240 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



78. Epinephelus striatus Bloch. 

 ( lommon. 



79. Epinephelus morio (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 Hospital Key. 



80. Promicrops guttata i Linnaeus I. 

 One example, 7 feet (i inches long. 



81. Mycteroperca venenosa apua ( Bloch |. 

 Reported l>y Dr. lienshall from Garden Key. 



82. Hypoplectrus unicolor (Walbaum). 



Specimen 3.69 inches long; color, black-brown on top of head, back am! spinous dorsal, shading 

 below mid-line to a dark chrome yellow. On area swept by pectoral the scales have each a conspicuous 

 light gray spot; caudal peduncle with a dark-brown saddle; soft dorsal yellow, with submarginal dusky 

 band; each web with 4 to <> blue bands; caudal lighter below than body, blue dots on webs; a yellow- 

 margined band of light gray-blue; ventral yellow, with dusky-blue margins; pectoral with plain yellow 

 rays, well quite clear; upper limb of gill-slit with a blue spot; iris brown, with yellow margin, without 

 the slightest trace of blue cross lines. 



Specimen 4.:;."> inches long; much browner, body stripes not conspicuous. 



Specimen 3.87 inches long; light olive brown; dorsal, caudal, pectoral, and anal transparent and 

 of yellowish tinge; a pale blue blotch on body between bases of first, second, ami third spines of 

 dorsal; two pale streaks across body from below soft dorsal; pale blotch across anterior half of caudal 

 peduncle; pale blotch anterior to pectoral; ventral gray-green above, green below; anterior margin 

 bright blue; on body about 18 azure blue or brown vertical lines, on borders of light areas these lines 

 very pale blue; upper lip with a median and a lateral dot, these coalescing, snout with !> blue dots 

 hanging over eye in a blue mark \ ; margin of preopercle blue; posterior to this on opercle another 

 but broader and paler line, which begins on nape; .'! interrupted lines anterior to vertical of first 

 spine of dorsal; caudal very yellow with reddish tinge at tips, dorsal yellow, dusky anteriorly, or 

 7 faint blue squares on each web, these placed so that when tin is erect they appear as continuations 

 of the lines on body; ventral plain dusky yellow, with dusky border; pectoral pinkish yellow. The 

 darkest part of the fish is a brown spot at upper posterior part of caudal peduncle; each scale in 

 In-own area with faint blue central spot; each scale in blue area, with a very pale spot; all profusely 

 speckled with black. (T. i 



83. Hypoplectrus unicolor nigricans ( Poey i. 



Color in life, warm brown, with a light band across body behind the pectoral, starting on dorsal 

 between tirst and second spities, widest below middle line; two starting below soft dorsal, joined by a 

 bar where lateral line crosses; one across beginning of caudal peduncle, dumbbell-shaped; dorsal 

 brown; soft dorsal lighter; caudal very light; ventrals black; iris yellow; two black spots on end of 

 caudal peduncle. 



Found under a coral head, inside Bush Key, at a depth of :-! feet. (T. ) 



84. Hypoplectrus gemma Goode A Bean. 



Described from Garden Key, probably the same as //. unicolor. 



85. Diplectrum formosum (Linnaeus). 



Color, gray, lighter below; a blue line from head to base of first dorsal spine, along base of dorsal', 



one from head level with top of eye, horizontally back to middle of soft dorsal; one from back of eye 

 through upper extremity of gill-slit to beginning of caudal peduncle, where it meets its fellow and is 

 continued on back of peduncle; one from above angle of gill to tail; below these a dark line, obscure, 

 ending in a marked blotch at base of tail; below this three more, one-eighth inch apart, between them 

 yellow stripes, wider than the blue; head with three transverse blue lines; one back of eye, there 

 joining the body line passing through the upper end of gill-slit; two between eyes, one level with 

 anterior margin of pupil; tip of lip and snout dusky; four blue lines on cheek, one horizontal and 

 ending with a bifurcation; second extending from angle of opercle forward to a level past rim of eye; 



