The Bass and their Relatives 545 
The Flashers: Lobotide.—The small family of Lobotide, flash- 
ers, or triple-tails, closely resembles the Serranide, but there 
Fic. 434—Flasher, Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch). Virginia. 
are no teeth on vomer or palatines. The three species are 
robust fishes, of a large size, of a dark-green color, the front 
part of the head very short. They reach a length of about 
Fic. 485 —Catalufa, Priacanthus arenatus Cuv. & Val. Woods Hole, Mass. 
three feet and are good food-fishes. Lobotes surtnamensts 
comes northward from the West Indies as far as Cape Cod. 
