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D. 11-17. P. 17. V. 1-5. A. 3-8. C. 16. Length, 3 feet. 

 Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 

 Called "Cabrilla," at Porto Rico. 



Chema, Parra. p. 50, pi. 24, fig. 1. 



Le Merou a croupe noire, ou Cherna des Espagnols d'Amerique, Serranus strialus, Cuv. et Val., ii. p. 233. 



7. Serranus arara, Parra. 



Dark brown, with gilded brown spots ; fins, bluish black ; the margin of the soft dorsal, 



of the anal, and of the caudal, black. No spots upon the fins. 



Gulf of Mexico, Cuv. 



Bonaci arara. Parra, p. 30, pi. 16, fig. 2. 



I.e Merou arara, Serranus arara, Cuv., Cuv. et Val., ii. p. 377. 



S. Serranus cardinalis, Parra. 



Red, with black spots. The sides, and beneath the head, yellow, with red spots ; abdo- 

 men white, spotted with red. The soft dorsal, anal, and caudal fins, spotted with red and 

 black ; ventrals half red and half yellow ; pectorals red, margined with blackish. 



Gulf of Mexico, Parra. 



Bonaci cardenal, Parra, p. 29, pi. 16, fig. I. 



Le Merou cardinal, Serranus cardinalis, Cuv., Cuv. et Val., ii. p. 378. 



9. Serranus bivittatus, Cuv. 



Two longitudinal brown bands upon each side of the body ; one above and one below the 

 lateral line. A broad violet stripe arises upon the neck, passes between the eyes, and bi- 

 furcates over each nostril ; two more upon the suborbitals ; and a shorter one upon the pre- 

 opercle. 



D. 10-12. P. 16. V. 1-5. A. 3-7. C. 17. Length, 4 to 5 inches. 



Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Serran a deux rubans, Serranus bivittatus, Cuv., Cuv. et Val.. ii. p. 241. 



10. Serranus oculatus, Cuv. 



Elongated, of a beautiful golden aurora color. Caudal fin deeply forked. The dorsal fin 

 much emarginated between its spinous and membranous portions. Eyes larger than in any 

 other species of the genus. Two very short spines upon the operculum. 



D. 10-11. P. 16. V. 1-5. A. 3-8. C. 17. Length, 24 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Ccv. 



Called " Gros yeux," at Martinique. 



Le Barbier, Serranus oculatus, Cuv. et Val., ii. p. 266, pi. 32. 



