Jordan and'Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1685 



jaws projecting. Length of head equal to its depth from anterior margin 

 of blue ring in front of dorsal; the preorbital \ broader than eye, with 1 

 or 2 indistinct spines; preopercle with a strong, grooved, slightly curved 

 spine at angle, about as long as orbit ; 5 or 6 short blunt spines with inter- 

 mediate minute ones on upper limb, the longest of these spines 6 in the 

 spine at the angle; 2 or 3 short strong spines on lower limb; inter- 

 opercle with 1 or 2 short spines; premaxillary very thick, its width above 

 equal to orbit; a furrow from front of eye below nostrils; interorbital 

 greater than preorbital, equal to distance between eye and upper end of 

 gill opening. Soft dorsal and anal falcate, the filamentous tips reaching 

 much beyond the caudal ; pectoral broad, obliquely rounded, If in head ; 

 ventrals long, the spine long, l in head, the rays slightly filamentous, not 

 quite reaching anal, equal to head; caudal rounded, equal to head behind 

 premaxillary; lateral line ceasing before reaching end of dorsal, the scales 

 below regularly arranged, those above irregularly. Ground color olive, 

 terminal half of scales on sides yellow, side of head yellowish olive, top 

 of head dusky; a blue ring in front of dorsal surrounding a black spot 

 containing a few pale-blue specks ; iris yellow, blue above and below ; upper 

 jaw blue black, some yellow at corner of mouth; lower jaw, lower side of 

 head, and breast dusky olive ; a dark blue margin to opercle much broader 

 above than below ; upper edge of preopercular spine pale blue ; edge of 

 dorsal fin blue black, a black blotch on last rays, the fin otherwise red- 

 dish or orange, becoming paler toward tip of filament; anal similar to 

 dorsal, but darker; caudal entirely pale orange or clear lemon yellow; 

 pectoral lemon yellow, the base with a brown blotch bordered anteriorly 

 by a narrow blue stripe ; ventrals lemon yellow," somewhat dusky at base. 

 West Indies; common. Here described from specimens from Jamaica. A 

 large showy fish, (ciliaris, with eyelashes, referring to the produced fins.) 



Angel-fish, CATESBY, Nat. Hist. Carolina, etc., 1737. 



Isabelita, PARR A, Dif, Piezas, etc., 1787, Cuba. 



Chcetodon ciliaris, LiNNJEUS, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, 276, 1758, Indies ; in part; BLOCH, Ichth., pi. 



214. 1787. 

 Chcetodon squamulosus, SHAW, Naturalists' Miscellany, 275, 1789-1813; after Angel-fish 



of CATESBY. 

 Chcetodon parrce, BLOCK & SCHNEIDER, Syst. Ichth., 235, 1801, Cuba; after Isabelita of 



PARRA. 



Holacanthus cornutus, DESMAREST, Decade Ichthyologique, 44, pi. 3, fig. 3, 1823, Cuba. 

 Holacanthus formosus, CASTELNAU, Anim. Nouv. ou rares de 1' Amer. du Sud, Poissons, 19, 



pi. 2, fig. 2 1855, Bahia ; GiJNTHER, Cat., II, 47, 1860. 

 Holacanthus ciliaris, LACEPEDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 527, 1802 ; CUVIER & VALENCIENNES^ 



Hist. Nat, Poiss., vn, 154, 1831; POEY, Memorias, n, 371, 1861; GUNTHER, Cat., n, 46, 



1860 ; POEY, Synopsis, 351, 1868 ; LUTKEN, Spolia Atlantica, 200, 1880. 

 Pomacanthus ciliaris, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, G15, 1883. 

 Angelichthys ciliaris, JORDAN & EVERMANN, Check-List Fishes, 421, 1896; JORDAN & RUT- 



TER, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1897, 125. 



2101. AXGELICHTHYS ISABELITA, Jordan & Kutter.new species. 



(ANGEL-FISH.) 



Head 3f ; depth If ; eye 3 in head (young) ; snout 2J. D. XIV, 18 ; A. Ill, 

 19. Body nearly oval, anterior profile very steep, much steeper than in 

 HolacantUus ciliaris, the lips not projecting ; length of head scarcely greater 



