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FISHES m\\ Id mm m witers of kirih
NORTH OF THE TROPIC OF CANCER,
WITH
NOTES ON THE SPECIES DISCOVERED IN 181)3 AND 1884.
DAVI13 STARR JORDAN.
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1885.
' ^'■3-'4i (ob'.HU. i>
OOO.-A CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES KNOWN TO INHABIT THE
WATERS OF NORTH AMERICA, NORTH OF THE TROPIC OF
CANCER, WITH NOTES ON THE SPECIES DISCOVERED IN 1883
AND 1884.
By David Starh Jordan,
The Synopsis of the Fishes of North America, by David S. Jordan
and Charles H. Gilbert (Bulletin United S *-e8 National Museum No.
16), was finished in September, 1882, and v^as issued to the public
about April 1, 1883.
Since the publication of that work an active study of North Ameri-
can fishes has brought to light many species not included in the Synop-
sis, and has shown various errors in the nomenclature of species already
known. The additions are chiefly in the Bassalian or deep-sea fauna
of the Atlantic, in the tropical fauna of the Florida Keys, and in the
fresh- water fauna of the lower part of the Mississippi Valley.
It was at first determined to issue these addenda in the form of an-
nual supplements to the Synopsis, but the publication of the supplement
for 1883 having been delayed till January, 1885, it has been thought
best to unite the lists for 1883 and 1884, and to put the matter in the
present form.
I have, therefore, given a list representing the present state of our
knowledge of the fishes found north of the Tropic of Cancer, iu American
waters. In all cases where a species is included which is not iu the
Synopsis, or in which a name is used in the latter work, difierent from
that here adopted, I have given an explanation, reference or description
in the form of a foot-note. Species already fully described elsewhere in
publications of the U. S. National Museum are not redescribed here.
In matters of nomenclature and classification I have followed, in this
list, the arrangement in the Synopsis, unless important reasons for de-
viation have appeared. In such cases I have endeavored to avoid pre-
mature changes, and the substitution of one doubtful opinion for another.
In this list the families, genera, and species are numbered consecu-
tively from the first. These numbers necessarily difter from those in
the Synopsis. The numbers used in that work are here placed in
parentheses after the names.
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1 have also iudicated in a general way the geographical distribution
of each species by the following signs :
B. — Bassalian or deep-sea fauna of the Atlantic.
BC. — Bassalian fauna of the Pacific.
G. — Arctic (Greenland) fauna.
N. — Shore fauna of North Atlantic States.
S. — Shore fauna of South Atlantic and Gulf States.
W.— West Indian fauna (including Florida Keys).
P. — Tropical fauna of the Pacific coast (Gulf of California to Ecuador).
C. — California shore fauna (Cape Flattery to Cerros Island, &c.).
A. — Alaskan shore fauna.
Y. — Alaskan fresh-water fauna (Yukon).
T. — Fresh-water fauna of region west of Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range (Traus-
montane).
R. — Fauna of region between Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada.
V. — Fresh-water fauna of region east of Rocky Mountains (again subdivided into
Vn, the northern part of this range ; Vs, the southern ; Vsw, the southwestern, &c.)
E. — Europe.
O. — Pelagic species.
Ana. — Anadromous species.
Ace. Accidental visitants.
In this paper I have adopted as the southern boundary of temperate
North America the Tropic of Cancer, or a line connecting Key West with
Brazos Santiago and Cape San Lucas, instead of the conventional Mex-
ican boundary.
Indiana Unitersity,
January 1, 1885.
CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Class L— LEPTOCARDII. (I)
Order A.— CIRROSTOMI. (A)
Family I.— BEANCHIOSTOMID^. (1)
1.— BRANCHIOSTOMA Costa. (1)
1. BranchioBtoma lanceolatum Pallas. E. S. C. P. (1)
Class II.— MARSIPOBRANCHII. (II)
Order B.— HYPEROTRETA (B)
Family IL— MYXINID^. (2)
2.— MYXINE Linnjeus. (2)
2. Myzine glutinosa LinnsBus. B. Eu. (2)
Family III.— BDELLOSTOMID^.
