56 Field Columbian Museum — Zoology, Vol. VII. 



135. Lutianus griseus (L.). Gray Snapper. 



5232 No. 56. Hungry Bay. Young. Seine. Aug. 30. 



5233 No. 68. The Flatts (bridge). Hook. Sept. 7. 



5234 No. 171. Hayward's Bay. Seine. Sept. 6. 



5235 No. 330. Ely's Harbor. Seine. Sept. 20. 



5236 No. 505. Wescott Bay. 2 young. Seine. Sept. 25. 



5237 No. 587. Port Royal Bay. Seine. Young. Sept. 21. 



5238 No. 802. The Reach, St. George's. Seine. Oct. 23. 



5239 No. 853. Great Bay, St. David's Id. 5 young. Sept. 18. 



136. Lutianus synagris (Linnaeus). Silk Snapper. 



"White Bottom 



137. Lutianus vivanus (C. &.V.). 



5244 No. 8. Hungry Bay. Aug. 24. 



5229 No. 326. Two-and-a-half miles south of Gurnet Rock. 

 Oct. s. 



5240 No. 436, Two-and-a-half miles south of Gurnet Rock. 

 Oct. 5. 



No. 5244 is 8X inches long to base of middle caudal rays. D. x, 

 14; A. Ill, 8; scales 8-72-17. Two gill rakers and four rudiments 

 above angle of first arch; ten developed rakers and five rudiments 

 below angle; the longest raker >2 as long as the eye. Iris lemon-yel- 

 low; a very narrow black margin on caudal fin. Longest dorsal spine 

 (4th) is i>^ inches long, or slightly longer than upper jaw, and about 

 equal to longest ray of anal. Ventral reaches slightly past vent; pec- 

 toral to vertical through anal origin, seven rows of scales on cheek, 

 about ten rows on opercle. 



No. 5229 is 14 inches long to base of middle caudal rays. D. x, 14; 

 A. in, 8; scales 8-72-17. Two developed gill rakers and five rudi- 

 ments above angle of first arch, ten developed and five rudimentary 

 rakers below angle, the longest raker about % as long as eye. Long- 

 est dorsal spine, 2 inches, equals ^fi head, also equals distance 

 from eye to tip of snout. Longest anal ray nearly % head. Head 

 51^ inches, ^ of total without caudal. Eye % snout, s>^ in 

 head. Ventral reaches past vent; pectoral to vertical, through anal 

 origin. Seven rows of scales on cheek, eleven on opercle. 



Iris lemon-yellow; a narrow black margin on caudal; no dark 

 blotch on base or in axil of pectoral, and none on sides. 



