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with two spines at the angle. Operculum with two flat points. Five pores 

 under the chin. Dorsal fin deeply divided. 



1. Micropogon costatus, Mitchill. 



Silvery; blackish upon the operculum; with about twenty narrow gray or blackish bands 

 over the back and along the sides, directed obliquely forwards. In young specimens, two 

 or three longitudinal bands are formed upon the dorsal fins by small brownish spots. Ven- 

 trals yellowish. The other fins gray. 



D. 10, 1-28 or 29. P. 17. V. 1-5. A. 2-8. C. 17. Length, 10 to 15 inches. 



New York, Mitchill, Cuv. Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Bodianus costatus, Middle Grunts, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., I. p. 417. 



Le Micropogon rave (Micropogon lineatus, Cuv., Umbrina Foumieri, Desmek, Sciffina opercularis, Q. etG.), 



Cry. et Val., v. p. 215. 

 Micropogon costatus, Banded Corvino, Dekay's Report, p. 83, pi. 72, fig. 230. 



2. Micropogon undulatus, Cuv. 



Neither vertical bands nor oblique lines, but indistinct brownish spots upon the back. 



D. (>). P. (?). V. (?) A. (?). C. (.'). Length, 13 inches. 



Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, Schozpff. Carolina, Catesby. New Orleans, Cuv. 



Called " Grunter," at New Orleans, and " Croker," in South Carolina. 



Le Micropogon ondule (Micropogon undulatus, Cuv., Perca undulata, L.), Cuv. et Val., v. p. 219. 

 Micropogon undulatus, Dekay's Report, p. SI. 



GENUS X. H^EMULON, Cuv. 



Have rather a lengthened profile, which has been thought to have some re- 

 semblance to that of a pig. The lower jaw is compressed, and opens wide, 

 having under its symphysis two pores and a little oval dimple ; teeth even ; 

 those parts of the lower jaw which are drawn in when the mouth shuts are 

 generally of a bright red, from which they derive their name. Their single 

 dorsal is a little emarginated ; the soft part of it is scaly. 



1. Haemulon formosum, Cuv. 



Of a golden gray color ; the head is marked with about a dozen steel-colored lines on each 

 side. The second anal spine is very robust. 

 D. 12-16. P. 17. V. 1-5. A. 3-0. C. 17. Length, 11 inches. 

 New York, Dekay. Carolina, Lin. Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 

 Called " Crocro dore," at St. Domingo. 



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