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HOLOCENTRIDAB. 



Holocentrus ascensionis (Osbeck). Squirrel. 



Holocentrum sogu Blocli. Goode, '76^, p. 49. 



Distribution. — Florida and Cuba to St. Helena. 



D. 11 + 15 ; A. 6 + 10. 



This species is very common in sheltered nooks about the rocky shores and 

 reefs. It is nocturnal and great numbers were sometimes taken in a few hours 

 at night in the lish pots. 



H. puncticulatus, sp. nov. 



(Plale 2.) 



D. 11 + 13 ; A. 4 + 8; 11. 45; Itr. 3 + 8. 



Near H. siccifer Cope, but differing in the number of rays in the anal fin, in 

 the shape of the dorsal fins, and in color. 



Head with spines 2^, depth 2|. Spinous dorsal rather long and elevated 

 anteriorly ; soft dorsal not as high as spinous portion. Second anal spine and 

 first anal soft ray about the same length and almost reaching the base of the 

 caudal. There is one strong spine on the preopercnlar bone and one on the 

 opercular. The posterior and ventral edges of both these bones are strongly 

 serrate. The interorbital keels are rather weak, and each divides posteriorly 

 into nine, spreading out in a fan-like manner. 



The color in life is bright rosy red with nine lateral series of very fine black 

 and dark brown dots ; growing fainter and fewer ventrally. A large black 

 spot appears on the membrane of the first three dorsal spines, and also on the 

 spines themselves. The rest of the fins are rosy white, except for a few 

 extremely faint dusk}' patches on the posterior part of the first dorsal. 



This species is represented by the single type specimen (M. C. Z. No. 

 29,054), Flatts Inlet, Bermuda Is. Taken in a fish trap in about 10 ft. of water. 

 The species is rather common, and other specimens were seen. 



MULLIDAE. 



Upeneus maculatus (Bloch). Goat fish. 



Hi/peneus maculatus (Bloch) Guv. Goode, '76a, p. 49. 



Distribution. — West Indian region. 



D. 8 + 8 ; A. 2 + 6. 



Probably common in rather deep water outside the reef. One specimen was 

 taken in a fish pot off Hungry Bay by a fisherman, who said that the species 

 was not uncommon, and another from the stomach of a large grouper (^Epi- 

 nephelus striatus). 



