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which it agrees in other respects, Ocyanthias differs in the form of the 

 caudal, which is truncate, with prolonged angles. In Holanthias fronti- 

 cinctus the caudal is convex. (o/ci)f, swift; Anthias.) 



1614. OCYANTHIAS MARTINICENSIS (Guichenot). 



Head 3 ; depth 2 to 3. D. X, 15 ; A. Ill, 7 ; scales 2 to 4, 38 to 41-15 to 

 17, pores 35 to 40. Snout f diameter of eye, which is 3i times in length 

 of head and a little exceeds interorbital width ; lower jaw projecting; 

 maxillary extending to below posterior third of eye, the width of its 

 distal extremity | tof diameter of eye; posterior border of preoperculum 

 finely serrated, the serrse enlarged at the angle; middle opercular spine 

 strong; 25 to 27 gill rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal origi- 

 nating above opercular cleft ; first and second spines shortest, third long- 

 est, li as long as the following ones, which are equal ; soft dorsal rounded, 

 deepest posteriorly ; no notch between spinous and soft portions ; pec- 

 toral as long as head, a little longer than ventrals; latter reaching origin 

 of anal ; anal spines strong, first short, second and third equal and as 

 long as last dorsal spine: fourth and fifth soft rays longest ; caudal trun- 

 cate, with the outer rays much produced. Lateral line forming an angle 

 below last dorsal rays. Reddish golden,* with lighter spots ; snout and 

 vertex whitish (red?), this color extending as a stripe on the nape to the 

 first dorsal spine, where it terminates in a point. Total length 160 milli- 

 meters. Caribbean Sea ; known from Martinique and Barbadoes ; the 

 present description taken by Dr. Boulenger from the original type. 

 (martinicensis, living in Martinique.) 

 Aylopon martinicensis, GUICHENOT, Anthiani, Ann. Linn. Soc., Vol. x, 1868, Martinique. (Coll. 



Boulenger.) 



Odontanthias martinicensis, JORDAN & EIGENMANN, I. c., 416, 1890. 

 Holanthias martinicensis, BOULENGER, Cat., i, 317. 



518. GRAMMA, Poey. 



Gramma, POEY, Synopsis Piscium Cubensium, 290, 1868, (loreto). 



Body rather elongate, compressed, covered with rather large, smooth- 

 ish scales. Lateral line interrupted, concurrent with the back, begin- 

 ning again on caudal peduncle. Head scaled above, its profile not 

 acute ; preopercle serrate ; opercle with weak armature. Mouth large, 

 with rather strong canines, especially in front of lower jaw ; strong 

 teeth on vomer and palatines ; preorbital very narrow, the maxillary not 

 slipping under it ; maxillary not scaly ; dorsals connected, the spinous 

 part twice as long as the soft part, spines 12 in number ; anal spines 3, 

 the soft rays not elevated; pectoral narrow, without thickened rays; 

 caudal somewhat rounded ; gill membranes somewhat connected. Gill 

 structures not described (having been cut away in the only specimen 

 known). A singular little fish, apparently allied to the Old-World genera 

 Pleseops and Trachinops, differing from these and agreeing with Anthias 



* Color golden red, little paler below, many lustrous green spots on the back; fins all unspotted 

 and more or less yellow; upper part of head red. (Guichenot.) 



