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Genus 503. EPINEPHELUS Bloch. Grouper ». 



Epincphvltti^ Bloch, l<htliyolo,i;ia, 1793 (after marginalia, hrunneus, mcrra, 

 ruber, etc.; restricted to manjinaJis by authors}. 



Subgenus S( IIISTOKIS Gill. 

 <So/(fs/or«8 (iill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 237 {myatacituis). 



1573. Epinephelus mystacinus (Poey). Chcrna dc lo Alio. 



West Indies sotitli to Brazil. 



Serranus mystaciitus Poey, Memorias, i, 52, tab. 10, tig. 1, 1851, Cuba. 



Subgenus EPINEPHELUS Bloch. 



1574. Epinephelus aualogus Gill. Cahrilla Pinia. 



Pacific Coast of tropical America; common on Pacific Coast of Mexico. 

 Epineiyhelun analo(jus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. !Sci. Phila. 1863, 163, Panama. 



1575. Epinephelus adscensionis (Osbeck). Bock Hind; Cabra Mora. 



West Indies; Florida Keys to Brazil; Ascension and St. Helena islands. 

 Trachiniis adscensionis Osbeck, Iter Chiu., etc., 1757, and English edition, 96, 

 1771, Ascension Island. 



1576. Epinephelus guaza (Linnaeus). Meron; M&o; Guasa. 



Coasts of southern Europe and western Africa, ranging north to England, 

 southward to Cape of Good Hope, and westward to Kio Janeiro and to 

 Guiana. 



Labrtis rjuaza Linua?u8, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 285, 1758, " Habitat in Pelago." 



1577. Epinephelus labriformis (Jenyus). 



Pacific Coast of tropical America; Cape San Lucas to Galapagos Islands. 

 Serranus labriformis Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, 8, pi. 3, 1810, Galapagos. 



1578. Epinephelus flavolimbatus Poey. Yellow-finned Grouper. 



West Indies, north to Pensacola. 



Epinephelus flavolimbatus Poey, Repertorio, i, 183, 1867, Cuba. 



1579. Epinephelus niveatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



West Indies to Brazil, occasionally northward in the Gulf Stream as far as 

 Newport, Rhode Island, and Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 



Serranus vivcaius Cuvier & Valeucieunes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 380, 1828, 

 Brazil. 



1580. Epinephelus striatus (Bloch). Nassau Grouper; Hamlet; Cherna Criolla; 



Grouper; Ixockfish. 

 West Indian fauna; Key West to Brazil. 

 AntJdas striatus Bloch, Ichthyologia, pi. 324, 1792, Martinique; on figure by 



Plumier. 



1581. Epinephelus maculosus (Cuvior & Valenciennes). Cahrilla; Red Hind. 



West Indies, occasionally north to Charleston, Florida Keys, and the Ber- 

 mudas ; south to Brazil. 



Serranus maculosus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 332, 1828, 

 Martinique. 



1582. Epinephelus drummond-hayi Goode & Bean. Speckled Hind; John Paw. 



Bermudas, South Atlantic and Gulf Coast of United States; Charleston, 



South Carolina. 

 Epinephelus drummond-hayi Goode & Bean. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, 173, 174, 



Pensacola; Bermuda. 



1583. Epinephelus morio (Cuvier «fe Valenciennes). Bed Grouper; Cherna Ameri- 



cana; Chcrna de Virero; Ncgre. 

 Atlantic Coast of America, Virginia to Rio Janeiro. 

 Serranus morio Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 285, 1828, New 



York and San Domingo. 



