368 SNODGRASS AND HELLER 



Epinephelus labriformis, JORDAN & EVERMANN, Fishes North and Mid. Amer. , 

 i, 1155, 1896. 



Range. Pacific coast of tropical America from Cape San Lucas 

 to Ecuador ; Socorro, Clipperton, Cocos and the Galapagos islands. 



We have 9 specimens from Albemarle Island, Tagus Cove and 

 Elizabeth Bay, Seymour Island, Cocos Island and Clipperton Island. 

 It has been taken by the Albatross also at Charles and Indefatigable 

 islands of the Galapagos group. 



67. DERMATOLEPIS PUNCTATUS Gill. 



Dermatolepis punctatus GILL, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 54, and 

 250, 1862, Cape San Lucas. JORDAN & EVERMANN, Fishes North and 

 Mid. Amer., i, 1169, 1896. 



Epinephelus dermatolepis ; BOULENGER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., 2d Ed. i, 

 256, 1895. 



Range. Cape San Lucas, west coast of Mexico, the Venados, 

 Revillagigedo, Cocos and Galapagos islands. 



We have specimens of this species from Clarion, Cocos, and the 

 Galapagos islands. 



Specimens of different sizes vary somewhat in appearance. In 

 small specimens about 30 mm. long, the tips of the ventrals reach 

 slightly beyond the anus. In large specimens the anus is far behind 

 the tips of the ventrals. A specimen from Barrington Island, 520 

 mm. in length, has the anus 26 mm. back of the ventrals, while one 

 from Clarion Island 650 mm. long has a space of 83 mm. between 

 the anus and the tips of the ventrals. In some the maxillary reaches 

 considerably beyond the eye, in others it ends slightly in front of the 

 eye. The spots vary from simple circular black areas to irregular 

 dark blotches surrounded by broad white marginal fields each having 

 the same outline as the dark spot it encloses. 



68. MYCTEROPERCA XENARCHA Jordan. 



Mycteroperca xenarcha JORDAN, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1887, 387, 

 James Island, Galapagos Archipelago. JORDAN & EVERMANN, Fishes 

 N. and Mid. Amer., i, 1180, 1896. ABBOTT, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila. 1899, 348 (Peru). 



Epinephelus xenarchus, BOULENGER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., 2d Ed., i, 266. 



Range. Vanados Islands, off the west coast of Mexico; Payta, 

 Peru ; Galapagos Islands. 



Taken at the Galapagos only by the Hasslar Expedition. 



69. MYCTEROPERCA OLFAX (Jenyns). 



Serranus olfax JENYNS, Zool. of Beagle, Fishes, 9, pi. 4, 1840, Galapagos 

 Archipelago. 



