226 • DR. A. GIJNTHER ON FISHES FROM ST. HELENA. [Mar. 2(i, 



26. Pomaceiitrus leucosticttis, Miill. & Trosch. West Indies. 



27. Glyphidodon saxatUis, L. West Indies. 



28. Heliastes insolatus, C. & V. * West Indies, coast of Peru. 



29. Cossyphus pectoralis. Gill (probably = C. jtulchellus, Poey). 

 Pacific coast of Central America, ? West Indies. 



30. Novacula sanctte helencB, sp. n. St. Helena. 



31. Jtdis sanctce helence, C. & V. St. Helena. 



32. Scarus strigaius, Gthr. St. Helena. 



33. Physicuhis dalwigJdi, Kanp. Madeira. 



34. Rhomboidichthys, sp. n. ? 



3.'). Belone lovii, Gthr. Cape Verde Islands; 



The determination of the Eels, Sharks, &c. is reserved for the 

 new volume of my ' Catalogue of Fishes.' 



Anthias fronticinctus. (Plate XVIII.) 

 B. 7. D. -^.. A. 7. L. lat. 52. 



15—10 



Posterior margin of the caudal fin convex. The second ray of the 

 pectoral and the third of the anal more or less produced into a fila- 

 ment. Teeth of the upper jaw separated by a toothless interspace ; 

 two pairs of canine teeth in the upper jaw, one pair in front and the 

 other more inwards. Lower jaw with a pair of subhorizontal canine 

 teeth in front, and with one or two pairs of erect teeth on the side. 

 Band of vomerine teeth lancehcad-shaped. Tongue with a large 

 ovate patch of teeth. Three (in spirits) white bands across the 

 snout, forehead, and occiput ; a white line along the base of the 

 dorsal fin, which has a wliite margin. 



This species may be regarded as the type of a distinct generic 

 division {Holanthias), distinguished from Anthias by its convex 

 caudal fin. 



Two specimens, 9 inches long (29). 



Description. — The heightof the body is one-third of thetotal length 

 (without caudal). Muzzle short and obtuse. The length of the 

 head is contained thrice and two-thirds in the total length (without 

 caudal). Diameter of the eye equal to space between the eyes, 

 greater than extent of snout, and contained thrice and three-fourths 

 in the length of the head. Head covered with smaller scales than 

 those of the trunk. Cleft of mouth very oblique; upper maxillary 

 widening suddenly, and reaching to the vertical from centre of eye. 

 Prseorbital narrow, half as broad as maxillary. Crown rounded, 

 convex. Prseoperculum with fine serrature along hinder limb, with 

 some coarser points at the angle and several coarse denticulations along 

 the lower limb. Sub- and interoperculum entire. Operculum with 

 three flat short spines, the upper of which is hidden by the scales, tlie 

 middle one pointed and the longest, the lower one being very short, 

 but apparent, and almost immediately beneath the middle one. 



Dorsal fin commencing rather before the posterior margin of the 

 operculum ; spinous portion rather lower than the soft, but as long ; 



* = Heliastes crusma. C. & V. 



