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the twelfth etlition Catesby's fish and Brown's are both wrongly 

 referred to the synonymy of Sparus rhomboides, a species sent by Gar- 

 den from Charleston. The name Sparus mrginicus L. (ed. X, p. 281) is 

 prior to Perca rhomhoidalis. Catesby's figure is jjoor, but the species is 

 still called Pork-fish. 



8. Perca marina piiinis branchialibus careiis (the Schoolmaster) = Luijanus caxis, 



(Blocli & ScUueider). (Tab. 4, f. 2.) 



This figure is one of Catesby's worst. The fish, still called School- 

 master at Key West and the Bahamas, is Luijanus C'(xis, and the red- 

 dish coloration and yellow vertical fins of Catesby's figure suggest this 

 species. The pectoral fins are, however, omitted, and the scales are un- 

 naturally large. The figure seems to have been drawn from mem- 

 ory. Fortunately no binomial name appears to have been based on it. 



9. Perca tnariua venenosa punctata (the Rock-fish) = Einnejyhelus venenosiis (L.). 



(Tab. 5.) 

 Type of Perca venenosa, L., S. N., ed. X, p. 292. 



This plate is a very satisfactory representation of the species still 

 called Rock-fish or Yellow-finned Grouper. It is the Trisotropis petro- 

 sus of Poey. The Bonaci Cardinal {Ep. cardinalis) seems to be a deep- 

 water variety of the same fish . The name venenosa, based on this figure^ 

 has priority over all others. 



10. Albula bahamensis (the Muli>et)= ? Mngil ctirema, Cuv. & Val. (Tab. ('), f. 2.) 



A poor figure of some Mullet; probably Mugil curema {=M. hrasili- 

 ensis auct. nee Ag.). This figure is referred by Linna^is (edition XII) to 

 his Mugil albula, described from a specimen sent from Charleston by 

 Dr. Garden. Xo specific name seems to rest on Catesby's figure. 



11. Perca marina capita striate (the Grvnt)^= Haimnlon plumieri, (Luc.) (Tab. 6, 



f.l.) 



An unmistakable though inexact figure of the common Grunt. It is 

 wrongly referred by Linnaeus to the synonymy of his Perca formosa, 

 received from Charlestou through Dr. Garden. This latter is Serranus 

 formosus { = THplectrum fasciculate). From this mistake of LinniEUs has 

 come the improper transfer of the Linnsean name formosum from the 

 Serranus to the present species. 



12. Perca marina puncticulata (the Negro-fish) = £pi«ep/tf ??i8 fnlrus (L.), var. 



jmnciatiis (L.). (Tab. 7, f. 1.) 

 Type of Perca punctulata, L., S. N., ed. X, p. 291, aud of Perca punctiilata 

 Gmelin. 



This is a tolerable representation of the common " Xigger-fish" of the 

 Bahamas, the brown variety of the species usually called Epineplielus 

 or Enneacentrus punctatiis — the Serranus ouatalibi and guativere of Cuv. 

 & Val. The oldest specific name of the species is, however, that of 

 fulvus, applied by Linnaius to the yellow variety. 



