SPAROID FISHES OF AMERICA AND EUROPE. AAD 
This species, the pargo amarillo of the Mazatlan fishermen, is gen- 
erally common on the Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America. 
It bears considerable resemblance to L. caxis, joct, and griseus, but is 
distinct from all of these. 
Our specimens are from Mazatlan and Guaymas. Specimens from 
Panama are in the museum at Cambridge. 
10. LUTJANUS LUTJANOIDES. 
Ocyurus lutjanoides Poey, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist., 1x, 319, 1871 (Cuba). 
— Lutjanus lutjanoides Poey, Enumeratio, 1875, 30; Jordan & Swain, |. e. 
Habitat: Cuba. One specimen known. 
Etymology: Lutjanus: sido, form. 
This species is known to us only from the description of Poey, who 
has suggested the possibility of its being a hybrid between O. chrysurus 
and LL. caxis. It is not unlikely that it is a hybrid, but its smaller 
scales suggest its relationship to Z. jocwt rather than to L. cavis. 
11. LUTJANUS BUCCANELLA. (Sesi de lo Alto; Oreille Noire.) 
Mesoprion buccanella Cuv. & Val., 11, 1828, 455 (Martinique); Guichenot, Ramon de 
la Sagra, Cuba, 23 (Cuba); Giinther, 1, 198 (Cuba, Jamaica). 
Lutjanus buecanella, Poey, Synopsis, 1868, 295; Poey, Enumeratio, 27; Jordan & 
Swain, 1. c.; Jordan, 1. c., 1889, 648 (St. Lucia). 
Mesoprion caudanotatus Poey, Memorias, 1, 440, about 1858, tab. 3, f. 2 (Cuba, 
young); Poey, Repert., 11, 158, 1868. 
Habitat: West Indies. 
Etymology: Boucanelle, a name used in Martinique. 
This small and strongly marked species is common in the deeper — 
waters about Havana, and is known in the markets as sesf or sest de 
lo alto. A specimen was taken by the Albatross at St. Lucia. The 
synonymy of the species offers no difficulty. A young specimen was 
once described by Poey as a distinct species under the name of 
Mesoprion caudanotatus, but its identity with LD. buecanella is un- 
questionable. 
12. LUTJANUS VIVANUS. (Pargo de lo Alto; Silk Snapper.) 
Mesoprion vivanus Cuv. & Val., 1, 454, 1828 (Martinique); Jordan, Proc. Ac. Nat. 
Sei. Phila. 1883, 286; Jordan, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1886 (examination of types) 
(not Lutjanus vivanus Jordan & Swain). 
Lutjanus vivanus, Jordan, 1. ¢., 1889, 648 (St. Lucia). 
Mesoprion aya Cuy. & Val., 1, 1828, 457 (San Domingo); Guichenot, Ramon de la 
Sagra, Hist. Cuba, 24 (Cuba); Giinther, 1, 198, 1859 (Jamaica); Poey, Reper- 
torio Pise. Cubens., 1, 1867, 267 (probably not Bodianus aya Bloch). 
Mesoprion profundus Poey, Memorias, 11, 150, 1860 (Cuba); Poey, Repertorio, 11, 1868, 
157; Poey, Synopsis, 1868, 294. , 
LIutjanus profundus Poey, Enumeratio, 1875, 28; Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 
Lutjanus purpureus Poey, Enumeratio Pise. Cubens., 1875, 29 (name taken from Mes- 
oprion purpureus Cuv. & Val., 11, 471, 1828; the name purpureus evidently 
a slip of the pen for aya). 
Lutjanus torridus Cope, Trans. Am, Philos, Soc,, 468, 1869 (St, Kitts), 
