Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2855 



to length of head ; third dorsal spine longest, its length about 2 in head 

 or 2^ times length of first ray ; interspinal membranes of the spinous dorsal 

 deeply incised, the anterior portion of each somewhat produced beyond 

 its spine ; soft dorsal high, the middle rays longest, If in head, the anterior 

 portion of the. fin gently convex, the posterior slightly concave; pectoral 

 short, broad, and rounded, barely reaching origin of anal, the length \\ in 

 head; ventral pointed, the second and third rays longest, \\ in pectoral, 

 the fin somewhat falcate ; anal fin strongly falcate, the fourth and fifth 

 rays longest, longer than pectoral, 1 in head, 2 times length of last anal 

 ray; second anal spine short, 5 in head; caudal shallowly lunate, the 

 lobes ! in head. Scales small, smooth, and thin, closely but irregularly 

 imbricated; nape, opercles, and cheeks scaled, snout and lower jaw naked; 

 bases of all the fins except the ventrals densely scaled; lateral line begin- 

 ning at upper angle of opercle, gently arched above pectoral fin, following 

 approximately the curvature of the back and on median line of caudal 

 peduncle. General color of body in life brown, with large, irregular 

 blotches of dirty white on back and upper part of sides, these blotches 

 with small rusty spots; lower part of sides, belly, and caudal peduncle 

 with irregular whitish spots ; belly brassy brown ; snout and nape with 

 numerous small, round dark spots; cheek with large blotches of whitish 

 overlaid with black and brassy spots; lips whitish, with dark spots; 

 spinous dorsal blotched with white, olivaceous and black; soft dorsal 

 brown, with numerous white spots and a few black ones, the posterior rays 

 tipped with white and orange ; anal olivaceous, with irregular white spots, 

 greenish at edge, the produced rays black toward distal ends; pectoral 

 dark olivaceous, with greenish white splotches, the edge yellowish ; ven- 

 tral rays greenish white, the membranes black ; inside of mouth white ; 

 eye brown. Related to D. inermis (Cuvier & Valenciennes), but differing 

 notably from that species in the shorter, stouter gill rakers, the emarginate 

 caudal, the shorter anal spines, and the strongly falcate anal fin. Length 

 20 inches. Key West; only the type known. (^aynXov, a scythe or 

 sickle, from the falcate anal fin.) 

 Dennatolepis zanclus, EVERMANN & KENDALL, Bull. U. S. Fish Comra. 1897 (Feb. 9, 1898), 



129, pi. 8, fig. 9, Key West, Florida. (Type, No. 48843. Coll. Drs. Evermann & 



Kendall.) 



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1576(a). MYCTEROPERCA HOPKINSI, Jordan & Rutter. 



Head2|; depth 4^. D. XI, 15; A. Ill, 11; scales about 125; eye 6 in 

 head, 1 in snout. Body long, not much compressed; angle of preopercle 

 sharply serrate; gill rakers 6 + 9, counting rudiments; nostrils close 

 together, the posterior larger, with a horizontal septum across base; pro- 

 file concave above nostrils; maxillary nearly to posterior margin of eye, 

 2^ in head; lower jaw projecting; 2 anterior canines of upper jaw very 

 strong; third and fourth dorsal spines longest; posterior portion of anal 

 truncate; caudal concave. Pectorals 2, ventrals 2;,, and caudal !- in 

 head. Color of alcoholic specimen nearly uniform brownish, side of jaws 

 paler; soft dorsal, anal, veutrals, and caudal with a narrow pale edging, 



