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60. ANISOTREMUS CATHARIN ZA. 
Pristipoma catharinw Cuyv. & Val., v, 269, 1830 (lle Sainte Catharine du Brésil), 
Habitat: Coast of Brazil. 
Etymology: From the island of Santa Catarina. 
This imperfectly known species probably belongs to Anisotremus and 
it is apparently nearest to A. virginicus, possibly identical with it. The 
following is a condensation of the account given by Cuvier & Valen- 
ciennes: 
Body deep, much elevated at the nape; depth, 3 in total length with caudal; 
mouth, small; pores at chin, very small; dorsal notched, its spines long and strong; 
caudal emarginate; second anal spine longer than third, which is as long as first soft 
ray; ventrals longer than the short pectorals. Coloration nearly plain; sides with 
faint streaks. D. xu, 14; A. 11, 10. 
A drawing sent us by our friend, M. Alexandre Thominot, of the 
Museum at Paris, shows the general form of A. virginicus, the spines 
in the fins notably strong, especially the third and fourth of the dorsal 
and the second of the anal. M. Thominot says: 
Nous ne possédons dans la collection du muséum qwun exemplaire type du Pris- 
tipoma catharine de Cuy. & Val. Il porte le no. 1365" et vient du Brésil par MM. 
Lesson & Garnot. Voici ce que nous trouvons: 
Deets try Ve ay Ae ats Gs Lae 
Rayons épineux dorsaux robustes; le 1°" est le plus court, le 3™° le plus long. Téte 
contenue 3} 2 3} fois dans la longueur totale; le diamétre de lil = la longueur du 
nez; préopercule fortement dentelé dans sa hauteur, rateaux branchiaux manquant 
@Vun cété et en tres mauvais état & Vopposé; pores du menton, vu le mauvais état de 
cette partie, sont presque incertains; hauteur du corps par une ligne perpendicu- 
laire menée de la base du 3™° rayon é6pineux de la dorsale au milieu des ventrales = 
iu peu pres le $ de l’étendue totale du sujet; caudale en croissant; je ne dis rien 
des pectorales, lesquelles ont le bout des rayons incomplet; les ventrales arrivent 
presque au cloaque. 
This will probably prove to be a young example of Anisotremus vir- 
ginicus in bad condition. e 
61. ANISOTREMUS SERRULA. (Tété-de-Roche. ) 
Pristipoma serrula Cuy. & Val., v, 272, 1830 (Martinique). 
Pristipoma auratum Cuy. & Val., 1. ¢., 272 (Martinique). 
Pristipoma spleniatum Poey, Memorias, 11, 1860, 187 (Havana). 
Habitat: West Indies. 
Etymology: Serrula, a little saw, a translation of the French name 
‘‘Petite-Scie,” used at Martinique. 
This species we have not seen. We place spleniatus in the synonymy 
of serrula with some doubt, as it may have been based on the young of 
virginicus. Except for the presence of the groove at the chin, as im- 
plied in the description of Cuvier and Valenciennes, we might suppose 
this species to be identical with Genyatremus luteus. 
