21. CENTROPBISTIS. 85 



8. Centropristis tabacarius. 



Centropristes tabacarius, Ciiv. ^ Val. iii. p. 44 ; Ramon de la Sagra, 



Hist. Cub. Poiss. p. 28. 

 Serrauus jacome, Poet/, Memor. Cuba, 1851, p. 57. lam. 2. f. 1. 



D. j^. A. J. L. lat. 70. Cjec. pylor. 5. Vert. 10/14. 



Praeoperculum very fmcly serrated ; the distance between the eyes 

 is l-ths of the diameter. Reddish brown ; a large white spot on the 

 lateral line beneath the first seven spines, a smaller one above the 

 lateral line beneath the first ray ; a third immediately beneath the 

 last four rays of the dorsal. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Half-grown. West Indies. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 h. Adult: skin. West Indies. From Mr. Scrivener's Collection. 



9. Centropristis praest^ator. 



Serranus prasstigiator, Poey, Memor. Cuba, 1851, p. 58. lam. 2. f. 2. 



D. {-"• A. J. L. lat. 70. L. transv. 8/24. Csec. pylor. 5. 

 Vert. 10/14. 



Prseorbital not projecting ; operculum with three spines ; prae- 

 operculum serrated, without projecting angle; sub- and inter-oper- 

 culum entire. CaudaHs emarginate. Brown, with irregular black 

 transverse bands and spots ; belly yellowish. 



Cuba. 



a, b. Adult : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 



10. Centropristis brasiliensis. 

 Brisout de Barneville, Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 131. 



D. i^. A. 4. L. lat. 50. 

 12 7 



Praeoperculum rounded throughout, serrated ; operculum with 

 thi'ee flat points ; the length of the head is two-fifths of the length 

 of the trunk (without caudalis) ; the distance between the eyes is 

 one-half of the diameter. Brown, with indistinct cross-bands ; dor- 

 saHs with three black spots. 



Coast of Brazil ; Caribbean Sea ; St. Helena. 



a. Adult : stuffed. St. Helena. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



11. Centropristis phcebe. 



Serranus phosbe, Poey, Memor. Cuba, 1851, p. 55. pi. 2. f. 3. 



D. J5. A. |-. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 5/12. 



Prseorbital not projecting ; operculum with two spines ; praeoper- 

 culum serrated behind, and at a part of the lower limb, without 



