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torals and veutrals finely mottled, the pectorals with a narrow pale 

 edge. Body ovate, rather slender, the head long and pointed. Lower 

 jaw slightly projecting; maxillary extending nearly to the posterior 

 border of the orbit; four small canines in front of lower jaw. Pre- 

 opercle slightly cmarginate, its edge finely serrate. Scales small, those 

 on cheeks, breast, and top of head very small. Caudal rounded; pec. 

 toral fin extending beyond tips of veutrals, to vent; second anal spine 

 rather strong. Head 2 ; depth 3. P. XI, 1C ; A. Ill, 7 ; Lat. 1. about 80. 

 Florida to the Caribbean Sea; abundant in the West Indies; an excel- 

 lent food-fish. The synonymy of this species is much confused, and the 

 jiame to be adopted is uncertain. 



: l;n-a maculata Blocli, Ichth. 181, taf. 343, 1797; not HoUcentrus ma<-nhttnx Bloch, 

 Ichth. taf. '24-2, which ia also apparently an L'pincjiJiclns : ? Sparus atlunticus Lac<5p. 

 Hist. Nat. Poiss. iv, 158,1802 (based on Kloch.): IStrranus impetiginoaus Miiller&Tro- 

 schel, Schoinburgk, Excurs. Barbadoet:. GG5: ? Sen-anna maculatus and impetiyinosua 

 <;iinthcr, i, 1 :',<, 14'2: Serratms capreolua Poey, Memorias, ii, 145: Serranua capreolua 

 Yaillant, Miss. Sci. an Mex. iv, 87.) 



848. E. driiimnoHd-liayi Goode & Bean. Hind; John, Paw. 



Color umber brown, everywhere densely covered with white stellate 

 spots except on the lips and belly; about 40 of these between gill-open- 

 ings and base of caudal; along the sides the spots often coalesce. Tre- 

 opercle evenly serrate. Eye CJ in head. Caudal truncate or slightly 

 einarginate. Head lit}; depth 2g. I). XI, 1C; A. Ill, 9 ; scales 32-125- 

 57. Gulf coast of United States. (Goode & Bean.) 



(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i, 174, 1878.) 



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819. E. uiorio (Cuv.) Gill. Hcd Grouper. 



r,ro\vnisli. marbled with ash; salmon color below; soft parts of the 

 vertical lins margined with blue. Body oval, compressed above; pro- 

 file oblique, gently curved; mouth terminal, large, somewhat oblique; 

 maxillary reaching beyond eye. Eye about as long as snout. Head 

 L'.l; depth ,",. I>. XI, 17; A. Ill, 9; Lat. 1. 100; cceca2S. Atlantic coast, 

 elnrtlv southward. 



ferramumorioCnv. A V ;l l. ii,285: Sin-mtn* inrl<> (Jiinthcr, i, 14'2: Strrniutx 

 ynxt.-r I l..|l.r.,..U. J.-li. S. 0. I860, 34.) 



E. iii^i-ilns i lliilliriiok) Gill. Ill<i<-k tinnier; Jnc-fuh. 

 Bluish black sibnvi-, lighter l>elo\\ ; no red; no traces of markings on 

 l)od\ or lins. IJody oblong, thick, tapering backward. .Month large, 

 very oblique, lower jaw projecting. A spine on the lower limb of the 

 pivnprrcle in front of the angle. Head L'' r ; ; depth about 2^. D. X, 15; 



