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The type of Mesoprion canipeclKoiKs cxamiiu'd by us at Havaiwi is a 

 stutled skin of a youii^' lisli apparently ]>clongiiiy- to tliis species. In 

 tliisspcciiuen the eye is larger than itsliould be in a red snapper of that 

 size, it being', as Poey has correctly stated, 4 in head. This large size 

 is, however, i)robably due to the shrinkage of the orbit in drying. Poey 

 also counts " 05 scales above the lateral line iind 53 below,'' a larger 

 number than others count in this s])ecies. This ditierence is doubtless 

 dependent on the method of counting. 



The type of Jjiitjaiiii.s blurkfordl is of course the present species, and 

 the iirst good description of the species is that published by Goode & 

 Bean under this name. We are forced, however, to adhere to our 

 original view, that the name caminchanus certainly belongs to the same 

 fish, and the still older name aya is as well authenticated as the names 

 given by Bloeh are likely to be. We can not therefore make use of the 

 name blachj'ordi as the specitic name of the red snapper. 



14. LUTJANUS ANALIS. (Mutton-fish; Pargo; Pargo Criollo.) 



Anlhidn qnartus roiidvlcli (Muttou-lish), Catesby, Nat. Hist. Caroliua, 1743. 

 Mvnoprhin (uiaHn Cuv. & Val., ii, 452, 1828 (San Domingo) ; Poey, Mi-niorias, ii, 146, 



1860, tab. 13, fig. 9 (Cuba); Poey, Repertorio, i, 266, 1867 (Cuba); Pooy, 



Synopsis, 294, 1868 (Cuba). 

 Lutjannf analls, Poey, Euuiueratio, 187.'5, 29 (Cuba); Jordan, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1884, 



12.5 (Ivey West) ; Vuillant & Bocourt, Miss. Sci. an Mexitine, 1881, 119, jil. v ; 



Jordan &. Swain, 1. c. ; Jordan, 1. c, 1889, 648 (St. Lucia); Jordan. 1. c., 

 • 1890, 319 (Baliia). 

 Mcmprion nobra Cuv. & Val., ii, 453, 1828 -(Martinique) ; (Juiclienot, in Kamon de 



la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Poiss., 22; Giintlier, i, 209. 

 Mesoprivn isoodon Cuv. & Va.1., ix, 443, 1833 (San Domingo). 

 Mesoprion isodvn, Giintlier, i, 1859, 206 (copied). 



Mesoprion ricanm Giintlier, i, 263, 1859 (Jamaica, Bahia; not of Cuv. iV Val.). 

 LuljanuH ricanus, Cope, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, 1869, 470 (New Providence, St. Croix). 

 fMcsoprion romceuH Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., ix, 317, 1870 (Cuba). 

 fLnljanuH rosacens Poey, EiumnTatio, 1875, 30. 



Habitat: Peusacola to Brazil. 



Etymology: Analis, from the elevated anal fin. 



This s])ecies is rather common at Key West, where, as elsewhere in 

 the West Indies, it is known as mutton-fish. At Havana it is the 

 par(fo {par excellence) or pargo criollo. It is perhaps the most imi)ortant 

 food-fish of tlie Havana markets, being always abundant and its tlesh 

 always healthful. It reaches a large size, and its tlesh is fairly flavored, 

 although not very delicate. 



The names flrnr<//.sand.s'o/>/v<()f Cuvier & Valenciennes seem to belong 

 to this species without (piestion. Me-soprion isodoK is identified by 

 Vaillant with L. analis on comparison of typical examides. Lutjanua 

 ro.saceus is described as a distinct species from a large specimen 27i 

 inches in length. The only tangibh; distinction whicli we find in the 

 long description is that the eye is one-sixth the length of tlie head, 

 while in L. analis of the same size the eye is 8^ iu tho head. W« 



