26 Storefs Synopsis of the Fishes of North .America. 



2. Serranus lunulatus, Cuv. 

 Of a dull white, with lunated red spots. Fins blackish-; ventrals spotted like the body. 

 D. (?). P. (?)• V. (?). A. (?)• C (.')■ Length, (?). 

 Gulf of Mexico, Parra. 

 Called "Cabrilla," at Havana. 



Cabrilla, Parra, p. 93, pi. 36, fig. I. 



Le Merou a croissant, Serranus lunulatus, Cuv. et Val., II. p. 379. 



3. Serranus ouatalibi, Cuv. 



Of a bright red color, brownish upon the sides ; it has a large number of small violet dots, 

 encircled with black. The dorsal, particularly its membranous portion, edged with olive ; 

 anal, violet ; extremity of the caudal red, its base violet; pectorals olive, margined with 

 bright orange. 



D. 9-15. P. 17. V. 1-5. A. 3-8. C 17. Length, 10 or 11 inches. 



Gulf of Mexico, Parra. Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called, at Martinique, " Ouatalibe " ; at St. Thomas, " Butter-fish." 



Guativere, Parra, p. 7, pi. 5, fig. 2. 



Le Merou ouatalibi, Serranus oualalibi, Parra. Cuv. et Val., ii. p. 381. 



4. Serranus guativere, Parra. 



Red upon the back, yellow upon the remainder of the body ; tail yellow, with two black 



spots. Black dots upon the head ; a large one in front of the eyes. 



Gulf of Mexico, Parra- 



Guativere, Parra, p. 8, pi. 5, fig. 1. 



Le Merou guativere, Serranus guativere, Parra, Cuv. et Val., ii. p. 3S3. 



5. Serranus creolus, Cuv. 



Red, deeper upon the back, rose-colored beneath. Sixteen to eighteen parallel lines cross 

 the sides obliquely towards the back. A bright orange spot at the base of the pectorals. 

 The dorsal is spotted with green. 



D- 9-19. P. 19. V. 1-5. A. 3 -9. C. 17. Length, (?). 



Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called "Creole," at Martinique. 



Rabirrubia de lo alto, Parra, p. 43, pi. 20, fig. 2. 



Le Barbier, Serranus creolus, Cuv. et Val., ii. p. 265. 



6. Serranus striatus, Cuv. 



Two longitudinal bands upon the forehead ; four or five irregular wide, vertical bands upon 

 the body, and two upon the tail. Back of the dorsal fin, above the tail, a large, square 

 black spot. Three spines upon the operculum. Very fine denticulations upon the preoper- 

 culum. 



