margin whicli is white ; two large black spots in the 

 axil; several smaller black spots besides. 



Holocentrum elongatum. Steind, M. S. ,'^'1.'^ 

 D. 11 tV- ^' 4/9. L. lat. 48. L. tr. 3/6. 



The height of the body equals the length of the 

 head, and is 3^ in the total. The interorbital space 

 is 5 times in the lenght of the head. The eye, which 

 is equal to the length of the snout, is 3| times in the 

 head ; the maxillary reaches to beneath the middle of 

 the eye ; the lower jaw projects a trifle beyond the 

 upper, the turbinal bone terminates in a forked anterior 

 process, not covering the intermaxillary. Preopercular 

 spine i the height of the posterior margins of the 

 preoperculum. The fourth, fifth and sixth dorsal 

 spines longest, one third the length of the head ; soft 

 dorsal fin one half the height of the body ; caudal 

 lobes equal, one fifth the total length ; the third anal 

 spine longer and stronger than the fourth, contained 

 5 times in the total length, (without the caudal) ; 

 ventrals and pectorals equal in length. In life rose 

 red on the back and head, shading into light pink on 

 the belly ; vertical fins cherry red ; the spinous dorsal 

 with a series of light rose colored spots along the 

 middle ; the membrane behind the tip of each spine, 

 light pink. In alcohol the color is uniform whitish, 

 the spots on the dorsal being darker than the rest of 

 the fin. 



