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olive; the anal, dusky in spirits; ventrals, blackish. Pectorals, light 

 olive-brown. Mouth, bluish within. 



This species seems to inhabit deeper water than most of the foregoing 

 and to reach but a small size. One specimen was obtained by Professor 

 Jordan at Havana, where it was called Cherna de lo Alto. Although this 

 species is a somewhat peculiar one, we cannot regard it as the type of a 

 distinct genus [Schistorus). 



According to Poey, the skull of this species does not deviate from the 

 usual type in Ujpinephelus. 



The strong resemblance of Epineplielus mystacinus to the Jaj)anese JS". 

 susuJxi, C. & V. {=Serranus octocinctm, Temminck & Schlegel) has been 

 noticed by Dr. Glinther. 



17. Epinephelus striatus. Xaasau Grouper ; Cherna crioll a ; Hamlet. 



Cherna, Parra, Feces y Crustaceos Cuba, 1767, 50, lam. xxiv (Cuba). 



Anthias striatus, Bloch, Ichtb., ix, 109, tab. 324, 1792 (on a figure by Flumier) ; 

 Bloch & Scbneider, Syst. Ichthyol., 1801, 305 (copied). 



Luijanus sti-iatus, Lac^pfede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 324, 1803 (copied). 



Serranus striatus, Cuv. & Val., ii, 1828, 288 (Gulf of Mexico); Storer, ''Syn. 

 Fisb. N. A., 1846, 27" (copied); Guichenot, Ramon de la Sagra's Hist. 

 Cuba, Poisa., 1850, 12 (Cuba): Giinther, i, 1859, 110 (Cuba; Mexico; 

 Puerto Cabello; Babia); Poey, Repertorio, i, 198, 1867; Vaillant & Bo- 

 court, Mission Scientifique au Mexique, 1875-'76 (Cuba ; San Domingo ; 

 Martinique ; Jamaica). 



Epinephelus striatus, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 105 (name only); 

 Poey, Repertorio, ii, 285, 1868 (Havana); Poey, Syn. Pise. Cub., 1868, 

 310 ; Poey, Enum. Pise. Cub., 1875, 15 ; Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 

 1876, 57 (Bermudas) ; Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, 1871, 466 (New Prov- 

 idence : St. Croix); Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 99 (Bermuda); 

 Poey, Anales Hist. Nat., 319, 1881 (Puerto Rico) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. 

 Fish. N. A., 1883, 918; Poey, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm.,-1882, 118; Jordan, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884^ 125 (Key West). 



Anthias cherna, Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 310 (after Parra). 



Sparus chrysomelanurus, Lacepode, iv, 1803, 160 (on a copy of Plumier's figure). 



Habitat-West Indies, Key West, and Bermudas to Bahia. 



Head, 2| (3^) ; depth, 2i. D. XI, 17 ; A. Ill, 8. Scales, 21-100-x. 

 Length, 11 inches. 



Body rather deep, not strongly compressed ; its greatest width, 2f in 

 depth. Head somewhat pointed ; the anterior profile nearly straight 

 to the front of the dorsal. Mouth moderate, the lower jaw little pro- 

 jecting, the maxillary reaching posterior border of eye, 2^ in head. 

 Teeth in moderate bands ; two moderate canines in front of each jaw, 

 the lower smallest. Kostrils close together, the posterior a little the 

 larger, ovate. Eye rather large, 5^^ in head (young). Interorbital space 

 narrow, flattish, or somew'hat concave, 8^ in head. Angle of j)reoper- 

 cle slightly salient- ; a shallow notch above it ; the teeth at the angle 

 somewhat larger. Gill-rakers slender, about 16 below the angle. 



Scales moderate, strongly ctenoid. 



Dorsal spines of moderate strength, higher than in most species ; the 

 second much higher than tenth, the third highest, 2^ in head; soft 



