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89. Neomaenis buccanella (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Black Fin Snapper. 



Mesoprion buccanella Cuvier & Valenciennes, II, 455, 1828 (Martinique). 

 Lutjanus buccanella, Jordan & Fesler, Sparc-id Fishes, 445. 



Nearly uniform crimson, caudal and lower fins tinged with yellow, 

 axil of pectoral jet black. 



90. Neomaenis vivanus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Mesoprion vivanus Cuvier & Valenciennes, II, 454, 1828 (Martinique). 

 Lutjanus vivanus, Jordan & Fesler, Sparoid Fishes, 445. 



91. Neomaenis analis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Lutjanus analis Poey, Enumeratio, 29, 1875 (Cuba) ; Jordan & Fesler, Spar- 

 oid Fishes, 1893, 445. 



Maxillary hardly reaching eye. Differs from synagris in the very 



weak vomerine teeth, pointed dorsal and anal, and elongate posterior 



nostril. 



92. Neomaenis synagris (Linnasus). Red Tail Snapper. 



Sparus synagris Linneeus, Syst. Nat., X, 280, 1758 (after Catesby). 

 Ltitjamts synagris, Jordan & Fesler, Sparoid Fishes, 450. 



Seven yellow lines on body, caudal indistinctly edged with black ; 

 outer rays, red in one specimen, other fins pale; narrow lines, pro- 

 bably blue in life, extending forward from eye ; jaws purplish. La- 

 teral line 50. 



93. Neomaenis mahogoni (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Mesoprion mahogoni Cuvier & Valenciennes, II, 447, 1828 (Martinique). 

 Lutjanus mahogoni, Jordan & Fesler, Sparoid Fishes, 451. 



94. Apsilus dentatus Guichenot. 



Apsilus dentatus Guichenot, in Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Poiss., 29, pi. 

 1, f. 2, 1845, Havana; Jordan & Fesler, Sparoid Fishes, 455. 



95. Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch). Yellow Tail. 



Sparus chrysurus Bloch, Ichthyologia, taf. 262, 1790 (after Marcgrave). 

 Ocyurus chrysurus, Jordan & Fesler, Sparoid Fishes, 452. 



A stripe of lemon-yellow from eye backward, covering nearly all 

 of caudal peduncle and the whole of caudal fin ; two rows of oblong 

 yellow blotches about two-thirds size of eye along lateral line; the 

 scales above and below the lateral line posteriorly more or less 

 strongly tinged with scarlet; many small round dusky spots on up- 

 per side of head ; pectorals, ventrals and anal colorless. 



96. Rhomboplites aurorubens (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Ceniropristis aurorubens Cuvier & Valenciennes, III, 45 (Brazil; Martin- 

 ique; San Domingo). 



Rhomboplites aurorubens, Jordan & Fesler, Sparoid Fishes, 454. 



