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1. HOPLOPAGRUS GUNTHERI. (Paigo.) 



HnplnpdtiyiiH t/iinlhcri (iill, rruc. Ac. N;it. Sci. I'bila. 1N02, 253 (Capo Sail Lucas") ; 

 si.MiKl.ichncr, Iclitli. neitr;i<,'e, vi, 1878, 1 (Altata); Jordan & Gilbert, Jiull. 

 V. S. Fish. Comiii. 1882, 107, 112 (Mazatlan, I'inita Arenas); Jordan & 

 Swain, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1884, 12^ (Ma/.atlan) ; Everniaun & Jenkins, I'rnc- 

 V. S. N. M. 1801, 115 (Gnaynius). 



Habitat : Pacific coast of tropical America, from Guaymas to Panama. 



Etymology: Named for Dr. Albert Giintlier. 



This remarkable si)ecies is a common food (isli of Mazatlaii, where 

 it is known as the "^>ar//o." The specimens examined by us are from 

 Mazatlan and Guaymas. Dr. Gill has very properly considered it the 

 type of a distin(;t subfamily, Hoj>loj)a(/yina\ Its peculiarities are cer- 

 tainly stronger than those of the other licnera associated with Lutjanus, 

 although in the structure of the cranium itself it does not materially 

 dift'er from Lufjanu.H. 



Subfamily II.— LUTJANIN^E. 



II. LUTJANUS. 



Lutjanus Bloch, IchtLyologia, iv, 107, 1790 (IntjauKS). 



Dipterodon Lacdpede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 167, 1803 {plumieri—si/naip-is, etc.). 



Diacope Cuv. &Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., ir, 410, 1828 (seb(v, etc.) (preoccupied in 



LepidojUera). 

 Mesoprion Cnv. «& Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., 441, ii, 1828 {iniiniacitlatuff, etc.). 

 Genyoroge (!antor, Malayan Fishes, 1850, 12 (notatn). 



Neonicenis (Urard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., 1859, 18 {emaj-riinatKs t/rlsetis). 

 ?Proambly.s (Jill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1862,236 {iii(ira^macolor). 

 Hy polite s (Jill, 1. c, 236 (retrospiiiis). 



Evoplites (Jill, 1. c, 2.36 (pomacanthKH younjf of L. kdsmira). 



?Macolor Blec^ker, Poiss. Aniboiu. Nedcrl. Tidsc. Dierkunde, 277, 1867 (nincolor). 

 Rabirubia Jordan & Fcslcr, suhg. uov. (inrnnis). 

 Raizero Jordan &, Fesler, sulig. nov. {nrafi(s). 



Ty])e: Lutjanus lutjanm Bloch, an East Indian species. 



Etymology: From fhait Lntjfdif/, a Japanese or JVIalayan name of the 

 spetMcs. 



This is a very large genus, the most extensive in the family, even 

 after the separation as distinct genera of numerous aberrant forms. 

 Perhaps the gronj) may admit of further snbdivision, but this can not 

 be carried out without a wider knowledge of it than we now possess. 

 The peculiar notching of the i)reopercle on Avhich the genus Genyoror/e 

 has been based is cotainly a characterof minor importance, as it disap- 

 pears by degrees in ditfercnt species. IMost European writers ha^■e 

 called this genus Mesoprion, after Cuvier. ' This is an unnecessary viola- 

 tion of the law of priority, as Lutjanus and Dipterodon are both prior 

 to Mes(tj)rion, 



