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long as the head; the anterior portion of the spinous dorsal is 

 regularl}' graduated; no notch between the spines and soft rays 

 and the soft rays are not longer than the spines; dorsal spines 

 more or less granulate on the edges. Caudal slightly concave, 

 its lobes subequal, the middle rays nearly one half as long as 

 the head. Ventral origin slightly in advance of origin of spinous 

 ■dorsal; the fin reaches to a point nearly under the eighth spine 

 of the dorsal, but not to the anal origin. Pectorals about one 

 Tialf as long as the head. First anal spine two thirds as long 

 as the third, and one fourth as long as the head; the longest 

 ^nal ray is less than one half as long as the head. D. X, 14; A. 

 Ill, 15; V. I, 5; P. 1, 16; scales 9-98 to 115-42; pores wanting on 

 «ome of the scales. 



Color, silvery red; anal, soft dorsal, and caudal with a black 

 -edge; no spots on dorsal; posterior half of ventral black; about 

 •eight small dark blotches along lateral line, the largest less than 

 ■one half as long as the pupil. 



The cataluf a is a native of the tropical parts of the Atlantic ; 



It has been recorded from Brazil, the West Indies, and Madeira^ 



and sometimes migrates northward in the Gulf Stream to 



^arragansett Bay, Vineyard sound, and neighboring waters in 



summer. 



At Woods Hole it is rare; seven specimens were obtained in 

 September and October 1876, and afterward for several years 

 three or four were caught annually. On Oct. 2, 1888, a specimen 

 •3f inches long was taken'in a seine at Quisset Harbor. 



Genus pseudopriacanthus Bleeker 

 Scales large, very rough, 35 to 50 in the lateral line; body 

 ovate, not twice as long as deep; preopercle with two small 

 spines at angle; interorbital space broad and flat, there being 

 little flesh between skin and skull; no foramen in inter- 

 orbital area; lateral line changing its course below the fourth 

 dorsal spine; anal short, its rays III, 9 to 11; dorsal X, 11. 

 'Otherwise essentially as in Priacanthus, the species 

 aiving in deeper water. 



