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Body everywhere finel}' punctulate,with rather sharply defined 

 dark bars. Caudal fin pale. 



11. Epiaephelus ga'eus (MUIIlt & Trosclicl) Jordan. 



(Serraiius gnleus Miill. & Trosch., Schomb. Reise, Brit. Guiana, 

 631.) 

 The types of Serranus galeiis belong apparently to the species 

 described as Serranus itaiara Cuv. & Val. and Vaillant & 

 Bocourt, and as Serranus quinquefasciatus Boconrt. According 

 to Vaillant & Bocourt (Miss. Sci. au Mexique\ the species found 

 on the Pacific Coast of Mexico (quinquefasciatus) is identical 

 with the Brazilian species (itaiara C. & V.). The original 

 Serranus itaiara of Lichtenstein is, however, apparently a very 

 different species, having the anal rays III, 11. Assuming the 

 identity of the Atlantic and Pacific species, which I have, at 

 present, no reason to doubt, the oldest tenable specific name for 

 this species seems to be galeus. 



12. Lutjanus argentiventris (Ptters) Jordan & (x.lbert. 



(Mesoprion arcieiititentris Peters, Berliaer Monatsber., 18G9, 707.) 

 Type, No. 1070, Berl. Mus., from Mazatlan. This specimen 

 belongs to the species diagnosed by us under the name of 

 ^^ Lutjanus argentivittatus ^^ (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881), the 

 Pacific representative of Lutjanus ca.xis. The name '■' argen- 

 tivittatus'''' is a slip of the pen on our part for '■'• argentiventris^ 



13. Lutjanus inermis (Piter ) Jordan k Gilbert. 



(Mesoprion inermis¥*tie\?,, Berliner Monatsber., 18o9.) 



Type, T069, Berlin Mus., said to have been brought from Ma- 

 zatlan ; 8^ inches in length, in good condition. 



This specimen belongs to a species allied to L. chrysurus, and 

 distinct from all those yet known from the Pacific Coast of 

 Tropical America. The following is a detailed description : — 



Head 3 in length; depth 3J. Lateral line with 50 tubes; 

 scates 53. Dorsal X-13; A. III-ll. 



Body slender and fusiform, not strongly compressed, the back 

 not elevated. Snout very pointed ; mouth unusually small, 

 the maxillary 2j in head, reaching to front of pupil. E^^e very 

 large, about 4 in head. Band of vomerine teeth slightly pro- 

 duced backward on the median line. Teeth on tongue Avell 

 developed ; canine teeth unusually small and slender, 2 in upper 

 jaw and 3 or 4 on each side of lower. Nostrils well separated, 



