313 FISHES 



Peiacanthus arena tus Cuvier and Valenciennes (Catalufa). 

 Tropical Atlantic, straying northward in the Gulf Stream. Obtained by 

 the steamer Albatross at Nassau. 



Family MULLIDjE (Surmullets). 

 Upeneus MAC0LATUS (Bloch) (Goat Pish). 

 A very handsome, strikingly colored fish, abundant and valued as food. 

 It occurs in the West Indies, and probably in Bermuda. Common in the 

 Nassau market. Obtained by the Expedition at Bast End of Hog Island 

 (Nassau harbor), along Eleuthera Island and at Clarence Harbor, vrhere 

 many young were seined during July, 1903. 



Upeneus maetinicus Cuvier and Valenciennes (Yellow Goat Pish). 



This species grows to a length of one foot and is valued as food. It is 

 foimd throughout the West Indies and north to Plorida. The steamer Alhor 

 tross collected it at Nassau in 1886. 



Family CH^.T0D0NTID.S3 (Butterfly Fishes). 



HoLAOANTHUs TEicoLOR (Bloch) (Eock Beauty). 



Plate LXI. 



This striking fish inhabits the West Indies, and has been recorded from 



Bermuda. Numerous specimens were observed in the " Sea Gardens," near 



Nassau, during Jime, 1903, but none were taken. 



PoMACANTHUS AEOUATUS (Linnasus) (Black Angel Pish). 

 Length one and one-half to two feet. A handsome fish, but little valued 

 as food. West Indies generally, occasionally straying northward to the middle 

 Atlantic coast. Obtained by the Expedition at Nassau and Andres Island 

 during June, 1903. 



Ch^todon ooellatus Bloch (Spanish Angel Pish). 

 West Indian fauna, straying northward. Observed among the coral heads 

 in Nassau harbor. One of the beautiful fishes of the tropics. Obtained by 

 the Expedition at Nassau during June, 1903. 



Ch^todon capisteatus Linnaeus (Preneh Angel Pish). 

 A beautiful tropical fish, of small size, abundant around the coral reefs 

 of the West Indies. The Chmtodonts are the butterflies of the warm seas. 

 Obtained by the Expedition at Nassau, June 19, 1903. 



