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upper lobe the longer, 1| length of middle rays, If in head; margin of 

 anal well rounded, the middle rays about twice length of last ray ; the 

 first ray reaching nearly to tip of last ray when the fin is depressed; pec- 

 torals slightly falcate, reaching almost to front of anal, 1^ in head ; anal 

 spines strong, the second rather longest and strongest, not always reach- 

 ing past tip of third, 3f in head. Color of adult in life, olivaceous above, 

 paler below, much flushed, so that the general hue is everywhere coppery- 

 red; sides of body with numerous narrow crossbars, rather faint, the light % 

 and dark of about equal width, or the pale narrower; scales of upper 

 parts mesially bronzed; head coppery, especially above; a broad whitish 

 area from eye to angle of mouth, becoming rosy in spirits ; an irregular 

 line of small round or oblong spots below eye, from snout to angle of 

 opercle; soft fins all plain light brick-red, the anal somewhat orange, the 

 caudal more or less yellowish ; spinous dorsal with a light orange band at 

 base and edge, the middle pearly; the blue stripe below eye persists 

 longer than in any of the other species which possess it. Young, in life, 

 greenish-olive, the head and breast flushed with bright coppery-red; base 

 of each scale bright orange-yellow, this color more extensive than the dark 

 ground color, so that the general hue of the body, especially below and 

 posteriorly, is a rich golden-yellow; a dusky spot on top of head; tempo- 

 ral region with a dusky shade; an undulating blue stripe below eye from 

 snout to angle of opercle; a similar fainter streak below it; pectorals pale 

 red or light orange; ventrals orange; other fins rich golden yellow, the 

 front of the anal and the edge of the spinous dorsal rich, clear, bright orange. 

 Described from a specimen 12 inches in length. West Indies, north to 

 Florida Keys, south to Bahia; occasionally north to Woods Hole, Mass. 

 This species is about equally abundant with N. apodus about Florida Keys 

 and Cuba. (From Cuban namejocw.) 



Jocu, PARRA, Descr. Dif. Piezas, Hist. Nat., i, pi. 25, fig. 2, 1787, Cuba. 

 Anthiasjocu, BLOCK & SCHNEIDER, S.yst. Ichth., 310, 1801, Cuba ; after PARRA. 

 Mesoprion litura, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., n, 467, 1828, Cayenne; St. 



Thomas. 



Mesoprion jocu, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., n, 466, 1828. 

 Lutjanus jocu, POEY, Synopsis, 292, 1868; JORDAN & SWAIN, I. c., 437; JORDAN & FESLER, 



I. c., 443. 



1635. tfEOMJENIS APODUS (Walbaum). 



(SCHOOLMASTER; CAJI.) 



Head 2; depth 2|. D. X, 14; A. Ill, 8; scales (5) 6-42 to 45-13, 36 

 pores in lateral line. Body comparatively deep, moderately compressed, 

 the back considerably elevated; profile almost straight from snout to 

 nape, the nuchal region rather convex; snout unusually long and pointed, 

 its outline before eye a little depressed, its length 2f in head; eye moder- 

 ate, 4 in head; interorbital space flattish or gently convex, 5 in head; 

 mouth large, maxillary reaching front of orbit, 2 in head; upper jaw 

 with a narrow band of villiforni teeth, outside of which is a singje series 

 of larger teeth; 4 canines in front of upper jaw; 1 of them on each 

 side very large, almost as long as pupil; lower jaw with a narrow villi- 

 form band in front only, and an enlarged series outside, these largest on 



