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part, which has no scales, can be folded into a groove formed by the scales of 



the back. 



1. Ephippus faber, Blocii. 



Orbicular. Brownish, with six broad, vertical, dusky bluish bands ; fins of the same color 

 as the bands. Sixty-five scales between the gills and tail, and forty-eight between the back 

 and abdomen. 



D. 9, 3-22. P. 18. V. 1-5. A. 3 -18. C. 16. Length, 9 inches. 



New York, Mitchill,, Cuv., Dekay. Carolina, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Three-tailed Sheepshead," "Three-tailed Porgee," and "Angel-fish." 



Chretodon faber, Bloch, p. 80, pi. 212, fig. 2. 



" " Shaw's Gen Zobl., iv. p. 340. 



" " Clouily ChiBtodon, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., I. pi. 5, fig 1. 



ChaHodon oviformis, Mitchill, Amer. Month. Mag., II. p. 247. 

 L'Ephippus forgeron, Ephippus faber, Cuv. et Val., vii. p. 113. 



" Dekay's Report, p. 9", pi. 23, fig. 68. 



2. Ephippus gigas, Parkinson. 



Oblong oval. Of a uniform silvery or leaden color. Crest of the cranium enlarged. The 

 first interspinous bone of the anal fin is club or mallet-shaped. Much larger than the pre- 

 ceding species. 



D 8, 1-21. P. 17. V.l-5. A. 3-17. C. 17. Length, 16 inches. 



New York, Cuv., Dekay. Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Moon-fish," in the Antilles. 



ChaHodon gigas, Parkinson. 



L'Ephippus geant, Ephippus gigas, Cuv. et Val., vii. p. 121. 



" •' Moon-fish, Dekay's Report, p. 99, pi. 23, fig. 71. 



GENUS III. HOLACANTHUS, Lacep. 

 Form oval or oblong. A large spine at the angle of the preoperculum, and 

 the edges of the same bone in most species denticulated. 



1. Holacanthus ciliaris, Lacep. 



Greenish, with a golden tinge. The pectoral, ventral, and caudal fins of an orange- 

 yellow color. An annular dark-brown spot, with a blue margin, upon the neck before the 

 dorsal fin. Scales moderate, and ciliated round their edges with numerous hair-like processes. 



D. 14-21. P. 18 V.l-5. A. 3-20. C 17. Length, 14 inches. 



Carolina, Catesby ? Richardson. Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called "Hairy Angel-fish," by Bloch; " Patate," at Martinique; " Polometa," at 

 Porto Rico. 



Isabelila, Parra, p. 11, pi. 7, fig 1. 

 ChaHodon ciliaris, Bloch, vi. p. 83, pi. 214. 



" " " Shaw's Gen. Zobl., iv. p. 326. 



L'Holacanthe ciliare (Holacanthus ciliaris, Lacep.), Cuv. et Val., vii. p. l&I 



