45 G PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Lutjanus analis, Pocy, Euumeratio, 187r>, 21) (Cul)a); Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mns., 1884, 125 (Key West); Vaillaiit &. Bocomt, Miss. Sci. an Mexi(]ue, 



1881 (?), 119, pi. V. 

 Mesoprion sobra, Cuv. & Val., ii, 453, 1828 (Martinique) ; Gnicheuot, in Ramon 



de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Poiss.,22; Giluther, i, 209. 

 Mesoprion isoodon, Cuv. & Val., ix, 443, 1833 (Sau Domingo). 

 Mesoprion isodon, Giinther, i, 1859,200 (copied). 



Mesoprion vivanus, Giinther, i, 263, 18.')9 (.Jamaica ; Baliia ; not of Cuv.; & Val.). 

 Luljanus vii-anus, Cope, Trans. Am. Pbilos. Soc, 1869, 470 (New Providence; 



St. Croix). 

 '? Mesoprion rosaceus, Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., ix, 317, 1870 (Cuba). 

 ? Luijaniis rosaceus, Poey, Euumeratio, 1875, 30. 



Habitat. — Florida Keys to Brazil. 



Head, 2a (3f); depth, 2|(3f). D. X, 14; A. Ill, 8. Scales, (7)10-07-17; 

 pores 51. Lougth of an individual from Key West, 11 inches. 



Body rather deep and compressed, the back rather strongly elevated, 

 profile steep and nearly straight from snout to nape. Snout rather long 

 and pointed, 2f in head. Eye rather small, of in head in specimens a foot 

 in length. Interorbital space gently convex, of in head. Occii)ital keel 

 moderate. Preorbital very broad, its least width 4 in head. Mouth 

 moderate ; maxillary scarcely reaching front of orbit, 24 in liead. Opi)er 

 jaw with a narrow baud of villiform teeth, outside of which is a single 

 series of larger but small teeth ; G rather strong canines in front, 4 of 

 them larger, about equaling in length one-half diameter of pupil. Lower 

 jaw with a narrow villiform band in front only and a series of larger 

 teeth outside; these unequal, largest on side of jaw, some of them 

 almost canine-like. Tongue with a single very small patch of teeth on 

 its middle; this is wanting in young examples. Teeth on vomer form- 

 ing abroadly A-^^'iH^t'^^ patch, without backward prolongation on median 

 line. Gill rakers moderate, one-half length of diameter of eye, about 8 

 on lower arch, with no rudiments before them. Preopercle with its pos- 

 terior margin almost straight, slanting gently downward and forward; 

 the notch broad and very shallow. Edge of preopercle rather coarsely 

 serrate, most so at the angle. Scales small, the rows almost horizontal 

 below the lateral line, running backward and upward above. Tubes of 

 lateral line branched. About 7 rows of scales on the cheeks; 1 row on 

 interopeicle, 1 on subopercle, and about 9 on opercle. Temporal region 

 with about eight rows of scales, which become smaller posteriorly. 

 Bavse of soft dorsal and anal scaly. 



Dorsal spines weak and slender, the outline of the fin not greatly 

 curved ; the fourth spine longest, 2§ in head ; the tenth spine 3^ in head. 

 Margin of soft dorsal angulate; the ninth ray longest, twice last and U 

 times first ray, 2 in head. Caudal well forked; upper lobe the longest, 

 If length of middle rays, which are about 2^ in head. Anal angulai-, 

 similar to soft dorsal, the middle rays more elevated than in any other 

 species, longest 2J length of last, 2 in head; first ray nearly reaching 

 tip of last when the fin is depressed; the second and third anal spinea 



