Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1251 



oo. Pectoral long, more than two-thirds length of head; 

 color chiefly red ; a large black lateral blotch; lower 

 jaw slightly projecting. 



p. Yomerine teeth in an anchor-shaped patch, with a 



distinct backward prolongation on median line. 



Color red ; back and sides with rows of dark 



bluish-gray spots following the series of scales ; 



similar spots on sides of head; fins reddish. 



Head 2g ; depth 2J; D. X, 12; A. Ill, 8; scales 



7-53-15. GUTTATUS, 1644. 



pp. Yomerine teeth in a A- or /^-shaped patch, the 



prolongation on median line very short or 



wanting. Color rosy greenish above, sides of 



head and body^ with numerous longitudinal 



stripes of golden yellow; soft dorsal and 



caudal red; lower fins yellow. Head 2; 



depth 2f ; D. X, 12; A. Ill, 8; scales 8-60-15. 



SYNAGBIS, 1645. 



nn. Caudal deeply forked; the gill rakers rather numerous, 

 about 10 on lower part of the anterior arch ; teeth on 

 vomer in an anchor-shaped patch ; body rather elongate, 

 compressed; lower jaw projecting or not; eyes small; 

 scales small ; the lateral line with about 50 pores ; anal 

 spines graduated. Colorreddish, with horizontal yellow 

 streaks ; no black lateral blotch. Head 3 ; depth 3 ; D. 

 X, 13; A. Ill, 9; scales 9-53-15. (Hybrid, synagri8 + 

 chrysurus?) AMBIGUUS, 1646. 



mm. Mouth large; maxillary 2 gin head; teeth on vomer in an anchor- 

 shaped patch; lower jaw strongly projecting; body rather 

 elongate, strongly compressed; eye very large, red; scales 

 rather small, the lateral line with about 50 pores ; caudal 

 little forked ; second and third anal spines subequal. Color 

 dark brown ; pale below, flushed with red ; fins mostly red ; 

 a large black lateral blotch. Head2J; depth 2f; D.X, 12; 

 A. Ill, 8; scales 9-62-14. MAHOGONI, 1647. 



KAIZERO:* 

 II. Dorsal spines 11; scales large, those above lateral line in 4 or 5 series, fully parallel 



with lateral line. 



q. Soft dorsal and anal low; vomerine teeth in a A-shaped patch ; teeth on tongue; gill 

 rakers few. Color dark, olive-reddish below; distinct silvery streaks along 

 rows of scales ; young with silvery bars ; lower fins dusky. Head 3 ; depth 3J ; 

 D. XI, 12 ; A. in, 7 ; scales 4^-45-12. ABATUS, 1648. 



Subgenus NEOM^ENIS. 

 1630. NEOJLENIS JORDANI, Gilbert. 



Head 2 to 3 in length ; depth 2 to 2f ; eye 4| in head. D. X, 14 ; A. Ill, 

 9; scales 5| above lateral line, 43 to 47 oblique series running downward 

 and backward. Body deep, with regular curves, the two profiles nearly 

 equal. Snout short, with rapidly rising upper profile, 3 to 34- in head*. 

 Eye large, much greater than the width of the preorbital at the middle of 

 its length, where it is | length of head. Maxillary reaching slightly 

 beyond front of pupil, its length equaling that of snout and half eye, 2 



1 Spanish name of Xeomcenis aratus, from raiz, root; "place of roots," the species 

 living among the roots of the mangroves. 



