Fishes . ill The Bass and their Relatives c^y to this is the Japanese ishinagi, Megaperca ischinagi, the jew-fish, or stone-bass, of Japan. Another Japanese jewfish is theAbura bodzu, or fat priest, Ehisns sagamius. In the \VestIndies, as also on the west coast of Mexico, the jewiish, or guasa,is Promicrops itaiara. The black grouper, Garnipa nigrita,is the jewfish of Florida. The European jewfish, more oftencalled wreckfish, or stone-bass, is Polyprion americaniis, andthe equally large Polyprion oxygeneios is found in Australia,as is also another jewfish, Glaitcosoma Jiebraicimi, the lastbelo
Fishes . ill The Bass and their Relatives c^y to this is the Japanese ishinagi, Megaperca ischinagi, the jew-fish, or stone-bass, of Japan. Another Japanese jewfish is theAbura bodzu, or fat priest, Ehisns sagamius. In the \VestIndies, as also on the west coast of Mexico, the jewiish, or guasa,is Promicrops itaiara. The black grouper, Garnipa nigrita,is the jewfish of Florida. The European jewfish, more oftencalled wreckfish, or stone-bass, is Polyprion americaniis, andthe equally large Polyprion oxygeneios is found in Australia,as is also another jewfish, Glaitcosoma Jiebraicimi, the lastbelonging to the LntiauiJcv. Largest of all these jewfishes isPromicrops lanceolata of the South Pacific. This huge bass,. 425.—Florida Jewfish, Promicrops itaiara (Liclitcnstciri).St. Johns River, Fla. according to Dr. Boulenger, sometimes reaches a length oftwelve feet. Related to the jewfishes are ntunerous smaller fishes. Oneof these, the Spanish-flag of Cuba, Goiiioplcctrns hispaniis, isrose-colored, with golden band? like the flag of Spain species referred to Acanthistius and Plectropoma have,like this, hooked spines on the lower border of the preopercle. The Groupers.—In all warm seas abound species of Epinephelusand related genera, known as sea-bass, groupers, or are mostly large voracious fishes with small scales, paleflesh of fair quality, and from their abundance they are of largecommercial importance. To English-speaking people these fishesare usually known as grouper, a corruption of the Portuguesename garrupa. In the West Indies and about Panama thereare very many species, and still others abound in the Mediter- 53 8 The Bass and their Relatives rancan, in
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