NAMES OF FISHES 25 



COMMON NAME OCCURRENCE SCIENTIFIC NAME 



Tarpon snook A Centropomus pectinatus Poey 



Snook A Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch) 



Serranidae^ — sea basses 



Mutton hamlet A Alphestes afer (Bloch) 



Crimson bass A Anthias asperilinguis Giinther 



Southern sea bass A Centropristes melanus Ginsburg 



Bank sea bass A Centropristes ocyurus (Jordan and Evermann) 



Rock sea bass A Centropristes philadelphicus (Linnaeus) 



Black sea bass A Centropristes striatus (Linnaeus) 



Coney A Cephalopholis fulva (Linnaeus) 



Marbled grouper A Dermatolepis inermis (Valenciennes) 



Dwarf sand perch A Diplectrum bivittatum (Valenciennes) 



Sand perch A Diplectrum formosum (Linnaeus) 



Rock hind A Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck) 



Spotted cabrilla P Epinephelus analogus Gill 



Speckled hind A Epinephelus drummondhayi Goode and Bean 



Yellowedge grouper A Epinephelus flavolimbatus Poey 



Red hind A Epinephelus guttatus (Linnaeus) 



Jewfish A Epinephelus itajara (Lichtenstein) 



Red grouper A Epinephelus morio (Valenciennes) 



Warsaw grouper A Epinephelus nigritus (Holbrook) 



Snowy grouper A Epinephelus niveatus (Valenciennes) 



Nassau grouper A Epinephelus striatus (Bloch) 



Spanish flag A Gonioplectrus hispanus (Cuvier) 



Longtail bass A Hemanthias leptus (Ginsburg) 



Splittail bass P Hemanthias peruanus (Steindachner) 



Red barbier A Hemanthias vivanus (Jordan and Swain) 



Butter hamlet A Hypoplectrus unicolor (Walbaum) 



Black grouper A Mycteroperca bonaci (Poey) 



Gulf grouper P .... Mycteroperca jordani (Jenkins and Evermann) 



Gag A Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode and Bean) 



Scamp A Mycteroperca phenax Jordan and Swain 



Tiger grouper A Mycteroperca tigris (Valenciennes) 



Yellowfin grouper A Mycteroperca venenosa (Linnaeus) 



Broomtail grouper P Mycteroperca xenarcha Jordan 



Roughtongue bass A Ocyanthias martinicensis (Guichenot) 



Blackear bass A Paracentropristes pomospilus Ginsburg 



Kelp bass P Paralabrax clathratus (Girard) 



Spotted sand bass P Paralabrax maculatofasciatus (Steindachner) 



Sand bass P Paralabrax nebulifer (Girard) 



Creole-fish A Paranthias furcifer (Valenciennes) 



Graysby A Petrometopon cruentatum (Lac^p^de) 



Yellowtail bass A Pikea mexicana Schultz 



Wreckfish A Polyprion americanus (Bloch and Schneider) 



Orangeback bass A Prionodes annularis (Giinther) 



Lantern bass A Prionodes baldwini Evermann and Marsh 



Saddle bass A Prionodes notospilus (Longley) 



Tattler A Prionodes phoebe (Poey) 



Streamer bass A Pronotogrammus aureorubens Longley 



Reef bass A Pseudogrammus brederi (Hildebrand) 



White perch A-F Roccus americanus (Gmelin) 



1 In addition to the epeeiea listed, two are sufficiently important in the sport fishery near our area oS Florida to warrant mention: 

 misty grouper, Epinephelus mystacinua (Poey); yeUowmouth grouper Mycteroperca inter stitialia (Poey). 



