282  Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
D. 11-17. P. (2). V.(?). A.3-11. C.(?) Length, 13 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. : 
Le Mérou tigre, Serranus tigris, Cuv. et Vau., 1x. p. 440. 
20. Serranus erythrogaster, DrxKay. 
Olive-brown above; beneath red. Dorsal, caudal, ventral, and anal fins bordered with 
blue, and edged with dusky. 
D. 11-16. P.16. V.1-5. A.2-10. C.16. Length, 2 feet. 
Florida, Dexay. 
Serranus erythrogaster, Groper, DEKAy, p. 21, pl. 19, fig. 52. 
GENUS VIII. PLECTROPOMA, Cov. 
Differ from the Serrani only in having the teeth, which are more or less 
numerous on the preoperculum, directed obliquely forward, slightly resembling 
the teeth of the rowel of a spur. 
1. Plectropoma Hispanum, Cuv. 
Of a beautiful aurora color, marked with red and yellow. Eight dorsal spines; but one 
tooth beneath the preoperculum. Canines short. Suboperculum denticulated. The twelfth 
anal spine very stout. : 
D, 8-19. (P16. V.15. VASE%. (C. 175 Denpth, (2). 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Called, at Martinique, ‘‘ Ouatalibé Espagnol.” 
Le Plectropome pavillon d’Espagne, Plectropoma Hispanum, Cuv. et VAL., 11. p. 396. 
2. Plectropoma chloropterum, Cuv. 
Olive, marbled with black. Throat olive, spotted with white. Opercular spines very 
small. Edge of the preoperculum rounded, with two teeth beneath the angle directed 
forward. Pectorals green. 
D. 11-17. P.16. V.1-5. A.3-8. C.17. Length, 10 inches, 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Called, at St. Domingo, ‘‘ Farlate.”’ 
Le Plectropome & pectorales vertes, Plectropoma chloropterum, Cuv. et VAL., It. p. 393 
3. Plectropoma puella, Cuv. 
Olive, crossed by six violet-black bands ; the third, in the centre of the body, is very broad 
and conspicuous, and is immediately followed by one of narrow dimensions. Blue bands 
upon the head and breast. 
