PROVISIONAL LIST OF THE FISHES UF JAMAICA. 
XXxvil. genus Cyzropon, (Artedi) Cuvier. 
94. Cheetodon ocellatus, Bl. Butterfly. C. bimaculatus 
of Hill’s list and of Giinther. Body with indis- 
tinct oblique streaks; a blackish blotch in base 
of soft dorsal fin, and another small black blotch 
at the top of its angle. 
striatus, L. Butterfly. Has five blackish-brown 
cross-bars ; ventral fins black. 
capistratus, L. Butterfly. Has blackish oblique 
streaks along the series of scales: ventral fins 
whitish. 
Mr. Barrous says the Butterfly-fish live among great 
big stones. 
XxXxrx. genus Hotacantuus, Lacép. 
97. Holacanthus tricolor (Bl.) Lacép. Rock Beauty. 
Head, anterior part of the trunk, caudal and 
margins of the soft dorsal and anal fins yellow : 
the remainder brownish-black. 
98. H. ciliaris (L.) Lacép. Horizontal Angel-Fish. 
Soft dorsal and anal much produced; various 
bluish marks on the body ; dorsal and anal fins 
with bluish margins, caudal yellow. 
95. OC. 
96. C. 
XL. genus Pomacantuus, Lacép. 
Pomacanthus aureus (Bl.) C. & V. This is an ex- 
tremely variable fish, specimens of varying age 
and colour being included in Hill’s list under the 
names P. awreus, P. quinquecinctus, P. arcuatus, 
P. paru, P. balteatus, and P. cingulatus. The 
local name is Angel-Fish. 
Regarding these as varieties (or more correctly forms) 
of P. aureus, they may be distinguished as follows : 
(1.) var. parw (Bl.) Adult, ground-colour dark, 
body with many small white or yellow cres- 
cents, base of the pectoral yellow. 
(2.) var. awreus (Bl.) Ground-colour yellowish, 
hody with many irregular brown or black spots. 
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(3.) var. balteatus (Cuy.) Half-grown, ground- | 
colour brownish yellow, body with many 
brown spots, and with one, two or three 
more or less indistinct lighter vertical bands, 
(4.) var. cingulatus(C.&V.) Half-grown, ground- 
colour dark, body with many small white or 
yellow crescents, and one, two, orthree rather 
indistinct lighter vertical bands, 
(5.) var. quinguecinctus (Cuv.) Young, scales 
fully developed, sometimes smaller scales 
between the larger ones ; body with five dis- 
tinct yellow cross-bands, and sometimes with 
white crescents or brown spots; caudal yel- 
low, with a large brown crescent. 
var. arcuatus (“L.,” C. & V.)* Young: 
scales small, sometimes with larger scales 
between the smaller ones; colour like form 
quinquecinctus. 
The Pomacanthus planifrons recorded by H1ll in 1868 
was no doubt intended for Pomacentrus 
XLI. genus CHHTODIPTERUS. 
100. Chetodipterus faber (Brouss.) Jord. and Gilb. 
Portuguese. Ephippus faber of Giinther and of 
Hill’s list. Faber marinus of Sloane, plate 251, 
fig. 4. Has six rather indistinct brownish cross- 
bands, or uniformily coloured in adult, Third 
dorsal spine elongate. Jordan places this in a 
separate family, Ephippide. 
Family, MULLID 4. 
Marine fishes, with elongate slightly compressed 
bodies covered with large scales, and two dorsal fins 
at a distance from each other. 
(6.) 
XLII. genus UPENEUS. 
101. Upeneus maculatus (Bl.) C. & V. Goat-fish, 
1u2,. U. martinicus, ©. & V. Brown on back, silvery on 
sides and beneath. 
103. U. balteatus,C.&V. Back clear violet, below white 
with a lateral yellow band. 
104. U. punctatus, C. & V. Back red, a yellow tint along 
the sides, beneath white ; fins yellow. There is 
a small spot on each scale. 
Jordan gives balteatus as a synonym of martinicus, 
and refers punctatus to maculatus. 
* P. arcwatus L, is considered by Jordan a valid species. (Proc, U,8, N, 
Mus. 1886, p, 594.) 
