Serrqanys 
hayt- 1e@ pre4 tse merie fvelencienns sf 2 
Head, @ 1/5; depth 2 5/6; D:RI,° 16, i3.A. IIT, 8, 41; 
scales about 143 in lateral line to caudal base and 14 lerge 
enes on latter; tuhes 58 in lateral line to caudal base and 
5 more on latter; 35 scales above lateral line to spinous dor- 
sal origin; 19 above to soft dorsal origin, 52 below to spinous 
anal origin; snout 3 2/5 in head from upper jaw tip eye 5 2/5; 
maxillery 21/6; interorbital 6; rakers v, a. 11, iv; scales 
with basal striae 5 or 6, and circuli moderate, terminate with 
24 to 30 apical denticles; first dersal spine 2g in second, 
which longest; uniform dark brownish in alcohel; length 22c mm, 
No locality, though doubtless from Rio Janeire? +t agrees 
with a Florida example in the Academy, 
Mycteroperca ruber (Blech) a. oat: 
Head 24; depth 3; D. XI, 16, 5 A.III, 11, 13. scales 
98 in lateral line te caudal base and 10 large ones en latter; 
tubes 74 in lateral line to caudal base and 9 more on latter; 
scales above lateral line 21 to spinous dorsal origin, 17 to soft 
dersal origin; 35 below to spinous anal origin; abeut 80 precor- 
gal scales; snout 4 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 4 2/3; maxil- 
lary 2 1/6; interorbital 5 1/6, 
Bedy compressed, elongately fusiform; length of caudal 
peduncle about 7/8'itslleast depth, which 2 7/8 in total head 
length, Head width 3 in its length. Snout long as wide. Mouth 
large, mandible well protruded, Maxillary nearly to hind eye 
edge; expansion 1£ in eye. Teeth fine, in narrow bands in jaws, 
