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Nils Rosén 



Dimensions (the specimen is perhaps a little deformed) 



Tip of suout to base of pectoral 25 mm. 



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Height (from base of spinous dorsal to ventrals) 28 » 



Diameter of eye 8 » 



Third anal spine 10 » 



PoEY ^ writes: »Le nom imposé par M. Guichenot repose sur le longues 

 épines du premier sous-orbitaire, dirigées en avant; et comme il explique tout le 

 contraire, j'ai cru devoir le changer. Je n'ai jamais vu ce poisson». He amends 

 the name to prospinosum. According to the present international rules of nomen- 

 clature the name first given must be maintained, even if it is not good as to the 

 meaning. 



There seems to be good reason to separate this form as a genus distinct from 

 Holocentrus to which it has been referred by some authors. The presence of spines 

 on the head, the shape of the suborbital, the very large maxillary, the prseoperculum 

 not being sharply angulated but rounded and armed with a small spine characterize 

 it from Holocentrus, as well as from the closely allied genus Myriopristis. 



Fam. Cyphosidae. 



Kyphosiis sectatrix (L). 

 One specimen at Mastic Point, Andros. Not before recorded from the Bahamas. 



Fam. Serranidae. 



Epinephelus gultatus (L ). 

 Common at Mastic Point (Andros) and at Nassau. Green Turtle (Jay (Edwards). 



Epinephelus mysiadnus, Poey. 

 Nassau {Exped. Geogr. Soc). 



Epinephelus striatus, Bloch. 

 Common in the Bahamas. 



Epinephelus morio, Cuv. & Valenc. 



One specimen collected (August 1908) at Mastic Point, Andros. Said by the 

 fishermen to be common along the west coast of Andros, hut very rare at the east 

 coast. Not before recorded from the Bahamas. 



Mycteroperca venenosa apua (Bloch). 

 Green Turtle Cay (Edwards). 



^ Memorias II, pag. 343 (1856—58). 



