88 Slorer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



2. Holacanthus tricolor, Bi.och. 



Head, neck, shoulders, throat, breast, and also the pectorals and venlrals, yellow. The 

 rest of the body black, except the tail, which is yellow. The preopercular spine, the mem- 

 brane between the anal spines, and, in the female, a portion of the lower edge of the same fin, 

 a portion also of the dorsal, is of a vermilion-red. 



D. 14-19. P. 18. V. 1-5. A- 3-18. C. 17. Length, 11 inches. 



Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Parra, Cuv. 



Called "Moubin," at Martinique. 



Catalineta, Parra, p. 12, pi. 7, fig. 2 (male). 

 Chsetodon tricolor, Bloch, p. 425 ? 



" " " Shaw's Gen. Zool., iv. p. 360. 



L'Holacanthe tricolor (Holacanthus tricolor, Bl.), Cut. et Val., vii. p- 162. 



GENUS IV. POM ACANTHUS, Cuv. 



Form more elevated than in the Holacanthus ; more dorsal spines ; no den- 

 ticulations upon the suborbital's or preopercle. 



1. Pomacanthtis aureus, Bloch. 

 Of a bright golden yellow, shaded with orange on the upper part. Ventrals brownish. 

 The extended parts of the dorsal and anal fins reaching beyond the tail. 

 D.9-30. P. 18. V. 1-5. A. 3-24. C. 17. Length, 15 inches. 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Chirivita, Parra, p. 10, pi. 6, fig '2. 

 Chretodon aureus, Bloch, pi. 193, fig. 1 ? 



" " " Golden ChaUodon, Shaw's Gen. Zobl., iv. p. 353. 



Le Pomacanlhe dore (Chsetodon aureus, Bl.), Cuv. et Val., vii. p. 202. 



2. Pomacanthus paru, Bloch. 



Oval. Black, with a golden tinge, most conspicuous towards the edges of the scales ; a 

 yellow band at the base of the pectorals. 

 D. (?). P. (?). V. (?). A. (?). C (?). Length, 15 inches. 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Chirivita, Parra, pi. 6, fig. I. 

 Chaetodon paru, Bloch, p. 197? 



" " " Lin., Syst. Nat., 1256. 



" " " Paru Chaetodon, Shaw's Gen. Zool., iv. p. 325. 



Le Pomacanlhe noir (Chaetodon paru, Bl.), Cuv. et Val., vii. p. 205. 



3. Pomacanthus balteatus, Cuv. 



Of a yellowish gray color, spotted with dark brown, with a curved white or yellow band 

 upon the side; a whitish band surrounds the base of the tail, and also its three edges; 

 sometimes a whitish line extends from the neck to the posterior edge of the preopercle. 



