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or ojanco (Lutianus mahogani). Numerous other species occur 

 on both coasts of tropical America, and a vastly larger assem- 

 blage is found in the East Indies, some of them ranging north- 

 ward to Japan. 



Hoplopagrus giintheri is a large snapper of the west coast 

 of Mexico, having very large molar teeth in its jaws besides slit 



FIG. 273. Yellow-tail Snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus (Linnaeus). Key West. 



like nostrils and other notable peculiarities. From the stand- 

 point of structure this species, with its eccentric characters 

 is especially interesting. The yellow-tail snapper or rabirubia 

 (Ocyurus chrysurus) is a handsome and common fish of the 



FIG. 274. Cachucho, Etelis ocuMiis (Linnaeus). Havana. 



West Indies, with long, deeply forked tail, which makes it a 

 swifter fish than the others. Another red species is the dia- 

 mond snapper or cagon de lo alto, Rhomboplites aurorubens. 

 All these true snappers have the soft fins more or less scaly. 



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