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the first one five in the head. Anal similar to soft dorsal, its first 

 spine very short, the second 3.3 in head. Ventrals reaching middle 

 of the base of the anal. 



Color in spirits a pale brown. 'Scales of the entire body with fine 

 punctulations. A series of dots along the median row of scales. 

 Snout and maxillary spotted ; a dark streak extending back and 

 upward from eye ; a narrow longitudinal streak extending straight 

 back from the eye and becoming much wider on the opercle ; a similar 

 streak extending down and back from the eye. Dorsal, anal, and 

 ventrals black. Pectorals pale, caudal blackish. 



This species is closely related to Apogonichthys puncticulatus , but 

 differs from it in having no markings on the pectoral, and in having 

 dark streaks extending from the eye. 



Serranid^. 



17. Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck). C. M. Cat. No. 1208. 



18. Bodianus fulvus (Linnaeus). C. M. Cat. No. 1209. 



19. Bodianus ruber (Bloch & Schneider). C. M. Cat. No. 12 10. 



20. Bodianus punctatus (Linnaeus). C. M. Cat. No. 1212. 



21. Bodianus stellatus, sp. nov. Plate X. 



Type, 193 mm. (Carnegie Museum Catalog of Fishes, No. 1473.) 

 St. Croix. 



D. IX, 14 ; A. Ill, 8 ; head 2 -J ; depth 3 ; eye 5.2 in head ; scales 

 9 to 12-84-25. 



Body moderately compressed, not much elevated. Head rather 

 long : profile with a concavity between the eyes ; snout 3 J in the head. 



Lower jaw strongly projecting. Teeth in rather broad bands, the 

 inner series large and depressible. Anterior canines rather strong, one 

 on each side, above and below. Maxillary extending beyond the pos- 

 terior border of the orbit, its width at its distal end a little less than 

 the diameter of the eye ; preopercle finely serrate, the angle rounded, 

 the serrae not at all enlarged at the angle. Middle opercular spine nearer 

 the lower than the upper, the lower and upper shorter than the middle 

 one. Gillrakers 10, with about 5 rudiments in front of the angle. 

 Head covered with fine cycloid scales. Dorsal originating slightly 

 behind the base of the pectorals, third dorsal spine longest, 3.3 in 

 head. Soft dorsal and the anal rounded. Second anal spine strong, 

 about as long as the third ; caudal rounded. 



Color in spirits dark brown ; sides of the body and the fins covered 



