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Measurements — Continued. 



-Anal: 



Distance from suout 



Lousitli of base 



Leujit h of tirst spine 



Length of second spine 



Leustli of tbird sjjiuo 



Len;;t li of first ray 



Lengtii of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



"Caudal : 



L( ugth of middle rays 



Lengtli of external rays 



JPectoral: 



IJist ance from snout 



Length 



Central: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Branehiostegals 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Pectoral 



"Ventral 



Number of scales in lateral line 



Numl)er of transverse rows above lateral lino 

 ;^uniber of transverse rows below lateral line 

 Number of gill-rakers 



Millime- 

 ters. 



187 

 53 

 10 

 19 

 26 

 35 

 37 

 35 



41 

 89 



90 

 102 



112 



71 



VII 



X, 10 



111,8 



11,14 



1,5 



64 



9 



19 



lOOths of 

 length. 



63.6 



18 

 3.5 

 6.5 

 9 



12 



12.8 



12 



14 

 30.3 



30.7 

 35 



38 

 24.2 



Millime- 

 ters. 



247 

 68 

 16 

 27 

 34 

 46 

 55 

 49 



50 

 100 



115 

 130 



141 



97 



VII 



X, 10 



III, 8 



11,14 



1,5 



65 



9 



19 



lOOths of 

 length. 



64 

 17.6 



4 



7 



8.8 

 12 



14.4 

 12.8 



13 

 26 



30 

 33.7 



36.6 

 25 



72. Epinephelus apua (131.) "KocK Hind." 



Sei-rainia apua Gt)NTHER, op. cit., i, 1859, p. 140. 



*3000G, One specimen. 

 30009. One specimen. 



.73. Enneacentrus punctatus (L.) Poey. "Butter-fish." 



tSerranus ouatalibi GiJNTHER, op. cit., i, 1859, p. 120. 



*32083. One specimen. 

 32083. One specimen. 



"74. Epiiiephelus striatus (Bloch) Gill. "Rock Cod"; "Grouper." 

 Strrmius striatus Gunther, op. cit., i, 1859, p. 110. 



29990. One specimen. 



*3204:4. One specimen. 



32044. One specimen. 



75. Trisotropis bonaci Pooy. "Rock Cod." 



Trisotropis agiiaji PoEY, Rep. Fis. Nat. Cuba, ii, 1866-'68, p. 229. 



*29991. One specimen. Length, 20J inches. 



A specimen of Trisotropis in this collection resembles T. briumcns of 

 Poey, bnt it is apparently T. honaci of the same author, and we refer it 

 l)rovisionally to that species. It is not T. nndvlosus 0. & V., of which 

 Dr. Bean has examined a specimen in the Paris museum. Whether or 

 not we are right in using the name bonaci remains to be determined, 

 iind in order to aid in settling the question we append a full description 

 of the example. 



In shape the species resembles T. stomias Goode & Bean, but its 

 .•scales are much larger than in stomias. The greatest height of the body 



