78 Storefs Synopsis of the Fishes of North Jlmerica. 



6. Pristipoma serrula, Cuv. 



More elongated than the bilineatum ; eyes larger. Violet-colored above, with four or five 

 longitudinal yellow lines ; beneath silvery. The second and third anal rays of equal length. 

 D. 12-13. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 3-9. C 17. Length, 7 inches- 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Pristipome petile-scie, Pristipoma serrula, Cuv. et Val. , v. p. 272. 



7. Pristipoma auratum, Cuv. 



Of an uniform golden color, throughout. The number of the fin rays the same as in the 

 P. serrula. 



D. 12-13. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 3-9. C. 17. Length, 6 inches. 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Pristipome dore, Pristipoma auratum, Cuv. et Val-, v. p. 272. 



Note. Dekay has admitted into his extra-limital species the Pristipoma rubrum, although 

 he does not mention its habitat ; and Cuvier, in his " Histoire Naturelle des Poissons," 

 speaks of it as being found only in Brazil. 



GENUS XII. LOBOTES, Cuv. 



The snout is short, the lower jaw turned up in front, the body elevated ; 

 the dorsal and anal lengthen their posterior angle, so that, with their rounded 

 caudal, their body seems to terminate in three lobes. Preoperculum with 

 strong dentations. They have four clusters of very small spots towards the 



end of their jaw. 



1. Lobotes Surinamensis, Cuv. 



Elliptical,, deepest opposite the first dorsal ray. The color of the back and sides is a rusty 

 black ; of the belly, a dirty clay, variegated with blackish and yellowish specks Dorsal, 

 anal, and ventral fins yellowish. ' 



D. 12-15. P. 17. V.l-5. A. 3-11. C 17. Length, 13 inches or more- 

 New York, Mitchill. This species is also found in Brazil, and of course along the 

 whole coast. 



Le Lobotes de Surinam (Lobotes Surinamensis, Cuv., Holocentrus Surinamensis, Bl., p. 243, Bodianus triu- 



rus, Mitchill?), Cuv. et Val., v. p. 319. 

 Bodianus triurus, Triple-tailed Perch, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 418, pi. 3, fig. 10. 

 Lobotes Surinamensis, Black Triple-tail, Bekay's Report, p. 88, pi. 13, fig. 49. 



2. Lobotes somnolentus, Cuv. 



Silvery brown. The soft portions of the dorsal and anal fins, and the extremity of the 



