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no specimens have yet been sent from there. It also occurs in the Ber- 

 mudas, but no one has observed it anywhere in the West Indies. It 

 does not reach a very large size. The " Speckled Hind" is a beautiful 

 fish, the most attractive in coloration of any of our sjjecies of the genus. 

 As it has already been well described in these i^roceedings, it is not 

 necessary to give a full account of it here. 



23. Epinephelus apua. Cahrilla ; lied Hind. 



I'irati apia, Marcgrave, Hist. Bras., 158, 1648 (Brazil). 



CiKjupugnacu Brazil, the Hind, Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carol., &c., 1743, tab. 14 



(Bahamas). 

 Cahrilla, Parra, Feces y Crustaceos Cuba, 1787 (Havana). 

 ? Perca guttata, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., s, 1758, 292 (in part ?; after Marcgrave, 



Sloaue, Willoughby, Ray, and Catesby) ; ? Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., xii, 485, 



176G; ?Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, 1315 (copied). 

 Epinephelus guttatus, Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1876, 58 (Bermudas); 



Jordan &. Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 919, 973 (specimens examined 



from Florida Keys); Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 99 (Bermuda; 



Florida). 

 ? Bodianus apua, Bloch, IchthyoL, vii, 37, t. 229, 1790 (Brazil; erroneous ; from 



a figure by Prince Maurice) ; Lac^p^de, iv, 1803, 296 (copied). 

 Serranns apua, Cuv. & Val., ii, 1828, 287 (Brazil ; citing as synonym Pira- 



tiapia of Marcgrave) ; Giinther, i, 140, 1859 (Jamaica) ; Steindachner, Ich. 



Notiz., vi, 43, 1867 (Barbadoes ; Surinam) ; Giinther, Shore Fishes, Chal- 

 lenger Exp. 1880,' 6 (St. Thomas). 

 Epinephelus apua, Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 973 (name only). 

 Lutjanus lunulatus (bis), Bloch & Schneider, Syst. IchthyoL, 1801, 329 (after 



Cahrilla, Parra). 

 Serranus lunulatus, Cuv. & Val., ii, 1828, 379 (after Parra); Steindachner, 



"IchthyoL MittheiL, ix, 1866, 15"; Poey, Repertorio, i, 200. 

 Epinephelus lunulatus, Poey, Synopsis Pise. Cubens., 1868, 286; Poey, Enum. 



Plsc. Cub., 1875, 16 (Havana) ; Cope, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, 1871, 465 



(St. Martin's; St. Kitt's; New Providence). 

 ^Bodianus marginatus, Bloch & Schneider, Syst. IchthyoL, 1801, 331 (based 



on Firati apia, of Marcgrave.) 

 Serranus catvs, Cuv. & Val., ii, 373, 1828 (Martinique); Guichenot, Ramon 



de la Sagra, Cuba, ii, 13, 1850. 

 Serranus maculatua var. catus, Peters, Berliner Monatsber., 1865, 110 (Martin- 

 ique; Barbadoes; Puerto Cabello). 

 Serranus arara, Cuv. & Val., ii, 1828, 377 (Havana; erroneously identified 



with Bonacl arara, Parra) ; Poey, Repertorio, i, 200. 

 Serranus maculatus, Giinther, i, 1859, 130 (West Indies; not Perca viaculatus, 



Bloch) ; Vaillaut & Bocourt, Mission Scieutifique an Mexique, iv, 1875, 



83 (Jamaica). 

 Epinephelus cuhanus, Poey, Report. Fis.-Nat. Cuba, i, 1867, 202 (Cuba); Poey, 



Syn. Pise. Cub., 1868, 287; Poey, Enumeratio Pise. Cub., 1875, 17. 

 Serranus macxdatus var. cuhanus, Peters, Berliner Monatsber., 1865, 110 



(Cuba). 



Eabitat. — West Indies ; Florida Keys ; Bermudas ; Brazil. 



Head, 2.^ (3^) ; depth, 3^ (4^). D. XI, 16 ; A. Ill 8. Scales 19-1 00-x. 

 Length, 7 inches. 



Body rather slender, moderately compressed, the back somewhat 

 elevated, the greatest thickness of the body 2f in its greatest depth. 



