Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1187 



1577. MYCTEROPERCA TIGRIS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 (BoNAoi GATO.) 



Head 2* ; depth 3f. D. XI, 16 or 17 ; A. Ill, 10 or 11 ; scales 18-125 to 

 135-50 to 55, pores 80 to 85. Body moderately elongate, rather strongly 

 compressed. Head large, the anterior profile rather more strongly curved 

 than in most species, somewhat gibhous above the eyes ; snout not very 

 acute, 3.f in head. Mouth very large, oblique, the maxillary extending 

 to beyond the eyes, its length 2i in head. Canines moderate, nearly 

 vertical. Lower jaw strongly projecting; eye 6 in head. Posterior 

 nostril much larger than anterior, the two close together and close to 

 eye. Iiiterorbital space strongly convex, its breadth 5f in head. Pre- 

 opercle forming a regular curve, without salient angle or conspicuous 

 emargination. Gill rakers very short and broad; about 6 developed on 

 lower half of arch, besides about 3 rudiments. Scales rather small, 

 chiefly cycloid. Dorsal spines rather slender, the second, third, and 

 fourth subequal,,3^ in head; soft dorsal slightly angulated, the tenth 

 ray slightly longer than the others, 3 in head ; caudal truncate or some- 

 what lunate, the outer rays l-^- in head ; anal high, slightly angulated, 

 the largest rays 2f in head; anal spines short, graduated; pectorals 

 reaching somewhat beyond tips of ventrals, 2 in head ; ventrals short, 

 not reaching vent. Color in spirits, olivaceous ; the head covered with 

 very distinct honeycomb-like reticulations of darker olive, surrounding 

 pale spots, from the size of the nostril to that of the pupil ; body show- 

 ing traces of such spots ; fins plain, the soft dorsal and anal edged with 

 blackish. Color in life, olive brown, with about 5 pale, grayish cross 

 bands, narrower than the interspaces ; these bands about obsolete in 

 spirits ; all the fins bluish black, the vertical fins edged with whitish, 

 the pectorals tipped with orange ; top of head reddish, becoming dusky 

 in spirits. Length of specimen described (6708, U. S. N. M.) from Bar- 

 badoes,19 inches. West Indies; not very common; north to Bermuda. 

 (tigris, tiger.) 



Serranns tigris, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 440, 1833, San Domingo; G(?N- 



THER, Cat, I, 112. 



Scrramts felimts, POEY, Memoriae, 11, 134, 1860, Havana. 

 Serranus repandus, POEY, Memoriae, n, 135, I860, Havana. 



Truotropis reticulatns, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., 1865, 105, Barbadoes; coloration faded. 

 Trisolropis tigris, POEY, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1869, 307. 

 Mycteroperca reticulcda, JORDAN & SWAIN, I.e., 373, 1884. 

 Serranus rivulatus, POEY, Memoriae, ir, 135, 1800. 



Mycteroperca tigris, JORDAN & SWAIN, if. c., 364, 1884; JORDAN & EIGENMANN, /. < , 300, 1890. 

 Epinephelus tigris, BOULENGER, Cat., i, 259. 



Represented in deep waters by a red form or subspecies, 



1577a. MYCTEROPERCA TIGRIS CAMELOPARDALIS (Poey). 



Ground color bright red, otherwise as in Mycteroperca tigri*. West 

 Indies, (camelopardalis^ like a giraffe or camelopard in color.) 



.SV,-WMH camelopardalis, POEY, Memorias, n, 132, 1860, Havana. 

 Tritotropis camelopardalis, POEY, Synopsis, 283, 18G8; Enumeratio, 14, 1875. 



