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308.— PROMT CROPS' Gill. (277) 



976. Promicrops itaiara Lichtenstein. W. P. (853) 



309.— MYCTEROPERCA- Gill. (275) 



977. Mycteroperca rosacea' Streets. P. 



978. Mycteroperca falcata phenax^ Jordan & Swain. W. 



979. Mycteroperca microlepis Goode & Bean. W. S. (846) 



980. Mycteroperca bonaci ^ Poey. W. 



980 b. Mijrteroperva bonaci xanlhosticta Jordan & Swain. 



981. Mycteroperca venenosa 8 Liuna3U8. W, (846 6.) 



310.— EPINEPHELUS Bloch. (276) 



982. Epinephelus uigritus Holbrook. S. (850) 



983. Epinephelus moric Cuv. & Val. S. W. (849) 



984. Epinephelus striatus Bloch. W. (850 6.) 



985. Epinephelus sellicauda ' Gill. P. 



986. Epinephelus niveatus Cuv. & Val. W. Ace. (851) 



987. Epinephelus drummond-hayi Goode & Bean. S. W. (848) 



988. Epinephelus apua* Bloch. W. (850c.) 



989. Epinephelus ascensionis 9 Osbeck. W. (847) 



990. Epinephelus analogus ^° Gill. P. 



311.— ALPHESTES" Bloch & Schneider. 



991. Alphestes multiguttatus Giiuther. P. 



^Serranus itaiara Lichtenstein^ Promicrops guasa Poey. 



For an account of the American genera and species of Epinephelus and related 

 forms see Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 358. This paper should 

 supersede the very incomplete account given in the Synopsis. 



^Mycteroperca Gill, \m?i=Tri8otropis Gill, 1865. 



^Epinephelus rosaceus Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, 1877, 51 ; M. rosacea Jordan 

 & Swain, 1. c, 361. Gulf of California. 



^ Mycteroperca falcata phenax .Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 363. Key West to Pensacola. 



^Serranus bonaci, brunneus, nrara, etc., Poey. See Jordan & Swain. 1. c. 370. Key 

 West, southward; Var. xanthosticta (I.e. 371) at Pensacola. 



' Perca venenosa L. = Serrn nus petrosus Poey. 



''Epinephelus sellicauda Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci.Phila., 1862, 250; Jordan »fc Swain, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884,' 385. 



^Described in the Synopsis, page 919, under the erroneous name of Epinephelus gut- 

 tains. See Jordan «fc Swain, 1. c. 389. 



'Described in the Synopsis, page 539, under the name of Epinephelus capreolus. See 

 Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 391. 



^"Epinephelus analogus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863. Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 

 393. 



"Alphestes Bloch & Schneider. 



{Prospinus Poey.) 

 (Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 236; type, Epinephelus afer Bloch.) 

 This genus includes small species, differing from Epinephelus chiefly in the presence 

 of a .strong antrorse spine on the lower side of the angle of the preopercle. The three 

 known .species are American. {AX(l>T;6r?/?, enterprising or greedy ; a name applied to 

 some kind offish which goes in pairs.) Alphestes muUiguttatus=Plectropoma multigut- 

 tatum GUnther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1«66, 600. See Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 395. 

 Mazatlan to Panama. 



