254 Berycoidei 
especially numerous, Holocentrus ascenscionis, abundant in 
Cuba, ranges northward in the Gulf Stream. Holocentrus 
Fic. 202.—Soldier-fish, Holocentrus ascenscionis (Osbeck). 
suborbitalis, the mojarra cardenal, is a small, relatively dull 
species swarming about the rocks of western Mexico. Holo- 
Fig. 203.—Soldier-fish, Holocentrus ittodai Jordan & Fowler. Riu Kiu Islands 
Japan. 
centrus spinosissimus is a characteristic fish of Japan. Many 
other species abound throughout Polynesia and the East Indies, 
as well as in tropical America. Holocentrus ruber and Holo- 
