REVIEW OF THE SERRANID^. 
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Epinephelus striatxis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 105 (name only) ; Poey, Eepertorio, II, 285, 1868 
(Havana); Poey, Syn. Pise. Cub., 1868, 310; Poey, Enum. Pise. Cub., 1875, 15; Goode, Bull. U. 
S. Nat. Mus.. V, 1876, 57 (Bermudas) ; Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., 1871,466 (New Providence; 
St. Croix) ; Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880,99 (Bermuda) ; Poey, Auales Hist. Nat., 319, 1881 
(Puerto Rico) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 918; Poey, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 
1882, 118; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 125 (Key West) ; Jordan & Swain, 1. c., 384 
(Key West ; Havana). 
Anthias cherna Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801,310 (after Parra). 
Spams chrysomelaniirus Laedpede, IV, 1803, 160 (on a copy of Plumier’s figure). 
Habitat. — West Indian fauna, Key West to Brazil. 
Etymology. — Striatus^ striped. 
Specimens of this species are in the museum at Cambridge from Santo Tomas and 
from Cartagena, besides various more northern localities. 
27. EPINEPHELUS NIVEATUS. 
Serranus niveatus Cay. & Val.,II, 1828, 380 (Brazil) ; Castelnau, Auim. nouv. on rates de I’Amdr. du 
Sud, Poiss., pi. i, f. 2 (coast of Brazil) ; Gunther, 1, 130 (copied) ; Poey, Repertorio, 1, 202. 
Epinephelus niveatus Poey, Synopsis Pise. Cubens,, 1868, 286 (Havana); Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubeus., 
1875, 15 ; Jordan &, Gilbert, Syn. Pish. N. A., 1883, 541 ; Jordan & Swain, 1. c., 386 (Havana). 
Serranus margaritifer Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 1, 1859, 131 (South America). 
Serranus conspersus Poey, Memorias Cuba, II, 139, 1860 (Havana) ; Poey, Report., II, 157, 1868. 
Hyporthodus flavicauda Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 98 (young specimen, taken at Newport, 
R. I.); Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1870, 119 (same specimen). 
Habitat. — West Indies to Brazil, occasionally northward in the Gulf Stream. 
Etymology. — Niveatus, snowy. 
Specimens of this species are in the museum at Cambridge from Cuba and from 
Rio Janeiro. Some of the Cuban specimens lack the saddle-like blotch on the tail, 
but iu all the pearly spots on the side are persistent. 
28. EPINEPHELUS PLAVOLIMBATUS. 
(Yellow-finned Grouper.) 
Epinephelus Jlavolimbatus Poey, Repertorio, 1, 183, 1867 (Cuba); Poey, Synopsis, 1868, 286 ; Poey, Enum., 
1875, 15; Jordan & Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886,475 (Pensacola). 
Habitat. — West Indian fauna, north to Pensacola. 
Etymology. — Elavus, yellow; limbus, edge. 
Since the paper by Jordan & Swain was published, three specimens of this 
species have been obtained at Pensacola by Mr. Stearns. These dider a little from 
Poey’s account, but they evidently belong to the same species as the E. Jlavolimbatus 
of Poey. In all details of form the species seems to agree fully with E. niveatus, but 
the coloration is quite unlike that of the latter species, and so sharply defined that we 
have not much hesitation in admitting it as a distinct species. The coloration is 
described iu detail by Jordan & Evermann in the paper above quoted. 
