364 — Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
D.9-24, P.15. V.1-5. A. 3-23. C.16. Length, 7 to 12 inches. 
New York, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Barbero, Parra, p. 45, pl. 21, fig. 2. 
L’Acanthure saigneur, Acanthurus phlebotomus, Cuv. et VAL, x. p. 176, pl. 287. 
Acanthurus phlebotomus, Surgeon, DeKay’s Report, p. 139, pl. 73, fig. 234. 
2. Acanthurus cceruleus, Biocu. 
Of a bright blue color. Dorsal and anal rayed alternately with light and dark blue. 
D.9-27. P.150rl2, V.1-5. A.3-25. C.16. Length, 4 to 8 inches. 
South Carolina, Florida, Carzssy. Caribbean Sea, Cuy. 
Turdus rhomboidalis, Tang, Carrspy’s Hist. Carol,, 11. pl. 10, fig. 1. 
se a ««  Browne’s Jamaica, p. 454. 
L’Acanthure bleu (Acanthurus ceruleus, Bu.), Cuv. et Vau., x. p. 179. 
Acanthurus ceruleus, Dexay’s Report, p. 140. 
3. Acanthurus chirurgus, Biocn. 
Brown, tinged with yellow. Vertical blackish lines upon the flanks, which do not reach 
either the back or the belly ; in some specimens, where they are most marked, twelve or 
thirteen exist, which commence back of the ear and terminate in front of the spines anterior 
to the tail ; in some specimens these bands do not exist. Ventrals blackish, pectorals yel- 
lowish ; very fine, blackish, radiating lines upon the dorsal. 
D. 9-23. “P.15. V.1-5. A.3-22. C.16. Length, 10 or 11 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Chetodon chirurgus, Bocn, vi. p. 74, pl. 208. 
Acanthurus chirurgus, Lancet Acanthurus, Saaw’s Gen. Zodl., 1v. p. 379, pl. 52. 
L’Acanthure chirurgien (Acanthurus chirurgus, Bu., Scun.), Cuv. et VAL., x. p. 163. 
FAMILY IX. TANIDA. 
Very similar to the Scombride. They often have the elongated dorsal fin, 
as well as the anal when it exists, united to the caudal. The articulated rays 
are generally simple. The ventrals are frequently a single ray, or less than 
five ; the position of these fins beneath the throat causes them to resemble the 
Blennius. 
GENUS I. STYLEPHORUS, Suaw. 
Body very long, compressed. Snout lengthened, directed upwards, retrac- 
tile towards the head by means of a membrane. Mouth without teeth. Eyes 
pedunculated, standing on a short, thick cylinder. Branchie, three pairs 
beneath the throat. Pectorals small ; dorsal nearly as long as the back. 
