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Genus 600. GONIOPLECTRUS GiU. Spanish Flags, 



Gonioplectrus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 236, 237 (hispanum). 



1565. Gonioplectrus hispanus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). "Spanish Flag"; Oua- 



tiUbi Espagnol; Biajaiba de lo Alto. 

 West Indies; Cuba. 

 Plectropoma hispanus Ciiv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., il, 396, 1828, Martinique. 



Genus 501. PETROMETOPON Gill. Enjambres. 

 Petrometopon Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1865, 105 {guttatus Poey^crucn- 

 tatus). 



1566. Petrometopon panamensis (Steindachner). 



Panama. 



Sen-anus panamensis Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., iv, 1, with plate, 1871, 

 Panama. 



1567. Petrometopon cruentatus (Lac^pede). Enjambre ; Coney; Bock Hind. 



West Indian fauna, Brazil to Florida Keys; very common on Cuba coast. " 

 Sparus cruentatus Lac^pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 157, pi. 4, fig. 1, 1803, Mar- 

 tinique; on a copy of Plumier's drawing. 



1567a. Petrometopon cruentatus coronatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 West Indies, north to Key West. 

 Serranus coronatus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 371, 1828, Martinique. 



Genus 502. BODIANTJS Bloch. Jacob Evertzens. 

 Bodianus Bloch, Ichthyologia, 1790 {guttatus, hodianus, etc., species with 

 entire preopercle and spine on opercle). 



1568. Bodianus taeniops (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



W^est coast of Africa, straying to Florida. 



Serranus twniops Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 370, 1828, Cape Verdes. 



1569. Bodianus fulvus (Linnteus). Guativere; Nigger-fish; Yellow-fish; Butter- 



fish; Lemon-yellow Butter-fish; Guativere AmariUa. 

 West Indies; Bermuda and Florida Keys to Bahia. 

 Labrus fulvus Linnaeixs, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 287. 1758, Bahamas; after Catesby. 



1569a. Bodianus fulvus ruber (Bloch & Schneider). Bed Guativere; Ouatilibi; 



Bock Hind. 

 West Indies, etc. ; very common. 

 Gymnocephalus ruber Bloch &. Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 346, pi. 67, 1801, on 



Carauna of Marcgrave; not Epinephelus ruber Bloch. 



1569b. Bodianus fulvus punctatus (Linnaeus). Nigger-fish; Negro-fish; Black 

 Guativere. 

 West Indies, etc. ; everywhere common. 



Pe7-ca punctata Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 291, 1758, Bahamas; based on 

 Catesby. 



Subgenus MENEPHORUS Poey. 

 Menephorm Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., x, 1869, 50 (dubius). 



1570. Bodianus dubius (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Se7-ranus dubius Poey, Memorias, II, 142, 1860, Cuba. 



1571. Bodianus punctiferus (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Menephorus punctiferus Poey, Enumeratio, 21, 1875, Havana. 



Subgenus ENNEISTUS Jordan & Everniann. 

 Enncistus Jordan & Evermann, Fishes N. and M. Am., 1147, 1896 (oicanthiatius). 



1572. Bodianus acanthistius Gilbert. 



Cape Lobos, eastern shore of Gulf of California. 



Bodianus acanthistius (Jilhert, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1891, 552, Cape Lobos, eastern 

 shore of Gulf of Califoruui at Albatross Station 3017, in 58 fathoms. 



