140 NEW- YORK FAUNA. 



Color. Bluish brown. Pectorals partly yellow. In some specimens, there appear to be 

 bands on the flanks. 



Length, 3-0- 12-0. 



Fin rays, D. 9.24; P. 15; V. 1.5; A. 3.23; C. 16. 



The above is a brief account of a species which is very common in the Caribbean sea, and 

 a specimen of which Cuvier received from New-York. According to Parra, it is eaten. 

 Through inadvertence, Richardson cites the A. hepatus among the fishes of New- York {Faun. 

 Vol. 3, p. 86). Schoepff merely states that he saw tliis species at the Bahamas ; l:>ut as he 

 refers to Catesby, we are enabled to know that he intended the Acanthurus cceruleus, which 

 occurs on the coast of Carolina ; the hepatus, on the other hand, is only found in the waters 

 of the East Indies. Our species is very rare, and can only be considered as a casual visitor. 

 I am indebted to Cuvier for die description and figure. 



(EXTRALIMITAL.) 



A. cmruleus. (Cuv. et Val. Vol. 10, p. 179.) Bright blue throughout. Dorsal and anal streaked 

 alternately with light and dark blue. Length four to eight inches. Seacoast of South-Carolina, 

 Florida. 



