21. CENTROPKISTIS. 8S 



8. Centropristis tabacarius. 



Centropristes tabacarius, Cm: Sf Val. iii. p. 44 ; Ramon de la Sagra, 



Hist. Cub. Poiss. p. 28. 

 Serrauus jacome, Poeij, 3Iemor. Cuba, 1851, p. 57. lam. 2. f. 1. 



D. f". A. J. L. lat. 70. CtEc. pylor. 5. Vert. 10/14. 



PrsEoperculmn very finely serrated ; the distance between the eyes 

 is fths of the diameter. Reddish brown ; a large white spot on the 

 lateral Hue beneath the first seven spines, a smaller one above the 

 lateral Une beneath the first ray ; a third immediately beneath the 

 last four rays of the dorsal. 



Caribbean Sea. 



o. Half- grown. West Indies. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 h. Adult : skin. West Indies. From Mr. Scrivener's Collection. 



9. Centropristis praestigiator. 



Serranus praestigiator, Poey, dletnor. Cuba, 1851, p. 58. lam. 2. f. 2. 



D. f". A. J. L. lat. 70. L. transv. 8/24. Ctec. pylor. 5. 

 Vert. 10/14. 



Praeorbital not projecting ; operculum with three spines ; prae- 

 operculum serrated, without projecting angle; sub- and inter-oper- 

 culum eutii-e. Caudalis emarginate. Brown, with irregular black 

 transverse bands and spots ; belly yellowish. 



Cuba, 



a, h. Adult: not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 



10. Centropristis brasiliensis. 



Brisout de BarneviUe, Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 131. 

 D. i^. A.|. L. lat. 50. 



Prseoperculum rounded throughout, serrated ; operculum with 

 three flat points ; the length of the head is two-fifths of the length 

 of the trunk (without caudaUs) ; the distance between the eyes is 

 one-half of the diameter. Brown, with indistinct cross-bands ; dor- 

 salis with three black spots. 



Coast of Brazil ; Caribbean Sea ; St. Helena. 



a. Adult : stuffed. St. Helena. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



11. Centropristis phoebe. 



SeiTanus phcebe, Poej/, Memor. Cuba, 1851, p. 55. pi. 2. f. 3. 



D. }^. A. J. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 5/12. 



Prseorbital not projecting ; operculum -with two spines ; prfeoper- 

 culum serrated behind, and at a part of the lower limb, without 



