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DECUSSATED HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Decussatus. H. alius, dor so fusco, corpore fasciis 

 duabus longitudinalibus septemque transversis fuscis. 



White Holocentrus, with brown back, and body marked by- 

 two longitudinal and seven transverse brown bars. 



Epinephelus striatus. Bloch. 



Length about twelve inches : back dusky brown ; 

 sides marked by two longitudinal brown stripes 

 from the gills to the tail, and by seven transverse 

 ones, each continued to some little distance into 

 the dorsal fin, which is white or pale : scales 

 middle-sized : eyes blue : tail brown, and slightly 

 lunated. Native of the American seas : referred 

 by Bloch to a distinct genus, under the title of 

 Epinephelus ; the eyes of this, as well as of some 

 other species, appearing covered with the common 

 skin, as in the Muraenas, &c. 



STRIATED HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Striatus. A, subluteus r dor so sub fusco, corpore 

 fasciis transversis fuscis, pinna dorsali postice ramentacea macula 

 nigra. 



Subluteous Holocentrus, with brownish back, body marked by 

 transverse brown bands, dorsal fin ramentose behind and 

 marked by a black spot. 



Holocentrus Striatus. Bloch. 



Length about six inches : scales middle-sized : 

 exterior gill-covers sharp-pointed : eyes large : fins, 

 except the ventral, pale : tail nearly strait, or but 

 very slightly lunated • native regions unknown. 



