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Serranus ouatalibi, Cuv. & Val., ii, 381, 1828 (Havana) ; Guichenot, Ramon 

 de la Sagra, Cuba, Poiss., 1845, 15 (Havana) ; Miiller &Troschel, Schora- 

 burgh's Exped. Barbad., 1848, 665 (Barbadoes); Gunther, i, 1859, 120 

 (Jamaica; Cape Verde); Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, 1870,466 (St. Croix; 

 New Providence ; St. Kitt's) ; Poey, Repertorio, i, 202, 1867. 



Serranus carauna, Cuv. & Val., ii, 384, 1828 (Brazil) ; Castelnau, Anim. nouv. 

 Am6r. Sud, 1, pi. i, f. 1 (Brazil). 



c. Brown variety (punctatus). 



Perca marina puncticulata (the Negro-fish), Catosby, Nat. Hist. Carolina, 



&c., 1743, pi. 7 (Bahamas). 

 Perca punctata, Linmous, Syst. Nat., x, 1758, 291 (based on Catesby); Linnaeus, 



Syst. Nat., xii, 1766, 485. 

 Enneacentrus punctatus, Poey, Syn. Pise. Cubens., 1868, 288 (Cuba); Goode, 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1876, 59 (Bermudas). 

 Epinephelua punctatus, Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 541. 

 Bodianus punctatus, Jordan «fc Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 919 (name only). 

 Perca punctulata, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, 1315 (after Catesby). 

 Enneacenlrus punctulatus, Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens., 20, 1875 (Havana). 



Head, 2f (3i) ; depth, 3 (3f ). D. IX, 15 ; A. Ill, 9. Scales, 15-90- 

 X. Length, 8 inches. 



Body oblong, moderately compressed, its greatest width 2i in depth. 

 Head rather pointed anteriorly, the profile forming an even curve from 

 snout to base of dorsal. Mouth moderate, the maxillary extending 

 somewhat beyond eye, its length 2 in head. Lower jaw strongly pro- 

 jecting. Teeth in narrow bands, rather large, the depressible teeth 

 smaller than in E. cruentatus; canines rather small, subequal. Eye 

 large, 5 in head ; interorbital space narrow, flattish, with a median de- 

 pression, its width 7 in head. Preopercle with weak serrations, its out- 

 line convex, with a slight and shallow emargination, its angle not sal- 

 ient. Opercle with 3 distinct spines. Nostrils small, subequal. Gill- 

 rakers slender. 



Scales rather large, mostly ctenoid. Dorsal spines slender, pungent, 

 the fourth and fifth highest, the outline of the fin above nearly straight. 

 Caudal truncate, its angles slightly rounded, its longest rays If in head, 

 scarcely longer than the outer rays. Anal high, rounded, its longest 

 rays 2 in head. Second anal spine stronger and rather longer than 

 third, 2| in head. Pectoral long, reaching much past tips of ventrals, 

 IJ in head. 



COLORATION. 



{a) Brown variety (punctatiis). — Color in life blackish olive. Spots 

 everywhere on sides and head, dark blue with light blue centers. 

 Dorsal fin dusky olive, edged with darker, a few spots on its base; the 

 soft dorsal margined with whitish. Caudal dusky olive. Anal and ven- 

 trals violaceous black. Pectorals olivaceous. The spots in spirits be- 

 come brown, with gray centers. 



(6) Red variety {ouatUihi). — Color in life vivid scarlet. Spots on head 

 nearly black ; others light blue, with a purpUsh border. Two black spots 



