of North A})} erica. 13 



PouHinihthnx (iroKitiis m(K'\\, Ichthyologia, taf. 201, %. 2. 1887; Bloch c^: 



Sdinddcr, Syst. Iclith., 218, 1801 ; Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 



1802 (after Bloch). 

 roiit(ii'(iHth>t.s b(ilU(itiis Cu\\ii\- &i\i\\(ii\c\(im\(^ii. Hist. Nat. Poiss., VII, 208, 



1881 (Porto Rico) ; Stor.r. Syn. Fish. N. A., 1845, 840 » copied). 

 roi/Kfcant/iKS parfi Glintlier, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. , II, 55, 1860 (in part), 



(West Indies). 

 Cha4odon arcuatus Poey, Syn. Pise. Cub., 351, 1868 (Havana \ 

 Pomacanthuii arcuatHs Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. North America, 616, 



1883 : Baird, Bidl. U. S. Fish. Com., 1884, 178 (Barneg-at City, N. J.). 



Habitat, West Indian Fauna north to New Joivsey. 



'I'iienianv Pix-cinuMis examined are from Havana. 



'I'liere is considerable difficulty in distinguishing the synonymy 

 of this species from that of arcuatus ; the differences between the 

 two sjiecies are iliose set foi-tii in the Key ; bnt the descrijjtions 

 and fto'ures often contain elements from both species, on account 

 of the similarity of coloration in the young. PoiaacantJuis arcu- 

 atus Bloch, belongs here, having nine dorsal spines, the caudal 

 white-edged but I'ounded, Ckcetodoii arcuatus Poey. and Poina- 

 ca7ithus a j'cuatu.'i J ovdiiu &> Gilbert, are jdaced hei'e on the au- 

 thority of those authors. 



10. POMACANTHUS ARCUATUS. 



Pan/ Brasiliensibus Mm'cgmve, Hist. Pise. Lib. I, 144, 1648 (Brazil). 



Gua2)erna BrasilienstbusMaYcgvn.ve, Hist. Pise. Lib. I. 178. 1648 (Brazil). 



Chcptodon '^o. d, Artedi, Syn. 91, 1738. 



Cliretodoii No. 4, Brown. "Jamaica, 454," 1756 (Jamaica). 



C/uetodo/i (trct/atus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X. 273, 1758 (Indies); same, 

 ed. XII, 462. 1766 (Indies) ; Turton, Linnaeus Syst. Nat., I. 769, 1806 

 (copied) ; Bleeker, Arch. Neerl. Sci. et Nat., xf, 181, 1876 (Surinam, 

 Haj'ti, Santa Cruz). 



Chcetodoiilutescens Bonnaterre, "Planche de I'Encyclopedie Methodique, 

 182," 1782. 



Poiiijiadithiisliitesceiis Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss, IV, 518, 1802 (after 

 Brown), 



C hu'todo n ijaru B\oQh. Ichthyologia, taf. 197, fig i, 1787; Bloch & Schnei- 

 der, Syst. Ichth., ^17, 1801 ; Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1256, 1788 (copied); 

 Turton, Linna?us Syst. Nat., I, 774, 1806 (South America) ; Poey, 

 Syn. Pise. Cub., 351. 1868 (Havana). 



