86. SERRANID.® SERRANUS. 
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anal spines slender, rather low, the former continuous with the soft 
rays; second anal spine small; caudal deeply emarginate; pectorals 
shortish, reaching tips of ventrals. Serrm of preopercle forming two 
diverging groups of long spines at its angle; lower limb of i^reopercle 
entire. Head 3; depth 4. D. IX, 12; A. II, 7 ; Lat. 1. about C5. West 
Indies, north to South Carolina; not rare. 
(Cuv. & Val. ii, 245: Ceniropristis fascicularis Giintlier, i, 83: Diplectrum fasciculare 
Holbrook, Icth. S. C. 1860, 35.) 
cc. Scrrae of preopercle simplo. {Ualiperca^ Gill.) 
d. Soft dorsal of more than 13 rays. 
839. S. saibJigaraiss (Cope) J. G. 
Chocolate-brown; cheeks, iuteropercle, maxillary, and mandible with 
a coarse network of white lines; yellowish below; body with 5 vertical 
cross-bands, 2 on the caudal peduncle and 2 above anal fin; pectoral 
and caudal ATith small brown spots; second dorsal and anal brown, 
with rows of small white spots. Form elongate-oval. Head narrow, 
conical; profile regular; mandible projecting; opercle with three points; 
maxillary smooth ; cheeks and opercles scaly, those on the latter minute ; 
scales on the vertex ceasing behind posterior margin of pupil. Median 
dorsal spines subequal ; median anal spines extending beyond base of 
anal fin; caudal truncate. Teeth and armature of i^reopercle not de- 
scribed, but doubtless much as in S. airarius. 13. X, 14; A. HI, 8; 
scales 5J-48-18. Pensacola, Fla. {Cope.) 
{Centropristis subligarius Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1870, .) 
bb. Dorsal fin emarginate, some of the anterior spines being elevated; soft dorsal 
long; preopercle simply serrate, (Faralabraxi Girard.) 
840. 8. cl£B.tI!tia'nttas (Grd.) Steind. — Each Bass; Cabrilla. 
Grayish green, with obscure, broad dusky streaks and bars, which 
form reticulations on the sides ; sides often mottled or shaded with 
bluish or yellowish, but usually without distinct spots ; a broad dark 
shade near axis of body, below which the color is nearly iilain silvery 
gray. Preorbital narrow, its least width slightly more than half the 
diameter of the orbit. Maxillary broad, much expanded at tip, its 
greatest width two-thirds diameter of eye. Gill-rakers rather long, 22 
below the angle. Pectorals long, 1^ in head; ventrals If in head; 
third, fourth, and fifth dorsal spines about equal, the second spine 
*Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1862, 233: type Serranus bivittatus C. & V. («/!?, 
sea; nepxr;, perch.) 
t Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1856, 131: type Labrax nebulifer Gvd.—Atrado- 
perca and Go.-iioperca Gill. (Trapa, near; Xaftpa^, Labrax.) 
