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Genus 503. EPINEPHELUS Bloch. Groupers. 

 Epincphdus Blocb, Ichthyologia, 1793 (after margvnalis, hruvneus, merra, 

 ruber, etc. ; restricted to marffinalis by authors). 



Subgenus SCHISTORUS GIU. 



Schistorus Gill. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 237 {mystacinus). 



1573. Bpinephelus mystacinus (Poey). Cherna de lo Alto. 



West Indies south to Brazil. 



Serranua mystacinus Poey, Memorias, i, 52, tab. 10, tig. 1, 1851, Cuba. 



Subgenus EPINEPHELUS Bloch. 



1574. Bpinephelus analogns Gill. CahriUa Pinta. 



Pacific Coast of tropical America; commou on Pacific Coast of Mexico. 

 Epinephelus analocjus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 163, Panama. 



1575. Bpinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck), EockHind; Cobra Mora. 



West Indies ; Florida Keys to Brazil ; Ascension and St. Helena islands. 

 Trachinus adscensionis Osbeck, Iter Chin., etc., 1757, and English edition, 96, 

 1771, Ascension Island. 



1576. Bpinephelus guaza (Linnseus). Meron; Mho; Guasa. 



Coasts of southern Europe and western Africa, ranging north to England, 

 southward to Cape of Good Hope, and westward to Rio Janeiro and to 

 Guiana. 



Labrus (/uaza Linnteus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 285, 1758, "Habitat in Pelago." 



1577. Epinephelus labriformis (Jenyus). 



Pacific Coast of tropical America; Cape San Lucas to Galapagos Islands, 

 Serranus labriformis Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, 8, pi. 3, 1840, Galapagos. 



1578. Epinephelus flavolimbatus Poey. Yellow-finned Grouper. 



West Indies, north to Peusacola. 



Epinephelus fiavolimbatus Poej, Repertorio, i, 183, 1867, Cuba. 



1579. Epinephelus niveatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



West Indies to Brazil, occasionally northward in the Gulf Stream as far as 

 Newport, Rhode Island, and Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 



Serranus niveatus Cuvier &. Yaleucieunes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 380, 1828, 

 Brazil. 



1580. Bpinephelus striatus (Bloch). JVassau Grouper; Hamlet; Cherna Criolla; 



Grouper; Rockfish. 

 West Indian fauna ; Key West to Brazil. 

 Anthias striatus Bloch, ichthyologia, pi. 324, 1792, Martinique; on figure by 



Plumier. 



1581. Epinephelus maculosus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Cabrilla; Bed Hind. 



West Indies, occasionally north to Charleston, Florida Keys, and the Ber- 

 mudas ; south to Brazil. 



Serranus maculosus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 332, 1828, 

 Martinique. 



1582. Bpinephelus drummond-hayi Goode & Bean. SpeeTcled Hind; John Pau: 



Bermudas, South Atlantic and Gulf Coast of United States; Charleston, 



South Carolina. 

 Epinephelus drummond-hayi Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, 173, 174, 



Peusacola; Bermuda. 



1583. Bpinephelus morio (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Bed Grouper; Cherna Ameri- 



cana; Cherna de Fivero; Negre. 

 Atlantic Coast of America, Virginia to Rio Janeiro. 

 Serranus morio Cuvier &, Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 285, 1828, New 



York and San Domingo. 



