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upper lobe the longer, 1| length of middle rays, If in head; margin of 

 anal well rounded, the middle rays about twice length of last ray ; the 

 first ray reaching nearly to tiji of last ray when the fin is depressed ; pec- 

 torals slightly falcate, reaching almost to front of anal, 1^ in head; anal 

 spines strong, the second rather longest and strongest, not always reach- 

 ing past tip of third, 3j in head. Color of adult in life, olivaceous above, 

 paler below, much flushed, so that the general hue is everywhere coppery- 

 red ; sides of body with numerous narrow crossbars, rather faint, the liglit 

 and dark of about equal width, or the pale narrower; scales of upper 

 parts mesially bronzed; head coppery, especially above; a broad whitish 

 area from eye to angle of mouth, becoming rosy in spirits; an irregular 

 line of small round or oblong spots below eye, from snout to angle of 

 opercle; soft fins all plain light brick-red, the anal somewhat orange, the 

 caudal more or less yellowish ; spinous dorsal with a light orange band at 

 base and edge, the middle pearly; the blue stripe below eye persists 

 longer than in any of the other species which possess it. Young, in life, 

 greenish-olive, the head and breast flushed with bright coppery-red; base 

 of each scale bright orange-yellow, this color more extensive than the dark 

 ground color, so that the general hue of the body, especially below and 

 posteriorly, is a rich golden-yellow; a dusky spot on top of head; tempo- 

 ral region with a dusky shade; an undulating blue stripe below eye from 

 snout to angle of opercle; a similar fainter streak below it; pectorals pale 

 red or light orange; ventrals orange; other fins rich golden yellow, the 

 front ofthe anal and the edge of the spinous dorsal rich, clear, bright orange. 

 Described from a specimen 12 inches in length. West Indies, north to 

 Florida Keys, south to Bahia; occasionally north to Woods Hole, Mass. 

 This species is about equally abundant with N. apodiis about Florida Keys 

 and Cuba. (From Cuban name^ocw.) 



Jocii., Parea, Descr. Dif. Piezas, Hist. Nat., i, pi. 25, flg. 2, 1787, Cuba. 

 Anthiasjocu, Bloch & SCHNEmER, Syst. Ichtli., 310, 1801, Cuba; after Pabra. 

 Mesoprion litura, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., n, 467, 1828, Cayenne; St. 



Thomas. 

 Mesoprion jam, Cuvier & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 466, 1828. 

 Lutjanusjocu, Poey, Synopsis, 2'92, 1868; Jordan & Swain, I. c, 437; Jordan & Fesler, 



I. c, 443. 



1636. XEOM.ENIS APODUS (Walbaum). 



(SCHOOLMASTER; CAJI.) 



Head 2i; depth 2^. D. X, 14; A. HI, 8; scales (.5) 6-42 to 45-13, 36 

 pores in lateral line. Body comparatively deep, moderately compressed, 

 the back considerably elevated; profile almost straight from snout to 

 nape, the nuchal region rather convex; snout unusually long and pointed, 

 its outline before eye a little depressed, its length 24 in head; eye moder- 

 ate, 4i^ in head; interorbital space flattish or gently convex, al in head; 

 mouth large, maxillary reaching front of orbit, 2| in head; upper jaw 

 with a narrow band of villiform teeth, outside of which is a single series 

 of larger teeth; 4 canines iu front of upper jaw; 1 of them on each 

 side very large, almost as loug as pupil; lower jaw with a narrow villi- 

 form band in front only, and an enlarged series outside, these largest on 



