660 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [62]. 



70&. XYRICHTHYS INFIRMUS. (Plate VII, Fig. 2.) 



Xyrichthys infirmus Bean, Bull. U. S.' Fish Com., 1888, 199, pi. 29, f. 2 (Cozumel). 



Habitat. — West Indian fauna. 



Etymology: Infirmus, limp, flexible. 



This species is described and well figured in Dr. Bean's paper on 

 the Fishes of Cozumel, to which the reader is referred. It is probably 

 a near relative of X. martinicensis. 



71. XYRICHTHYS UNTO CELL ATUS. 



Xyrichthys uniocellatus Agassiz in Spix, Pise. Brazil, 97, tab. 55, 1829; Cuv. & Val., 

 xiv. 48, 1839 (Bahia) ; Jordan, Proc. W. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 541 (note on type). 

 Novacula uniocellata Gunther, iv, 171, 1862 (Bahia). 



Habitat. — Coast of Brazil. 

 Etymology : Uniocellatus, having one ocellus. 



We have examined the original type of this species in the museum at 

 Paris, and also a siugle example taken by the Albatross at Bahia. 



72. XYRICHTHYS MUNDICEPS. 



Xyrichthys mundiccps Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Mus. Sci. Phila., 1862, 143 (Cape San Lucas) ; 



Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 367 (Cape San Lucas) ; 



Jordan, 1. c, 1885, 384 (Cape San Lucas). 

 Novacula mundiceps Giinther, iv, 172, 1862 (Cape San Lucas). 



Habitat. — Cape San Lucas. 



Etymology : Mundus, neat ; ceps, head. 



This species is koown from numerous specimens, the original types 

 and others* sent to the U. S. National Museum from Cape San Lucas, by 

 Mr. John Xantus. 



73. XYRICHTHYS NOVACULA. (Plate VIII.) 

 (Razor-fish.) 



Coryphama palmaris pulc\re varia } dorso acuto Artedi, Genera, 15, 1738 ; Artedi, Synony- 



mia, 29, 1738. 

 Coryphama novacula Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. x. 262, 1758 (after Artedi) (and of th< 



copyists). 

 Xyrichthys novacula of European authors. 

 Coryphama psittacus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., xii, 448, 1766 (Charleston, Dr. Garden) j 



Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1194, 1788; Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885, 



195 (note on type). 

 Xyrichthys psittacus Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 45 (note on type of 



Coryphama psittacus); Bean, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 1888, 202 (Charleston, 



Pensacola). 

 Coryphama lineata Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1195, 1788 (Charleston, Dr. Garden). 

 Xyrichthys lineatus Cuv. &. Val., xiv, 50, 1839 (Martinique); Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 609 (Charleston) ; Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c, 1883, 143 (Pen- 

 ,sacola, name only); Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fishes N. Am., 605, 1883. 

 Novacula lineata Gunther, iv, 171, 1862 (Caribbean Sea). 

 Coryphama lineolata Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810. 33. 

 Xyrichthys cultratm Cuv. & Val., xiv, 37, pi. 391, 1839 (Martigues, Montpellier, 



Ivica, Selde). 



