Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1713 



672. CANTHERINES, Swainson. 



Cantherines, SWAINSON, Class'n Fishes, II, 327, 1839 (nasutus = gandwichen&is) . 



? Acanthoderma, AGASSIZ, Poiss. Fossiles, Vol. 2, 251, 1843 (ovale; fossil ; name preoccupied). 



Liomonacanthus, BLEEKER, Ned. Tydskr. Dierk., in, 11, 1866 (pardalis). 



Canthorhinus, GILL; corrected spelling. 



Tliis genus differs from Monacanthus chiefly in the absence of harbs on 

 the dorsal spine, which is long, strong, and placed over the front of the 

 eye. Scales minute. Species few. (ud-vftos, ass, or more likely anarBa, 

 spine; piv, snout.) 



a. Dorsal I, 35; A. 31. PULLUS, 2128. 



aa. Dorsal 1,38; A. 34. CAROLJE, 2129. 



2128. CANTHERINES PULLTJS (Ranzani). 



(LlJA COLORADA.) 



Depth about 2. D. II, 35; A. 31. Body moderately elevated; snout 

 moderately produced, the upper profile slightly concave; posterior mar- 

 gin of eye directly above axil. Adults (12 inches long) with 2 to 6 pairs 

 of strong recurved spines on each side of tail ; caudal short ; dorsal spine 

 nearly straight, rather shorter than head, without barbs, serrulate in 

 front, situated above front of eye ; skin with a velvety appearance ; the 

 scales minute. Coloration variable, generally with a whitish spot behind 

 the last dorsal ray, and several more or less distinct pale longitudinal 

 bands along tall; head with undulated bluish streaks; body sometimes 

 with scattered round light spots, each, with a dark speck in the center; 

 young sometimes uniform silvery; color probably varying with surround- 

 ings. Reaches a weight of 6 pounds. (Giinther.) West Indies and coast 

 of Brazil, occasionally north to southern Florida; specimens from Bahia 

 examined by us, brown in color, without markings. Identified by Giin- 

 ther with the widely distributed East Indian species, CantJierines pardalis, 

 perhaps correctly, but the color seems different, (pullus, dusky gray.) 



Lija Colorado,, PARRA, Dif. Piezas, etc., pL 23, 1787, Cuba. 



Monacanthus pullus, RANZANI, Nov. Comm. Act. Sci. Inst. Bonon., v, 4, pi. 1, 1842, Brazil ; 



JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 858, 1883. 

 Monacanthus macrocerus, HOLLARD, 1. c., n, 327, pi. 12, fig. 1, 1854; adult, Bahia; body 



covered with rounded spots, size of eye. 

 M onacanthus ruppelii, CASTELNAU, Anim. Am. Nouv. Amer. Sud, Poiss., 97, pi. 47, fig. 2, 



1855, Bahia; D. II, 35; A. 30; body with orange spots. 

 Monacanthus irroratus, POEY, Memorias, n, 330, 1861, Cuba ; cheeks with oblique orange 



streaks ; body with longitudinal brown streaks and pale spots. 



Monacanthus stratus, POWJT, Meraorias, n, 329, 1861, Cuba ; 6 spines on each side of tail. 

 Monacanthus parraianus, POEY, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 185, Cuba ; after Lija 



Colorada of PARRA ; 4 spines on each side of tail. 

 Monacanthus punctatus, POEY, Synopsis, 437, 1868, Cuba; no stripes on sides of cheek; 



spots on body yellow. 

 Monacanthu* pardalis, GATHER, Cat., vm, 230, 1870; in part, probably not of RUPPELL. 



2129. CANTHERINES CAROLS, Jordan <fe McGregor, new species. 



Head 3f ; depth 2. D. I, 38; A. 34; eye 5*. Body elliptical, com- 

 pressed; anterior profile somewhat concave, oblique; mouth small; teeth 

 large, white, and irregular; gill opening somewhat in front of pectoral, 



