 | United States National Museum - Alcidae - 1885 - 690 pages
...specimens. Dorsal rosy, its base pale, its edge yellow; caudal rosy, dusky behind, sometimes blood red at tip. Pectorals very pale yellow, ventrals and anal...have the iris red. Poey recognizes, under the name of Lutjanus purpurcus, a second species which differs from L. profundus only in having small scales very... | |
 | United States National Museum - Alcidae - 1885 - 690 pages
...ventrale and anal pale rosy, the latter yellowish behind. The bright colors all fade and disappear iu spirits. The scales of the upper parts, in spirits,...have the iris red. Poey recognizes, under the name of Lutjanus purpurcus, л second species which differs from L. profundus only iu having small scales very... | |
 | United States Fish Commission - Fisheries - 1893 - 808 pages
...lively." This handsome species is rather common in the markets of Havana, where it is known as the pargo de lo alto. When fresh it may always be known...fade in spirits. It is evidently the Mesoprion aya of Cuvier & Valenciennes, bat it is apparently not the original Bodianus aya of Bloch, as the latter species... | |
 | United States Fish Commission - Fisheries - 1893 - 816 pages
...lively." This handsome species is rather common in the markets of Havana, where it is known as the paryo de lo alto. When fresh it may always be known by the...fade in spirits. It is evidently the Mesoprion aya of Cuvier & Valenciennes, but it is apparently not the original Bodianus aya of . Bloch) as the latter... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Fisheries - Fisheries - 1893 - 814 pages
...lively." This handsome species is rather common in the markets of Havana, where it is known as the pargo de lo alto. When fresh it may always be known...entirely fade in spirits. It is evidently the Mesoprion ay a of Cuvier & Valenciennes, but it is apparently not the original Bodianus aya of Bloch, as the... | |
 | Birds - 1898 - 992 pages
...species, rather common in the markets of Havana, where it is known ам the ¡тгцо ríe la alio. When fresh it may always be known by the bright yellow...eye, a color which does not entirely fade in spirits. (From the French narae viva net, used at Martinique, probably allied to ritax, "lively.1') Luljanut... | |
 | United States National Museum - Science - 1898 - 988 pages
...Indies. A handsome species, rather common in the markets of Havana, where it is known as the paryo de lo alto. When fresh it may always be known by the...eye, a color which does not entirely fade in spirits. (From the French namerirnwe*, usedatMartinique, probably allied to rivtur, "lively.") ifetoprian rivanun,... | |
 | United States National Museum - Science - 1898 - 988 pages
...Indies. A handsome species, rather common in the markets of Havana, where it is known as the jxirf/o dt lo alto. When fresh it may always be known by the...eye, a color which does not entirely fade in spirits. (From the French name vivanet, usedat Martinique, probably allied to rival, "lively.") Xitoprion riranu*,... | |
 | United States Fish Commission - Fish culture - 1902 - 830 pages
...markets, where it is known as pargo de lo alto. When fresh it may always be known by the bright-yellow color of the eye, a color which does not entirely fade in spirits. The silk snapper was not common in the Porto Rican markets during our stay about the island, but Mr.... | |
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This handsome species is rather common in the markets of Havana, where it is known as Pargo de lo Alto. When fresh it may always be known by the bright yellow color of the eye, a color which does not entirely fade in spirits. It is evidently the Mesoprion... 
