INSTITUTE OF JAMAICA. 
S. luivilatus (Bl.,Schn.) C.&V. Dull white, with 
red lunulate spots, fins blackish, ventrals spotted 
like the body. 
S. inermis —Given in Hill’s list. 
S. coronatus, C. & V. Said to be the same as Perca 
quttata, Bl. 
S. catus, C. & V. 
spots, pectorals yellowish at base and blackish at 
extremity. Probably the saie species as No. 40. 
S. avara, C0. & V. Blackish-brown, with spots; fins 
bluish-black, without sp its 
S. nigriculus, C.& V. Pectoralsand ventrals covered 
with brown points. 
S. morio,C..\ V. Grey, marbled with vinous brown, 
more or less dark. Caudal brown, anal orange- 
red, bordered with brown, pectorals orange, ven- 
trals with red spots. 
S. oculatus, C. & V. Fora figure of this species, 
see C. & V., vol. IT 
S. creolus, C. & V. Red, darker above, more rosy 
below: dorsal fin spotted with green. 
S. bivittatus, C. & V. 
bands on each side. 
xxir. genus, EpryepHEtus, Bloch. 
Epinephelus striatus (Bloch) Gill. Serraius striatus 
of C.& V. Rock Cod. Grouper. 
E. apuc (Bl.) Bean & Dresel. Rock Hind. 
XXIII. genus, PLECTROPOMA. 
Plectvopoma monacanthus. Given in Hill’s list. 
P. chlorurum, C. & V. Entirely blackish-brown, 
with caudal and pectorals yellow. 
P. puella, C. & V. Olive, with six violet-black 
bands. Figured in C. & V., vol. i. 
xxiv. genus, Raypricus, C. & V. 
Rhypticus arenatus, C. & V. Soap fish. 
figure, see C. & V., vol. ii. 
R. saponaceus (Bl., Schn.) C. & V. Given in Hill’s 
For a 
list, but very possibly his species was R. arenatus. | 
xxv. genus, MEsopRIoN. 
The species of this genus are referred by American 
53: 
54. 
5d. 
56. 
57. 
58. 
. M. profundus, Povey. 
authors to Lutjanus, &. Asin the ease of Serranus, I 
leave in the old genus those species of which I know 
nothing beyond what is given by Cuvier & Valen- 
ciennes and Hill. 
Mesoprion mahogoni, C. & V. Reddish-brown above. 
Said to be rare and little esteemed. 
M. jocw (Bl., Schn.) C. & V. The general colour is 
rose. (see also No. 55.) 
M. pargus,C.&V. See Hill’slist, p.142. (M. pagrus.) 
M. isoodon. Given in Hill’s list. 
M. linea, C.&V. Olivaceous brown, paler beneath, 
with 7 or 8 vertical yellow bands. 
M. flavescens, C.&V. Of thesame formas M griseus 
with vertical bands. 
M. cynodon, C. & V. Brown; or orange-tinted on 
- back, white beneath, and greenish yellow at sides. 
Recorded by Hill in 1867 as 
occurring in deep water. 
xxv. genus, Lursanvs, Bl, Schn. 
Tutjanus cawis, (Schn.) Poey. Messoprion griseus of 
Hill’s list. According to Brown Goode, it is “ one 
of the most delicious of food-tish.”’ 
L. analis, Poey. Pat Snapper. Rounder Snapper. 
Red Snapper. Mutton Snapper. Messoprion wri- | 
notatws of Hill’s list is probably this. Cuv. & Val. 
describe M. uninotatus as a very beautiful fish ; 
the anal and ventral fins yellow, and the dorsal 
yellow and rose. They also figure it. In 1867 
Hill suggested the identity of the Mutton Snap- 
per with the Meseprion campecheanus of Poey. 
L. jocu, Poey. School-master Snapper. Black Snap- | 
per. Butt Snapper. Dogteeth Snapper. ‘This 
seems not to be the Mesoprion jocw of C. & V. 
L. buccanella (C.& V.) Bean & Dresel. Butt Snap- 
per. 
L. stearnsii, Goode & Bean. Black Snapper. Mr. 
Barrous says the Black Snapper lives between 
shoals, and is cunning, and very troublesome to | 
catch. 
xxvu. genus, Ocyurus, Gill. 
Ocyurus chryswrus, (Bl.) Bean & Dresel. 
Messoprion chrysurus of Hill’s list. 
give a figme of this species. 
