Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1155 



1549. EP1NEPHELUS LABUIFORHIS (Jenyns). 



Head 2$; depth 3. D. XI, 15; A. Ill, 8; scales 9-90 to 100-40, pores 

 55 to 57. Body oblong, moderately compressed, the back somewhat ele- 

 vated. Head rather slender and sharp, anteriorly pointed, the profile 

 nearly straight from the tip of the lower jaw to the base of the dorsal. 

 Snout sharp, 3* in head. Lower jaw strongly projecting. Mouth mod- 

 erate, the maxillary extending to slightly beyond eye, its length 2 in 

 head. Maxillary naked. Canines moderate, about equal in the 2 jaws. 

 Nostrils subequal, roundish. Eye large, 5| in head. Interorbital space 

 narrow, convex, its width 9 in head. Preopercle weakly and bluntly ser- 

 rate, its angle evenly rounded, without evident notch or salient angle. 

 Gill rakers rather short, about 16 on lower limb of arch. Scales moder- 

 ate, ctenoid. Dorsal spines strong, the fourth, fifth, and sixth longest, 3 

 in head. Soft dorsal not very high. Caudal slightly copvex, 2 in head. 

 Longest anal ray 2| in head. Second anal spine about as long as third, 

 4 in head. Pectorals short, reaching little past tips of ventrals, 14 in 

 head. Ventrals not quite reaching vent. Color in spirits : Dark brown 

 everywhere, on head, body, and fins much clouded with roundish pale 

 blotches, these most distinct on breast and lower parts of head ; a con- 

 spicuous black blotch on back of caudal peduncle ; fins rather pale, 

 darker toward their edges, with narrow, pale margin, spotted like the 

 body, the spots smaller and fainter. In life, the mouth is salmon color 

 within, the pectoral salmon yellow, with pale edge; caudal with amarooii 

 band above and below ; dorsal edged with blackish red ; spots on sides 

 and belly nearly white. Length 2 feet. Pacific Coast of tropical America ; 

 Cape San Lucas to the Galapagos Islands, abundant in rocky places ; here 

 described from 28213, U. S. N. M., from Socorro Island. Specimens seen 

 from Cape San Lucas, Mazatlan, Manzanillo, Acapulco, Panama ; Socorro, 

 Albemarle, Charles, and Indefatigable islands. (Labrus ; /orwa, form.) 



Serranus labriformis, JENYNS, Zool. of Beagle, Fishes, 8, pi. 3, 1840, Galapagos Islands, (Coll. 



Charles Darwin). 

 Epinephelus sellicauda, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 250, Cape San Lucas, (Coll. 



Xantus) ; JOEDAN & SWAIN, /. c., 385. 



Epinephelus ordinatus, COPE, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., 1871, 466, Panama. 

 Epinephelus labriformis, GfJNTHER, Cat., i, 152, 1859; dark blotch on back of tail not noticed; 



JORDAN & SWAIN, 1. c., 1884, 387; JORDAN & EIGENMANN, I. c., 356, 1890; BOULENGER, Cat., 



i, 230. 



1550. EPINEPHELUS FLAVOLIMBATUS, Poey. 



(YELLOW-FINNED GRODPER.) 



Head 2; depth 2f. D. XI, 14; A. Ill, 9. Lower jaw strongly project- 

 ing. Closely related to Epinephelus niveatm, with which it seems to agree 

 in all respects except in color. Color in life: Brownish flesh color, 

 unspotted, a clear, blue streak from angle of eye to preopercle ; no spots 

 or blotches anywhere, and no black on caudal peduncle; whole dorsal 

 with a narrow edge of bright yellow ; dorsal, pectorals, anal and caudal 

 without pale edging ; ventrals dusky ; a very faint mustache of dark 

 olive along the maxillary. Three specimens of this species have been 



