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Genua 500. GONIOPLECTRUS Gill. Spanish Flags. 



GoniopUctrus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 236, 237 {hispanum). 



1565. Gonioplectrus hispaiius (Cuvier & Valenciennes). " SiJanish Flag"; Oua- 



tiUbi Espagnol; Biajaiha de lo Alto. 

 West Indies ; Cuba. 

 Plectropoma hisjxuius Ciiv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 396, 1828, Martinique. 



Genus 501. PETROMETOPON Gill. Enjamlres. 

 Fetrometopon Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1865, 105 (guttatus Poey^^crMen- 

 tatus). 



1566. Fetrometopon panamensis (Steindachner). 



Panama. 



Serranus panamensis Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., iv, 1, with plate, 1871, 

 Panama. 



1567. Fetrometopon cruentatus (Lac<?pfede). Enjambre ; Coney; Bock Hind. 



West Indian fauna, Brazil to Florida Keys; very common on Cuba coast. 

 Sjjarus cruentaUis Laccpede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 157, pi. 4, tig. 1, 1803, Mar- 

 tinique; on a copy of Plumier's drawing. 



1567a. Fetrometopon cruentatus coronatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 West Indies, north to Key West. 

 Serranus coronatus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 371, 1828, Martinique. 



Genus 602. BODIANUS Bloch. Jacob Evertzens. 

 Bodianus Bloch, Ichthyologia, 1790 {guttatus, hodianus, etc., species with 

 entire preopercle and spine on opercle). 



1568. Bodianus taeniops (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



West coast of Africa, straying to Florida. 



Serranus twniops Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 370, 1828, Cape Verdea. 



1569. Bodianus fulvus (Linn?eus). Guativere; Nigger-fish; Yellow-fish; Butter- 



fish; Lemon-yellow Butter-fish; Guativere Amarilla. 

 West Indies; Bermuda and Florida Keys to Bahia. 

 Labrus fulvus Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 287, 1758, Bahamas; after Catesby. 



1569a. Bodianus fulvus ruber (Bloch &. Schneider). Bed Guativere; Ouatilibi; 

 Eock Hind. 

 West Indies, etc. ; very common. 



Gymnocephalus ruber Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 346, pi. 67, 1801, on 

 Carauna of Marcgrave; not Epinephelus ruber Bloch. 



1569b. Bodianus fulvus punctatus (Linnaeus). Nigger-fish; Negro-fish; Black 

 Guativere. 

 West Indies, etc.; everywhere common. 

 Perca punctata Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 291, 1758, Bahamas; based on 



Catesby. 



Subgenus MENEPHORUS Poey. 



Menephorm Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., x, 1869, 50 (dubius). 



1570. Bodianus dubius (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Serranus dubius Poey, Memorias, II, 142, 1860, Cuba. 



1571. Bodianus punctiferus (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Menephorus punctiferun Poey, Enumeratio, 21, 1875, Havana. 



Subgenus ENNEISTUS Jordan & Evermann. 



Enncistus .Jordan & Evermann, Fishes N. and M. Am., 1147, 1896 (acanthistius) . 



1572. Bodianus acanthistius Gilbert. 



Cape Lobos, eastern shore of Gnlf of California. 



Bodianus acanthintius (iilbert, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1891, 552, Cape Lohos, eastern 

 shore of Gulf of California at Albatross Station 3017, in 58 fathoms. 



