ADDENDA 86, SERRANIDiE— EPINEPIIELUS. 
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young with transverse dark bars; ventrals dusky. Body rather deep, 
somewhat eompressed. Mouth large, the maxillary extending beyond 
ej e, 2 in head; canines rather strong. Preopercle nearly evenly serrate. 
Caudal rounded*; second anal spine rather strong, slightly longer than 
third ; dorsal spines rather high. Jaws and fins with fine scales. Head 
2i; depth 2^. D. XI, 17 ; A. Ill, 8; Lat. 1. about 85. West Indies; 
north to Key West {Poey; Stearns)', very abundant ; reaches the length 
of 4 or 5 feet. 
(Anthias striatus Bloch, Ichth. ix, lOJ 1797: Sermmis striatm Guuther, i, 110: Goode, 
Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. v, 57 : Poey, Rep. Fis. Nat. Cuba, ii, 285.) 
Page 541. The group called Bodianus is probably entitled to generic 
rank. Its species should stand as follows: 
852. B. puaictataas (L.) .1. & G. 
852 (b). B. lacuiiops (C, & V.) J. & G. 
Red or dark brown, the head, body, and fins covered with small 
round blue, black-edged spots; one or two dark-blue streaks from eye 
to snout; fins all more or less edged with deep blue. Maxillary reach- 
ing posterior margin of eye; canine teeth rather strong, the upper 
largest. Caudal rounded behind; no notch between dorsal spines and 
soft rays. Second and third anal spines about equal. Head 2.J; depth 
2f. I). IX, 15; A. Ill, 9; Lat. 1. 100. Tropical Atlantic ; Florida Keys 
to Senegambia. {Steindachner.) 
(Sen-anus twniops C. & V. ii, 370: Serranus iwniops Guuther, i, 121: Serranus taniiops 
Steiudachuer, Beitriigo Keuntu. Fische Afrika’s, 1881, 4.) 
852 (c). E. guttatiis (Gineliu) Goode. — Cabrilla. 
Olivaceous; body and head everywhere covered with small bronze 
spots, much smaller than the pupil, the spots mostly' with darker 
centers; besides these are larger obscure pale spots, around which the 
ground color forms reticulations; whitish marblings on sides of back; 
base of pectoral reticulate; vertical fins obscurely spotted; the soft 
dorsal and caudal broadly margined with black; iiectorals pale; ven- 
trals dusky at tip. Body comparatively elongate. IMouth large, the 
maxillary extending past the eye, its length 2J in head. E^'e shorter 
than snout, 5^ in head. Depressible teeth in front of jaws long. Fins 
of moderate height; caudal truncate; anal spines moderate, the second 
about as long as third, 5 in head; pectoral 1| in head. Head 2^; depth 
* The caudal is luuate in E. mono and in the species of Trisoiropis. lu our other 
species of Epinephelus it is rounded or truncate. 
