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In life, carmine, deepest on the back, becoming a clear violet on the 

 sides. Back and sides everywhere freckled with golden olive, this color 

 on the sides forming reticulations around the violet. Belly silvery, 

 flushed with red. Golden olive about the eye; a bright golden stripe 

 from eye to base of pectoral above; another from snout along lower 

 border of eye to middle of base of pectoral. Another fainter above, 

 from eye backwards. 



Dorsal fin carmine, the rays tinged with red, the filaments carmine. 

 Caudal fin carmine, with golden on the rays anal wholly of a very 

 bright yellow. Pectoral all light carmine. Ventrals yellow on anterior 

 rays, the last rays carmine. 



This species is very closely related to Fronotogrammus multifasciatus 

 from Gape San Lucas, the type of the genus Pronotogrammus. These 

 two species differ considerably from the type of Anthias, and it is not 

 unlikely that the former generic name should be retained for them. 



In P. vivanus, the fourth and fifth dorsal spines are longest, the lat- 

 ter 2:^ in head, and with a slender filament attached to its membrane, 

 the filament being 1^ in head. Similar, but shorter filaments are at- 

 tached to the 6th, 7th, ."-'th, and 9th spines. 



Both caudal lobes ending in filamentous prolongations, the total 

 length of the lobes being 2^ in body. Pectorals and ventrals short. 



12. Epinephelus niveatus (Cuv. «fe Val.). 



Epineplielus flavoUmhatus Poey. 



One specimen about two feet long obtained. This agrees with the 

 account of Epinephelus niveatus given by Jordan & Swain in all respects 

 but the color. It seems probable that E. fiavolimhatus is the adult 

 of E. niveatus, but if so, the change in coloration is very remarkable. 



Color in life, brownish flesh-color, unspotted, a clear blue streak 

 from eye to angle of preopercle. No spots or blotches anywhere, and 

 no black on caudal peduncle. Whole dorsal with a narrow edge of 

 bright yellow. Dorsal pectorals, anal and caudal dusky, anal and caudal 

 without pale edging. Ventrals dusky. A very faint moustache of dark 

 olive, along the maxillary. 



13. Pomacentrus caudalis Poey. 



14. Callionymus ( ? bairdi Goode & Bean) . 

 One specimen, somewhat mutilated. 



15. Scorpaena occipitalis Poey. 



16. Dactyloscopus tridigitatus Gill. 



One specimen taken with the seine on Santa Rosa Island; the first 

 record of the species from north of Key West. 



17. Ophidium beani Jordau. 



18. Phycis floridanus Beau. 



Taken in great numbers with the seine in shallow waters near the 

 shore, where it took the hook readily. A few obtained from the Snap- 