3.— POLISTOTREMA Gill. (3)
3. Polistotrema dombeyi Miiller. C. (3)
Order C— HYPEROTRETA. (C)
Family IV.— PETEOMYZONTID^. (3)
4.— AMMOCCBTES Dum6ril.' (3&.)(4,5)
§ Entosphenua Gill. (3&.) (4, 5, 6)
4. Ammocoetes trideutatus Gairdner. C. Ana. (4)
1 For discussions of the genera of PetromyzontidcB see Gill (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,
1882, 552) and Jordan & Gilbert {ibid., 1883, 208). Our species fall most naturally into
two groups, which we may call genera. Ammocoetes with the discal and peripheral
teeth differentiated, and the supraoral lamina (maxillary tooth) crescentiform, and
Petromyzon having the discal and peripheral teeth in obliquely decurved continuous
rows, and the supraoral lamina contracted, with 2 or 3 converging teeth. In both
groups are minor modifications, indicative of subgenera, the marine species of each
{marinus, tridentatm) being stronger, with more specialized dentition than the small
fluviatile forms.
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§ Lampetra Gray. (3pf.)
5. Armnocoetes cibarius ' Girard. C. Ana. (7)
6. AmmoccBtes aureus Bean. A. Ana. {7b)
$ Ammoccetea. ,
7. Anunocoetes aepypterus'* Abbott. Vn. (8)
5.— PETROMYZON (Artedl) Linnseus. (7)
$ Ichthyomyzon Girard. (6)
8. Petromyzon bdellium' Jordan. Vn. (9)
9. Petromyzon hirudo Girard. Vn. (96.)
10. Petromyzon castaneus Girard. Vw. (10)
§ Petromyzon. (7)
11. Petromyzon marinus L. N. Eu. Ana. (11)
lib Petromyzon marinus dorsatus Wilder. Ve. (12)
6.— BATHYMYZON* Gill.
12. Bathymyzon bairdii^ Gill. B.
Class III.— PISCES.
Subclass Elasmobkanchii.
Order D.— 0PISTHARTHRI.«
Family V.— IS^OTIDAmD^. (15)
7.— HEPTRANCHIAS Ralinesque. (32).
§ Notorhynchua Ayres.
13. Heptrancbias maculatus Ayres. C. (42)
8.— HEXANCHUS Rafinesque. (31&.)
14. Hezanchus corinus Jordan «fc Gilbert. C. (42&.)
' The name Petromyzon plumieus is preoccupied by Shaw, 1805.
^ The name Petromyzon niger is preoccupied by Lac6pMe, 1798. This is probably
the species poorly described by Abbott as Amm. cppyptera.
3 The name Petromyzon argenteus is preoccupied by Bloch, 1790. I propose the new
name P. IdelUum for this species, as I cannot identify it certainly with Ammoccetes
concolor Kirtland, A. iorealia Ag., or any other nominal species, based on larval forms.
■•Bathymyzon Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881?, 254; type Petromyzon {Bathymyzon)
hairdii Gill. (/3a0u5 — deep; /iv^cio-^to suck.) This genua is said to differ from Petro-
tnyzon in having " the suproral and infroral plates or laminae destitute of odontoid
tubercles, the armature of the lamprey type being obsolescent."
5 Petromyzon {Bathymyzon) hairdii Gill., 1. c. 254, Gulf Stream, latitude 40°, at a depth
of 547 fathoms. The species has not been described, except that it is " closely related
to Petromyzon marinus."
^The groups called Opistharthri and Proarthri, certainly worthy of ordinal distinc-
tion from the other Sharks, are defined by Professor Gill in our Synopsis Fish. N. A.,
967.
[5] catalogue of the fishes of north america.
Order E.— PROARTHRI.
Family VI.— CESTEACIID^. (14)
9.— CESTRACION' Cuvier. (31)
$ Gyropleurodu8 Gill.
15. Cestracion francisci Girard. C. (41)
Order F.— SQUALL
Family VII.— SCYMNID^. (4)
10— ECHINORHINUS Blainville. (8)
16. EchinorhiuuB spiuosua Gnieliu. Ace. Eu. (13)
11.— SOMNIOSUS Lo Sueur. (9)
17. Somuiosus microcephalus Bloch. A. G. Eu. (14)
Family VIIL— SPINACID^. (6)
12.— CENTROSCYLLIUM Muller & Henle. (10)
18. Centroscyllium fabricii Reinhardt. G. (15)
13.— SQUALUS (Artedi) LinnsBOS. (11)
19. SqualuB acanthias Linnaeus. C. A. G. N. Eu. (16)
14.— CENTROSCYMNUS Socage & CapeUo. (12)
20. Centroscymnus coelolepis Bocage & CapeUo. B. Eu. (17)
Family IX.— SCYLLIID^. (6)
15.— SCYLLIORHINUS Blainville. (136.)
