﻿[103] 
  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA. 
  891 
  

  

  385.— 
  HOLACANTHUS 
  Lacepede. 
  

  

  1204. 
  Holacanthus 
  strigatus 
  1 
  Gill. 
  P. 
  

  

  1205. 
  Holacanthus 
  ciliaris 
  Linnaeus. 
  W. 
  (0(54) 
  

  

  386.-POMACANTHUS 
  Lacepede. 
  (329) 
  

   § 
  Pomacanthodes 
  Gill. 
  

  

  1206. 
  Poniacanthus 
  zonipectus 
  2 
  Gill. 
  P. 
  

  

  $ 
  Pomacanthns. 
  

  

  1207. 
  Poniacanthus 
  aureus 
  3 
  Blocb. 
  W. 
  

  

  Family 
  CXVIL— 
  ACANTHUBIM5. 
  (90) 
  

  

  387.— 
  TEUTHIS 
  4 
  Linnaeus. 
  (330) 
  

  

  1208. 
  Teuthis 
  hepatus 
  Linnaeus. 
  S. 
  W. 
  (966) 
  

  

  1209. 
  Teuthis 
  tractus 
  Poey. 
  W. 
  P. 
  (966 
  c.) 
  

  

  1210. 
  Teuthis 
  cceruleus 
  Bloch. 
  W. 
  (967) 
  

  

  388.— 
  PRIONURUS 
  5 
  Lacepede. 
  

  

  1211. 
  Prionurus 
  punctatus 
  Gill. 
  P. 
  

  

  1 
  Holacanthus 
  strigatus 
  Gill, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1862, 
  243. 
  Cape 
  San 
  Lucas 
  

   to 
  Panama. 
  Holacanthus 
  tricolor 
  (Synopsis, 
  p. 
  941) 
  should 
  bo 
  omitted. 
  It 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  

   been 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  Florida 
  Keys, 
  although 
  doubtless 
  occurring 
  there. 
  

  

  2 
  Pomacanthodes 
  zonipectus 
  Gill, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1862, 
  244 
  (adult) 
  = 
  Ponia- 
  

   canthus 
  crescenlalis 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1881, 
  358 
  (Young). 
  

   Gulf 
  of 
  California 
  to 
  Panama. 
  

  

  ;i 
  Poniacanthus 
  aureus 
  (Bloch), 
  Black 
  Angel, 
  Chirivita. 
  The 
  description 
  of 
  Pomacan- 
  

   thns 
  arcualus, 
  on 
  page 
  616 
  of 
  the 
  Synopsis, 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  

   with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  phrases, 
  which 
  should 
  be 
  suppressed 
  :" 
  Young 
  

   with 
  yellowish 
  vertical 
  bands"; 
  the 
  bands 
  in 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  P. 
  aureus 
  are 
  whitish. 
  "Lat. 
  

   1. 
  80-100 
  "; 
  this 
  should 
  read, 
  " 
  lat. 
  1. 
  65." 
  The 
  additional 
  characters 
  given 
  on 
  page 
  973 
  

   are 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  true 
  P. 
  arcuatus, 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  suppressed, 
  as 
  should 
  also 
  the 
  syn- 
  

   onymy 
  on 
  page 
  616. 
  The 
  true 
  arcuatus 
  is 
  a 
  West 
  Iudian 
  species, 
  not 
  yet 
  known 
  from 
  

   our 
  coast 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  darker 
  and 
  more 
  uniform 
  in 
  color 
  than 
  P. 
  aureus, 
  the 
  cross-bands 
  in 
  the 
  

   young 
  are 
  better 
  defined 
  and 
  are 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  smaller 
  (lat. 
  1. 
  85 
  to 
  90) 
  ; 
  and 
  

   the 
  dorsal 
  spines 
  are 
  almost 
  invariably 
  10 
  instead 
  of 
  9. 
  P. 
  aureus 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  

   West 
  Indies 
  and 
  north 
  to 
  the 
  Florida 
  keys. 
  

  

  (Chatodon 
  aureus 
  Bloch, 
  Ichthyol. 
  ; 
  tab. 
  193, 
  f. 
  1.; 
  Cuvior 
  & 
  Val., 
  VII, 
  202, 
  1831; 
  

   Pomacanthus 
  balteatus 
  and 
  arcuatus 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val., 
  VII. 
  208,211 
  ; 
  Chcetodon 
  aureus 
  Poey, 
  

   Syn. 
  Pise, 
  Cubens., 
  1875, 
  60; 
  Chatodon 
  aureus 
  Bleeker, 
  Archives 
  Neerlandaises, 
  I*, 
  

   1876, 
  183 
  ; 
  Liitken, 
  Spolia 
  Atlantica, 
  1880, 
  571.) 
  

  

  4 
  The 
  genus 
  Teuthis 
  of 
  Linnaeus, 
  Systema 
  Natura?, 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  Teuthis 
  hepatus 
  L. 
  This 
  

   species, 
  founded 
  on 
  Hepatus 
  of 
  Gronow, 
  is 
  the 
  common 
  species 
  known 
  as 
  Acanthurus 
  

   chirurgus, 
  with 
  which 
  A. 
  phlebolomus 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  (nigricans 
  of 
  the 
  Synopsis) 
  seems 
  to 
  

   be 
  identical. 
  The 
  generic 
  name 
  Acanthurus 
  must 
  give 
  place 
  to 
  Teuthis, 
  and 
  this 
  species 
  

   should 
  stand 
  as 
  Teuthis 
  hepatus. 
  See 
  Gill, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884, 
  275, 
  and 
  Meek 
  and 
  

   Hoffman, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1884. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  paper 
  is 
  given 
  a 
  detailed 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  American 
  species 
  of 
  Teuthis. 
  

  

  5 
  Prionurus 
  Lacepede. 
  

   (Lac6pede, 
  Annales 
  Museum, 
  Paris, 
  IV, 
  205; 
  type 
  Prionurus 
  microlcpidotus 
  Lac.) 
  

   This 
  geuus 
  differs 
  from 
  Teuthis 
  chieiiy 
  in 
  the 
  armature 
  of 
  the 
  tail, 
  which 
  consists 
  

  

  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  3 
  to 
  6 
  bony 
  keeled 
  laruime 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  Size 
  small. 
  Species 
  not 
  very 
  

  

  numerous, 
  in 
  the 
  tropical 
  seas. 
  (TIpioov, 
  saw 
  ; 
  bvpa, 
  tail.) 
  

  

  Prionurus 
  punctatus 
  Gill, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1862, 
  242. 
  Cape 
  San 
  Lucas. 
  

  

  