Yellow-tail, 
Cuv. & Val. 
Brown, with purplish or rosy | 
With two brown longitudinal | 
60. 
71. 
84. 
90. 
91. 
93. 
XXvIlL_ genus, TROPIDINIUS. 
Tropidinius dentatus (Guich.) Bean & Dresel. Silk. 
Mr Barrous says they live in 120 to 150 fathoms 
of water. 
XXIX. genus, ANISOTREMUS, Gill. 
Anisotremus virginicus, (L.) Gill. Governor Bream. 
The Pristipoma rodo of Hill’s list is probably iden- 
tical with this. 
XXx. genus, Pristipoma, Cuy. 
Pristipoma bilineatum, C. & V. Figured by Cuy, & 
Val., vol. v. - 
P. serrula, C. & V. A little more oblong than bili- 
neatum ; violet-tinged above, with 4 or 5 longitu- 
dinal yellow lines ; below silvery. 
P. awatum, C. & V. Very near serrula, but the 
coloration is uniform; probably not a distinct 
species. 
P. crocvo, C. & V._ Shining silvery and brown. 
P. coro (Bl) C. & V. Silvery, with 8 vertical brown 
bands. 
XXXI. genus, Pomapasys, Licep. 
Pomadasys approximans, Bean & Dresel. Olive-grey, 
with brownish shades, Jordan places this as a 
doubtful synonym of P. cultrifer (Poey.) 
XXXII. genus, Conopon, C. & V. 
Conodon nobilis (L.) Bean & Dresel. 
mer. 
C. antillanus. 
Coil Drum- 
Given in Hill’s list. 
XXxIII. genus, Haxunon, Cuvier. 
Hemulon parve, (Desm.) B. & D. Black Grunt. 
H. fremebundum, Goode & Bean. Bow Grunt. 
H. vimator, Jord. & Swain, M.S., Bean & Dresel. 
Coesar. Possibly the same as Perca striata, L. 
HT, arcuatum, C. & V. Yellow Grunt. 
H. acutum, Poey. Bastard Margaret. H. chromis of 
Hill’s list is presumably identical with this. 
Jordan gives H. acutumas asynonym of H. parra, 
H gibbosum (Schn.) Jord. Margaret Grunt. H. 
albwm of Hill’s list. A white species. 
H, canna, C. & V. Silvery, with brown lines &c. 
H, xanthopteron, C. & V. 
H. caudimacula, C. & V. Allied to heterodon. 
H. heterodon, C. & V. This species is figured in C. 
& V’s. work, vol. v. 
HT, aurolineatum, C. & V. 
grey. 
HH, elegans, C. & V. 
HT, gormosum (U.) Cuvier. 
H. quadrilineatum, C. & V. Dorsal fin grey-brown, 
caudal brown, the other fins whitish. 
Silvery ; fins yellowish 
XxxIv. genus, Lozorgs, Cuvier. 
Lobotes somnolentus, C. & V. Grey-brown, shining 
silvery. Said to be much esteemed in San Do- 
mingo, 
XXXV. genus, GERRES, Cuvier. 
Gerres rhombeus, CO. & WV. Macca Back. Silver Fish. 
Silvery, dorsal fin with a blackish margin. G. 
brasiliensis of Hill’s list is probably identical 
with this. 
G. plumierti, C. & V. Stone Bar. 
G. squamipinnis, Ginther. Uniform silvery, margin 
of dorsal blackish. 
7. guia, C. & V. Silvery, dorsal fin dotted with 
brown. 
G. aprion C.& V. Spanish Shad. Silvery, a deep 
black spot at top of dorsal fin: upper part of 
snout blackish-brown. Jordan refers this to G. 
cinereus (Walb.) 
G. zebra, Mill. & Trosch. Silver-fish, Shad. A 
synonym of @ cinereus, according to Jordan, 
G. havengulus (Goode & Bean) J. & G. Shad. 
XXXVI. genus, SMARIS. 
Smaris martinicus, Given in Hill’s list ; probably 
belongs to some other genus, as Smaris is quoted 
in Stud. Fish. only from the Mediterranean. 
XXXVU. genus, PrracanrHus, Cuvier. 
Priacanthus macrophthalmus, Cuvier. 
P. boops (Forst.) C. & V. Reddish silvery-grey. 
Family, SQUAMIPINNES. 
S 
Carnivorous marine fishes, with! compressed and ele- 
vated bodies, and scaly vertical fins. 
