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9. M.lonacif'Poey. (W,U.) (Possibly more than one species included in the syn- 

 onymy. 

 h. M. honaci xanthosticta, Jordan & Swain. (U.) 



10. M. reticulata, Gill. (W.) (Possibly has some earlier name.) 



11. M. venenosa, L. (W, U.) (Possibly two difierent species included.) 



h. M. venenosa guttata, Bloch & Schneider. (W.) (Possibly a valid species.) 



12. M. olfax, Jenyns. (Species not well described.) 



II.— Genus PROMICROPS, Gill. 



13. P. i^ajara, Lichtenstein. (W, U, P.) 



III.— Genus EPINEPHELUS, Bloch. 



14. E. nigritus, HoYbrook. (Species imperfectly known.) 



15. E. morio, CuY. &Val. (W.) 



16. E. my8tacinus,Foey. (W.) 



17. E. striaius, B]oGh. (W.) 



18. E. selUcatida, Gill. (P.) 



19. E. niveatus, Cuv. & Val. (W.) (Possibly two species referred to the synonymy 



are really different — margaritifer and favolinibatus.) 



20. E.labriformis,Jenjns. (G.) (lusufQciently described.) 



21. E. gigas, Briiunich. (A. W.) (Synonymy not verified by us ; possibly the Ameri- 



can species, vientzeli, is different.) 



22. E. drummond-hayi, Goode & Bean. (W, U.) 



23. E. opwa, Bloch. (W, U.) (Possibly to be called^, guttatus ox E.catus; possibly 



a different sj)ecies, mibanus ; included in the synonymy.) 



24. jB. ascewsjowts, Osbeck. (W, U.) (Possibly wrongly identified with Osbeck's as- 



cemionis; in that case to be called E. atlanticus.) 



25. E. analogus, Gill. (P.) 



IV.— Genus ALPHESTES, Bloch & Schneider. 



26. A. pictus,THchud\. (G.) (Species imperfectly known.) 



27. A. multiguttatns, Giinther. (P.) 



28. A. afer, Bloch. (W, A?) 



v.— Genus ENNEACENTRUS, Gill. 

 (Possibly includes two or three distinct genera.) 



29. E. jyanamen sis, SteindachneT. (P.) 



30. E. guttatHs,Ij, (W, U.) (Possibly includes two distinct species ; perhaps should 



stand as E. cruentatus, instead of E. guttatiis ; type of a genus perhaps dis- 

 tinct — Fetrometopon. 

 i. E. guttatus coronatus, C. &. V. (W, U. ) 



31. E. twniops, Cuv. & Val. (W, A, U.) 



32. E. fulvMS, L. (W, U.) (Possibly, but very improbably, includes two distinct spe- 



cies, punctatus and fulvus.) 

 i. E. fulvus ouafalihi, C. & V. (W, U.) 

 c. E. fulvus punctatus, L. (W, U.) 



33. E. duhius, Poey. (W.) (Possibly two species included, duiius and punctifer.) 



VI.— Genus DERMATOLEPIS, Gill. 



34. D. inermis, C. & V. (W.) 

 ^b. D. punctatus, Gill. (P.) 



