ADDENDA 86. SERRANID^E EPINEPIIELUS. 919 



young with transverse dark bars; ventrals dusky. Body rather deep, 

 somewhat compressed. ]Moutli larg^e, the maxillary extending beyond 

 eye, 2 in head; canines rather strong. Preopercle nearly evenly serrate. 

 Caudal rounded* ; second anal spine rather strong, slightly longer than 

 third; dorsal spines rather high. Jaws and fins with fine scales. Head 

 2i; depth 2i. D. XI, 17; A. ITI, 8; Lat. 1. about 85. West Indies; 

 north to Key West [Poey; Stearns)', very abundant; reaches the length 

 of 4 or 5 feet. 



{Anthiasstriatus B\och,I(i\\t\\. ix, 10'.), 1797: Serrnii us striatus G\intheT,i, 110: Goode, 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. v, 57: Poey, Rep. T^is. N:it. Cuba, ii, 285.) 



Page 541. The group called Bodianus is probably entitled to generic 

 rank. Its species should stand as follows: 



§52. B. pnuictalaas (L.) J. & G. 



§52 {h). B, tscEiIops (C. & V.) J. & G. 



Red or dark brown, the head, body, and fins covered with small 

 round blue, black-edged spot;*; one or two dark-blue streaks from eye 

 to snout ; fins all more or less edged with deep blue. Maxillary reach- 

 ing posterior margin of eye; canine teeth rather strong, the upper 

 largest. Caudal rounded behind; no notch between dorsal spines and 

 soft rays. Second and third anal spines about equal. Head 2^; depth 

 2|. D. IX, 15; A. HI, 9; Lat. 1. 100. Tropical Atlantic; Florida Keys 

 to Senegambia. {Steindaclmer.) 



{Serranus twniops C. & V. ii, 370: Serraniis tceniops Giiuther, i, 121: Serranus twniops 

 Steindachuer, Beitriige Kenntn. Fische Afrika's, 1881, 4.) 



§52 (o). E. gaiitatus (Gmelin) Goode.— Ca&n7/a. 



Olivaceous; bodj^ and head everywhere covered with small bronze 

 spots, much smaller than the pupil, the spots mostly Avith darker 

 centers; besides these are larger obscure pale spots, around which the 

 ground color forms reticulations; whitish marblings on sides of back; 

 base of pectoral reticulate; vertical fins obscurely spotted; the soft 

 dorsal and caudal broadly margined with black; pectorals i)ale; ven- 

 trals dusky at tip. Body comparatively elongate. Mouth large, the 

 maxillary extending past the eye, its length 2^ in head. Eye shorter 

 than snout, 5i in head. Depressible teeth in front of jaws long. Fins 

 of moderate height; caudal truncate; anal spines moderate, the second 

 about as long as third, 5 in head; pectoral 1^ in head. Head 2J; depth 



*Tbe caudal is luuatc in E. morio and in the species of Trlsolropls. lu our other 

 species of Epincphvlus it is rounded or truncate. 



