140 NEW-YORK FAUNA. 



Color. Bluish brown. Pectorals partly yellow. In some specimens, there appear to be 

 bands on the flanks. 



Length, 3-0 -12-0. 



Finrays, D. 9.24; P. 15; V. 1.5; A. 3.23; C. 16. 



The above is a brief account of a species which is very common in the Caribbean sea, and 

 a specimen of which Cuvier received from New- York. According to Parra, it is eaten. 

 Through inadvertence, Richardson cites the A. hepatus among the fishes of New- York (Fawn. 

 Vol. 3, p. 86). SchoepflF merely states that he saw this species at the Bahamas ; but as he 

 refers to Catesby, we are enabled to know that he intended the Acanthurus cceruleus, which 

 occurs on the coast of Carolina ; the hepatus, on the other hand, is only found in the waters 

 of the East Indies. Our species is very rare, and can only be considered as a casual visitor. 

 I am indebted to Cuvier for the description and figure. 



(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 



A. cceruleus. (Cuv. et Val. Vol. 10, p. 179.) Bright blue throughout. Dorsal and anal streaked 

 alternately with hght and dark blue. Length four to eight inches. Seacoast of South-Carolina, 

 Florida. 



