28 Slorefs Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



11. Serranus catus, Cuv. 



Resembles considerably the preceding. The spots are larger and less numerous. Vertical 

 fins, with white spots at their base, and their margin blackish. Pectorals yellowish at their 

 base, blackish at their extremities. 



D. 11-17. P. 16. V. 1-5. A. 3-9. 0.17. Length, (?)■ 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Perca maculata, Bl., pi. 213. 



Le Merou chat (Serranus calus, Cuv., Perca maculata, Bl.), Cuv. et Val., II. p. 373. 



12. Serranus coronatus, Cuv. 



Body brown, variegated with rose and violet-colored spots; three moderate-sized spines 

 upon the operculum. 

 D. 9-15. P. 16. V. 1-5. A. 3-8. C. 17. Length, (?). 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Merou couronne (Serranus coronatus, Cuv., Perca guttata, Bl.), Cuv et Val., II. p. 371. 



13. Serranus nigriculus, Cuv. 



Violet, with numerous dull, round spots upon the orbits, lips, and vertical fins. Upon the 

 posterior portion of the body these spots become more clouded. Pectorals and ventrals dot- 

 ted with brown ; very fine denticulations upon the preopercle ; opercular spines feeble. 



D. 11-17. P. 16. V.l-5. A. 3-9. C. 17. Length, (?)• 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called, at Martinique, " Petit Negre," " Grande Gueule," " Vieille." 

 Le Merou petit negre, Serranus nigriculus, Cuv., Cuv. et Val., ii. p. 375. 



14. Serranus flavescens, Cuv. 



Body elongated, snout short and thick ; head flattened above ; preoperculum rounded and 

 finely denticulated ; three opercular spines. Yellowish brown upon the back, orange upon the 

 sides; more bright or red upon the abdomen, without spots or bands. Head above, bluish. 

 Fins gray. Caudal margined above and beneath with deeper brown. 



D. 9-12. P. 15. V.l-5. A. 3-7. C. 17. Length, 7 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Serran jaunatre, Serranus flavescens, Cuv. et Val., vi. p. 506. 



15. Serranus fascicularis, Cuv. 



With five or six longitudinal bands. Preoperculum with two groups of radiating spines 

 on the lower part of its posterior margin. Three transverse lines on the top of the head. 



