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rakers 25 on lower limb; operecular spines3; preopercle toothed ; 
caudal deeply forked. Color in alcohol brown, darker on back. 
20. Priacanthus cruentatus (Lacépéde). Catalufa. 
Labrus cruentatus Lacépéde, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ITI, 522, 1800, Martinique. 
Priacanthus cruentatus, Jordan & Evermann, op. cit., 1238; Evermann & 
Marsh, op. cit., 167. 
Two specimens (nos. 127 and 128), 6 and 6.75 inches long, 
taken May 14, at Barbados. 
Head 3; depth 2.5; eye 2.2; maxillary 2, reaching pupil; D. 
X, 18; A. Til, 14; scales about 90. Preopereular spine well 
developed. 
Color in alcohol light yellowish, with about 11 rather distinct 
band-like stripes over the back. 
21. Rypticus bistrispinus (Mitchill). Soapfish. 
Bodianus bistrispinus Mitchill, Am. Month. Mag. and Crit. Rev., I, 
February, 1818, 247, Bahama Straits. 
Rypticus bistrispinus, Jordan & Evermann, op. cit., 1233, pl. 194, fig. 509; 
Evermann & Marsh, op. cit., 163, fig. 46. 
One specimen (no. 149), 9 inches long, taken May 14, at 
Barbados. 
Head 3, depth 2.9; eye 5.7, slightly less than snout; D. ITI, 
25; A. 15. Preopercle with 3 spines. Teeth in jaws, vomer and 
palatines; scales small; opercle with 3 flat spines. Head small 
and pointed, lower jaw projecting. 
Color in alcohol uniform brown, tips of fins darker. 
22. Neomenis apodus (Walbaum). Schoolmaster. 
Perca apoda Walbaum in Artedis Piscium, 351, 1792, Bahamas. 
Neomenis apodus, Jordan & Evermann, op. cit., 1258, pl. 147, fig. 515; 
Evermann & Marsh, op. cit., 172, colored plate 19. 
One specimen (no. 140), 13 inches long, taken May 21, at 
Barbados. 
Head 2.5; depth 2.9; eye 5.7; D. X, 15; A. III, 8; scales 42; 
gillrakers 8. Four large canines in front in upper jaw; vomer 
and palatines with teeth. No notch on preopercle, but the knob 
well developed. 
Color in alcohol dull light brown with indications of 4 or 5 
narrow light lines over back. 
23. Neomenis mahogoni (Cuv. & Val.). Mahogany Snapper. 
Mesoprion. mahogont Cuv. & Val., op. cit., II, 447, 1828, Martinique. 
Neomenis mahogoni, Jordan & Evermann, op. cit., 1272; Evermann & 
Marsh; op. cit., 179. 
