544 NEW YORK STATE MUSBTJM 



Family f-riacanxhidae: 



Catalufas 

 Genus priacaxthus Cuvier 

 Scales vei-y small, SO to TOO in the lateral line; body oblong, 

 more than twice as long as deep; preopercle with a spine at 

 ancle; interorbital area externally transversely convex, the 

 cranium itself transversely concave, the elevation being formed 

 of llcsh; a conspicuous foramen in the interorbital area; lateral 

 line extending upward and backward from upper angle of gill 

 opening toward second dorsal spine, below which it changes its 

 course, following outline of back to end of dorsal fin, thence 

 direct to middle of caudal; anal fin rather long, its rays about 

 III. 14; dorsal rays about X, 13. Species rather numerous, in 

 the tropical seas. 



268 Priacanthus arenatus Cuv. & Val. 

 Catalufa; Bigeye 



I'r'KU-dnthus cin'iiatns Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. Ill, 101, 



1829, B^-azil; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus. 971. 1883; 



Jordan v^- Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 1237, 1896, pi. OXOY, 



tijr. .511. 1900; H. M. Smith, Bull. U. S. F. C. 1897, 100. 1S9S, Woods 



Hole. Mass. 

 I'rbiniiithiin nidfrophthalmus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. HI. 



97. 1S29. based upon Anthias macrophtJialmus Bloch, an Asiatic species; 



Glnther. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. I, 215, 1859; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 



If?. V. S. Nat. Mus. 544. 1883. 



i'.'xiy (l)i(iig, compressed, moderately long, its greatest depth 

 ;il><iiit 1)11*' third of the total length without caudal; the caudal 

 ixdmirl,' slender, its least depth equal to length of snout. The 

 lieiHl is rathei' short, about two sevenths of total without caudal; 

 I lie siK.ui IS slioit, one fourth as long as the head, and two 

 iIiiimIs ;is 1(111- as Hie eye; Hie interorbital space is narrow and 

 <'ii\,.n; III,. |Msterii' nostrils are in a common oblong opening 

 wiMiiii wiii.li is a seplmii considerablv below the surface; i>ill 

 lak.is _() lo 1';;; (1,,. niaxillary is broad posteriorly and reaches 

 !' Ih-Iuw iIh' Ireiit (.r 111,' jmiiil; llie lower jaw projects consider- 

 ;il)l.\ : iireopriclc Willi an ..l.li(|n,' iM.int al its angle; opercle with 

 " "''I !'"iiiir,i s|.iii(', noi projecting. Dorsal spines all slender, 

 ""' ''"^' '"'> "" '':>"' i's long as the last and two ninths as 



