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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [98] 
  

  

  369.— 
  DECODON 
  ' 
  Gunrher. 
  

  

  1156. 
  Decodon 
  puellaris 
  Poey. 
  W. 
  

  

  370.— 
  TROCHOCOPUS 
  Gttnther. 
  (3186.) 
  

   § 
  Pimelometopon 
  Gill. 
  

  

  1157. 
  Trochocopus 
  pulcher 
  Ayres. 
  C. 
  (945) 
  

  

  371.— 
  PLATYGLOSSUS 
  Blocker. 
  (319) 
  

  

  1158. 
  Platyglossus 
  radiatus 
  2 
  Linnaus. 
  W. 
  (94G) 
  

  

  1159. 
  Platyglossus 
  bivittatus 
  3 
  Blocli. 
  S. 
  W. 
  (947 
  ; 
  948) 
  

  

  1160. 
  Platyglossus 
  caudalis 
  Poey. 
  W. 
  (948 
  b.) 
  

  

  1 
  Decodon 
  GiiDther. 
  

  

  (Giiutber, 
  Cat. 
  Fish. 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  IV, 
  101, 
  1862; 
  type 
  Cossyplius 
  puellaris 
  Poey.) 
  

  

  Body 
  moderately 
  compressed, 
  oblong, 
  covered 
  with 
  large 
  scales; 
  bead 
  oblong; 
  

   cheeks, 
  opercles, 
  and 
  lower 
  limb 
  or 
  preopercle 
  scaly, 
  the 
  posterior 
  limb 
  being 
  naked 
  ; 
  

   base 
  of 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  not 
  scaly; 
  lateral 
  line 
  continuous^ 
  Teeth 
  essentially 
  as 
  in 
  

   Harpe, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  jaws 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  series; 
  four 
  canines 
  in 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  eacb 
  jaw; 
  a 
  

   posterior 
  canine 
  on 
  each 
  premaxillary. 
  Dorsal 
  with 
  eleven 
  spines; 
  anal 
  with 
  three. 
  

   A 
  single 
  species, 
  intermediate 
  between 
  Bodianus 
  and 
  Trochocopus, 
  having 
  the 
  large 
  

   scales 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  and 
  the 
  naked 
  tins 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  Apparently 
  the 
  genera 
  in 
  this 
  

   group 
  have 
  been 
  too 
  much 
  subdivided. 
  (AsxaS, 
  ten 
  ; 
  oSov?, 
  tooth; 
  there 
  being 
  ten 
  

   canines.) 
  

  

  Decodon 
  puellaris. 
  

  

  Rose-colored, 
  with 
  three 
  large 
  red 
  blotches 
  ; 
  head 
  with 
  several 
  pearl-colored 
  streaks 
  

   (yellow 
  in 
  life) 
  ; 
  a 
  transverse 
  one 
  between 
  the 
  nostrils; 
  two 
  oblique 
  ones 
  running 
  

   from 
  orbit 
  towards 
  subopercle, 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  one 
  from 
  angle 
  of 
  mouth 
  to 
  angle 
  of 
  

   preopercle. 
  Some 
  yellow 
  spots 
  on 
  sides 
  of 
  head. 
  Each 
  scale 
  on 
  sides 
  with 
  a 
  yellow 
  

   spot 
  on 
  its 
  edge. 
  Fins 
  mostly 
  red, 
  the 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  with 
  four 
  rounded 
  yellow 
  

   spots; 
  several 
  spots 
  on 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  and 
  caudal 
  (Poey). 
  Eye 
  rather 
  large, 
  as 
  wide 
  

   as 
  interorbital 
  space, 
  shorter 
  than 
  snout. 
  Maxillary 
  reaching 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  eye. 
  

   Edge 
  of 
  preopercle 
  minutely 
  denticulated, 
  the 
  angle 
  rounded, 
  projecting 
  somewhat 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  posterior 
  edge 
  ; 
  opercle 
  with 
  a 
  membranaceous 
  flap. 
  Ventrals 
  not 
  reach- 
  

   ing 
  vent; 
  caudal 
  emarginate. 
  Head 
  4 
  in 
  total 
  length; 
  depth 
  4 
  1. 
  D. 
  XI, 
  10; 
  A. 
  Ill, 
  

   10. 
  Scales 
  2-J-30-8. 
  L. 
  10 
  inches. 
  West 
  Iudies, 
  north 
  to 
  Pensacola. 
  

  

  (Cossyplius 
  puellaris 
  Poey, 
  Memorias 
  Cuba, 
  18G0, 
  II, 
  '210; 
  Giiuthcr, 
  IV, 
  101. 
  Jor- 
  

   dau, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884.) 
  

  

  - 
  Platyglossus 
  radiaius. 
  Pudding-wife; 
  Doncella; 
  Blue-fish. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  (Platyglossus 
  radiatus 
  of 
  the 
  text; 
  and 
  eyanosiigma 
  of 
  the 
  addenda) 
  is 
  

   the 
  original 
  Labrus 
  radiatus 
  L., 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  Ed. 
  X, 
  288, 
  1758, 
  based 
  on 
  Turdus 
  oeulo 
  radi- 
  

   ato, 
  the 
  Pudding-wife, 
  of 
  Catesby. 
  It 
  reaches 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  size 
  than 
  our 
  other 
  

   species. 
  The 
  ground 
  color 
  in 
  the 
  males 
  is 
  blue, 
  in 
  the 
  females 
  chiefly 
  of 
  a 
  bronze- 
  

   olive. 
  Both 
  are 
  most 
  brilliantly 
  colored. 
  Lower 
  pharyngeals 
  "r* 
  8na 
  P 
  e 
  d> 
  but 
  little 
  

   broader 
  than 
  long. 
  

  

  3 
  Platyglossus 
  bivittatus. 
  Slippery 
  Dick. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  Spar 
  us 
  radial 
  us 
  of 
  Linnaeus, 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  Ed. 
  XII, 
  472, 
  17<>(*>, 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  spec- 
  

   imen 
  sent 
  from 
  Charleston 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Garden. 
  It 
  varies 
  considerably 
  with 
  age 
  and 
  sur- 
  

   roundings. 
  The 
  names 
  grandisquamis, 
  humeralis, 
  and 
  florealis 
  represent 
  different 
  stages 
  

   of 
  growth. 
  Lower 
  pharyngeal 
  "f" 
  _s 
  h.ap 
  e 
  dj 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long. 
  

  

  