Family, SPARID. (Sea-Breams.) 
Herbivorous or carnivorous marine fishes, with oblong 
compressed bodies covered with minutely serrated 
scales, and with one dorsal fin. 
XIII, genus CaALAMUs. 
Calamus bajonado (Bl. & Schn.) Poey. Mucco Pa- 
ragy. 
XLIV. genus PaGELLus. 
105. 
106. 107. The Pagellus calamus and P. pena recorded by 
Hill are perhaps not really of this genus. 
XLY. genus ARcHosAr@us, Gill. 
108. Archosargus wrimaculatus (Bl.) Eigem & Hughes. 
Pilot-fish. Bream. Sargus wvimaculatus and S. 
flavolineatus of Hill’s list. Diplodus uvimacula- 
tus of Bean & Dresel. It has two forms :— 
(1.) var. wnimaculatus (B1.) Eigm. & Hughes. 
(2.) var. flavolineatus (C & V.) Eigm. & Hughes. 
A “deeper” form than unimaculatus, with 
the ventral outline rounded. 
Family SCORP.ENIDAS. (Mail-cheeked Fishes.) 
XLVI. genus Scorpana, Artedi. 
Scorpeenaplumierii, Bloch. Lion-fish. S,bufo of Hill’s 
list. Apustes exul of Gosse. Marbled with brown, 
greyish, rose-colour, and violet: spinous dorsal 
with a black blotch: axil black, with large white 
spots. 
. grandicornis,C.&V. Lion-fish. Reddish, marbled 
with brown ; head and body minutely dotted with 
white; caudal and anal fins with with brown 
bands. s 
. brasiliensis, C. & V. Nearly uniform blackish, 
with some obscure black clouds or dots. 
. stearnsii, Goode & Bean. Poison Grouper. Cau- 
dal fin without brown bands. Jordan places this 
as a synonym of SN. brasilvensis. 
Family BERYCIDA. 
Body short, with ctenoid scales, which are rarely ab- 
sent. Cleft of the mouth lateral, oblique. Opercu- 
lar bones more or less armed. 
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110. 
111. 
112, 
XLV. genus Myripristis. Cuyv. 
Hill records a Myropristes jacobus, which is pre- 
sumably the species described by Cuvier and 
Valenciennes. 
XLvuI. genus Honocentrum, Bloch, 
113. 
114. Holocentrum ascensione (Osbech) Jord. Welshman. 
H. longipinne of Hill’s list. 
115. H. marianum, C. & V. Given in Hill’s list. 
Family POLYNEMIDA. 
Marine or freshwater fishes, with compressed oblong 
bodies and entire or ciliated scales. 
XLIX. genus PoLyNEMuS, L. 
116. Polynemus plumieri, (Lacep.) Giinth.* P. ameriea- 
nus of Hill’s list. Pectoral black. 
117. P. oligodon, Giinther. Distinguished from P. plu- 
miert by the greater number of anal rays and the 
narrow bands of teeth on palate. Pectoral and 
top of first dorsal fin black. 
Family, SCLE NIDA, 
Marine or freshwater fishes, with compressed} and 
rather elongate bodies, covered with toothed scales. 
u. genus Umprina, Cuvier. 
118. Umbrina arenata, C.&V. Allthe parts with minute 
brown dots. Barbel short. 
119. U. broussonetii, C.& V. Barbel very short. The first 
dorsal fin blackish ; body with nine dark cross- 
bands. 
120. U. martinicensis,C. & V. Barbel short. Proeoper- 
culum very distinctly denticulated. Uniform 
brownish. 
LI. genus Scrmna, L. 
121, Seiwnaxanthurus,(Lacép.) Giinth. Leiostomos zan- 
thurus of Hill’s list. Colorationuniform- Preeo- 
perculum finely denticulated. Height of body 3} 
in total length. 
nur. genus Corvina, Cuvier. 
Dr. Giinther, in his “Introduction to the study of 
Fishes’, refers the species of Corvina to Sciena. 
In Corvina the second anal ray is very strong. 
* Jordan refers P. plumiers to P. virginicus. 
