328 Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
D. 12-17. P.(?). V.(?). A.3-7. C.(?). Length, 6 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
La Gorette de Broussonnet, Hemulon chromis, Cuv. et Vau., v. p. 242. 
11. Hemulon fulvo-maculatum, Mircuttt. 
Rows of yellow-sprinkled oblique stripes above the lateral line, and horizontal stripes of 
a similar color beneath it. 
D. 12-15. P.18. V.1-5. A.3-12. C.17. Length, 6 inches. 
New York, Mrrcuiux, Dexay. 
Labrus fulvo-maculatus, Speckled Grunts, Mrrcum, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 406. 
Hemulon fulyo-maculatum, Speckled Red-mouth, Dekay’s Report, p. 84, pl. 7, fig. 21, 
12. Hemulon arcuatum, Cuv. 
Body elevated. Of a dark blackish green color, with a brilliant gilded crescent on each 
scale. Fins blackish. The teeth, particularly of the lower jaw, very large. 
D.11-17. P.(?). V.(?). A.3-9. C.(?). Length, 11 inches. 
South Carolina, Cuv. 
La Gorette a croissant, Hemulon arcuatum, Cov. et VAL., 1x. p. 481. 
a ny DexKay’s Report, p. 87. 
GENUS XI. PRISTIPOMA, Cov. 
Have the same preoperculum, the same pores under the symphysis, as the 
Hemulons ; but their snout is thicker, their mouth smaller, their dorsal and 
anal fins have no scales ; their operculum terminates in a blunt angle, hidden 
in its membranous edge. 
1. Pristipoma rodo, Cuv. 
The head and breast of this species are silvery, shaded with gray. A broad black band 
descends from the nape of the neck across the eye to the angle of the jaws; a second 
band, situated before the dorsal, descends to and terminates at the pectorals. Behind this, 
upon each side, the body is divided into fifteen longitudinal lines, alternately golden and 
steel-colored. ‘The edges of the scales are silvery, and the fins are yellow. 
D. 12-17. P.16. V.1-5. A.3-10. C.17. Length, 8 to 11 inches. 
Virginia, Carolina, Ltn. Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Called ‘‘ Rodo,”’ at Martinique; ‘* Fin,’’ at St. Domingo; ‘‘ Parapel,’’ at Guadaloupe ; 
“ Catalineta,’’ at Havana ; ‘‘ Juannita,’’ ‘‘ Mariquita,’’ at Porto Rico. 
Sparus Virginicus, Virginian Sparus, L., Saaw’s Gen. Zodl., rv. p. 436. 
Le Pristipome rodo (Pristipoma rodo, Cuv.), Cuy. et Vau., v. p. 274. 
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