528 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



XXXIV. ERYTHRICHTHYS. 



Erythrichthys T<'inminck iV Schlcf;*'!; Fatiiui Jaitoiiica, I'oisH., 117, l>^40-50(«f7i/tY/c?j). 

 Emmelichthys Kicliaidson, Vojaj;*' Erebus and Terror, Fishes, 47, 181() (nitidus). 

 Boxaodon (iui<iJi(!ii<)t, in Gay, Hist. Cbili, ii, 208, 1H17 {cyancucenH). 

 Dipterygonotus Hleeker, Contr. Iclitli. Celebes, 1818 {leucoyrainmiciis). 

 Inermia Poey, Memorias, II, 1860, 193 (rittata.) 



Type: Eyi/thrichthys schlcgeli Gilnther. 



Etymology: ifiuOp'k, red; r/J>'>^, tisli; true only of the typical species. 



This genus contaiiis about five species, bright-colored fishes, inhabit- 

 ing rather deep water. The species are not well known, and each one 

 of them has been made the type of a distinct genus by writers who 

 have failed to detect their association with each other. ISTone of the 

 species have been studied by us. 



ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN Sl'KCIKS OF ERYTHRICHTHYS. 



a. [Color greenish, with a, broad band of yellowish green from the eye to the tail; 

 three narrower streaks of darker green on the back; snout yellowish, dorsals 

 pale yellow ; caudal violet, its ujjper and lower edge white ; pectoral rose ; lower 

 tins pale. Body fusiform, oval in section; maxillary reaching beyond eye; no 

 teeth in jaws; preopercle with soft teeth at the angle; nostril small; no pores on 

 lower jaw; dorsal tins separate; pectorals short; tins low, with slender spines; 

 caudal deeply forked; D.xiv,10; A. iii,9; scales, 100.] (rocy.) Yittatus, 137. 



aa. [Uniform bluish green; 'D. xiii-10; A. in, 12]. {Giinihcr from Gtiichiiiot.) 



Cyankscens, 138, 



137. ERYTHYRICHTHYS VITTATUS. (Boga.) 



Inermia vittala Poey, Memorias, ii, 193, 1860 (Havana). 

 EvimeUchthya vittaiua Poey, Synopsis, 320, 1868. 

 Erythrichthys rittatus Poey, Enumeratio, 49, 1875. 



Habitat: Coasts of Cuba. 



Etymology : Vittatns, striped. 



This little fish reaches a length of about 8 inches. According to 

 Poey it is generally rare on the Cuban coast, occasionally appearing 

 in great numbers. 



138. ERYTHRICHTHYS CYANESCENS. 



Boxaodon cyrtncsccus Guichenot, in Gay, Hist. Cliili, 209, Atlas, lam. 5, f. 1, 1S47. 

 Erylhrichthy/i cyancscens Glinthcr, i, 395 (copied). 



Habitat: Coast of Chile. 



Etymology: Cyanesccns, bluisli. 



This species is known only from the scanty and incorrect account 

 given by (luichenot. AV^e have not seen the original account, and copy 

 our diagnosis from Giinther. 



