Mycteroperca 



blue shadings, its edge white; anal deep indigo blue, olive at base, its 

 edge white; pectoral olive, dusky toward the tip; ventrals blackish, 

 the first ray tipped with white. 



M. interstitialis is known only from the coasts of Cuba. It is 

 rather common in the Havana market. It reaches a foot in length and 

 is a good food-fish. 



M. dimidiata is a rare species known only from Havana. Speci- 

 mens only a few inches long have been seen. 



M. xenarcha occurs about rocky islands on the Pacific coast from 

 Mazatlan to Peru. It is fairly abundant and reaches 2 feet in length. 



M. rubra is of rather wide distribution. It occurs among the 

 West Indies and south to Brazil, in the eastern Atlantic about islands, 

 and in the Mediterranean. 



M. pardalis, the cabrilla piritita, is known from the Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia and Mazatlan, where it is rather common about rocky islands; 

 it reaches 2 feet in length. 



M. olfax, the yellow grouper, reaches 2 to 3 feet in length, and is 

 rather common about Panama and the Galapagos Islands. 



M. ruberrima is a rare species known only from Abingdon Island 

 of the Galapagos group. 



M. rosacea is a beautifully coloured but very rare species known 

 only from Angel Island, Gulf of California, and Mazatlan. Colour in 

 life, nearly everywhere brick-red ; tips of pectorals dusky. 



M. falcata, the bacalao or abadejo, is found in the West Indies 

 and north to Bermuda. It grows to 2 or 3 feet in length and is an im- 

 portant food-fish at Havana. Colour in life, brown above, sides gray- 

 ish brown, faintly covered with darker spots, which disappear in spirits; 



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