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CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



312.— ENNEACENTRUS' Gill. (276 &.) 

 ^PetromelopoH Gill. 



992. Enueacentrus guttatUB ^ coronatus Cuv. & Val. W. 



^Eiineacentnis. 



993. Enneacentrus taeniops Cuv. »& Val. W. Ace. (852 6.) 



994. Enneacentrus fiilvus ruber'' Bloch. \V. ' 



313.— DERM ATOLEPIS^ Gill. 



995. Dermatolepis punctatus Gill. P. 



Family CII— RHYPTICID^." 



314.— RHYPTICUS Cuvier. (279) 

 §Rhypticu8. 



996. Rhypticus saponaceus •* Blocli. W. 



997. Rhypticusxanti' Gill. P. 



'For a .statement of the reasons why Enneacentrus is preferred to Bodianus as the 

 name of this group, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 397. 



'Enneacentrus guitatus L.; var coronatus Cuv. & Val. Key West and southward. 

 For a description of this species see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 398. 



'The Linnaian name, Lahrus Julvus (Syst. Nat., X, 1758, 287), has priority for this 

 species. The yellow, red, and brown vTirieties may stand anfulvus, ruber, and puncta- 

 tus, respectively. See Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 402. 

 Epinephelus fulvus punctatus Ijinnama. W. (8526) 



•• Dermatolepis Gill. 



(Lioperca Gill.) 



(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 54; type, Dermatolepis puncfatus Gill.) 



Scales all cycloid ; canine teeth very small or obsolete ; body comj^aratively deep ; 

 head small ; soft dorsal, unusually long, of 19 or 20 rays ; spines low. Otherwise es- 

 sentially as in Epinephelus. Two species known. {Aspjua , skin ; XiniZ, scale.) 



Dermatolepis punctatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 54. Jordan & Swain, 

 1. c. 407. Cape San Lucas and adjacent rocky islands. 



3 The genus Rhypticus, differing from all other Serranidw in the absence of anal spines 

 and in the reduced number (2 to 4) of the dorsal spines, may be regarded as the type 

 of a distinct family. 



^Ehypticus saponaceus Blocli & Schneider. 



Soap-Jish ; Jabon ; Jaboncillo. Olivaceous brown, without distinct markings, in 

 spirits. Body oblong, the back little arched, the snout rather pointed in profile, 

 mouth moderate, the maxillary extending to beyond the eye, 2^ in head ; eye about 

 equal to snout, 3f in head. Opercle with three strong spines, the middle one largest; 

 preopercle with two spines. Head3i; depth .3^. D. Ill, 25; A. 17. West Indies, 

 north to Pensacola, Florida. 



(Anthias saponaceus Bloch & Schneider, Systema Ichth., 1801, 310; Cuv. & Val., 

 Ill, 63; Guuther, I, 172; Eleutheractis coriaceus Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, 1871, 

 467.) 



"'Mhypticus xanti Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 250. Cape San Lucas, and 

 southward. 



