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  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
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  308.— 
  PROMICROPS 
  1 
  Gill. 
  (277) 
  

  

  976. 
  Promicrops 
  itaiara 
  Lichtenstein. 
  W. 
  P. 
  (853) 
  

  

  309.— 
  MYCTEROPBRCA- 
  Gill. 
  (275) 
  

  

  977. 
  Mycteroperca 
  rosacea 
  3 
  Streets. 
  P. 
  

  

  978. 
  Mycteroperca 
  falcata 
  phenax 
  4 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Swain. 
  W. 
  

  

  979. 
  Mycteroperca 
  microlepis 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  W. 
  S. 
  (84G) 
  

  

  980. 
  Mycteroperca 
  bonaci 
  6 
  Poey. 
  W. 
  

  

  980 
  b. 
  Mycteroperca 
  bonaci 
  xanthoslicta 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Swain. 
  

  

  981. 
  Mycteroperca 
  venenosa 
  6 
  Linnasns. 
  W. 
  (846 
  6.) 
  

  

  310.— 
  EPINEPHELUS 
  Blocb. 
  (276) 
  

  

  982. 
  Epinephelus 
  nigritus 
  Holbrook. 
  S. 
  (850) 
  

  

  983. 
  Epinephelus 
  moric 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  S. 
  W. 
  (849) 
  

  

  984. 
  Epinephelus 
  striatus 
  Blocb. 
  W. 
  (850 
  6.) 
  

  

  985. 
  Epinephelus 
  sellicauda' 
  Gill. 
  P. 
  

  

  986. 
  Epinephelus 
  niveatus 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  W. 
  Ace. 
  (851) 
  

  

  987. 
  Epinephelus 
  drummond-hayi 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  S. 
  W. 
  (848) 
  

  

  988. 
  Epinephelus 
  apua 
  8 
  Bloch. 
  W. 
  (850c.) 
  

  

  989. 
  Epinephelus 
  ascensioms 
  9 
  Osbeck. 
  W. 
  (847) 
  

  

  990. 
  Epinephelus 
  analogus 
  I0 
  Gill. 
  P. 
  

  

  311.— 
  ALPHESTES" 
  Blocb 
  & 
  Schneider. 
  

  

  991. 
  Alphestes 
  multiguttatus 
  Giintber. 
  P. 
  

  

  l 
  Serranus 
  itaiara 
  Lichtenstein 
  = 
  Promicrops 
  guasa 
  Poey. 
  

  

  For 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  genera 
  and 
  species 
  of 
  Epinephelus 
  and 
  related 
  

   forms 
  see 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Swain, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884, 
  358. 
  This 
  paper 
  should 
  

   supersede 
  the 
  very 
  incomplete 
  account 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Synopsis. 
  

  

  ^Mycteroperca 
  Gill, 
  1863 
  = 
  Trisotropis 
  Gill, 
  1865. 
  

  

  3 
  Epinephelus 
  rosaceus 
  Streets, 
  Bull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  VII, 
  1877, 
  51 
  ; 
  M. 
  rosacea 
  Jordan 
  

   & 
  Swain, 
  1. 
  c, 
  361. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  California. 
  

  

  4 
  Mycteroperca 
  falcata 
  phenax 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Swain, 
  1. 
  c. 
  363. 
  Key 
  West 
  to 
  Pensacola. 
  

  

  6 
  Serranus 
  bonaci, 
  brunneus, 
  arara, 
  etc., 
  Poey. 
  See 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Swain. 
  1. 
  c. 
  370. 
  Key 
  

   West, 
  southward; 
  Var. 
  xanthosticta 
  (1. 
  c. 
  371) 
  at 
  Pensacola. 
  

  

  e 
  Perca 
  venenosa 
  L. 
  = 
  Serranus 
  petrosus 
  Poey. 
  

  

  ''Epinephelus 
  sellicauda 
  Gill, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1862, 
  250 
  ; 
  Jordan 
  &, 
  Swain, 
  

   Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884, 
  385. 
  

  

  8 
  Described 
  in 
  the 
  Synopsis, 
  page 
  919, 
  under 
  the 
  erroneous 
  name 
  of 
  Epinephelus 
  gut- 
  

   talus. 
  See 
  Jordan 
  &. 
  Swaib, 
  1. 
  c. 
  389. 
  

  

  ''Described 
  in 
  the 
  Synopsis, 
  page 
  539, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Epinephelus 
  capreolus. 
  See 
  

   Jordan 
  & 
  Swain, 
  1. 
  c. 
  391. 
  

  

  w 
  Epinephclus 
  analogus 
  Gill, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1863. 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Swain, 
  1. 
  c. 
  

  

  393. 
  

  

  u 
  Alphestes 
  Blocb 
  & 
  Schneider. 
  

  

  (Prospinus 
  Poey.) 
  

   (Blocb 
  & 
  Scbueider, 
  Syst. 
  Ichth., 
  1801, 
  236; 
  type, 
  Epinephelus 
  afer 
  Blocb.) 
  

   This 
  genus 
  includes 
  small 
  species, 
  differing 
  from 
  Epinephelus 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  presence 
  

   of 
  a 
  strong 
  antrorse 
  spine 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  preopercle. 
  The 
  three 
  

   known 
  species 
  are 
  American. 
  (AA.cprjdtT/?, 
  enterprising 
  or 
  greedy 
  ; 
  a 
  name 
  applied 
  to 
  

   some 
  kind 
  of 
  fish 
  which 
  goes 
  in 
  pairs.), 
  Alphestes 
  mnltiguttatus—Plectropoma 
  multignt- 
  

   tatum 
  Giintber, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  1866, 
  600. 
  See 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Swain, 
  1. 
  c. 
  395, 
  

   Mazatlan 
  to 
  Panama. 
  

  

  