Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 281 
D. 10-12. P.15. V.1-5. A.3-7. C.15. Length, 10 inches. 
South Carolina, Cuv. 
Le Serran 4 deux faisceaux, Serranus fascicularis, Cuv. et VAL., 11. p. 245, and rx. p. 431. 
SS of Dekay’s Report, p. 23. 
16. Serranus acutirostris, Cuv. 
Entirely brown. Snout more elongated than in the other species. Preopercle very mi- 
nutely denticulated. 
D. 12-16. P.15. V.1-5. A.3-11. C.18. Length, (2). 
South Carolina, Cuv. 
Le Mérou 4 museau aigu, Serranus acutirostris, Cuv. et Vau., 11, p. 286, and 1x, p. 432, 
cs CG Dekay’s Report, p. 23. 
17. Serranus inermis, Cuv. 
Preoperculum with very small denticulations. The opercular spine hardly visible ; hence 
its specific name. The dried fish is reddish brown, with large, round white spots; brown 
spots upon the head ; the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins blackish, spotted with white; pecto- 
rals and ventrals greenish black, sprinkled with olive spots; beneath the angles of the lower 
jaw, four round white spots, 
D.11-19. P.18. V.1-5. A.3-10. C©.17. Length, (?). 
Caribbean Sea, Cuy. ; 
Le Mérou inerme, Serranus inermis, Cuv. et VAL., 1x. p. 436, 
18. Serranus rupestris, Cuv. 
Violet-colored above, sprinkled with large, irregularly rounded spots, of a beautiful ver- 
milion red upon the back, base of the dorsal, and upon the ventrals; these are violet upon 
the head and sides, and upon the throat they become more vivid than the general color of the 
fish. Its height is nearly a fourth of its length ; its thickness is between a half and a third of 
its height. An emargination above the angle of the preopercle. 
D. 11-16. P.(?). V.(?). A.3-10. C.(?). Length, 15 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Called ‘ Rock-fish,’’ at St. Domingo. 
Le Mérou des roches, Serranus rupestris, Cuv. et VAL., Ix. p. 437. 
19. Serranus tigris, Cuv. 
The preopercle has no emargination. Body violet-colored more or less deep upon the 
back, and sprinkled with greenish brown spots ; brighter beneath. Hight oblique lilac-colored 
rays cross the body. 
