7! FISHES OF, SINALOA. 443 
Bright scarlet much dotted with black, cheek with 
many dark points, a diffuse dark blotch on opercle: a 
diffuse black blotch at base of caudal. First dorsal with 
triangular red area in front. Second dorsal red at base, 
_ the anterior half jet black above the red, the posterior 
half translucent. From black anterior rays, a rather faint 
black saddle falls to middle of side. Caudal red at base, 
upper and lower lobes black, the middle pale. Anal red 
at base, the anterior rays black, the posterior pale. Pec- 
toral white, the base deep scarlet. Ventral white, red at 
base, blackish at tip. Opercle reddish within, with some 
dusky. Preopercle minutely serrulate on its vertical 
margin only, these serrulations soft and easily rubbed 
off. 
A younger specimen was, in life, scarlet, deeper below 
and on tail, fading on fins; second dorsal, anal, and caudal 
tipped with blackish. An oblong inky spot at middle of 
base of caudal. An inky bar below soft dorsal extend- 
ing to level of pectoral and spreading on base of soft 
dorsal. <A black bar from snout through eye to gill open- 
ing, broader and clearer behind, overlaid by reddish, a 
fainter dusky band below parallel with it. 
Family SERRANIDE. 
104. Alphestes multiguttatus (Giinther). 
This species is found in rocky places along the coast, 
having been taken by Gilbert at Mazatlan and Panama. 
But one small specimen was obtained by us. 
105. Epinephelus labriformis (Jenyns). CABRILLA 
PINTA. 
This species is generally common about the islands on 
the coast of Mexico all the way from Cape San Lucas to 
the Galapagos Islands. Only young specimens were seen 
by us. 
