18 Sir R. H. Scliombiirgk on some new species of Fishes 



in the number of rays. The ventrals have on each side six rays ; 

 the upper margin of the upper eye, and the lower margin of the 

 lower eye are ornated with little threads : the length of the fish 

 is nine inches/' It is a very delicate fish. 



III. PHARYNGOGNATHI, MulL 

 Fam. Labroidei cycloidei, Milll. 



Cossyphus bodianus, Cuv. et Val. /. c. xiii. p. 103. Yellow Coat 

 Chub. D. 12 + 10 : A. 3 + 13 : P. 16. 



^' The species from Barbados has a black spot in front of the 

 dorsal fin ; the basis of the membrane between the spines of the 

 dorsal fin is orange-coloured, and the angle of the ventrals is of 

 a brimstone colour .'' 



Julis maculipinnaj Miill. et Tr. nov. spec. Dog Chub. D. 9 + 1 1 : 

 A. 3 + 11: P. 13. 



- " This fish is distinguished from all American species of the 

 genus Mis by its colour. On the dorsal fin, between the fifth 

 and seventh spine, is a black spot, and in the middle of the soft 

 part of the same fin is a longitudinal band, the colour of which 

 cannot be discerned, as the specimen is preserved in spirit. Be- 

 neath the lateral line extends on each side a large dark band 

 (probably of violet colour) from the head to the caudal fin, with 

 a spot of the same colour under it, situated in about the middle 

 of the body. A blue band extends from the snout through the 

 eye to the operculum, and above it is another shorter band of the 

 same colour extending from the snout to the eye : both bands are 

 united, forming a V. On the nape are three transverse bands 

 of the same colour, and the cheeks are marked by three white 

 bands. On the base of the pectorals is a little black spot; the 

 caudal fin is truncated." 



Fam. Labroidei ctenoidei, Miiller. 



Glyphisodon taurus, Miill. et Tr. nov. spec. Dove-tail Fish. 

 D. i2-t-12: A. 2 + 10. 



'^ The teeth are notched. The cleft of the mouth does not reach 

 the eye ; on the angle of the mouth the suborbital bone is nearly 

 as large as the diameter of the eye ; the space betw^een the eyes 

 is nearly equal to one and a half diameter of an eye. The profile 

 is less steep than in G. saxatilis, and the five vertical bands are 

 less distinct in the present species. Its length is seven inches." 



Pomacenbiis leucostictus, Miill. et Tr. nov. spec. D. 12 + 15 : 

 A. 3 + 13. Black Pilot. Beau Gregory. 



" This species agrees with P. fuscus of Cuv. et Val. ; it distin- 



