1668 Bulletin //, United States National Museum. 



2080. CH^TODJPTERUS FABER (Broussonet). 



(ANGEL-FISH; SPADE-FISH.) 



Head 3 to 3f; depth 1 to 1|. D. VIII-I, 20; A. Ill, 18; scales 60; cseca 

 4 to 6. Vertical fins low in the young, falcate in the adult. Third dor- 

 sal spine more than head, in adult ahout as long as from tip of snout to 

 edge of preopercle, its membrane blackish, more produced in the young ; 

 chin with a row of pores; preorbital nearly as wide as eye; pectoral con- 

 siderably shorter than ventral, the first soft ray of the latter filamentous. 

 Grayish; a dusky band across the eye to the throat; a second similar 

 band, broader, beginning in front of the dorsal and extending across base 

 of pectoral to the belly ; a third band, narrower, extending to middle of 

 sides, from the base of fourth and fifth dorsal spines ; a fourth broader 

 band from the last dorsal spine to the anal spines, the remaining bands 

 alternately short and long; all of these bands growing obscure and dis- 

 appearing with age; ventrals black. Length 2 to 3 feet. Cape Cod to 

 Rio Janeiro; very abundant on our South Atlantic coast; an excellent 

 food-fish, reaching a large size. Very large specimens, which we suppose 

 to be old individuals, but which have been regarded as a distinct species 

 (Ephippus gigas, Cuvier), have the occipital crest and anterior iiiterhmals 

 developed in thick bony masses. Similar changes occur in the adult of 

 Selene and other Carangidce. (f after, blacksmith; the species was called 

 Faber marinus by Sloane.) 



Faber marinus fere quadratus (the Pilot-fish) SLOANE, Nat. Hist. Jamaica, IT, 290, pi. 251, 

 1793, Jamaica. 



Chcetodon faber, BROUSSONET, Ichth. Decas, 1, v, pi. 4, 1782, Jamaica (Coll. J. Ellis) ; Caro- 

 lina (Coll. Dr. Blagden). [Society Islands, Banks & Solander.] 



Zeus quadratus, GMELIN, Syst. Nat., I, 1225, 1788, Jamaica; after Faber marinus fere 

 quadratus of SLOANE. 



Chcetodon plumieri, BLOCH, Ichtliy., pi. 211, 1793, Martinique; after PLTJMTER. 



Selene quadrangularis, LACEPEDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 564, 1803, Jamaica ; after SLOANE. 



Chcetodon oviformis, MITCHILL, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc., 1, 1815, 247, pi. 5, fig. 4, New York. 



Ephippus gigas, CUVIER, Regne Anim., Ed. II, Vol 2, 191, 1829, America; very old 

 examples with swollen occipital crest ; GUNTHER, Cat., n, 61, I860; HOLBROOK, Ichth. 

 S. Car., 107, 1860. 



Ephippus faber, GUNTHER, Cat., n, 61, I860; HOLBROOK, Ichth. S. Car., 107, 1860. 



Chcetodiptcrus faber, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 613,1883. 



2081. CHJETOD1PTERUS ZONAT1IS (Girard). 



Dorsal VIII-I, 18; anal II, 16; scales 70. Long rays of soft dorsal and 

 anal \ longer than head. This species agrees with Clint odipter us faber in 

 nearly all respects. The chief differences are that behind the great band 

 from soft; dorsal to anal in C. zonatus there are 2 other bands ; 1 under mid- 

 dle of soft dorsal, the other at base of caudal, both distinct complete 

 rings; no other bands. The third dorsal spine is not very high, being 

 only about \ length of head, and about twice height of the fourth. 

 Length 2 feet or more. Pacific coast of America, San Diego to Panama; 

 rather common southward. .Occasionally seen at Mazatlan, several speci- 

 mens being taken by us in the Astillcro. It was found by Dr. Gilbert at 

 Mazatlan and Panama. The original type of the species came from San 



