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CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



321.— LUTJ ANUS' Bloch. 



1006. Lutjanus argentiventris - Peters. P. 



1007. Lutjanus caxis ^ Block »fc Schneider. W. 



1008. Lutjanus joc^^ Blocb & Schneider. W. 



1009. Lutjanus griseus 5 Li nuieus. S. W. 862, 862 &., 864) 



1010. Lutjanus novemfasciatus 6 Gill. P. ♦ 



1011. Lutjanus guttatus " Steiudachuer. P. 



1012. Lutjanus synagris LinniBUs. W. (8(54 &.) 



1013. Lutjanus vivanus«Ciiv. &Val. S. W. (862 c, 863) 



1014. Lutjanus analis'^ Cuv. »fe Val. W. 



1015. Lutjanus coloiado '" Jordan & Gilbert. P. 



1016. Lutjanus aratus " Giinther. P. 



1017. Lutjanus inermis ^- Peters. P. 



322.— OCYURUS Gill. 



1018. Ocjnirus chrysurus '» Bloch. W. (861) 



posterior and is placed near the end of the snout ; vomer with three large molar teeth ; 

 teeth in jaws coarse and blunt. Otherwise as in Lutjanus. One species known. 

 ('OttAo?, armed; ndypoi, Pagrus, Spanish "Pargo," English "Porgee," a general name 

 for sparoid fishes.) 



Hoplopagrus gUntheri Gill, 1. c. 253 ; Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., VI, 1, 1878; Jordan 

 & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 429. Cape San Lucas to Panama. 



* For a full account of the American species of Lutjanus and related genera (Hop- 

 lopagrus, Ocyurus, Rhomboplites, Tropidinius, Aprion, Etelis, and Verilus), see Jordan 

 «& Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 427. The characters of the genera are given by 

 Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 351, and in the paper above quoted. 



" Mesoprion argentiventris Peters, Berliner Monatsberichte, 1869, 704 = I^utjanus 

 argentiventris Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 434. Mazatlan to Panama. 



3 For synonymy and description of Luijanus caxts, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 435. 

 West Indies, north to Key West. 



* For synonymy and description of Lutjanus jocu, see Jordan & Swain, I.e., 437. 



* Labrus griseus L. ^ Anthias caballerote Yiloch. & Schneider = iM(/a«?/ss<eor«si Goode 

 <fe Beau = Lutjanus caxis Synopsis, p. 548 ; not Sparus eaxis Bloch & Schneider. The 

 common Gray or Mangrove Snapper of our .southern coasts. See Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 

 439. 



6 For synonymy of Lutjanus novemfasciatus see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 443. For de- 

 scription see Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , 1881, 232 (Lutjanus prieto J. & G. ). 

 Cape San Lucas to Panama. 



' For synonymy and description of Lutjanus guttatus, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 447. 

 Mazatlan to Panama. 



^Mesoprion vivnnus Cua'. & Y3k\.=^Mesoprion campechanus Foej=Lu1ja7ius blackfordi 

 Gk)ode & Bean. Charleston and Pensacola to Aspinwall and the Lesser Antilles. For 

 synonymy and description of Lutjanus vivauus, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 453. 



9 For synonymy and description of Lutjanus analis, see Jordan & Swain, I.e. 4.55. 

 West Indies, north to Key West. 



10 For synonymy and description of Lutjanus Colorado, see Jordan & Gilbert, Proc, U. 

 S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 338, and Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 1884, 457. Mazatlan to Panama. 



'1 For synonymy and description of Lutjanus aratus, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 460. 

 Mazatlan to Panama. 



'- For synonymy and description of Lutjamis inermis, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 459. 

 One specimen known, from Mazatlan. 



^^' For synonymy and detailed description of Ocyurus chrysurus, see Jordan & Swain, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 461. 



