14 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. XXXIV. 
CENTROPOMUS PEDIMACULA Poey. 
Two specimens from Vera Cruz, found in the market of Mexico 
City. These correspond to the account given by Jordan and Kver- 
mann. 
Regan regards Centropomus pedimacula of Poey, to which our 
specimens correspond, as identical with Poey’s pectimatus, a name 
which has page priority over pedimacula. We have seen no speci- 
mens referable to Centropomus pectinatus, but from the description 
of Poey,’ confirmed in part by that of Boulenger,’? Centropomus pec-- 
tinatus would seem to be a distinct species, differing from C. pedi- 
macula in the smaller eye (6 in head), in the smaller scales (lateral 
line 65, not 55), in having the ventral fins pale, and in having no dark 
streak along the lateral line. If all these characters prove fallacious, 
the name Centropomus pedimacula should give way to Centropomus 
pectinatus. : | 
CENTROPOMUS PARALLELUS Pocy. 
Six specimens from Vera Cruz. 
This species is distinguished by its small size, by the very small 
scales—85 to 90—a pale lateral line, and the presence of teeth on the 
preorbital. 
Family SERRANID#. 
EPINEPHELUS ADSCENSIONIS (Osbeck). 
Vera Cruz, obtained in markets of Mexico City. 
Family LUTIANID/A. 
LUTIANUS GRISEUS (Linneus). 
Locality, Tampico. One example. 
LUTIANUS CYANOPTERUS (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 
Locality, Tampico. 
Length, 14 feet. A single example of the so-called “ Cubera ” of 
the Cuban markets, bearing a close resemblance to Lutianus griseus, 
but distinguished—as noted in Jordan and Evermann’s Fishes of 
North America—by the / |\ shape of the vomerine patch of teeth, 
the large size of the canines of the lower jaw, and the somewhat 
caducous character of the scales. 
@Memorias, II, p. 121. 6 Cat. Fishes, I, p. 3868. 
