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American one, is the original saxcdUls of Linnaeus. The American 
species differs from the Asiatic one in the arrangement of its bands, 
the fourth being before the soft dorsal instead of under it. It should 
stand as Glypliisodon marginatus (Bloch). The Hawaiian species, 
Glypldsodon ahdominalis (Cuvier and Valenciennes), is nearer the 
American species. 
{saxatilis^ pertaining to rocks). 
lo. GLYPHISODON CURACAO (Bloch). 
Chxtodon curarao Bloch, Ichthj^ol., p. 106, pi. ccxii, fig. 1; Curasao, Caribbean 
Sea, by error. 
Glyphisodon curassao Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1830, p. 471. 
Glyphidodon smaragdinus Brevoort, Exped. Japan, 1856, p. 264, pi. vi, fig. 3; 
Riukiu (Okinawa). 
Glyphidodon trifasciaius Bleeker, Labr. Cten., p. 19; Amboyna, Ceram. — 
Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Pomac, pi. ccccx, fig. 3. — Guxtiier, Cat. Fish., IV, 
1862, p. 42; Amboyna, Ceram. — Bleeker, Hell. Maats. Vet., p. 105; Batu, 
Nias, Java, Celebes, Flores, Ternata, Ceram, Amboyna. 
"D. XIII, 13 or 13; A. II, 13 or 11; scales in lateral line 27; in 
transverse series 3+10. 
"The height of the body is three-fifths of the total length (the caudal 
iin not included); the snout is nearl}' as long as the eye; the preorbital 
has a distinct notch above the maxillar}", and its greatest width is one- 
half that of the orbit. Incisors short, small, trenchant. The seventh 
and eighth dorsal spines are longer than the twelfth, which is generally 
somewhat shorter than the last; the soft dorsal elevated; the caudal 
forked. 
"Greenish-olive, with three black cross-bands, which are ill-defined 
and formed by black spots on the cutaneous sheaths of the transparent 
scales-; the first from the first five or six dorsal spines to the pectoral, 
the second from the ninth and twelfth dorsal spines to the vent, and 
the third between the soft dorsal and the anal." (Giinther.) 
This species is placed in the list of Japanese fishes on the basis of 
the figure of a specimen from Riukiu, published by Brevoort, and 
by him named (jrlyplildodon smaragdinus. The r\ame curagao must 
apparentl}^ be retained in spite of its erroneous geographical implication. 
{Cmxigao, Portuguese name of an island off the coast of Venezuela.) 
II. GLYPHISODON SORDIDUS (Forskal). 
Chsetodon sordldus ForskAl, Descr. Anim., 1775, p. 62; Djidda, Red Sea. 
Glyphidodon fiordidns Ruppell, Atlas Reise Africa, Fische, 1828, p. 34, pi. viii, 
fig. 1; Mohila, Red Sea. — Cuvier and Valenciennes, Poiss., V, 1830, p. 466; 
Macuer Island, Red Sea.— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, p. 41; China, 
Mauritius, Red Sea.— Klunzinger, Fische Rothen Meeres, p. 525; Red 
Sea. — Day, Fishes India, p. 385, pi. lxxxiii, fig. 1. — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. 
Pomac, p. 410, pi. xi, fig. 5; Holl. Maatsch. Vet, 1877, p. 96; Sumatra, 
Java, Cocos, Amboyna. — Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, II, 1876, p. 231; 
Tahiti, Raiatea, Samoa, Solomon Islands. — Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 31; 
Riukiu, 
