Jordan and Ri'erniann. Fishes of North America, 849 



than half length of head ; soft dorsal pointed, as high as the body; third 

 anal spine very strong, as long as longest anal rays, If in depth of body. 

 Upper lobe of caudal much the longer. In life chiefly bright red, with 

 shining longitudinal streaks along the rows of scales ; some specimens 

 somewhat darker, and tinged with olive above ; lins light red, the spinous 

 dorsal largely golden olive, its edge scarlet; head quite red above; an 

 oblique white bar descends backward from the eye ; these colors fading in 

 spirits. This species varies much in the depth of body and the height of 

 the fins. Length about 2 feet. West Indies, about rocks and reefs, rang- 

 ing from Florida to St. Helena ; very common in Cuba ; a most brilliantly 

 colored fish, often seen in tropical markets. (Name from Ascension 

 Island.) 



Perca (twnxioiii.-i, OSHECK, Tter Chin., 388, 1771, Ascension Island. 



Bodiatnix jK'iii'iKnuthns, BLOCH, Ausl. Fische, iv, 40, pi. 225, 1790, Brazil; after Jaguaraca of 



MA:;C<;KAVI:. 



Holocentrus sogo, BLOCH, I, c., 61, pi. 232, 1790, Africa. 

 Scifc.ua rubra, BLOCH & SCHNEIDER, Systema Ichthyol., 82, 1801; after Perca marina rubra of 



GATES i;v. 

 Amphiiiriou inn/i'jnelo, BLOCH & SCHNEIDER, Syst. Ichthyol., 206, 1801, Cuba ; after Matejuelo of 



PARRA. 



Bodianus jaguar, LACPEDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 286, 1802, Brazil; after Jaguaraca of MARCORAVE. 

 Holocenfrnnt, lonyipinne, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 185, 1829, Martinique; 



San Domingo; Porto Rico ; St. Thomas ; Havana. , 



Ilttt(n;-,itnix linii/iiiinne, GijNTHER, Cat., I, 28, 1859. 



lIolocenlritx]'nt,ti;i,i.thuL; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 459, 1883. 

 .' Ill<;>,,trns strialus, GRONOW, Cat. Fishes, 173, 1854, Antilles; name preoccupied. 

 f Holocentrus rostratus, GRONOW, 1. c., 173, 1854, near the Equator; young specimen; unidenti- 

 fiable. 



Represented in the West Indies by 



1233a. HOLOCENTRUS ASCENSIONIS RUFUS (Walbaum). 



Specimens of this species from Bahia, apparently representing the true 

 ascensionis, differ from Cuban examples. The latter may be regarded as a 

 distinct subspecies, for which the oldest name is that ofrufusof Walbaum 

 (=ruber = rubra= jaguar =longipinnis). The Brazilian form (var. ascen- 

 sionis) has the preopercular spine not reaching past the gill opening, its 

 free portion 2 in eye. Pectoral short, If in head, measured to end of 

 opercular spine ; ventrals reaching vent ; third anal spine measured from 

 the scales, 2^ in head ; soft dorsal 1| in head ; caudal lobe not quite equal 

 to head. In var. rufus the preopercular spine reaches about to root of 

 pectoral, its free part H in eye. Third anal spine Iffc in head; soft 

 dorsal T 1 longer than head ; caudal lobe about i longer. The color and 

 form of body seem to be the same in both subspecies, (rufus, red.) 

 Perca rufa, WALBAUM, Artedi Pise., 351, 1792, Bahamas ; after Perca marina rubra of CATESBY. 



1234. HOLOCENTRUS SICCIFER, Cope. 



Head with spines 2f ; depth 2$. D. XI, 13 ; A. IV, 9 ; scales 3-45-8 ; eye 

 21 times in head and interorbital width. Spinous dorsal rather short, 



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