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91. SERRANUS TIGRINUS. 
Holocentrus tigrinus Bloch, pi. 237, 1790; Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 314, 1801 (East Indies). 
Serranus tigrinus Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 579. 
Serrayius praistigiator Posy, Mem. Cuba, I, 58, 1851, tab. 2, fig. 2 (Havana). 
Centropristis prcesiigiator Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mas., I, 85, 1859 (Cuba). 
Haliperca prwstigiator Poey, Synop. Pise. Cubens., 282, 1868 (Havana); Poey, Enumeratio, 22, 1875 
(Havana). 
Hahitat. — West Indian fauna. 
Etymology. — Tigrinus., spotted like a tiger. 
Of these exceedingly handsome little fish, we have examined only the original type 
of Serramts prccstigiator, sent by Poey to the museum at Cambridge. We see no reason 
to doubt the identity of Rolocentrus tigrinus Bloch with this siiecies. 
92. SERRANUS TABACARIUS. 
(Jacome.) 
Centropristes tabacarius Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., HI, 44, 1829 (Martinique) ; Storer, Synopsis, 287, 
1846 (copied) ; Guichenot, “Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. Cub., Poiss., 28, 1850.” 
Haliperca tabacaria Poey, Synopsis Pise. Cub., 282, 1868 (Havana). 
Serranus tabacarius Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 39 (Havana). 
Serranus jacome Poey, Memor. Cuba, I, 57, 1851, tab. 2, fig. 1 (Havana). 
Haliperca jacome Poey, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist., 34, 1871 (Cuba) ; Poey, Enumeratio, 22, 1875 (Havana). 
Habitat . — West Indian fauna. 
Etymology. — Tabacarius, pertaining to tabacum, tobacco, the fish being called bout 
de tabac (cigar stump) by the negroes at Martinique. 
The specimens of this species examined by us are from Havana, where it is rather 
common. 
93. SERRANUS FLAVESCENS. 
Serranus flavescens Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., VI, 506, 1830 (Martinique); Storer, Syn. Fish. N. 
A., 280, 1816 (copied). 
Habitat . — Martinique. 
Etymology. — Flavescens, yellowish. 
Only the type of this species is as yet known. This we have not seen. For a 
partial description of it we are indebted to M. Alexandre Thominot, of the Mus6um 
d’Histoire Natnrelle, at Paris. 
94. SERRANUS PERUANUS. 
Serranus peruanus Lesson, Voyage de la Coquille, tome II, part 1, p. 234, 1828 (Payta). 
Habitat . — Coast of Peru. 
Etymology — Peruanus, Peruvian. 
We place this species in Serranus, solely on account of the number of the dorsal 
rays (X, 12). The scanty description refers only to the coloration, which resembles 
that of Epinephelus analogus and Paralabrax maculatofasciatus, bnt in both these 
species the number of dorsal rays is greater. 
