ADDENDA 86. SERKANID^E EPINEPIIELUS. 919 



young with transverse dark bars; ventral s dusky. Body rather deep, 

 somewhat compressed. Mouth large, the maxillary extending beyond 

 eye, 2 in head; canines rather strong. Preoperclc nearly evenly serrate. 

 Caudal rounded*; second anal spine rather strong, slightly longer than 

 third; dorsal spines rather high. Jaws and fins with fine scales. Head 

 24; depth 2*-. D. XI, 17; A. Ill, 8; Lat. 1. about 85. West Indies; 

 north to Key West (Pocy; Stearns)-, very abundant; reaches the length 

 of 4 or 5 feet. 



(Anthlas striatus Bloch, Ichth. ix, 103, 1797: Serranus stnatus Giiutlier, i, 110: Goode, 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mns. v, 57: Poey, Eep. Fis. Nat. Cuba, ii, 285.) 



Page 541. The group called Bodianus is probably entitled to generic 

 rank. Its species should stand as follows: 



852. B. fJUDictataas (L.) J. & G. 



852 (6). B. taensops (C. & V.) J. & G. 



Red or dark brown, the head, body, and fins covered with small 

 round blue, black-edged spots; one or two dark-blue streaks from eye 

 to snout; fins all more or less edged with deep blue. Maxillary reach- 

 ing posterior margin of eye; cauiue teeth rather strong, the upper 

 largest. Caudal rounded behind; no notch between dorsal spines and 

 soft rays. Second and third anal spines about equal. Head 2; depth 

 2f. D. IX, 15; A. Ill, 9; Lat. 1. 100. Tropical Atlantic; Florida Keys 

 to Senegambia. (Steindachner.) 



(Serranus tceniops C. & V. ii, 370: Serranus tccniops Giiutlior, i, 121: Serranus twniops 

 Steindackner, Beitriige Kermtu. Fische Afrika's, 1881, 4.) 



852 (<). E. g-ulttatats (Gmelin) Goode. Cabrilla. 



Olivaceous; body and head everywhere covered with small bronze 

 spots, much smaller than the pupil, the spots mostly with darker 

 centers; besides these are larger obscure pale spots, around which the 

 ground color forms reticulations; whitish marblings on sides of back; 

 base of pectoral reticulate; vertical fins obscurely spotted; the soft 

 dorsal and caudal broadly margined with black; pectorals pale; ven- 

 trals dusky at tip. Body comparatively elongate. Mouth large, the 

 maxillary extending past the eye, its length 2 in head. Eye shorter 

 than snout, 5 in head. Depressible teeth in front of jaws long. Fins 

 of moderate height; caudal truncate; anal spines moderate, the second 

 about as long as third, 5 in head; pectoral If in head. Head 2; depth 



*The caudal is lunate iu E. morio aud in the species of Trisoiropis. lu our other 

 species of Epinepheliis it is rounded or truncate. 



