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Enneacentrus fiilvus ouatalihi Jordan & Swain, 1. c., 402 (Havana). 
Serranus carauna Cnv. & Val., II, 384, 1828 (Brazil); Castelnau, Anim. nouv. Amdr. Sud, I, pi. i. f. 1. 
(Brazil). 
c. Brown variety (punctatiis). 
Perea marina jmncticuJata (the Negro-fish) Cateshy, Nat. Hist. Carolina, etc., 1743, pi. 7 (Bahamas). 
Perea punctata Linnajus, Syst. Nat., x, 1758, 291 (based on Cateshy); Linnieus, Syso. Nat., xii, 1766, 485. 
Enneacentrus punctatus Poey, Syn. Pise. Cuheus., 1868, 288 (Cuba); Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mns., V, 
1876, 59 (Bermudas). 
Epinephelus jyunctatus JoidsLix & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 541. 
Bodiamis punctatus Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 919 (name only). 
Enneacentrus fulvits pxunctatns Jordan & Swain, 1. o. 403 (Havana). 
Perea punctulata Ginelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, 1315 (after Cateshy). 
Enneacentrus punctutatus Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens., 20, 1875 (Havana). 
Habitat. — Westindiau fauna: Florida Keys to Brazil. 
Etymology. — Fulvtis, tawny in color. 
Specimens of this abundant species are in the museum at Cambridge from St. 
Thomas, Sombrero, Barbadoes, Havana, Nassau, Camatu, Maranhao. and Eio de 
Janeiro. We have also examined specimens from Bahia. 
61. BODIANUS DUBIUS. 
Serranus duhius Poey, Memorias, II, 142, 1860 (Cuba). 
Enneacentrus dubius Poey, Synopsis Pise. Cubens., 289, 1868. 
Menephorus dubius Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., X, 50, 1869; Poey, Enumeratio Pise. Cubens., 
1875,21. 
Enneacentrus dubius Jordan & Swain, 1. c., 405 (copied). 
? Menephorus pxmotiferus Poey, Enumeratio Pise. Cubens., 21, 1875 (Cuba). 
Habitat.— Cuba. 
Etymology. — Dubius., doubtful. 
Two specimens of this species were known to Professor Poey, one 155“™ long, 
which became the type of Serranus dubius; the other, 250““, which became the type 
of Menephorus punctiferus. The two specimens probably belong to the same species, 
as the differences indicated are of slight value. 
I find in the museum at Cambridge a third specimen, without label to indicate its 
origin. The following is a description of this specimen, which is about 9 inches in 
length : 
Head, 3| in length; depth, 2|. D. IX, 11 -f- (the lin having been injured in youth) ; 
A. Ill, 9. IScales, 96. 
Body rather deep and compressed, formed much as in Bodianus fuluus ; head 
anteriorly pointed, the profile forming a slight, even curve. Mouth small ; maxillary 
extending to posterior edge of pupil, 2|^ in head; lower jaw much projecting; teeth 
moderate, the anterior canines in both jaws rather strong. Interorbital space narrow. 
Eye moderate, 4^ in head, as long as snout. Preopercle finely serrate, its outline 
evenly convex. Gill-rakers slender and long,x + 20. Scales moderate, strongly ctenoid. 
Caudal fin lunate, its angles pointed, the inner rays 2J in head, the outer If. Dorsal 
spines low, stiff, the longest 3 in head ; outline of the fin not notched. Anal fin high and 
rounded, its longest rays 2f in head. Second anal spine stronger than third, but 
scarcely longer, 3^ in head. Pectoral long, reaching past tips of ventrals. If in head. 
