﻿[85] 
  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA. 
  873 
  

  

  312.— 
  ENNEACENTRUS 
  1 
  Gill. 
  (276 
  &.) 
  

   $ 
  Petrometopon 
  Gill. 
  

  

  992. 
  Enueacentrusguttatus 
  2 
  coronatus 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  W. 
  

  

  fyEnneacentrus. 
  

  

  993. 
  Enneacentrus 
  taeniops 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  W. 
  Ace. 
  (852 
  6.) 
  

  

  994. 
  Enneacentrus 
  fulvus 
  ruber 
  3 
  Bloch. 
  W. 
  

  

  313.— 
  DERM 
  ATOLEPIS 
  4 
  Gill. 
  

  

  995. 
  Dermatolepis 
  punctatus 
  Gill. 
  P. 
  

  

  Family 
  CIL— 
  RHYPTIOID^. 
  5 
  

  

  314.— 
  RHYPTICUS 
  Cuvier. 
  (279) 
  

   ^Rhypticus. 
  

  

  996. 
  Rhypticus 
  saponaceus 
  B 
  Bloch. 
  W. 
  

  

  997. 
  Rhypticus 
  xanti 
  7 
  Gill. 
  P. 
  

  

  1 
  For 
  a 
  .statement 
  of 
  the 
  reasons 
  why 
  Enneacentrus 
  is 
  preferred 
  to 
  Bodianus 
  as 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  this 
  group, 
  see 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Swain, 
  1. 
  c. 
  39?. 
  

  

  ^Enneacentrus 
  guitatus 
  L.; 
  var 
  coronatus 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  Key 
  West 
  and 
  southward. 
  

   For 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  tbis 
  species 
  .see 
  Jordan 
  &. 
  Swain, 
  1. 
  c. 
  398. 
  

  

  3 
  The 
  Liunasan 
  name, 
  Labrus 
  Julvus 
  (Syst. 
  Nat., 
  X, 
  1758, 
  287), 
  has 
  priority 
  for 
  this 
  

   species. 
  The 
  yellow, 
  red, 
  and 
  brown 
  varieties 
  may 
  stand 
  as 
  f 
  ulcus, 
  ruber, 
  and 
  puncta- 
  

   tus, 
  respectively. 
  See 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Swain, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mum., 
  1894, 
  402. 
  

   Epiuephelus 
  fulvus 
  punctatus 
  Liniueus. 
  W. 
  (852&) 
  

  

  ■"Dermatolepis 
  Gill. 
  

  

  (Lioperea 
  Gill.) 
  

  

  (Gill, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1861, 
  54; 
  type, 
  Dermatolepis 
  punctatus 
  Gill.) 
  

  

  Scales 
  all 
  cycloid 
  ; 
  canine 
  teeth 
  very 
  small 
  or 
  obsolete 
  ; 
  body 
  comparatively 
  deep 
  ; 
  

   head 
  small 
  ; 
  soft 
  dorsal, 
  unusually 
  long, 
  of 
  19 
  or 
  20 
  rays 
  ; 
  spines 
  low. 
  Otherwise 
  es- 
  

   sentially 
  as 
  in 
  Epinepltclus. 
  Two 
  species 
  known. 
  (Aspjiux 
  , 
  skin 
  ; 
  XeitiS, 
  scale.) 
  

  

  Dermatolepis 
  punctatus 
  Gill, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1861, 
  54. 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Swain, 
  

   1. 
  c. 
  407. 
  Cape 
  San 
  Lucas 
  and 
  adjacent 
  rocky 
  islands. 
  

  

  6 
  The 
  genus 
  Rhypticus, 
  differing 
  from 
  all 
  other 
  Serranidce 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  aual 
  spines 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  reduced 
  number 
  (2 
  to 
  4) 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  spines, 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  type 
  

   of 
  a 
  distinct 
  family. 
  

  

  6 
  Rhypticus 
  saponaceus 
  Bloch 
  & 
  Schneider. 
  

  

  Soap-fish; 
  Jabon; 
  Jaboncillo. 
  Olivaceous 
  brown, 
  Avithout 
  distinct 
  markings, 
  in 
  

   spirits. 
  Body 
  oblong, 
  the 
  back 
  little 
  arched, 
  the 
  snout 
  rather 
  pointed 
  in 
  profile, 
  

   mouth 
  moderate, 
  the 
  maxillary 
  extending 
  to 
  beyond 
  the 
  eye, 
  2-} 
  in 
  head; 
  eye 
  about 
  

   equal 
  to 
  snout, 
  3f 
  in 
  head. 
  Opercle 
  with 
  three 
  strong 
  spines, 
  the 
  middle 
  one 
  largest; 
  

   preopercle 
  with 
  two 
  spines. 
  Head 
  3£ 
  ; 
  depth 
  3£. 
  D. 
  Ill, 
  25 
  ; 
  A. 
  17. 
  West 
  Indies, 
  

   north 
  to 
  Pensacola, 
  Florida. 
  

  

  (Anthias 
  saponaceus 
  Bloch 
  & 
  Schneider, 
  Systema 
  Ichth., 
  1801, 
  310; 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val., 
  

   Ill, 
  63; 
  Giinther, 
  I, 
  172; 
  Eleuthcraclis 
  coriaceus 
  Cope, 
  Trans. 
  Am. 
  Phil. 
  Soc, 
  1871, 
  

   467.) 
  

  

  7 
  Rhypticus 
  xanti 
  GUI, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1862, 
  250. 
  Cape 
  San 
  Lucas, 
  and 
  

   southward, 
  

  

  