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established in its specific relations to warrant generalizations; 13 species, 

 or 23 percent., occur in the Eastern Atlantic; 3 of these have not been 

 recorded west of the Bermudas, and I prefer for the present to consider 

 them as wanderers from the Mediterranean fauna. The relations, fau- 

 nally, of others, such as Balistes capriscus and Fimelepterus Boscii, are 

 somewhat problematical. 



Four species of marine fishes and one inhabiting brackish water arc 

 known to be peculiar to the group. 



Species common to the Bermudas and West Indies. 



Ostracium triquetrum. 

 Pseudoscarus superb us. 

 Pseudoscarus coeruleus. 

 Ohoerojulis radiatus. 

 Lachnolsemus falcatus. 

 Eucinostomus Lefroyi. 

 Acanthurus coeruleus. 

 Sarothrodus bimaculatus. 

 Calamus megacephalus. 

 Calamus orbitarius. 

 Lutjanus caxis. 

 Mesoprion aya. 



Epinephelus striatus. 

 Epinephelas guttatus. 

 Hypoplectrus puella. 

 Mugil liza. 



Auostoma coloratura. 

 Hemirhamphus Pleii. 

 Exoccetus exiliens. 

 Megalops thrissoides. 

 Sardinella anchovia. 

 Harengula macrophthalma. 

 Echidna catenata. 

 Zonichthys fasciatus (South Caro- 

 lina). 



Trisotropis guttatus. 



Common to the Bermudas, West Indies, and Eastern Atlantic. 



Chilomycterus reticulatus (Saint Helena). 



Chilichthys Spengleri (Madeira, Cape Verdes, and Western Africa). 



Ostracium quadricorne (Saint Helena, Western Africa, Cape of Good 



Hope). 

 Sphyrsena picuda (river Niger). 



Common to the Bermudas, Brazil, Cape Verdes, and Ascension Island. 



Salarias textilis. 



Common to the Bermudas, West Indies, and Northern Brazil. 



Malthe vespertilio. Pareques punctatus. 



Scarus radians. Hsemylum capeuna. 



Eucinostomus gula. Hsemylum chrysopterum. 



Hypeneus maculatus (Rio de Janei- Trisotropis undulosus. 



. ro). Hemirhamphus Pleii. 

 Holocentrum sogo. 



