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pupil; teeth not strong, outer series enlarged; scales rather small, in oblique series above lateral line, 
Horizontal below and slightly enlarged anteriorly. Dorsal spines slender, fourth 2.4 in head; second 
anal spine equaling third in length, but much the stronger, 3 in head. 
Color in life: Silvery white, slightly bluish above, with iridescent reflections; edges of scales of 
body light-yellow, these forming continuous light-yellow lines, those below lateral line horizontal, 
those above very oblique; besides these a narrow continuous streak of light yellow above lateral line 
from head to end of soft dorsal, and another from eye to middle of caudal; head silvery yellowish 
above; inside of mouth red; no black under preopercle; traces of black blotch at base of caudal; tins 
colorless, lower slightly yellowish. 
The range of this fish is from Cape Hatteras and Pensacola southward through the West Indies 
to Trinidad. It is abundant about Charleston, S. C., where it is one of the most common food-fishes; 
adults said to be uncommon about Pensacola and Key West, but at the latter place the young swarm 
everywhere about the wharves and shores. It is as yet not known from Cuba, and does not seem to 
be at all abundant in Porto Rico, as it was seen only at Aguadilla, Ensenada del Boqueron, and Culebra 
Island. The specimens obtained are 5 and 6 inches long. 
Hxmulon rimator Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1884, 308, Charleston, Key West, and Pensacola. 
Bathy stoma rimator, Jordan & Evermann, 1. c., 1308, 1898. 
145. Bathystoma striatum (Limiieus) . White Grunt. 
Head 2.8; depth 3.3; eye 3; snout 3.28; maxillary 3.16; mandible 2.75; interorbital 3.8; preor- 
bital 8.3; scales 8-70-13; D. xii, 13, the longest spine about 2.2 in head; A. in, 7; pectoral 1.5 in 
head; ventrals 1.75; caudal 1.5. Body elongate, fusiform, back little elevated, anterior profile scarcely 
arched; head moderate, snout short and blunt; mouth small, maxillary reaching front of pupil; eye 
large; teeth small, outer series somewhat enlarged; interorbital wide, preorbital narrow; preopercle 
finely serrate; gillrakers numerous, long and slender, 7 + 20. Scales very small and crowded, those 
above lateral line in very oblique series, those below more nearly horizontal, none enlarged; soft parts 
of all fins densely scaled; spines slender and weak. 
Color in alcohol: Pearly-gray, with 5 or 6 continuous brownish streaks (probably golden in life), 
1 on median line from tip of snout to origin of dorsal, 1 diverging from snout and passing above 
eye and along side to soft dorsal; another from snout crosses upper part of eye and terminates near 
beginning of lateral line; a fourth passes through eye and along middle of side to base of caudal; 
another crosses opercle and base of pectoral. 
This fish is known from the Bermudas, Key West, Cuba, Santo Domingo, and Porto Rico, but is 
apparently not common. It probably never exceeds a foot in length. We seined one specimen, 
3.25 inches long, at San Antonio Bridge. 
Perea striata Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 233, 1758, North America. 
G rammistes trivittatus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 188, 1801, Brazil; on the description of Marcgrave. 
Serranus capeuna Lichtenstein, Abhandl. Berlin Akad. 1821, 288, Brazil; on the description of Marcgrave. 
Hxmulon quadrilineatum Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 238, pi. 120, 1830, Santo Domingo. 
Hxmulon quinquelineatum Poey, Memorias, II, 419, 1860, Cuba. 
Bathystoma striatum , Jordan & Evermann, 1. c., 1310, 1898. 
Genus 83. ANISOTREMUS Gill. 
Body ovate, short, deep, and compressed; mouth rather small with thick lips, maxillary rather 
short; inside of mouth not red; teeth in jaws only, all pointed, those of outer series in upper jaw 
enlarged; chin with a median groove besides smaller pores. Dorsal spines strong; soft rays of dorsal 
and anal scaly at base, anal spines strong; caudal mostly lunate; scales large; lower pharyngeals broad, 
with coarse, blunt teeth. 
This genus, which is closely related to Hxmulon, contains 12 species, valued as food-fishes, all 
from the shores of tropical America and only two of which have been taken in Porto Rico. All of the 
species undergo considerable change in form with age. The young are marked with two or three 
blackish, lengthwise stripes. These disappear with age, quickest in the brightly colored species, but 
persist a long time in species like A. hilineatus and A. interruptus, which agree in coloration with 
JUvniulon parra and related species. 
F. C. B. 1900— IS 
