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Mahogany Snapper
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This is a small snapper occurring in the West Indies. It is rather common in the markets of Havana, where it is known as ojanco, in allusion to the large eye. It does not exceed 8 or 10 inches in length.
Colour in life, deep brown, silvery below, everywhere shaded with red, especially on head; eye, which is 3 2/3 in head, scarlet; a large blackish blotch on side, chiefly above lateral line and below first rays of soft dorsal; maxillary yellow on covered parts; narrow bronze streaks following rows of scales, these most distinct above lateral line; dorsal fin pale, edged with blood-red; caudal deep red; anal, ventrals, and pectorals scarlet; the bright colours fade and disappear in spirits, leaving the back dark gray, the lower part silvery, more or less flushed with red.