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47- Epinephelus maculosus (Valenciennes). 



Reported. 



48. Epinephelus drummond-hayi Goode and Bean. Speckled Hind. 



Reported from about the Marquesas. 



49. Epinephelus morio (Valenciennes). Red Grouper. 



Color in life olivaceous-brown, branchiostegal region and cavities 

 of jaws salmon-color. A brown streak opposite upper margin of 

 maxillary in preorbital depression. Inside of pharynx vermilion, and 

 inside of mouth fleshy-pink. Fins, except pectoral, dusky or blackish, 

 especially submarginally. Narrow margins of rayed vertical fins 

 whitish. Pectoral golden-brow^n, most noticeable marginally. Base 

 of ventral pale whitish. Trunk marked with pale diffuse or indistinct 

 scattered pale spots. A few dots about size of pin-head on preorbital. 

 A salmon-pink line on base of anal. Iris golden or brassy-brown. 

 Two examples from Bahia Honda Key. 



About the Marquesas I saw a number of these fishes in fish-pots 

 and in live-boxes. At Snipe Key they were frequently seen about 

 the reefs. 



50. Promicrops gnttatus (Linnajus). Jew Fish. 



One taken in a pool on Boca Chica Key, and a large one off West 

 Cud joe's Key. They were reported as not at all uncommon about the 

 other Keys. Several were also seen in the reef near Snipe Key. 



LUTIANIDiE. 



51. Lutianus griseus (Linnitus"). Mangrove Snapper. 



Marquesas and Boca Grande Key. Found about the roots and 

 usually under overhanging mangroves, from which places they dart 

 or swim quickly out to the open water when disturbed. They asso- 

 ciate with the other snappers, and in some places are very abundant. 

 Some attain quite a large size. 



52. Lutianus apodus (Walbaum). Schoolmaster. 



A very young example in alcohol which I take to be this species has 

 the body dark brownish with about six pairs oif dark transverse bands, 

 the paler spaces between each much narrower alternately. Vertical 

 fins more or less pale or whitish, spinous portions blackish basally. 

 Pectoral and ventral dusky. A brownish streak from tip of snout to 

 eye and then continued posteriorly along upper side of head to gill- 

 opening above. Iris slaty. Eye about three in head, Preopercle 

 with a short spine at lower posterior corner. Length one inch. Mar- 

 quesas Islands. 

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