852 Bulletin 47, United States National Museum. 



West Indies, known from Cuba and the Bahamas ; very close to 

 Holocentrus suborUtalis. (coruscus, sparkling.) 



Holocentrum coruscum, POEY, Memorias, n, 158, 1860, Cuba; JORDAN & BOLLMAN, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., 1888, 550. 



1237. HOLOCENTRUS BRACHTPTERUS, Poey. 



Head 3 in total length with caudal ; depth 3i ; eye 3 ; snout 4. D. XI ? 

 13; A. IV, 8; scales 40. Mouth moderate, maxillary reaching middle of 

 eye. Soft dorsal and anal not pointed; caudal lobes equal. Carmine; 

 longitudinal rosy streaks along rows of scales ; a pale band along spinous 

 dorsal ; no white band on cheek. (Poey. ) Cuba ; a doubtful species, per- 

 haps the same 'as H. vexillarius. (Qpa%v, short; irrepov, fin.) 

 Holocenlrus brachypterus, POEY, Kepertorio, 184, 1866, Cuba. 



1238. HOLOCENTRUS MARIANUS, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



(MARIAN,) 



Head 3 in total length with caudal; depth 3. D. XI, 13; A. IV, 8. 

 Body rather deep ; snout long, mouth large, maxillary reaching middle of 

 eye ; opercular spines 2, short and subequal. Soft dorsal reaching f- length 

 of caudal peduncle ; third anal spine very strong, its length f depth of 

 body, longer than first soft ray. Caudal lobes equal. Pyloric cceca 8 to 

 10. Bright red, the spinous dorsal with two rows of white spots ; other 

 fins carmine ; no white blotch on cheeks. (Poey.) (Marian, a negro word 

 meaning tough and lean a fish of much bone and little flesh.) 



Holocentrum marianum,* CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss.,m, 219, 1829, Martinique. 

 Holocentrum rostraturn, POEY, Memorias, n, 157, 1860, Cuba; name preoccupied. 



1239. HOLOCENTRUS VEXILLARIUS, Poey. 



Head 3f in total length with caudal ; depth 3f ; eye 2f . D. XI, 13 ; A. 

 IV, 8; snout short; maxillary reaching first third of eye. Caudal lobes 

 equal, vertical fins not very high ; third anal spine f depth of body. 

 Metallic white, flushed with red-brown streaks along the edges of 

 scales ; dorsal whitish, with large dark-red spots ; spinous dorsal with a 

 black vertical bar behind each ray, not reaching its base; soft dorsal, 

 anal, and caudal with dark-red border. (Poey.) Cuba ; not seen by us. 

 (vexillarius, pertaining to a banner; from the'marks on the dorsal fin.) 



Holocentrum vexillarium, POKY, Memorias, n, 158, 1860, Cuba. 



Holocentrum productum,{ POEY, Synopsis, BOO, 1868; described from specimen 3 inches long; young, 



as shown by the protruding snout. 

 i Holocentrum riparium,^ POEY, Enumeratio, 37, 1875, Cuba. 



* Holocentrus marianus, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES: 



D. XI, 12 ; A. IV, 9. Third anal spine exceedingly long. Color silvery red, without longitu- 

 dinal streaks. No black spot on the dorsal, nor dark points on the scales. Lower jaw projecting. 

 Opercle with two flat points. Martinique. Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



f Head 3f in total ; depth the same ; eye 3, half longer than snout. D. XI-15 ; A. IV, 10 ; 

 snout projecting; maxillary reaching front of pupil. Upper spine of opercle with a black 

 point or perforation at base. Dorsal low, its highest spine half depth of body ; third anal 

 spine strong. Rosy ; belly silvery ; series of scales scarcely marked by streaks ; fins red ; first 

 two and last two interspaces between spines dusky. Matanzas. Poey. 



I Holocentrum riparmm is based on small specimens found in shallow water along the reefs and 

 is said to differ from vexillarius in having the first three spines only with black interspaces. It 

 is possibly a distinct species, but needs verification. 



