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body. Inthe margate-fish, or Jallao (Hemulon album), the larg- 
est of the grunts, there are no stripes at all. Another common 
grunt is the black spotted sailor’s choice, Ronco prieto (Hemulon 
parra), very abundant from Florida southward. Numerous other 
grunts and “Tom Tates”’ are found on both shores of Mexico, 
all the species of Hemulon being confined to America. Anso- 
tremus includes numerous deep-bodied species with smaller 
mouth, also all American. Anisotremus surinamensis, the 
pompon, abundant from Louisiana southward is the commonest 
species. Anzsotremus virginicus, the porkfish or Catalineta, 
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Fic. 278.—Porkfish, Anisotremus virginicus (Linnus). Key West. 
beautifully striped with black and golden, is very common 
in the West Indies. Plectorhynchus of Polynesia and the coasts 
of Asia contains numerous large species closely resembling 
Antsotremus, but lacking the groove at the chin character- 
istic of Amisotremus and Hemulon. Some of these are striped 
or spotted with black in very gaudy fashion. Pomadasis, a 
genus equally abundant in Asia and America, contains silvery 
species of the sandy shores, with the body more elongate and 
the spines generally stronger. Pomadasts crocro is the com- 
monest West Indian species, Pomadasis hasta the best known 
of the Asiatic forms. Gnathodentex aurolineatus with golden 
stripes is common in Polynesia. 
