PERCH. , i2'9 



Catejby, ii. 7. — -P. punftata, Lin. 482, 137. Negro. 



With dorfal fins united : body of a duflcy color, regularly marked ' 



• with fmall round blue fpots : tail rounded. Length fronn fix to 

 ten inches. 



Ca/c/^j, ii. 7— P. melanura, iz>. 486. . i38.BLACK-ihAiL. 



With head and back duflcy ; fides lighter, varied with yellow lines, 

 extending from head to tail : tail black, much forked, and bor- 

 dered all round with white. Size of the former. 



Catejhy, ii. 14. — P. guttata, Zz>/. 485. — Cugupuguaca, Marcgra-ve, 169. j,g_ HiN&. 



With the whole body covered with a thick flcin : head of a muddy 

 red: back of a dark reddifh brown : fides green ; and belly white : 

 the whole fprinkled with round fpots of a bright red : tail green, . 

 rounded, and the end edged with black. This fpecies is about a foot 

 long. 



Thefe fifh are found in great plenty in the fhallow feas of the Bahama Place. 



iflesj and efteemed as good meat. 



Rock-fifh, Catejby, ii. 5. — P. venenofa, Z/«. 486. 140. Venemouj. 



With fmooth thin fcales : back and fides duflcy : belly whitiih : the - 

 whole marked with red fpots, encircled with black, and placed at 

 diftances from each other : tail a little forked. They grow to the 

 length of two or three feet. 



This is reclconed the mofl poifonous fifh of any about the Bahama 

 ifles. Many of thefe noxious fpecies are eatable in fome places, of 

 which the natives can give a near guefs, but are fometimes miferably 



T deceived. 



