120 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL IVIUSEUM vol.99 



Serranus iDiplectrum) radialis Metzelaar, Report on the fishes collected by Dr. 

 J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies, 1904-1905, p. 54, 1919 (Cumand, 

 Venezuela) . 



U.S.N.M. No. 123132, 1 specimen, 103 mm., Arauay Bay, U. S. S. Niagara, 

 December 9, 1924. 



Genus RYPTICUS Cuvier 



SOAPFISHES 



Rypticus CuviER, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 

 vol. 3, p. 60, 1829. (Genotype, Anthias saponaceus Bloch and Schneider.) 



RYPTICUS ARENATUS Cuvier 



Fez Jabon 



Rypticus arenatus Cuvier, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des 

 poissons, vol. 3, p. 65, pi. 46, 1829 (Brazil), 



For a revision of this genus see Schultz and Reid, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 87, pp. 261-270, 1939. On page 269, table 1, the preo- 

 percular spines for R. arenatus were transposed; they should read 

 2 in column 2 and 32 in 3. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121809, a specimen, 114 mm. in standard length, mouth of Cafio 

 de Sagua, 25 km. north of Sinamaica, March 12, 1942. 



Genus EPINEPHELUS Bloch 



Meros 



Epinephelus Bloch, Naturgeschichte auslandischen Fische, vol. 7, p. 11, 1793. 

 (Genotype, Epinephelus marginalis Bloch= Perco fasciata Forsk§,l.) (Ref. 

 copied.) 



EPINEPHELUS MORIO (Cayier and Valenciennea) 



Merc cherno 



Serranus morio Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 



2, p. 285, 1828 (New York and San Domingo) (ref. copied). 

 Epinephelus morio Rohl, Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, p. 403, fig. 218, 1942 



(coast of Venezuela). 



U.S.N.M. No. 123135, a specimen, 271 mm. in standard length, Estanques Bay 

 U. S. S. Niagara, December 13, 1924. 



EPINEPHELUS INTERSTITIAUS (Poey) 



Serranus inter siitialis Poey, Memorias sobre la historia natural de la isla de Cuba, 

 vol. 2, p. 127, 1860 (Cuba). 



Epinephelus (Mycteroperca) inter stitialis Metzelaar, Report on the fishes col- 

 lected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, p. 51, fig. 19, 

 1919 (Guanta, Venezuela). 



EPINEPHELUS ADSCENSIONIS (Osbeck) 



Mero cabrilla 



Trachinus adscensionis Osbeck, Reise nach Ostindien und China, p. 388, 1765 



(Ascension Island) (ref. copied). 

 Epinephelus adscensionis Rohl, Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, p. 402, fig. 217, 



1942 (coast of Venezuela). 



