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We still feel a little doubt as to whether this is the original bonaci of Poey. If it 
should prove to be not that species, the present species should stand as Myctero])erca 
decimalis. 
48. MYCTEROPiiRCA JORDANI. 
Epinephelus jordani Jeakins & Evermaun, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1888 (Guaymas). 
Habitat. — Gulf of California. 
Etymology. — Named for David Starr Jordan. 
This species is very close to M. bonaci, from which it differs chiefly in the smaller 
scales. It is known from several young examples, the largest something more than a 
foot long, collected by Professors Evermann and Jenkins in the Gulf of California. 
49. MYCTBROPBRCA MICROLBPIS. 
(Gag; Aguaji.) 
Serranus acutirostris Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 432 (Charleston: no descr.; not 
type) ; Debay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 1842, 23 (Charleston). 
Tvisotropis acutirostris Gill, Kept. U. S. Fish Comm., 1871-’72, 806 (name only). 
Trisotropis brimneus Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 115, 143 (Pensacola; not of Poey). 
Trisotropis microlepis Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 141 (West Florida); Goode & Bean, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 238 (no descr.); Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 538 
(copied). 
Epinephelus microlepis Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 124 (Key West; Cedar Keys). 
Mpcteroperca microlepis Jordan & Swain, op. cit., 367 (Key West ; Pensacola; Cedar Keys); Jordan, 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 27 (Beaufort, N, C.). 
Trisotropis stomias (Goode &, Bean, MSS.), Jordan & Gilbert. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 273 (Pensa- 
cola) ; Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 427 (Pensacola; Key West); .Jordan & 
Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 918, 971; Bean, Cat. Fishes Exhib. London, 1883, 61 (Pensacola). 
Habitat. — South Atlantic and Gulf coast of United States, north to Beaufort, N, C. 
Etymology. — Mup6q, small; Xeni'z, scale. 
Thus far this species, common on the coasts of Carolina and Florida, has not been 
taken in the West Indies. It is however frequently seen in the Havana markets (from 
Key West) and some one of Poey’s nominal species may have been based on it. A 
specimen of this species from Mobile is in the museum at Cambridge. 
50. MYCTBROPBRCA INTBRSTITIALIS. 
? Serranus interstitialis Poey, Memorias, II, 127, 1860 (Cuba). 
? Trisotropis interstitialis Poey, Synopsis Pise. Cubens., 1868, 285 ; Poey, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 308, 
1869; Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens., 14, 1875. 
Mpcteroperca interstitialis Jordan & Swain, 1. c., 365 (Havana). 
? Trisotropis chlorostomus Poey, Repertorio, II, 231, 1868 ; Poey, Synopsis Pise. Cubens., 285, 1868 ; Poey, 
Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 308, 1869 (Cuba). 
Habitat. — West Indian fauna, Cuba. 
Etymology. — Interstitialis, having interstices. 
We have some doubt as to whether the Havana specimens described by Jordan 
and Swain are identical with either the interstitialis or the chlorostomus of Poey. We 
