Fishes . Fig. mS—Epinephelus mori,, ( u\itr & Valenciennes), Red Grouper, or Mero. Family Serranidce the bonaci cardenal. Mycteroperca bonaci; the bonaci ararasells in our markets as black grouper. Mycteroperca microlepis I. The Bass and their Relatives 541 is commonest along our South Atlantic coast, not reachingthe West Indies, and Mycteroperca rubra, which is never red,enters the Mediterranean. Mycteroperca falcata is known inthe markets as scamp, and Mycteroperca venadonim is a giantspecies from the Venados Islands, near Mazatlan. Diploprionbifasciatus is a handsome grouper-like fish with


Fishes . Fig. mS—Epinephelus mori,, ( u\itr & Valenciennes), Red Grouper, or Mero. Family Serranidce the bonaci cardenal. Mycteroperca bonaci; the bonaci ararasells in our markets as black grouper. Mycteroperca microlepis I. The Bass and their Relatives 541 is commonest along our South Atlantic coast, not reachingthe West Indies, and Mycteroperca rubra, which is never red,enters the Mediterranean. Mycteroperca falcata is known inthe markets as scamp, and Mycteroperca venadonim is a giantspecies from the Venados Islands, near Mazatlan. Diploprionbifasciatus is a handsome grouper-like fish with two blackcross-bands, found in Japan and India. Variola lonti, red,with crimson spots and a forked caudal fin, is one of the mostshouy fishes of the equatorial Pacific.


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