1176 Bulletin 4J, United States National Museum. 



Represented in deeper water off Florida by 



1564a. MICTEROPERCA BONACI XANTHOSTICTA, Jordan & Swain. 



Head 3 ; depth 3 ; eye ^\ in head (adult). D. XI, 17 ; A. Ill, 12 ; scales 

 22-110-x. Body comparatively robust, formed much as in M. venenosa. 

 Head large, its anterior profile little curved, the snout not verj- acute, 

 3f iu head. Mouth large, the maxillary reaching to beyond eye, 1,^0 in 

 head (in adult). Teeth in moderate bands; 2 strong, nearly vertical 

 canines in front of each jaw. Interorbital space strongly convex, its 

 breadth 4^ in head. Preopercle forming a regular curve, without salient 

 angle, the emargination near its angle very slight. Nostrils roundish, 

 close together, subequal. Scales rather small, chiefly cycloid. Dorsal 

 spines rather slender and low, the third spine 3j in head ; caudal fin sub- 

 truncate when spread open, its outer rays very slightly produced, IJ iu 

 head ; the rays of the fin projecting slightly beyond the membranes ; anal 

 high and rounded, its longest rays 2* in head ; pectoral reaching slightly 

 beyond tips of ventrals 2f in head. Color of fresh specimen, rather bright 

 dark purplish gray, scarcely paler below, rather darkest along top of 

 head and sides of back; chin dark ; a few obscure paler rivulations on 

 belly, sides, and especially on breast ; head and body everywhere covered 

 very evenly with round, close-set spots of a bright bronze orange ; these 

 spots mostly broader than the interspaces, and with an average diameter 

 about equal to that of a nostril, obscure on lower part of head and body, 

 but traces of such spots almost everywhere ; spots most distinct on head, 

 and covering the dark part of the eye ; on the lower jaw the spots are 

 oblong and more closely set ; about 23 spots in a straight line from eye to 

 angle of preopercle ; spots on the body usually arranged one to each 

 scale, the average diameter being considerably less than that of a scale, 

 none on body as large as the scale ; bases of pectoral, anal, and caudal simi- 

 larly spotted; dorsal dark olive brown, the distal half of the soft dorsal 

 black; caudal and anal colored like the soft dorsal, the black on the cau- 

 dal paler, the latter without the narrow pale edge of the dorsal and anal ; 

 pectorals and ventrals brownish, blackish toward the tips, the pectoral 

 with a grayish edge and no yellow; a dusky mustache on preorbital, 

 along edge of maxillary ; membrane of region concealed by maxillary 

 covered with very bright orange spots: angle of mouth on lower jaw 

 largely yellowish green, with some dull orange Length 4 feet. Snapper 

 Banks off Pensacola ; scarce. {^avOog, yellow ; gtckto^, spotted.) 

 Mycleroperca bonaci xanthosUcta, Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mua., 1884, 371, Pensacola, 

 (Coll, Jordan & Stearns); Jordan & Eigenmann, I. c, 370, 1890. 



1565. MICTEROPERCA JORDAN! (Jenkins i Evermann). 

 (Cabrilla de AsTiLiERO ; Baya.) 



Head2f to2f; depth 3^ to 3f; eye 6i to 7^^ in head; snout 3i to 3|. 

 D. XI, 16 or 17; A. Ill, 11; scales 20-120 to 135-43; maxillary 2^; 

 pectoral If to 1^ ; ventral 2 to 2^ ; fourth dorsal spine 2f to 3 ; soft dorsal 

 rays 2| to 2i; longest anal ray 21; caudal lobes If to 1| in head; gill 



