(if J\'oi //i A 1}} cried. 9 



Chatodoit xtridiuK Limiaus, Sy.st. Njit..^ ed. X, 27o, 1758 (.India) ; id. ed. 

 XII, 464. 1706: Rloch. Iclitbyologia, plate 205, fig. 1, 1787; Gmelin, 

 Sy.st. ^at.. I. 1249, 1788 (India) ;BlGch & Scbneidc^r. Syst. Ichth., 222, 

 1801 (East Indies) ; Tiiiton, Linnaeus, Syst. Xat., I, 772, 1806 (India); 

 Cuvier & Valeiuitnnes. Hist. Kat. Pcissons, VII, 10 (San Domingo, 

 Martinique, St. TIk mas) ; Storer, Syn. H.-h. North Am., 388, 1845 

 ^copied) ; Gronow, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 68, 1854 (Indian Sea) ; Poey, 

 jNlem. de Cuba, 11,871, 1860 (Cuba) ; Castelnau, "Anim. Amer. Sud. 

 Poiss., 19." 1850, 61; Guntlier, Cat. Fisb. Brit. Mus., II, 8, 1860 

 (Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, St. Domingo, Jamaica). 



Sarothndvti «triatvs Poey, Syn. Pise. Cub., c52, 1868 (Cuba) ; Poey, Enum. 

 Pise. Cub.. 62, 1875 (('uba). 



Habitat. \\'est Jiidiaii Fauna and India. 



Known to us thi'ough descriptions and ])latcs only. 



8. CH.3iTODON CAPISTKATUS. 



Lobrus rosiro refeav ocello pur^weo iride cdla jvo'ta cwudon;, Lincaus, 

 Amoen. Ac. I, 596, 1749. 



Ctuttodon ccqjistratas Linnaeus, Syst. Xat.. ed. X, 275, 1758 (India) ; Lin- 

 naeus, Syst. Nat., ed. XII, 465, 1766 (India); Blocb, Icbtbyologia, 

 tab. 205, fig. 2, 1787 ; Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1250, 1788 (Jamaica i ; Wal- 

 baum, Artedi, Syn., 414, 1792 (Jamaica); Blocb & Schneider, Syst. 

 Ichth., 222, 1801 (Indian Sea) ; Turton, Linnaeus. 772, 1806 (Jamai- 

 ca) ; Kisso, "Eur. Merid., Ill, 432," 1827; Cuvier & Valenciennes, 

 Hist. Nat. Poiss., VII, 64, 1831 (Martinique, San Domingo, St. Tho- 

 mas, Cuba) ; Gronow. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 67, 1854 (American 

 Seas); Glinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., II, 12, 1860 (Jamaica, Puerto 

 Cabello, Demarara. Tiinidad) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. North 

 America, 940, 1883 ; Jordan, Cat. Fishes North America, 102, 1885 

 (name only\ 



Sarothr odus capistrattis Voey , Enum. Pise. Cub., 62, 1875 (Cuba \ 



Hahitat, Indian and West Indian Fauna. 

 The specimens examined by us are from Havana. It is a com- 

 mon fisli of the West Indian fauna. 



Oeiiii§ 3. POM ACANTHUS. . 



PoMACANTHUs Lacepedc, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 517, 1803 (grison). 

 HoLACANTHus Laccpedc, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 525, 1808 {tricolor, etc.). 

 Genicanthus Swainson, Fish. Amphib. & Kept., II, 212, 1838 {lamorclcii 

 & tricolor). 



