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corners of the caudal become dark, and there is usually a dark spot at 

 base of last dorsal ray. Deeper water examples are quite pale or red 

 with distiuct longitudinal stripes, and the spot at base of caudal and at 

 base of last dorsal ray distiuct. 



The earliest specific name, radiatus, is untenable, because preoccupied. 

 The name next in date, bivittatus, is based on a rather poor figure, 

 which could, however, have been intended for no other known species. 

 This name must therefore be retained. The n&mepsittaculus was based 

 on the same figure. The humeralis of Poey seems to be unquestionably 

 the adult of this fish, common in the Havana markets, and his arangoi 

 is a young example of the same, from different bottom, and showing a 

 coloration more like our Florida specimens. The grandisquamis of Gill 

 is based on an adult example in which the coloration is less sharply 

 defined, and finally the florealis of Jordan & Gilbert is the gaily- 

 colored young. None of this synonymy seems to us subject to any 

 serious question. Besides numerous specimens from localities already 

 recorded, we have a specimen from St. Lucia. 



49. HALICHCBRES DISPILUS. 



Platyglossus dispilus Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 25, 1864 (Panama); Giiuther, 

 Fish. Cent. Am., 447, 1869 (Panama) ; Steindachner, Ickth. Beitrage iii, 64, 

 1875 (Acaputco); Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 108, 1882 (Mazat- 

 lan) ; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. 384, 1885 (Mazatlau) name only ; Jordan, 

 Cat. Fish. N. Am., 99, 1885; Jordan & Hughes, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 

 64 (Mazatlan). 



Habitat. — Panama fauna ; Mazatlan to Panama. 



Etymology : Aiq two, trmXoq, spot. 



This species has been well figured and described by Dr. Giiuther. 

 It was found by Dr. Gilbert to be rather common in the rock pools about 

 Mazatlan. It reaches but a small size. The characters in our analysis 

 of species are taken from a specimen obtained by the Albatross at 

 Panama. 



50. HALICHCBRES POEYI. 



Julie crotaphus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., xiii, 395, tab. 395, 1839 (Bahia), (not 

 of Cuvier) ; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 541 (note on type). 



Platyglo88U8 crotaphus Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 163, 1862 (Bahia; Jamaica); 

 Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, 463, 1870 (St. Croix). 



Chocrojulis crotaphus Poey, Enumeratio, 109, 1875 (Havana). 



? Platyglossus poeyi Steindachner, Ichth. Notiz., vi, 49, 1867 (Surinam). 



Habitat. — West Indian fauna ; Cuba to Bahia. 



Etymology : Named for Felipe Poey. 



Of this species we have examined the types of Julis crotaphus Cuv. & 

 Val., and three specimens taken by the Albatross at Bahia. The name 

 crotaphus is ineligible, because originally based on Halichcercs radiatus. \ 

 The only other name which could belong to the species is that of Platy- 

 glossus poeyi, but our specimens do not agree well with Steindachner's 

 description. According to Steindachner P. poeyi has the depth 3j~J in 

 length, the eye u almost three" (two?) times in the snout. Lower half 



