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WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO CATCH FISH 



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67. "EPINEPHELUS MORIO." 



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1160 



Grouper ; 

 Red Grouper ; 

 Cherna Americana 

 Cherna de Vivero 

 Negre. 



"Head 2^; depth 2i ; eye large, 5 in 

 head (young). D. XI, 16-17 ; A. Ill, 9, rarely 

 III, 8 ; scales 18 or 20-130 to 140-60 ; pores 

 60 to 65. Body comparatively deep and com- 

 pressed, highest under front of spinous dorsal, 

 its greatest width 2^ in greatest depth. Head large, moderately 

 pointed, the anterior profile rather steep and nearly straight. Mouth 

 rather large, the maxillary reaching slightly beyond eye, its length 

 2^ in head. Lower jaw not strongly projecting. Teeth moderate, in 

 rather narrow bands ; 2 moderate canines in the front of each jaw, 

 the lower smaller. Interorbital space narrow, its width I 1 /, in head, 

 the outline of the bone (under the flesh) transversely concave. Nos- 

 trils small, round, subequal. Preopercle moderately seriate, its angle 

 slightly salient ; teeth at the angle a little enlarged. Gill rakers 

 rather slender, about 15 below the angle. Scales small, mostly 

 ctenoid. Dorsal spines high, slender but pungent, the first less than 

 half the second, which is highest 2yj in head; the outline of the fin 

 thence almost straight to the tenth spine, which is 1 3/£ in the second ; 

 soft dorsal not elevated ; caudal fin lunate, the outer rays a little pro- 

 duced, Xyi in the head ; caudal peduncle comparatively slender ; soft 

 part of anal rounded, its longest ray 2^ in head ; second anal spine 

 somewhat stronger but not longer than third, 4,1 in head. Pectorals 

 reaching slightly beyond tips of ventrals, li in head ; ventrals short, 

 not reaching vent. Pyloric coeca 25 (according to Poey). Color in 



