288  Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
D. 10-12. P.13. V.1-5. A.38-7. C.17. Length, (?). 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Called, at Martinique, ‘“‘ Le Bout de Tabace.’’ 
Le Centropriste bout de tabac, Centropristis tabacarius, Cuv. et VaL., tr. p. 44. 
4. Centropristis auro-rubens, Cuv. 
Upper part of the body of a vermilion-red, which gradually changes upon the sides and 
abdomen to a rose-red. The sides are sprinkled with oblong, irregular yellow spots. Dor- 
sal and pectoral fins red ; ventrals and anal, lighter. One spine upon operculum. 
D.12-11. P.18. V.1-5. A.3-8. C.17. Length, 1 foot. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
At St. Domingo, called ‘* Fadate.”’ 
Le Centropriste rouge-doré, Centropristis auro-rubens, Cuv. et VAL., 111. p. 45. 
5. Centropristis rufus, Cuv. 
Of an uniform beautiful deep russet-color. A single spine upon the operculum. 
D. 10-11. P.17. V.1-5. A.3-7. C.17. Length, 8 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Le Centropriste roux, Centropristis rufus, Cuv. et VAL., tr. p. 47. 
GENUS XI. GRYSTES, Cvv. 
Differs only from the Centropristis in having the preoperculum entire, and 
not denticulated at the edges. 
1. Grystes salmoides, Lacep. 
The adult fish is of a deep greenish brown color, with a bluish black spot at the angle of 
the operculum. The posterior portion of the dorsal fin rises high, and resembles somewhat 
that of some of the Greylings. The tail is shaped much like that of the Salmonide, and has 
a dark brown band crossing its centre. The young are marked with numerous longitudinal 
bands. 
D.10-13 or 14. P.16. V.1-5. A.3-llor12. C.17. Length, 2 feet 
New York, Cuv. Carolina, Lacerepe. Wabash River, Indiana, Cuv. 
Called ‘‘ Trout,’’ in the places where it is found. 
Le Growler salmoide (Grystes salmoides, Cuv., Labrus salmoides, Lacep.), Cuv. et Vat., 111. p. 54, pl. 46. 
Grymies salmoides, Salmon-formed Growler, inoue Nat. Lib., 1. p. 158, pl. 29. 
a Growler, DeKay’s Report, p. 26, pl. 69, fig, 223. 
