REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [82] 



951. Centropomua nigrescens ' GliiitLer. P. 



952. Centropomus pedimacula* Poey. P. W. 



953. Centropomus robalito ■' Jordan & Gilbert. P. 



Family CI.— SERRANID^. (86) 



301.— ROCCUS Mitchill. (271) 



^ ROCCHS. 



954. Roccus septentrionalis * Bloch & Schneider. N. S. Ana. (830) , 



955. Roccus chrysops Ratiuesque. Vw. (831) 



§ Morone (Mitchell) Gill. 



956. Roccus interruptuB Gill. Vsw. («32) 



957. Roccus americanus Gmelin. N. Ana. (833) • 



302.— SERRANUS Cuvier. (274) 

 § Centropristis Cuvier. 



958. Serranus atrarius Linnaeus. S. (836) 



959. Serranus furvus Walbaum.^ N. (836 6.) 



960. Serranus philadelphicus* Linnseus. S. (837) 



§ Diplectrum Holbrook. 



961. Serranus formosus Linnteus. S. W. (838) 



962. Serranus radialis' Quoy & Gaimard. P. W. 



$ Prionodes Jenyns. 



963. Serranus subligarius Cope. W. (839) 



964. Serranus phoebe * Poey. W. 



» Centropomus nigrescens Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 144 ; Giinther, Fishes 

 Centr. Amer., 1869, 407. Mazatlan to Panama. 



2 Centropomus pedimacula Poey, Meinorias Cuba, II, 1860, l^H^Centropomtis medius 

 Giinther, Fish. Centr. Amer., 1869, 406. Both coasts of tropical America, north to 

 Mazatlan. 



J Centropomus rohalUo Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 462. Mazatlan. 



•• This species should stand as above, instead of Roccus lineatUs. The original ASciana 

 lineata of Bloch was probably one of the European species. To the synonymy add 

 Ferca saxatilis and Perca septentrionalis Blocli & Schneider, Syst. Nat., 1801, 89, 90. 

 Perca saxatilis is preoccupied. 



6 Perca furva Walbaum, Artedi Pisciiim, 1279=Coryphcena nigrescens Bloch & Schnei- 

 der, 1801. 



« Perca philadelphica Linnseus, Syst. Nat. X, 291, 1758=ed.XII, 1766, 484=Perc« iri- 

 furca LinnjBus, Syst. Nat., ed. XII, 489, 1766. 



■'Serranus radialih Quoy & Gaimard,Voyage Freycinet, 3l6=Centropri^tis radialia 

 Giinther, I, 8:i==Centropristis macropoma Giinther, Fish. Centr. Amer., 1869, 409. Coast 

 of Brazil and west coast of tropical America, north to Gulf of California. 



* Serranus phabe Poey. 



Light brownish, paler below ; a sharply defined white bar extending upward from 

 before vent about to middle of side, its width rather more than diameter of pupil; before 

 this a broad dusky shade extending downward from back ; a vaguely defined quadrate 

 paler area below middle of dorsal and another on back of tail; head and fins without 

 sharp markings. Body oblong, the back little elevated, the head large and not sharp 



