[59] FISHEKIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 445 



93. liiitjanus blackfordii Goode & Bean. Red Snapper; 



Pargo Colorado. 



Lutjanus campeacManus Jor. & Gilb. (not of Poey). 



Gulf of Mexico. 



This fine fish, reaches a weight of 35 pounds ; it is the 

 most important species of the Pensacola market ; in 

 New Orleans, according to Jordan & Gilbert, it is 

 sold in greater quantities than all other species com- 

 bined. The Eed Snapper has, within the last few 

 years, become well known in New York, and even in 

 Washington markets. 

 30681. Pensacola, Florida. Silas Stearns. 



94. Lutjanus caxis (Schn.) Poey. Gray Snapper; Black Snap- 



per; Lawyer; Yelting; Glass-eyed Snapper 



(Bermudas). 

 ? Atlantic coast of the southern United States ; Gulf of 



Mexico; Caribbean Sea ; West Indies ; Bermudas. 

 This fish is said to reach a length of four feet at the 



Bermudas (Goode), where it is much esteemed as a 



food-fish. It is everywhere extremely difficult to 



catch by any ordinary means. 

 30168. Pensacola, Florida. Silas Stearns. 



95. Lutjanus syuagrls (L.) Poey. 



Mesoprion uninotatus Poey, Syn. Pise. Cub., p. 294; Gunther, Cat. 

 Fish. Brit. Mus., i, p. 202. 



West Indies ; Gulf of Mexico. 



The species is not rare on the west coast of Florida. 



30173. Pensacola, Florida. Silas Stearns. 



96. Lutjanus steariasii Goode & Bean. Mangrove Snapper. 



Gulf of Mexico ; East Florida. 

 This species is not uncommon at Pensacola, and Mr. 

 Earll found it about the s ime in Indian River. Our 

 largest examples in the Museum are nearly two feet 

 long. 



25121. Indian River, Florida. R. E. Earll. 



CENTRARCHID^E. 



97. Lepomis punctatus (C. & V.) Jordan. Chinquapin Perch. 



Lepiopomus apiatus Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., II, p. 114, Sept. 19, 

 1879. 



Known from streams of Florida only. 



18481. Saint John's River, Florida. G. Brown Goode. 



