Jordan atuf R7'eri)iann. — Fishes of North America. 849 



than half length of head ; soft dorsal pointed, as high as the body ; third 

 aual spine very strong, as long as longest anal rays, \\ in depth of Itody. 

 Upper lobe of caudal much the longer. In life chietly bright red, with 

 shining longitudinal streaks along the rows of scales ; some specimens 

 somewhat darker, and tinged with olive above ; lins light red, the spinous 

 dorsal largely golden olive, its edge scarlet; head quite red above; an 

 obliijue white bar descends backward from the eye ; these colors fading in 

 spirits. This species varies much in the depth of body and the height of 

 the tins. Length about 2 feet. West Indies, about rocks and reefs, rang- 

 ing from Florida to St. Helena ; very conunon in Cuba; a most brilliantly 

 colored tish, often seen in tropical markets. (Name from Ascension 

 Island.) 



Perca ascenaioiuji, OsnECK, Iter Chin., 388, 1771, Ascension Island. 



Bodiatinii jieiiiacanthiis, Bi-ocH, Auel. Fischc, iv, 40, pi. 225, 1700, Brazil; after Jagitaraca of 



Marccravk. 

 Holocetiirm so<jo, Blocii, /, c, fil, pi. 232, 1790, Africa. 

 Sciieua rubra, Bloch & Schneider, Systema Ichthyol., 82, 1801; after Perr<i marina rubra of 



Catesdy. 

 AmpJiiprion malejiielo, Bi.ocH & Schneider, Syst. Ichthyol., 20n, 1801, Cuba ; after Malejuelo of 



Parra. 

 Bodiannsjaguar, Lac£pi!de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 280, 1802, Brazil; after./(t;/»((ii«r(of Mauccrave. 

 Holoceitlrtim longipiinie, CuviEU & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Pois.s., iii, 185, ls2;t, Martinique; 



San Domingo; Porto Rico ; St. Thomas ; Havana. 

 Holoceiitrus Jouijipbme, GiiNTHEU, Cat., i, 28, 1859. 

 Holocenlrus pentacnnthn:; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 459, 1883. 

 ? Holocentrus slrialm, Gronow, Cat. Fishes, 173, 1854, Antilles: name preoccuiiied. 

 f Holocentrus roslralns, Gronow, I. c, 173, 1854, near the Equator; young specimen; nuiitenti- 



fiable. 



Eepreseuted in the AVest Indies by 



1233a. HOLOCENTRl'S ASCENSIOMS RUFUS (Walbaum). 



Specimens of this species from Bahia, apparently representing the true 

 ascensionis, differ from Cuban examples. The latter may be regarded as a 

 distinct subspecies, for which the oldest name is that of riifiis of Walbaum 

 {^=ruh€r=^ruhra=ja(juar^^'lon(jipinnis). The Brazilian form (var. uscen- 

 '^ionis) has the preopercular spine not reaching past the gill opening, its 

 free portion 2^ in eye. Pectoral short, 1| in bead, measured to end of 

 opercular spine ; ventrals reaching vent ; third anal spine measured from 

 the scales, 2j'j in head ; soft dorsal 1^ in head ; caudal lobe not quite equal 

 to head. In var. rnfits the preopercular spine reaches about to root of 

 pectoral, its free part li in eye. Third anal spine Ivo in head; soft 

 dorsal iV longer than head ; caudal lobe about i longer. The color and 

 form of body seem to be the same in both subspecies, (rttfus, red.) 

 Perca rufa, Walbai'M, Artedi Pise, 351, 1792, Bahamas ; after Perca marina rubra of Catesby. 



1234. HOLOCENTRUS SICCIFER, Cope. 



Head with spines 2| ; depth 2*. D. XI, 13 ; A. IV, 9 ; scales 3-4r)-8 : eye 

 21 times in head and t interorbital width. Spinous dorsal rather short, 



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