vient du Brc'sil par MM. 



Lesson &. Garnot. Yoici ce que nous trouvons : 



T)i'P J.VJ^A ^ 17 

 ■L*- 1 o> ■•- • iir> » • 6) A. 1 1, v^. i<. 



Rayons 6pineux dorsanx robustes ; lo 1"' est le plus court, le 3'"e le plus long. Tete 



contenue 3;} a Sf fois dans la longueur totale; le diametro do I'o'il = la longueur du 



uez; pre'operculo fortement dentel6 dans sa hauteur, rateaux hranchiaux manquant 



d'un cf)tc et en trcs raauvais dtat a I'oppose; pores du meuton, vu le mauvais etat de 



cette partie, sont presque iucertaius; hauteur du corps par uue ligne perpeudicu- 



laire meuoe do la base du 3""= rayon dpineux de la doraale au milieu des ventrales = 



a pen pres lo ^ de I'^teuduo totale du sujet; caudale en croissant; je ne dis rieu 



des pectorales, lesquelles ont lo hout des rayons iueomplet ; les ventrales arrivent 



presque au cloaque. 



This will prol)ably prove to be a young example of Anisotremns vir- 

 ginicus in bad condition. 



61. ANISOTREMUS SERRULA. (Tete-de-Roche.) 



rrisiipoma scrrula Cuv. & Val., v, 272, 1830 (Martinique). 

 Pristipoma aurutum Cuv. & Val., 1. c, 273 (Martini(iue). 

 Prhtlpoma i^pleuialam Poey, Memorias, ii, 18G0, 187 (H.avana). 



Habitat: West Indies. 



Etymology: Serrula, a little saw, a translation of the French name 

 "Petite-8cie," used at Martinique. 



This species we have not seen. We place spleniaUis in the synonymy 

 of serrula with some doubt, as it may have been based on the young of 

 virginicus. Ex(u'pt for the ]>r<!sence of the groove at the chin, as im- 

 plied in the descrii)tion of (Javier and Valenciennes, we might suppose 

 this species to be identical with Oenyatremus luteus. 



