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Tautogolabrus adspersus Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 87 (Wood's Holl, Gloucester, 



and Provincetown, MassI; Portland, Me.; Noank, Conn.). 

 Ctenolabrus adspersus Stearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 123 (Cape Britain); Jordan 



& Gilbert, Syn. Fishes N. Am., 599, 1883; Goode, Nat. Hist. Aquat. Anim., 



273, 1884. 

 Tautoga nigcr Mitchill, Rep. (in part) on the Fishes of New York, 23, 1814 (New York) ; 



Cuv, & Val., xiii, 293, 1839 (New York). 

 Tautoga cocrulea Mitchill, Rep. (in part) on the FishesofNew York, 24, 1814 (New York). 

 Ctenolabrus cei-uleus Dok&y, New York Fauna, Fishes, 172, pi. 29, f. 93, 1842. 

 Labrus chogsct Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y., i. 402. pi. 3, f. 2, 1815 (New 



York). 

 Labrus chogsct fulva Mitchill, 1. c, 403, 1815. 



Ctenolabrus chogsct Cuv. & Val., xiii, 237, 1839 (New York ; Newfoundland). 

 Crenilabrus burgall Storer, Fishes of Mass., 78, 1839; Ayres, Bost. Jour. Nat. Hist., iv, 



263, 1842(Brookhaven). 

 Ctenolabrus burgall Giinther, iv, 90, 1862 Canada; Boston; Nahant Bay). 

 Ctenolabrus uninoiatus Cuv. & Val., xiii, 239, 1839 (New York); Dekay, New York 

 Fauna, Fishes, 174, pi. 29, f. 90, 1842; Giinther, iv, 90, 1839 (Halifax). 



Habitat. — Atlantic coasts of North America, from Labrador to New 

 York. 



Etymology : Adspersus, speckled (besprinkled). 



This little fish is exceedingly abundant about rocks and wharves near 

 shore in the regions where it is found. It reaches a length of about 10 

 inches, beiug too small to have much value as food, although its flesh 

 is of excellent flavor. These fishes, although performing a useful duty 

 as scavengers, are a pest to the fishermen from their habit of nibbling 

 the bait from their hooks. 



23. CTENOLABRUS BRANDAONIS. 



Ctenolabrus (Tautogolabrus) brandaonis Steindachner, Ichth. Notiz., iv ; 16, 1867 (Brazil). 



Habitat. — Coast of Brazil. 



Etymology: Personal name unexplained. 



This species is known from Dr. Steindachner's description only. It 

 would be interesting to know in what part of Brazil it was found, as it 

 is not of the type of Labroids usually found in the tropics. 



Genus VI.— HIATULA. 



Hiatula Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 522,1800 (hiatula=oniils) . 

 Tautoga Mitchill, Hist. Fish. N. Y.> 1814, 23 (tautoga— onitis). 

 Hiatula Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 571. 



Type : Labrus hiatula L. = L, onitis L. 



Etymology : Hiatula, an old Latin name of Serranus cabrilla, from 

 hiatus, a gaping. 



This genus contains a single species, a large, dull-colored labroid, 

 abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States. 



a. Body somewhat deep ami compressed; the head ahout 3£ iu length; depth 2$; 

 eye rather small, ahout 5 in head; caudal truncate or very slightly rounded; 

 snout rather blunt ; the profile moderately steep; a patch of small scales behind 



