Jordan and Evcrmann. — Fishes of North America. 1245 



weak, included; anterior nostril at the extreme front of the snout, close 

 to the premaxillary, in the extremity of a barbel-like tube which hano-g 

 down iibove the mouth and is nearly as long as the eye ; posterior nostril 

 a rather long and narrow oblicjue slit, near the front of the eye; eye small, 

 near the middle of the length of the head; interorbital space rather broad 

 and convex, its width 4^ in head; preorbital broad, its least width %\ to 

 4^ in head; vertical limb of preopercle oblir|ue, sharply serrate, the teeth 

 rather tine above, coarse at the angle ; emargination of preopercle sharp 

 and deep, more conspicuous than in most species of Lutianns, the knob of 

 interopercle conspicuous. Gill rakers few and short, about 7 deveh)ped on 

 lower part of anterior arch, besides several rudiments; opercle without 

 sjiinous projections; scapular scale serrate. Temporal crest of skull very 

 short, coalescing with the orbi-tal rim. Scales rather small, regularly 

 arranged, those above lateral line in series which are throughout parallel 

 with the lateral line, those below in horizontal series; temporal region 

 with a band, of one or two series of large scales; cheeks with about 7 rows 

 of scales; top of head naked. Dorsal spines rather low and strong, the 

 fin somewhat deeply emarginate; soft dorsal and anal high, angular, 

 and pointed in outline, the middle rays elevated, the last ray not f the 

 height of the middle ones, which are 2 in head; pectoral long and fal- 

 cate; caudal short, feebly lunate, the upi)er lolie If in head; anal high 

 and pointed, the middle rays reaching base of caudal, a little more than 

 half length of head; anal spines strong, the second longer and stronger 

 than third, 2f in head ; pectoral long, 3 in body ; ventral 1^, Color green- 

 ish above, belly coppery pink; head olive, sides with 8 cross-bands of 

 warm brown, unequally placed; fins dusky olive, shaded with ])inkish 

 and brown ; a round dusky blotch near base of last rays of soft dorsal ; 

 the pectorals pale, a dark crescent at base; ventrals black-tipped; top of 

 head with some small dark spots. Adult nearly plain olivaceous, coppery 

 below. Pacific coast of tropical America, from Guaymas to Panama. 

 This remarkable species is a common food-fish at Mazatlan, where it is 

 known as the "pargo." The specimens examined by us are from Mazatlan 

 and Guaymas. (Named for Dr. Albert Giinther "in token of apprecia- 

 tion.") 



Hoplopagrus gvntJieri, Gill, Proc. Ac. Xat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 253, Cape San Lucas (Coll. 

 Xantus); Steindachnek, lohth. Beitrage, vi, 1, 1878; Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. 1884, 429; Jordan & Fe.sler, I. c, 432; Evermann & Jenkins, Proc. TJ. S. 

 Nat. Miis. 1891, 145; Jordan, Fishes Slnaloa, in Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., Ser.2, v, 1895, 454. 



524. EVOPLITES, Gill. 

 Evoplites, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 236 (pomaca7)tJms=rjo-a-Dg of kasmira). 



This genus is very close to Lutianns and Geni/orof/c, two sections and gen- 

 era not represented in American waters. It agrees with Lutianns in having 

 the whole top of the head from the eyes backward covered with scales. 

 This region is naked in Geiiijorof/e, which, like EvojiUtes, has the preopercle 

 marked by a deep gash or incision in which a knob from the interopercle 

 finds place. The latter character is subject to considerable variation in 

 Gcnyoroge and may not be of generic value. In Evoplites the parietal crest 



