88. SPAEID^ LUTJANUS. 549 



gle patch of teeth; nostrils oblong; gill-rakers shortish; spines strong; 



second anal spine little enlarged. Head 3 ; depth 2^. D. X, 14 ; A. 



Ill, 8; Lat. 1. 48, New York to South America; common southward. 



(Spar us caxis liloch «fc Scbueider, Ib'Ol, 284: Mesoprion griseus Cuv. & Val. ii, 4G9: 

 Mesoi^rioti grisenn Giiutber, i, 194 : Neonuvnis emarfjiuatus Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. 

 Siirv. Ichth. 16; Foey, Rei)t. Fis.-Nat. Cuba, 18(57, 2G9.) 



863. L, b9ackfOB-<li Goode »fc Beau. — Ecd Siiajjjycr. 



Uniform rose-color; lighter below and on centres of scales; belly sil- 

 very ; axil of pectoral dark. Body much comjiressed. lower profile much 

 less arched than the upper. Preopercle tinely serrated, the denticula- 

 tions coarser at the angle; a slight emargination above the angle, in 

 which is received a slight elevation on the interopercular bone. Maxil- 

 lary reaching the orbit. Lingual teeth in two patches, the anterior 

 cordate; canines strong, two in front of apper jaw larger than others. 

 Anterior nostril round, posterior oblong. Pectorals elongate, reaching 

 past the long ventrals nearly to anal. Third anal spine slenderer and 

 slightly longer than the second. Caudal fin forked, the middle rays two- 

 thirds as long as the external ones. Eye about 7 in head, two-thirds 

 width of preorbital. Head 2f; depth 2f. D. X, 14; A. Ill, 0; L. lat. 

 50; L. trans V. j^. Coast of Florida; a large and beautiful species, be- 

 coming important as a food-fish. 



(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i, 176, 1878.) 



S64. Li. stearnsi Goode &, Bean. 



Scarlet below, shading into reddish or purplish brown above ; plum 

 color on sides and top of head; below lateral line the posterior half of 

 the exposed portion of the scales white tinted with scarlet; the basal 

 portion reddish and much darker; lower side of head light scarlet; ver- 

 tical fins darker than body; pectorals and ventrals white-roseate. Head 

 3 in length; depth 3. D. X, 14; A. Ill, 8; L. lat. 45; L. transv. -^V 

 {Goode <£• Bean.) Pensacola, Fla. 



(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i, 179, 1878.) 



hh. Voniorine toctb in a dianiond-sbaped patcb ; canines feeble. {Rhomhoplitcs* Gill.) 



863. L. uuroa'llbciis (Cuv. & Val.) Vaillant. — Mangrove Snapper; Bastarp 

 Snapper. 



Yermilion-red above, rosy below; sides with oblong irregular yellow 

 spots; dorsal and pectoral fins red; ventrals an<l anal lighter. Bod}- 



*Gil], Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 237: type Ctntroprisiia aurorvhens C. & V. 

 (pofifio?, rbonil) ; linXiTrj'^, armed ; in allusion to tbe form of tbe pateb of teetb on tlie 

 vomer. ) 



