98. SPARID^ LUTJANUS. 
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gle patcli of teeth; nostrils oblong; gill-rakers shortish; spines strong; 
second anal spine little enlarged. Head 3 ; depth 2f . D. X, 14 ; A. 
Ill, 8 ; Lat. 1. 48, New York to South America; common southward. 
Crtaji's Bloch & Schneider, 1801, 284: Mesoprion griseus Cnv. & Val. ii, 4G9: 
Mesoprion griseus Giiuther, i, 194: Neomeenis emarginatus Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. 
Surv. Ichth. 18; Poey, Kept. Fis.-Nat. Cuba, 1887, 269.) 
863. ti. bSacSifos’di Goode & Bean. — Bed Snapper. 
Uniform rose-color; lighter below and on centres of scales; belly .sil- 
very ; axil of pectoral dark. Body much compressed, lower protile much 
less arched than the upper. Preopercle finely serrated, the denticula- 
tions coarser at the angle; a slight emargination above the angle, in 
which is received a slight elevation on the interopercular bone. Maxil- 
lary reaching the orbit. Lingual teeth in two patches, the anterior 
cordate; canines strong, two in front of upper jaw larger than others. 
Anterior nostril round, posterior oblong. Pectorals elongate, reaching 
jtast the long ventrals nearly to anal. Third anal spine slenderer anfi 
slightly longer than the second. Caudal fin forked, the middle rays two- 
thirds as long as the external ones. Eye about 7 in head, two-thirds 
width of jj reorbital. Head 2f ; depth 2f. 13. X, 14; A. Ill, 9; L. lat. 
50; L. transv. ^ 5 -. Coa.st of Florida; a large and beautiful species, be- 
coming important as a food-fish. 
(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i, 176, 1878.) 
864. 4.. stearaasi Goode & Bean. 
Scarlet below, shading into reddish or purplish brown above; plum 
color on sides and top of head; below lateral line the posterior half of 
the exposed portion of the scales white tinted with scarlet; the basal 
portion reddish and much darker; lower side of head light scarlet; ver- 
tical fins darker than body; pectorals and ventrals white-roseate. Head 
3 in length; depth 3. H. X, 14; A. Ill, 8 ; L. lat. 45; L. transv. 
[Goode tO Bean.) Pensacola, Fla. 
(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i, 179, 1878.) 
hi). Vomerine teeth in a diamond-shaped patch; canines feeble. [Bliomboplites * GiW.) 
865. L. aQai’Ortabcns (Cuv. & Val.) Vaillant. — Mangrove Snapper; Bastarp 
Snapper. 
Yermilion-red above, ro.sy below; sides with oblong irregular yellow 
spots; dorsal and pectoral fins red ; ventrals and anal lighter. Body 
* Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 237 : type Centroprisiis aurornhens C. & V. 
{'poaftoi, rhomb ; oTtXirrj'i, armed ; in allusion to the form of the patch of teeth on the 
xomer.) 
