528 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
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XXXIV. ERYTHRICHTHYS. 
Erythrichthys Temminck & Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 117, 1840-50 (schlegeli). 
Emmelichthys Richardson, Voyage Erebus and Terror, Fishes, 47, 1846 (nitidus), 
Boxaodon Guisghenot, in Gay, Hist. Chili, 11, 208, 1847 (cyanescens). 
Dipterygonotus Bleeker, Contr. Ichth. Celebes, 1848 (lewcogrammicus). 
Inermia Poey, Memorias, 11, 1860, 193 (vittata.) 
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Type: Erythrichthys schlegeli Giinther. 
Etymology: épvdpdc, red; (y00<, fish; true only of the typical species. 
This genus contains about five species, bright-colored fishes, inhabit- 
ing rather deep water. The species are not well known, and each one 
of them has been made the type of a distinct genus by writers who 
have failed to detect their association with each other. None of the — 
species have been studied by us. ; 
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ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN SPECIES OF ERYTHRICHTHYS. 
a, [Color greenish, with a broad band of yellowish green from the eye to the tail; 
three narrower streaks of darker green on the back; snout yellowish, dorsals 
pale yellow; caudal violet, its upper and lower edge white; pectoral rose; lower 
fins pale. Body fusiform, oval in section; maxillary reaching beyond eye; no 
teeth in jaws; preopercle with soft teeth at the angle; nostril small; no pores on 
lower jaw; dorsal fins separate; pectorals short; fins low, with slender spines; 
caudal deeply forked; D.x1v,10; A. 11,9; scales, 100.] (Poey.) Virratus, 137. 
aa. [Uniform bluish green; D, xur-10; A. ut, 12]. (Giinther from Guichenot.) 
CYANESCENS, 138, 
137. ERYTHYRICHTHYS VITTATUS. (Boga.) 
Inermia vittata Poey, Memorias, 11, 193, 1860 (Havana), 
Emmelichthys vittatus Poey, Synopsis, 320, 1868. 
Erythrichthys vittatus Poey, Enumeratio, 49, 1875, 
Habitat: Coasts of Cuba. 
Etymology: Vittatus, striped. 
This little fish reaches a length of about 8 inches. According to 
Poey it is generally rare on the Cuban coast, occasionally appearing 
in great numbers. 
138. ERYTHRICHTHYS CYANESCENS. 
Boxaodon cyanescens Guichenot, in Gay, Hist. Chili, 209, Atlas, lam. 5, f. 1, 1847. ~ 
Erythrichthys cyanescens. Giinther, 1, 395 (copied). 
Habitat: Coast of Chile. 
Etymology: Cyanescens, bluish. 
This species is known only from the scanty and incorrect account 
given by Guichenot. We have not seen the original account, and copy 
our diagnosis from Giinther, . 
