354 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
u. Dorsal spines eleven, rarely ten; second dorsal spine long* 
esi, 2 to 3 in head, half longer than third spine ; preoper- 
cle without salient angle, the serrse not much enlarged; 
canines strong ; eye small ; color chocolate brown, the 
distal part of the vertical fins rather darker ; depth 2^ in 
length ; D. XI, 14 ; A. Ill, 9 ; scales, 107 Nigeitds, 38. 
MM. Dorsal spines ten ; second dorsal spine elevated about 2f 
in head ; preopercle without salient angle, the teeth at and 
below the angle large and coarse, the lowermost turned 
downward; canines strong; eye small; color plain dark 
brown, the fins all darker ; depth 2f in length ; dorsal rays 
X, 14 ; A. Ill, 9 ; scales 86. (A variety of preceding ?) 
Merus. 39. 
21. EPINEPHELUS ANALOGUS. 
Epinephelus analogus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 163 (Panama); Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. 
Nat. Mus., 1881, 232 (Acapulco); Jordan & Gilbert, op. cit., 1882, 376 and 625 (Panama); Jor- 
dan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1882, 107, 110 (Mazatlan; Panama); Jordan & Boll- 
man, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1889, 181 (Chatham Islands ; Galapagos); Jordan & Swain, Proc. 
U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 393 (Panama ; Mazatlan). 
Serramis analogus Gunther, Fishes Centr. Amer., 1869, 410 (Panama) ; Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., IV, 
1871, 5 (Acapulco ; Mazatlan ; Panama), 
SerrawMS coMrtadei Bocourt, Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, 222, 1868 (La Union; San Salvador); Vaillant & 
Bocourt, Mission Scientifique au Mexique, 1875, 80. 
Habitat. — Pacific coast of tropical America. 
Etymology. — Analogus, similar, its form and coloration resembling those of Epine- 
phelus adscensionis. 
This species is common on the Pacific coast of Mexico, where it represents E. ad- 
scensionis. 
22. EPINEPHELUS ADSCENSIONIS. 
(Eock Hind; CabraMora.) 
Pira-pixanga or Gat-viseh Marcgrave, Hist. Bras., 152, 1648 (Brazil). 
Perea tota maculis, etc. Seba. “ Thesaurus, iii, tab. 27.” 
Trachinus adscensionis Osbeck, Reise in China, etc., 1757, and English edition, 96, 1771 (Ascension 
Island). 
Epinephelus ascensionis Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 391 (Cuba, Key West). 
Trachinus punctatus Bouuaterre, Tableau Encycl. Method, 1788, 46 (after Osbeck). 
? Perea stelUo Walbaum, Artedi Piscium, 349, 1792 (after Seba). 
Eolocentrus punctatus Bloch, Ichthyol. VIII, taf. 241, 1790 (after Marcgrave). 
Epinephelus punctatus Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens., 1875, 16 (Cuba); Poey, Anales Soc. Hist. Nat. 
Madrid, 1881, 319. 
Perea maculata Bloch, Ichthyol., taf. 313, 1792 (on a figure by Plnmier; not Eolocentrus maculatus 
Bloch, tafel 242, au East Indian species of Epinephelus Eolocentrus albofuseus Lac.). 
Serranus maculatus Peters, Berliner Monatsber., 1865, 109 (identification of Perea maculata Bloch). 
Trachinus osheclc Laedphde, Hist. Nat. Poiss. (after Osbeck). 
Spams atlanticus Lac6phde, IV, 158, pi. 5, f. i, 1803 (on a copy of a drawing by Plnmier). 
Epinephelus atlanticus Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 918 and 973. 
Serranus nigriculus Cuv. & Val., II, 375, 1828 (Martinique). 
Serranus pixanga Cuv. & Val., II, 383, 1828 (on Marcgrave); Poey, Repertorio, I, 203. 
Serranus impetiginosus Muller & Troschel, Schomburgk’s Hist. Barb., 665, 1848; Gunther, I, 142,1859 
(Trinidad); Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1868, 225 (St. Helena; name only); Gunther, 
Shore Pishes, Challenger, 1880, 5 (Ascension) ; Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., V, 127, 1876 (Bahia; 
Maranhao). 
