SPAROID FISHES OF AMERICA AND EUROPE. 483 
gg. Anterior part of body with a jet-black vertical bar which extends 
from between the fifth and seventh dorsal spines to opposite the 
lower edge of the pectoral; edge of opercle and base of pectoral 
black; pectoral longer than head. Body elongate-ovate, the back 
elevated, the anterior profile straightish to nape, thence regularly 
convex; lower profile straight, angulated at anal; mouth small; 
teeth setiform, arranged in broad bands, becoming shorter behind, 
longer and stronger in front; dorsal fin deeply notched, the tenth 
spine twice as long as first; second anal spine much stronger and 
almost twice as long as third, higher than soft rays; caudal forked. 
Head, 34; depth, 23; D. x11, 16 or 15; A. 111, 11; scales, 11-62-21; 
eye, 45; snout, 3; preorbital, 54; maxillary, 33; second anal spine, 
2}; fourth dorsal, 2;); pectoral, seven-eighths; gill-rakers, x-+-13. 
DAVIDSONH, 57. 
- ff. Body with longitudinal stripes of blue or yellow or both; young with 
a black blotch at base of caudal; preorbital broad; gill-rakers, 
x-+16. 
h. Anterior part of body with two broad dark crossbars, the one from 
the nape obliquely forward through eye, the other from front of 
dorsal downward; behind these a series of horizontal stripes 
alternately yellow and blue; pectoral longer than head; second 
anal and fourth dorsal spines nearly equal. 
Blue stripes on sides about six in number, very distinct, not nearly 
as wide as asecale; sharply edged with darker blue; their width 
about one-third that of the olive interspaces; additional blue 
stripes in the interspaces faint and few; vertical bands of head 
and shoulder brown. Body ovate, the back much elevated, the 
anterior profile steep, convex on snout, straightish over eye, nape 
very convex to base of third dorsal spine; mouth moderate, the 
maxillary extending to anterior edge of eye; jaws subequal; 
teeth arranged in bands, the outer much enlarged; about 10 gill- 
rakers, besides rudiments, below angle; dorsal fin high, slightly 
emarginate; spines slender, the highest slightly shorter and 
weaker than the second anal spine, which is more than half head; 
caudal lunate. Head, 3}; depth, 25; D. x11, 16; A. m1, 10. 
Scales, 10-56-17; eye, 34; snout, 24; preorbital, 4; maxillary, 34; 
second anal spine, 12; fourth dorsal spine, 13; pectoral, 7; gill- 
LAE Speo, al (Oe Ne SOR ae eee a ee ea ee TZENIATUS, 58. 
ii. Blue stripes on side as broad as a scale, each more than two- 
thirds the width of the golden-yellow interspaces, and each very 
faintly edged with darker; vertical bands on head and shoulder 
jet black. Body ovate, the back very much elevated, the anterior 
profile steep, slightly convex along snout and over eye, very much 
arched at nape; mouth small, the maxillary extending to ante- 
rior nostril; jaws subequal; outer row of teeth enlarged; about 
six gill-rakers, besides rudiments, below angle; dorsal fin low, 
emarginate, spines slender, the highest about equal in length to 
second anal spine, which is less than half head; caudal forked. 
Head, 34; depth, 2; D. x11, 17; A. m1, 10, 11; scales, 11-56-17; 
eye, 44; snout, 24; preorbital, 4; maxillary, 34; second anal 
spine, 2,4; third dorsal spine, 2,;|;; pectoral, {; gill-rakers, x+-16. 
VIRGLNICUS, 59. 
[Allied to Anisotremus virginicus is another species, which, on account of the 
imperfect description, should not be placed in the analysis. 
CATHARINA, 60.] 
