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HJEMULID^. 



97. Haemulon macrostomum Giinther. Gray Grunt; Yellow Tail. 



Hcemnlon macrosloma Giinther, Cat., I, 308, 1859 (Jamaica) ; Jordan & 

 Fesler, Sparoid Fishes, 470. 



Silvery gray, several dark lines on sides, those from point of oper- 



cle and along lateral line most distinct ; back on each side of dorsal 



greenish-yellow, edge of dorsal and caudal tinged with the same 



color ; pectoral pale orange ; fins otherwise dusky, the ventrals 



nearly black. 



98. Haemulon bonariense Cuvier & Valenciennes. Black Grunt. 



Hcemulon bonariense Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 254, 1830 

 (Buenos Ayres) ; Jordan & Fesler, Sparoid Fishes, 470. 



The two fine specimens correspond to the account given by Jordan 

 & Fesler. The dark stripes on the side are dark bronze-brown in life. 



99. Hsemulon parra (Desmarest). Black Grunt. 



Diabasis parra Desmarest, Prem. Decade Ichthyol. , 30, tab., 2, f. 2, 1823 

 (Havana). 

 Hcemulon parra, Jordan & Fesler, Sparoid Fishes, 471. 



100. Haemulon carbonarium Poey. Csesar Grunt. 



Hcemulon carbonarium Poey, Memorias de Cuba, II, 176, 1860 (Cuba) ; Jor- 

 dan & Fesler, Sparoid Fishes, 472. 



Base of spinous dorsal yellow, fins otherwise very dusky. 



101. Hsemulon melanurum(Linnajus). Ca j sarGrunt. 



Perca melanura Linnreus, Syst. Nat., X, 292, 1858 (based on Catesby's fig- 

 ure; Bahamas). 

 Hcemulon melanurum, Jordan & Fesler, Sparoid Fishes, 472. 



102. Haemulon sciurus (Shaw). Hump Back Grunt. 



Sparus sciurus Shaw, General Zoology, IV, pi. 64, 1803 (based on figure 

 and description of Anthias fonnosus Bloch, (Antilles). 

 Hcemulon sciurus, Jordan & Fesler, Sparoid Fishes, 474. 



103. Hsemulon plumieri (Lacepede). Red Mouth Grunt. 



Labrus plumieri Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 480, 1802, pi. 2, f. 2 (on 

 a copy of a drawing by Plumier, identified with this species by Cuvier). 

 Hcemulon plumieri, Jordan & Fesler, Sparoid Fishes, 475. 



Stripes of head faintly indicated on anterior part of body. 



104. Hsemulon flavolineatum (Desmarest). Deep Water Grunt. 



Diabasis flavolineatus Desmarest, Prem. Decade Ichth., 1823, 35, pi. 2, f. 1 

 (Cuba). 



Hcemulon flavolineatum , Jordan & Fesler, Sparoid Fishes, 476. 



Color as described by Jordan & Fesler, except that the black 

 lines are wanting (size of specimen 7 in.). 



