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Genus 822. CEPHAIOPHOLIS Bloch and Schneider. 



Cephalopholis Bloch and Schneider, Sj-st. Ichth., 1801, 311 (C argus 



Bloch and Schneider). 

 Uriphaeton Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fish., Amphib., etc., II, 1839, 202 



{Serranus^* phaeton Cuvier and Valenciennes = C/. microleptes 



Swainson) . 

 Enneacentrus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XVII, 1865, 105 



{Serranns ouatalibi Cuvier and Valenciennes = Lo6r«s/uZr!<s Linnaeus). 

 Bodianus Bloch, in part, restricted by Cuvier and Valenciennes to 



Bodia7iits guttatus, etc., later restricted to Bodianus bodianus = Harpe 



rufa through tautonymy. 



2376. Cephalopholis f ulvus " (Linnaeus). Guativere; Niggerfish; Yellowfish; 



Butterfiah; Lemon-yellow butterfish; Guativere amarilla. 

 West Indies; Bermuda and Florida Keys to Bahia. 

 Labrus fulvus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 287, Bahamas; after 



Catesby. 

 Guativere amariilas Parra, Descr. Dif. Piezas, Hist. Nat. Cuba, 8 lam., 



V, 1787, fig. 2, Cuba. 

 Holocentrus auratus Bloch, Naturgesch. Ausl. Fische, IV, 1790, 75, 



East Indies. 

 Bodianus guativere Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 336 (after 



Parra's figure). 



2377. Cephalopholis fulvus ruber (Bloch and Schneider). Red guativere; 



Ouatilibi; Rock hind. 

 West Indies, etc.; very common. 

 Gymnocephalus ruber Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 346, 



pi. 67, on Carauna of Marcgrave; not Epinephelus ruber Bloch. 

 Serranus ouatalibi Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 1828, 



286 (381), Habana. 

 Serranus carauna Cuvier and Valenciennes, loo. cit., 288 (384), no 



locality given. 



2378. 



2379. 



Cephalopholis fulvus punctatus (Linnaeus). Niggerfish; Negrofish; 



Black guativere. 

 West Indies, etc.; everywhere common. 

 Perca punctata Linna'us, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 291, Bahamas; based 



on Catesbv. 



Cephalopholis stellatus (Blosser). 

 St. Croix. 

 Bodianus stellatus Blosser, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VI, 1909, 297, St. Croix. 



2380. Cephalopholis taeniops (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



West coast of Africa, straying to Florida. 



Serranus tseniops Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 1828, 

 277 (370), Cape Verde Islands. 



Genus 823. MENEPHORUS Poey. 



Mmephnrus Pucy, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., X, 1871, 50 {Serranus 



dubiua I'oey). 



2381. Menephorus dubius (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Serranus dubius Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 142, Cuba. 



2382. Menephorus punctiferus (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Menephorus punctiferus Poey, Enumeratio, 1875, 21, Habana. 



Genus 824. ENNEISTUS Jordan and Evermann. 



Enneislus Jordan and Evermann, Fishes North and Mid. Amer., 1896, 

 1147 {Bodianus acanthistius Gilbert). 



2383. Enneistus acanthistius (Gilbert). 



("ap(; Lobos, eastern shore of Gulf of California. 



Bo'lianus acanthistius Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, 1891, 5.52, 



Cape Lobos, eastern shore of Gulf of California at Albatross station 



3017, in 58 fathoms. 



•• A spnrlons species, Cephnlopolin nigripinnit to which the tail of a Fistularia had been attached. 

 " The various forms here treated as .subspecies seem to inhabit varying depths of water and should be 

 regarded rather as forms of C /uleui. 



