Jordan and Ercrmann. Fishes of North America. 1215 



1601. PRIONODES TABACARIUS (Cuvier & Valencidi.us). 

 (JACOME ; BOUT DE TABAC.) 



Head 3; depth 3f. D. X, 12; A. Ill, 7; scales 11-90 to 98-25, 56 to 65 

 pores. Body more elongate than in related species ; profile slightly con- 

 vex ; interorbital space concave ; eyes large, longer than snout, 3J in head ; 

 maxillary reaching middle of eye; lower jaw slightly projecting; scales 

 on cheeks small, in 11 series; scales in front of dorsal small, crowded, in 

 25 series ; top of head naked ; gill rakers long, x -f- 15 ; dorsal spines low, 

 fifth the longest, 2 in head ; caudal strongly lunate ; anal spines gradu- 

 ated, the third 3i in head ; pectorals and ventrals short, not reaching 

 vent. Branchiostegals 7. Color brownish red above, with areas of light 

 yellow on sides of back; 1 before dorsal, a large one and a small one 

 below spinous dorsal ; a large one below last rays of soft dorsal ; 1 on 

 back of tail ; yellow before eye ; belly and lower parts light red ; top of 

 head with 2 pale cross shades, 1 before and 1 behind eyes ; lower fins light 

 orange; caudal red, with 2 conspicuous longitudinal stripes of blackish 

 red ; dorsal red-shaded, a maroon blotch on each part of it, extending 

 upward from a similar blotch on the back. Length 10 inches. West 

 Indies; our specimens from Havana, where it is rather common, (tabaca- 

 rins, pertaining to tabacum, tobacco, the fish being called bout de tabac 

 (cigar stump) by the negroes at Martinique.) 



Cvntroprisles tabacarius, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 44, 1829, Martinique. 

 Sen-amis jacome, POEY, Memorial, i, 57, pi. 2, fig. 1, 1851, Havana. 

 Hnliperca tubacaria, POEY, Synopsis, 282, 1868. 

 Haliperra jm-nme, POEY, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1871, 34. 



Sen-anus tabacarius, JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 39; JORDAN & EIGENMANN, I. c., 408, 

 1890; BOULENQER, Cat,, I, 291. 



1602. PRIONODES FLAVESCENS* (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Dorsal IXt, 12 ; anal III, 7 ; scales 7-90-27, 60 pores. Depth of body 

 3f times in total length, length of head 3 times. Snout as long as diame- 

 ter of eye, which is 3 times in length of head ; interorbital width 5 

 times in length of head ; lower jaw projecting, with feeble canine teeth 

 on the sides; maxillary extending to below center of eye, the width of 

 the distal extremity 1 diameter of eye ; upper surface of head naked ; 

 cheeks and opercles scaly ; preoperculum finely serrated, the seme 

 coarser at the angle, obsolete on the lower border; opercular spine 

 strong, equidistant. Gill rakers a little shorter than gill fringes, 14 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal originating above base of pectoral, 

 spines subequal, not quite i length of head, length of longest soft 

 rays; no notch between the spinous and soft portions of the fin. Pec- 

 toral rounded, a little longer than ventral, length of head. Third anal 

 spine longest, as long as dorsals. Caudal emarginate. Brown above, 

 lighter (orange or red) 011 the belly; head bluish above; fins dark gray 



* Described from the type specimen (Paris Mus., No. 7028). 



t The spinous dorsal is malformed in front; the normal number of spines is no doubt X. 



