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48. HALICHCERES BIVITTATUS. (Plato V and VI.) 



Slippery Dick ; Doncella. 



Sparus radiatus Linnreus, Syst. Nat., Ed. xii, 472, 1766 (Carolina; based on a speci- 

 men from Charleston, sent by Dr. Garden). Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1278, 1788 

 (copied). Walbanm, Artedi Piscinm, 2S9, 1792 (copied). Block <fc Schneider, 

 Syst. Ichtb., 207, 1801 (copied), (not Labrus radiatus L., Ed. x). 



Platyglossus radiatus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 608, 1882 (Charleston). 



Labrus bivittatus Blocb, Ichtb., taf. 284, fig. 1, 1792 (from a painting by Plumier, 

 made at Martinique). 



Ichthycallus bivittatus Swainson, Class. Fish., etc., 232, 1839 (name only). 



Platyglossus bivittatus Giintber, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mns., iv, 164, 1862 (Jamaica). Stein- 

 dacbuer, Ichtb. Notiz., vi, 49, 1867 (Barbadoes aud Surinam). Cope, Trans. 

 Am. Phil. Soc, 463, 1870 (St. Martin's). Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 40, 

 1884 (foot-note). Jordan, Proc, U. S. Nat. Mns., 136, 1884 (Key West). 

 Bean & Dresel, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 153, 1884 (Jamaica). Jordan, Bull. U. 

 S. Fish Cora., 79, 1884 (Key West). Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Am., 98, 1885. Jor- 

 dan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 45 (Havana). Jordan, 1. c, 1886, 63 (Char- 

 leston ; Pensacola ; Key West). Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886,540 

 (types of Julis psittaculus C. & V., from Surinam). 



Chcerojulis bivittatus Poey, Syn., 335, 1868 (Havana). 



Labrus psittaculus LacCpede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 522, 1800 (Martinique ; from a copy 

 of Plunder's painting). 



Julis psittaculus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., xiii, 387, 1839 (Martinique aud 

 Surinam). 



Julis humeralis Poey, Mem. Cub., ii, 212, 1860 (Havana). 



Chcerojulis humeralis Poey, Syn., 335, 1868 (Havana); Poey, Enumeratio, 108, 1875 

 (Havana). 



Platyglossus humeralis Giintber, Cat. Fisb. Brit. Mus., iv, 165, 1862 (Cuba); Jordan 

 & Gilbert, Syn. Fisb. N. Am., 603, 1883. 



Chcerojulis humeralis Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 338, 1879 (Clear Water 

 Harbor). 



Chcerojulis grandisquamis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 206, 1863 (Beaufort, N. C). 



Pusa grandisquamis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 374, 1879 (Beaufort). 



Platyglossus grandisquamis Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fisb. N.Am., 603, 1883 (copied). 



Chcerojulis arangoi Poey, Enumeratio Pise. Cub., 109, 1875 (Havana). 



Platyglossus jlorealis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 287, 1882 (Pensacola). 



Habitat. — West Indian fauna ; Beaufort, S". C, to Brazil. Excess- 

 ively abundant along rocky or weedy shores and reefs. 



Etymology : Bivittatus, two-banded. 



This species reaches a smaller size than any other of our representa- 

 tives of the genus. It is also by far the most common in the waters of 

 Florida and Cuba, and its range extends considerably farther north 

 than any of the others. 



The variations due to age and to character of the bottom are very 

 considerable, having caused the establishment of several nominal 

 species. In the description above mentioned by Professors Jordan & 

 Gilbert of specimens from Charleston, Pensacola, and Key West, these 

 variations have been sufficiently indicated. Our Cuban specimens 

 (from coral sand) are much paler in color than those from farther north. 

 The dark markings, however, remain similar. In old examples the 

 dark lateral bands fade, sometimes becoming more or less broken ; the 



