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Family SERRANID^ES. 



26. Epinephelus labriformis (Jenyns). Three specimens, taken at Socorro Island. 



27. Epinephelus analogus Gill. The two specimens from Clarion Island are 



very dark, almost hlack, and scarcely spotted, except on the breast. 



28. Dermatolepis punctatus Gill. Three specimens from Clarion and Socorro 



islands. 



29. Paranthias furcifer (Cuvier & Valenciennes). San Beuedicto, Socorro, and 



Clarion islands. Seventeen fine specimens obtained. 



30. Paralabrax clathratus (Girard). One specimen from Todos Santos Bay. 



31. Pronotogrammus multifasciatus Gill. One young example from Clarion 



Island. Head 2f ; depth 3£; D. x, 15; A. in, 7. Snout £ of eye. Gill's 

 specimen was of the same size as ours (2 inches). Ours differs from the 

 description in having no rufous bauds. Color very pale brown; upper third 

 of body thickly bprinkled with fine black spots. In other respects this 

 specimen agrees with the very young one on which the species was based. 



Family PRIACANTHIDiE. 



32. Priacanthus carolinus Lesson. This species is very close to Priacanthus cruen^ 



tatus of the West Indies, from which it is very doubtfully distinguished by 

 the larger spine on the preopercle, which reaches the edge of the opercle 

 and is 2^ in eye. That of P. cruentatus does not reach opercle and measures 

 4 in eye; its edge less rough. Body a little deeper than in P.crueniatus; 

 depth of the latter 3 in the length. In P. carolinus the depth is 2'f in the 

 length. In color and general appearance similar. Caudal truncate. The 

 distinction of this species from P. cruentatus is very doubtful. Socorro and 

 Clarion islands; 4 specimens. 



Family LUTIANIDiE. 



33. Evoplitea viridis (Valenciennes). Abundant at the Revillagigedo Islands, 



Clarion, and Socorro ; 18 specimens obtained. 



Family H^GMULID^J. 



34. Anisotremus davidsoni (Steindachner). One specimen from Cerros Island. 



35. Anisotremus interruptus (Gill). Three specimens from Clarion and Socorro 



islands. 



Family KYPHOSIDiE. 



36. Girella nigricans (Ayres). Four specimens from San Benito Island. 



37. Kyphosus analogus (Gill). Eight specimens from Clarion and Socorro islands. 



38. Kyphosus elegans (Peters). Four specimens from Clarion and Socorro islands. 



39. Kyphosus lutescens (Jordan & Gilbert). A distinct species, quite different from 



Kyphosus elegans, differing in larger body, smaller scales, lower pectorals, 

 and especially the larger mouth and broader teeth. In all, 19 specimens 

 were obtained. Those from Clarion Island indicate a marked dichroinatism. 

 The coloration of four typical specimens may be described as follows : 



1. Everywhere bright lemon-yellow. 



2. Dull dark -brown, almost black, slightly paler on lower half of body; 

 a large lemon-yellow area beginning on the nape extending over the sides 

 and front of the head; this includes the opercle, upper part of preopercle, 

 suborbital and preorbital on right side, while on left side the color does not 

 reach quite so far down; in front the color descends to a deep groove above 

 the upper lip ; under lip, tip of left pectoral, and tip of caudal also yellow; 

 length, 16 inches. 



