Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1245 



weak, included; anterior nostril at the extreme front of the snout, close 

 to the premaxillary, in the extremity of a barbel-like tube which hangs 

 down above the mouth and is nearly as long as the eye; posterior nostril 

 a rather long and narrow oblique slit, near the front of the eye; eye small, 

 near the middle of the length of the head; interorbital space rather broad 

 and convex, its width 4^ in head; preorbital broad, its least width 3^ to 

 4 in head; vertical limb of preopercle oblique, sharply serrate, the teeth 

 rather fine above, coarse at the angle; emargination of preopercle sharp 

 and deep, more conspicuous than in most species of Lutianus, the knob of 

 interopercle conspicuous. Gill rakers few and short, about 7 developed 011 

 lower part of anterior arch, besides several rudiments; opercle without 

 spinous projections; scapular scale serrate. Temporal crest of skull very 

 short, coalescing with the orbital rim. Scales rather small, regularly 

 arranged, those above lateral lino in series which are throughout parallel 

 with the lateral line, those below in horizontal series; temporal region 

 with a band of one or two series of large scales; cheeks with about 7 rows 

 of scales; top of head naked. Dorsal spines rather low and strong, the 

 fin somewhat deeply emarginate; soft dorsal and anal high, angular, 

 and pointed in outline, the middle rays elevated, the last ray not f the 

 height of the middle ones, which are 2 in head; pectoral long and fal- 

 cate; caudal short, feebly lunate, the upper lobe 1| in head; anal high 

 and pointed, the middle rays reaching base of caudal, a little more than 

 half length of head; anal spines strong, the second longer and stronger 

 than third, 2| in head; pectoral long, 3 in body; ventral 1|. Color green- 

 ish above, belly coppery pink ; head olive, sides with 8 crOiSs-bands of 

 warm brown, unequally placed; fins dusky olive, shaded with pinkish 

 and brown ; a round dusky bjotch near base of last rays of soft dorsal ; 

 the pectorals pale, a dark crescent at base; ventrals black-tipped; top of 

 head with some small dark spots. Adult nearly plain olivaceous, coppery 

 below. Pacific coast of tropical America, from Guaymas to Panama. 

 This remarkable species is a common food-fish at Mazatlan, where it is 

 known as the "pargo." The specimens examined by us are from Mazatlan 

 and Guaymas. (Named for Dr. Albert Gunther "in token of apprecia- 

 tion.") 



Hoplopagrus gimtlieri, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 253, Cape San Lucas (Coll, 

 Xantns); STEINDACHNER, Ichth. Beitrage, vi, 1, 1878; JORDAN & SWAIN, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. 1884, 429; JORDAN & FESLER, 1. c., 432; EVERMANN & JENKINS, Proc. TJ. S. 

 Nat. Mus. 1891, 145; JORDAN, Fishes Siualoa, in Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., Ser.2, v, 1895, 454. 



524. EVOPLITES, Gill. 



Evoplites, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 236 (pomacanthus= young of kasmira). 



This genus is very close to Luiianns and Genyor&ge, two sections and gen- 

 era not represented in American waters. It agrees with Lutiamis in having 

 the whole top of the head from the eyes backward covered with scales. 

 This region is naked in Goiyorot/e, which, like Evoplites, has the preopercle 

 marked by a deep ga>sh or incision in which a knob from the interopercle 

 finds place. The latter character is subject to considerable variation in 

 Genyoroge and may not be of generic value. In Evoplites the parietal crest 



