94 THE SHORE FISHES. 
lateral line variable in the larger examples there being 33 including the one in 
lateral line, in the smaller 4. The interorbital width in head varies inversely 
as the size of the fish. 
Holocentrus suborbitalis Gr. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1863, p. 86. Snopcrass & HELiEr, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 1905, 6, p. 360. 
Plate 2, fig. 2. 
Seven specimens, Nos. 334448 and 3362-3, 5 to 7 inches long from Aca- 
puleo. No. 3344, M. C. Z. 29666, No. 3345, M. C. Z. 29667, No. 3346, M. C. Z. ~ 
29692, No. 3347, M. C. Z. 29619, No. 3348, M. C. Z. 29689. 
Three specimens, Nos. 3144-5, 73 and 63 inches long and one untagged 64 
inches long, among coral, all from Toboguilla Island, Bay of Panama. 
Four specimens 17 to 6 inches long from Perico Island, Bay of Panama. 
M. C. Z. 29427 (3 specimens), 29554 (1 specimen). 
Ten specimens, 3 to 32 inches long from Station 4619, Lat. 7°, 15’ N.; Long. 
82°, 8’ W. 
One specimen 3% inches long from Station 4615, Lat. 9°, 7’ N.; Long. 85°, 
11’ W. 
One specimen, No. 3348, 7 inches long measures 147 mm. from tip of snout 
to base of caudal; head 3.2 in length without caudal; depth 2.5 in length without — 
caudal; eye 2.8 in head; snout 4.0 in head; maxillary 2.25 in head; interorbital 
4.5in head; preopercular spine, measured on its upper edge, 3.75 in head; pectoral 
1.29 in head; ventral 1.32 in head; 3rd anal spine 1.36 in head; dorsal XI-14; 
anal IV, 9; scales 4-38-8. 
One specimen, No. 3227, 7 inches long from Wreck Bay, Chatham Island, 
differs slightly from the above example. It is a little deeper; the eye is slightly 
smaller; interorbital a little narrower; preopercular spine a little longer and 3rd _ 
anal spine somewhat shorter. Its length to base of caudal is 150 mm. and it has — 
the following measurements: — Head 3.33 in length without caudal; depth 
2.38 in length without caudal; eye 2.9 in head; snout 4.28 in head; maxillary — 
5.00 in head; interorbital 5.62 in head; preopercular spine, measured on its : 
upper edge, 3.46 in head; pectoral 1.32 in head which equals the ventral; 2nd 
anal spine 1.55 in head; dorsal XI—14; anal IV, 9; scales 4-38-8. 
Holocentrus punctatissimus Cuvier & VALENCIENNES. 
Jorpan & EverMAnn, Bull. U.S. Fish. Comm., 1905, 23, pt. 1, p. 162, fig. 60. 
Holocentrum punctatissimum Cov. & Vau., Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1829, 3, p. 160 (215). 
One specimen 3 inches long from Easter Island. 
