1146 Bulletin ^y. United States National Museum. 



G-ymnoceplialus ruber, Block & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 346, pi. 67, 1801, on Curaitna of Marc- 

 grave; not Epiuephelus ruber, Block. 



Serramts onalalibi, CuviEB & A'alenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 381, 1828, Havana; Gunther, 

 Cat. I, 1859, 120; Poey, Roiiertorio, i, 202, 1867. 



Serramis carauna, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 384, 1828, Brazil. 

 'Enneacentrua fulvus outalibi, Jordan & Swain, I. c, 402. 



Bodiamui fulvus ruber, Jordan & Eigenmann, I. c, 379. 



Represented along the shores from Southern Florida to the West Indies 

 by the brown form or variety 



1541b. IIODIANUS FULYUS PUNCTATUS (Linnaiis). 

 (Xigger-fish; Negeo-fish; Black Guativere.) 



Color in life, blackish olive ; spots everywhere on sides and head, dark 

 blue with light-blue centers ; dorsal fiu dusky olive, edged with darker, a 

 few spots on its base ; the soft dorsal margined with whitish. Caudal 

 dusky olive ; anal and ventrals violaceous black ; pectorals olivaceous ; 

 the spots in spirits become brown, with gray centers. West Indies, etc.; 

 everywhere common, (punctatus, dotted.) 



Perca marina punciicidata (the Negro-fish), Catesby, Hist. Carolina, etc., pi. 7, 1843, Bahamas. 



Perca punctata, Linn^^us, Syst. Nat., x, 1758, 291, Bahamas; based on Catesby. 



Pcrca punctulata, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1315, 1788, Bahamas; after Catesby. 



Enneaceutrus punctatus, Poey, Synopsis, 288, 1868. 



Bodianus punctatus, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 919, 1883. 



Bodianus /ulcus punctatus, Jordan & Eigenmann, I. c, 380. 



Epinephelus punctatus, Boulenger, Cat., I, 184. 



Subgenus MENEPHORUS, Poey. 



1542. BODIANUS DUBIUS (Poey). 



Head 3}; ; depth 2f ; eye moderate, ii in head, as long as snout. D. IX, 

 11+ (the fin having been injured in youth) ; A. Ill, 9; scales 96. Body 

 rather deep and compressed, formed much as in Bodianus fulvus; head 

 anteriorly pointed, the profile forming a slight, even curve. Mouth 

 small; maxillary extending to posterior edge of pupil, 2^ in head ; lower 

 jaw much projecting; teeth moderate, the anterior canines in both jaws 

 rather strong. Interorbital space narrow. Preopercle finely serrate, its 

 outline evenly convex. Gill rakers slender and long, x + SO. Scales 

 moderate, strongly ctenoid. Caudal fin lunate, its angles pointed, the 

 inner rays 2J^ in head, the outer 1*. Dorsal spines low, stift', the longest 

 3 in head; outline of the fiu not notched; anal fiu high and rounded, its 

 longest rays 2^ in head; second anal spine stronger than third, but 

 scarcely longer, 3i in head ; pectoral long, reaching past tips of ventrals, 

 1^ in head. Color much as in Bodianus fulvus rH&er, bright red; head, 

 back, and sides covered with blue points, which are edged with black- 

 ish ; dorsal edged with dusky ; caudal tips black above and below; max- 

 illary with a row of dark spots ; some dark spots about eye. Length 9 

 inches. Cuba; 3 specimens known; the one above described in the 

 Museum at Cambridge, probably sent by Poey. A well-marked species, 



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