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6. Var. apua (red variety). 
Pirati apia Marcgrave, Hist. Bras., 158, 1648 (Brazil). 
Bodianus apua Bloch, Ichth., VII, 37, Taf. 229, 1790 (Brazil, after a drawing by Prince Maurice — the 
same used by Marcgrave). 
Bonaci cardenal Parra, Piezas de Hist. Nat. Cuba, 29, lam. XYI, 1787 (Havana). 
Johniua guttatus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichthyol., 77, 1801 (after Parra). 
Bodianus marginaius Bloch & Schneider, 1. c., 331 (after Marcgrave). 
Serraniis eardmalis Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 378, 1828; Poey, Eepertorio, II, 200, 1867 (after 
Parra). 
Trisotropis cardinalis Poey, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1869, 303 (Cuba) ; Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens., 
1875, 13. 
Serranus rupestris Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 437, 1833; Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., I, 145, 
1859 (San Domingo). 
Mycteroperca venenosa guttata Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 375 (Havana). 
Habitat. — West Indies, Florida Keys, and southward. 
Etymology . — Venenosus, venomous, the flesh being sometimes poisonous. 
We now adopt the name apua for the red variety of this species instead of guttatus. 
The Bodianus apua of Bloch could have been intended for nothing else than the 
Bonaci cardenal, although the figure is a very incorrect one. 
Specimens of the red variety aptia, from the Florida Keys, are in the museum at 
Cambridge. Others were obtained by the Albatross at St. Lucia. 
47. MYCTEROPERCA BONACI. 
(Bonaci arara; Black Grouper.) 
a. Var. 'bonaci. 
Bonaci arara Parra, Piezas de Hist, Nat. Cuba, 1787, tab. 16, f. 2 (Havana). 
? Serranus bonaci Poey, Memorias de Cuba, 1860, II, 129 (Cuba). 
Trisotropis bonaci Poey, Syn. Pise. Cubens., 1868, 283; Poey, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 306, 1869; 
Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens., 1875, 13. 
Epinephelus bonaci Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 124 (Key West). 
Mycteroperca bonaci .Jordan & Swain, 1. c., 1884, 370 (Key West, Havana). 
Serranus brunneus Poey, Mem. Cuba, 1860, II, 131; Poey, Eepertorio Fis. Nat., II, 156, 1868. 
Trisotropis brunneus Poey, Syn. Pise. Cub., 1868, 284 ; Poey, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 305, 1869 ; Poey, 
Enum. Pise. Cubens., 1875, 13; Poey, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 118, 1882 (Key West) ; Jordan & 
Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 538 (copied). 
Serranus arard Poey, Memorias Cuba, II, 1860, 132 (Cuba; not of Cuv. & Val.); Steindachner, Ichthyol, 
Notizen, 1867, VI, 42. 
Serranus decimalis Poey, Memorias Cuba, II, 1860, 138 (Cuba). 
Serranus cyclopomatus Poey, Mem. Cuba, II, 1860, 353 (Cuba). 
Serranus latepictus Poey, Mem. Cuba, II, 1860, 353 (Cuba). 
Trisotropis aguaji Poey, Eepertorio, II, 229, 1868; Poey, Synopsis, 1868, 284; Poey, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. 
N. Y., IX, 306; Poey, Enumeratio, 14. 
b. Var. xanthosticta. 
Mycteroperca bonaci xanthosticta Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 371 (Pensacola). 
Habitat. — West Indies, Pensacola to Brazil. 
Etymology. — Bonaci, the Cuban name for the species. 
Specimens of this species are in the museum at Cambridge, from Cuba, Nassau, and 
Rio Janeiro. 
