•36 Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



D. 10-12. P. 13. V. 1-5. A. 3-7. C. 17. Length, (?). 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called, at Martinique, " Le Bout de Tabac." 



Le Centropriste bout de tabac, Centropristis tabacarius, Cuv. etVAL., in. p. 41. 



4. Centropristis auro-rubens, Cuv. 



Upper part of the body of a vermilion-red, which gradually changes upon the sides and 

 abdomen to a rose-red. The sides are sprinkled with oblong, irregular yellow spots. Dor- 

 sal and pectoral fins red ; ventrals and anal, lighter. One spine upon operculum. 



D. 12-11. P. 18. V. 1-5. A. 3-8. C. 17. Length, 1 foot. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



At St. Domingo, called " Fadale." 



Le Centropriste rmi^e-dore, Centroprislis auro-rubens, Cuv. et Yal., hi. p. 45. 



5. Centropristis rufus, Cuv. 



Of an uniform beautiful deep russet-color. A single spine upon the operculum. 

 D. 10-11. P. 17. V. 1-5. A. 3-7. C. 17. Length, 8 inches. 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Centropriste roux, Centropristis rulus, Cuv. et Val., hi. p. 47. 



GENUS XI. GRYSTES, Cuv. 

 Differs only from the Centropristis in having the preoperculum entire, and 

 not denticulated at the edges. 



1. Grystes salmoides, Lacep. 



The adult fish is of a deep greenish brown color, with a bluish black spot at the angle of 

 the operculum. The posterior portion of the dorsal fin rises high, and resembles somewhat 

 that of some of the Greylings. The tail is shaped much like that of the Salmonidae, and has 

 a dark Drown band crossing its centre. The young are marked with numerous longitudinal 

 bands. 



1). 10 -13 or 14. P. 16. V. 1-5. A. 3-11 or 12. C 17. Length, 2 feet 



New York, Cuv. Carolina, Lacepede- Wabash River, Indiana, Cuv. 



Called " Trout," in the places where it is found. 



Le Growler salmoide (Grystes salmoides, Cuv., Labrus salmoides, Lacep.), Cuv. el Val.. hi. p. 54, pi 46 

 Grystes salmoides, Salmon-formed Growler, Jaudine, Nat. Lib., l. p. 158, pi. 29. 

 « " Growler, Dekav's Report, p. 26, pi. 09, fig, 223. 



