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of pupil, 2| in head; upper jaw with a narrow band of villiform teeth, 

 outside of which is a series of moderately enlarged teeth ; 4 rather strong 

 canines, 2 of them longer, about \ diameter of pupil; lower jaw with 

 a single series of unequal teeth as strong as upper; inside of these is 

 a narrowband of villiform teeth in front of jaw only; tongue with a 

 single long oval patch of teeth, its length more than twice its width; 

 vomer with a broadly arrow-shajied patch of teeth with a backward 

 prolongation on median line, its length scarcely greater than width 

 of patch in front; no teeth on pterygoid or hyoid bones. Gill rakers 

 numerous, about 12 developed on lower part of arch, besides 5 or 6 very 

 small or rudimentary ones, those near the angle larger, their length 2;^ 

 in eye. Preopercle with its posterior margin oblique and nearly straight, 

 a broad and rather shallow notch above its angle, its edge strongly ser- 

 rate, the teeth coarser at angle and on lower limb. Scales rather small, 

 the rows above the lateral line running upward and backward, the rows 

 below nearly horizontal; about 6 rows of scales on the cheeks, 1 or 2 

 rows on interopercle, 1 row on subopercle, 7 or 8 rows on opercle ; bases 

 of soft dorsal and anal scaly, the outline of the fins rather stronglj^ 

 convex; temporal region with a band of large scales, behind which are 

 small scales; top of head, snout, and jaws naked. Dorsal spines mod- 

 erately strong, the fifth spine 2f in head, the tenth spine 3i in head; 

 margin of soft dorsal nearly straight, its rays almost of equal length, 

 3f in head ; caudal moderately forked, the upper lobe slightly the longer. 

 If length of middle rays, which are 2\ in head; margin of anal gently 

 convex, the middle rays slightly longer than last, 2^ in head, the tip of 

 first soft ray almost reaching tip of last ray when the fin is depressed; 

 anal spines strong, the second longer and stronger than third spine, 2J in 

 head; ventrals 1* in head; pectorals reaching opposite first soft ray of 

 anal, \\ in head. Color in life crimson, silvery below, flashed with crimson ; 

 axil and base of pectorals jet-black; eye orange; dorsal crimson, its edge 

 scarlet; caudal orange-yellow, as also part of caudal peduncle; last rays 

 of soft dorsal, most of anal and ventrals, yellow ; i^ectorals, base of anal, 

 and ventral sjiines pinkish. In spirits the bright colors fade, leaving the 

 body pale reddish, the base of the pectoral within and without jet-black. 

 West Indies; a small and strongly marked species, common in the deeper 

 waters about Havana, and known in the markets as sest or seu de lo alto, 

 {boucanelle, a name used in Martinique.) 



Metoprion buccanella, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 455, 1828, Marti- 

 nique; GiJNTHEE, Cat., I, 198. 



Mesoprion caudanotatus, Poey, Memorias, i, pi. 3, fig. 2, 440, 1851, Cuba. 



Lutjanus buccanella, Poey, Synopsis, 295, 1868; Jordan & Swain, i.e., 445; Jordan, Proc. 

 U. S.Nat.Mus. 1889, 648; Jordan & Fesler, l.c.,U5. 



1630. \KO.>LENIS VIVANUS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



(PaRGO DE LO AlTO; SiLK SNAPPER.) 



Head 2f ; depth 3, U. X, 14; A. Ill, 8; scales (7) 8-72-17, 50 pores. 

 Body rather slender, subelliptical, the back not greatly elevated; profile 

 very slightly convex from snout to nape, thence more arched ; snout rather 



