46 Storeys Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



spinous and denticulated, and the preoperculura is not merely denticulated, but 

 has at its angle a strong spine directed backwards. 



1. Holocentrum longipinne, Cuv. 



Oval, slightly compressed ; of a deep rose-color, silvery upon the abdomen, with seven or 

 eight longitudinal golden bands along its sides. It is distinguished from all other species of 

 this genus, by having the soft portion of the dorsal fin, and the forks of the caudal, longer 

 and more pointed. 



B. 8. D. 11-15. P. 15. V. 1-7. A. 4-11. C. 19. Length, 12 inches. 



South Carolina, Catesby. Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Perca marina gibbosa cinerea, Margate fish, Catesby's Hist. Carol., n. p. 2, pi. 2. 



Matejudo Colorado, Parra, p. 23, pi. 13. 



Sci&na rubra, Bl , Red Scijena, Shaw's Gen. Zobl., iv. p. 5-10. 



Holocentrus sogo, Br. , Sog i hoi icentrus, Shaw's Gen. Zool., iv. p. 553, pi. 80. 



Bodianus penlacanlhus, Bl., Five-spined Bodiamis, Shaw's Gen. Zobl., iv. p. 570, pi. S3. 



L'Holocenlre a longu.es nageoires, Holocentrum longipinne, Cov. et Val., iv. p. 185. 



2. Holocentrum marianum, Cuv. 



Lower jaw projecting. The third anal spine very large. It has no black spot upon the 

 dorsal fin, nor black dots upon the scales. It appears to have been silvery, more or less 

 shaded with gold and red. 



D. 11-12. P. 14. V. 1-7. A. 4-9. C. 17. Length, (?). 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



L'Holocenlre a mandibule saillante, Holocentrum marianum, Cov. et Val., in. p. 219. 



GENUS XXI. URANOSCOPUS, L., Cuv. 



Eyes placed on the upper surface of a nearly cubical-shaped head ; mouth 

 vertically cleft ; preopercle crenate towards its base ; a strong spine at each 

 shoulder ; gills with only six rays. Many of the species have within the mouth, 

 in front of the tongue, a long fleshy filament, which they are enabled to thrust 

 out at their pleasure, to attract smaller fishes within their reach to prey upon. 



1. Uranoscopus anoplos, Cuv. 



Greenish above, minutely punctate with black ; beneath the lateral line, silvery. First 

 dorsal fin blackish ; pectorals greenish ; the other fins white, tinged with yellow. Cheeks 

 smooth and unarmed ; no projecting filament from within the mouth. 



D. 4, 1-12. P. 19. V. 1-5. A. 12. C. 11}. Length, 2 inches. 



South Carolina, Le Conte. 



L'Uranoscope anoplose, Uranoscopus anoplos, Cuv. et Val., viii. p. 493. 



" Unarmed Uranoscope, Dekav's Report, p. 37, pi. 22, fig. 66. 



