30 Storefs Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



D. 11-17. P. (?)■ V. (?)• A. 3-11. C. (?) Length, 13 inches. 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Mirou tigre, Serranus ligris, Cuv. et Val., ix. p. 440. 



20. Serranus erythrogaster, Dekaf. 

 Olive-brown above; beneath red. Dorsal, caudal, ventral, and anal fins bordered with 

 blue, and edged with dusky. 

 D. 11-16. P. 16. V. 1-5. A. 2-10. C. 16. Length, 2 feet. 

 Florida, Dekay. 



Serranus erythrogaster, Groper, Dekay, p. 21, pi. 19, fig. 52. 



GENUS VIII. PLECTROPOMA, Cuv. 



Differ from the Serrani only in having the teeth, which are more or less 

 numerous on the preoperculum, directed obliquely forward, slightly resembling 

 the teeth of the rowel of a spur. 



1. Plectropoma Hispanum, Cuv. 

 Of a beautiful aurora color, marked with red and yellow. Eight dorsal spines ; but one 

 tooth beneath the preoperculum. Canines short. Suboperculum denticulated. The twelfth 

 anal spine very stout. 



D. 8-12. P. 16. V. 1-5. A. 3-7. C. 17. Length, (?)• 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called, at Martinique, " Ouatalibe Espagnol." 



Le Plectropome pavilion d'Espagne, Plectropoma Hispamim, Cuv. etV.\L. r II. p 396. 



2. Plectropoma chloropterum, Cuv. 

 Olive, marbled with black. Throat olive, spotted with white. Opercular spines very 

 small. Edge of the preoperculum rounded, with two teeth beneath the angle directed 

 forward. Pectorals green. 



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



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called, at St. Domingo, "Farlate." 



Le Plectropome a pectorales verles, Plectropoma chloropterum, Cuv. et Val., II. p. 393. 



3. Plectropoma puella, Cuv. 

 Olive, crossed by six violet -black bands ; the third, in the centre of the body, is very broad 

 and conspicuous, and is immediately followed by one of narrow dimensions. Blue bands 

 upon the head and breast. 



