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of tbe dififereut varieties of M. venenosa, Enneacentrus fidviis, aud E. 

 guttatus. 



The color of camelnpardalis is thus described by Poey : " All the body, 

 except the head above aud below and the lips, is covered by rouud spots 

 of the diameter of a pea, a diameter apart, closer together ou the head, 

 of a reddish browu, therefore scarcely distiuguishable ou the back from 

 the grouud color; they are redder ou the head; the dorsal is reddish, 

 with a violet border ; the aual dark violet, with two iuterrupted bauds 

 of clear violet; pectorals of a dirty vermiliou ; veutrals bluish black, 

 paler behind; caudal dusky bluish, with many elongate violet spots 

 between the rays; vertical fins and veutrals with a whitish border ; 

 iris vermiliou, inside of mouth red." 



A single specimen of the browu form of this species was seen at 

 Havana, where it is known as " Bonaci Gato." 



4. Mycteroperca inter stitialis. 



Serranus intersiitialis, Poey, Memorias ii, 127, 1860 (Cuba). 



Trisotropis interstitialis, Poey, Synopsis Pise. Cubens., 1868, 285; Poey, Ann. Lye. 



Nat. Hist. N.y., 308, 1869; Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens., 14, 1875. 

 f Tri80lroins chlorostomus, Poey, Repertorio, ii,231, 1868; Poey, Synopsis Pise. 



Cubens., 285, 1868 ; Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat, Hist. N. Y., 308, 1869 (Cuba). 



Habitat. — Coast of Cuba. 



Head, 2f (3f); depth, 3^ (4f). D. XI, 16-17; A. Ill, 12. Scales, 

 23-120-x. Length, 11^ inches. 



Body more slender than in any other of the species here described; 

 its greatest width half its greatest depth; head not very acute, the an- 

 terior profile rather strongly curved, somewhat gibbous above the eyes; 

 mouth moderate, the maxillary reaching slightly beyond eye, 2 J in head ; 

 teeth in narrow bands; two strong canines in the front of each jaw, 

 those of the upper jaw nearly vertical ; nostrils rather small, subequal, 

 nearly round ; interorbital space slightly concave, its width 5| in head; 

 the orbital ridges elevated ; eye large, 5^ in head. Preopercle with a 

 moderate emargination, its angle a little salient, with slightly coarser 

 teeth ; gill-rakers rather few, about 17 on lower part of anterior arch. 



Scales rather small, chiefly cycloid. 



Dorsal spines rather slender and weak, the outline of the fin gentlj' 

 convex; the second spine slightly longer than the tenth, the third and 

 fourth longest, 3^ in head ; anal rather high, posteriorly rounded, 2 in 

 head ; caudal fin a little concave, the inner rays 1^ in outer, which are 

 If in head ; pectorals reaching tips of veutrals, 2 in head. Pyloric coeca, 

 12 (Poey). 



Color of body in si)irits dark brown, in life with small darker sj^ots 

 surrounded by reticulations of the ground color. Dorsal and caudal fins 

 dusky, their margins blackish ; aual dusky, edged with bluish black ; 

 ventrals dusky, edged with bluish black, its rays lighter ; pectorals 

 dusky, a well-defined moustache above the maxillary. 



Fins edged with dull orange in life, this color disappearing in spirits. 



