Pargo Colorado 



peduncle and above anal; in old fishes these blue spots and streaks 

 disappear; belly white, strongly tinged with brick-red; about 6 nar- 

 row, dusky vertical bars, a little broader than the interspaces and not 

 well' defined, between gill-opening and anal; head bronze-olive, darker 

 above; abroad, undulating, pearly streak from snout below eye to 

 upper edge of gill-opening; a narrow blue streak from eye to nostril; 

 iris fiery red; pectorals, caudal, anal, and ventrals brick-red, the caudal 

 narrowly margined with black and somewhat bronze above; dorsal 

 reddish along the rays and tips of membranes, otherwise yellowish ; 

 a distinct lateral blotch just above lateral line and below the first soft 

 ray of dorsal, about as large as pupil, smaller than in other species 

 similarly marked, and seldom disappearing with age; axil and bar 

 across base of pectoral above pale or dusky olive. • 



Pargo Colorado 



Lutianus Colorado Jordan & Gilbert 



This species reaches the length of 2^ feet, and occurs on our 

 Pacific coast from Guaymas to Panama. It is a common food-fish on 

 that coast, and is highly esteemed. 



Colour in life, dark olivaceous above, each scale with the basal 

 half dark olive-brown; head and lower parts of body bright red, espe- 

 cially bright on lower parts of head, the colour extending on the sides 

 for a varying distance; upper jaw and maxillary reddish; upper parts 

 of head dark olivaceous; scales on sides of head without dark spots; 

 a much-interrupted light blue line from middle of preorbital along 

 suborbital, rarely extending behind the orbit; cheek sometimes with 

 bluish spots or lines; inside of mouth red; vertical fins very dark, 

 with more or less reddish ; spinous dorsal with a broad median streak 

 of very light slaty blue; pectoral and ventrals reddish, the latter with 

 dusky. 



Flamenco 



Lutianus giittatus (Steindachner) 



This snapper occurs on the Pacific coast from Guaymas to 

 Panama. It is a small species, rarely exceeding a foot in length, and 



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