§ Catulus Smith. (136.)
21. Scylliorhinus ventriosus Garman. C. (186.)
22. Scylliorhinus retifer Garman. B. (18c.)
1 Cestracion Cuvier (Rfegne Animal, type Cestracion philippi Bloch and Schneider)
should perhaps be adojited instead of Heterodontus Blainville, preoccupied in Herpe-
tologj as Heterodon. Both words are from erspo5, 66a)v {odovi), and are correctly
written Heterodus or Heterodon, not Heterodontus. Cestracion is an old name of the
Hammerheaded shark, from Ksdrpa, a pick-axe, or similar instrument.
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16 — PSEUDOTRIACIS > Capello.
23. Pseudotriacismicrodon^ Capello. P. Eu.
17.— GINGLYMOSTOMA Miiller & Henle. (13)
24. Ginglymostoma cirratum Gmelin. W. P. (18)
Family X.— GALEORHINID^. (7)
18.— GALEUS3 (Rafinesque) Leach. (14)
5 Galeus.
25. Galeus luuulatus'* Jordan «& Gilbert. P.
1 PSEUDOTRIACIS Capello. {Paeudotriakis Capello, Jorn. Sci. Math. Phys. e Nat.
Lisboa, 1868, 321 ; type Paeudotriakia microdow Capello.)
Body elongate; mouth wide, with a very short labial fold near the angle; snout
def)re88ed ; nostrils inferior, not confluent with the mouth ; eyes oblong, lateral,
without nictitating membrane ; spiracles well developed behind the eye ; gill openings
moderate, in advance of pectoral ; jaws with many rows of very small, tricuspid teeth ;
first dorsal fin long and low, highest posteriorly, inserted opj)osite the space between
pectorals and ventrals; second dorsal rather large, larger than anal; ventrals aud
pectorals well developed ; no pit at root of caudal ; caudal fin divided by a notch into
a short upper portion and a very low and long lower portion. Skin with minute as-
perities. One species known {Wsvdoi, false; rpEiaKi?, triacis).
^ Pseudotriacis microdow Capello, Jorn. Sci. Math. &c., Lisboa, 1868, 321; Guuther,
VIII, 395; Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 147. Two specimens of this spe-
cies are known, the type from Portugal, the second, 10 feet in length, lately taken
at Araagansett, on Long Island. (Bean.)
^Galeus Rafinesque. QMus elus Cuvier.)
(Rafinesqur, Caratteri di alcuni nuovi Generi,1810, 13: vuljiecnlus, melastomus, catu-
lu8 and mustelna : Galeus Leach, Observ. Genus Squalus of Linn6: 1812, 62, tj^pe
Sqnalus mustelua Leach ^ Sq. canis Mitchill.)
The name Galeus was first used in binomial nomenclature by Rafinesque, for a
genus thus defined :
"VIII. G. Galeus. — Due spiragli, due ale dorsali, un ala anale, cinque branchie
da ogni lato ; coda diseguale, obliqua.
" Osservazione. La maggior parti delli Squali degli autori si annoverano in questo
genere, 11 quale si distingue dal vero genere Squalus della prezenza di un ala anale."
Four species are mentioned, fulpeculus : melastomus : catulus and mustelus. Although
the species which the author had in mind was i)robably Squalus galeus L., it is improper
to assume this species as the type, as no mention is made of it by the author in ques-
tion.
In 1812, Leach proposed a genus Galeus, to include sharks with the anal fiu present
and the caudal fiu irregular (i.e., not lunate). But one species, Galeus mustelus,- is
mentioned by Leach. Still later, a subgenus, Galeorhinus, was proposed by Blaiu-
ville for sharks distinguished from Carcliarinus Blaiuv. {^Carcharias Cuvier), by the
presence of spiracles. In this group are Included with others, Squalus mustelus and
Squalus galeus of Linnajus. Still later (1817), the gouura Mustelus, Carcharias, anA
Galeus were defined by Cuvier, and with his definition have been accepted by nearly
all later authors.
The rules of nomenclature seem to me to require the retention of the genus Galeus
Rafinesque, for the group for which the same name was used by Leach, i e., instead of
Mustelus Cuvier.
* Mustelus lunulatus Jordan <fe Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 108; Mazatlan,
Mexico.
In this paper is given an analysis of the distinctive characters of the four North
American species of Galeus : — lunulatus, caiiis, dorsalis, and californicus.
[7 J CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
26. Oaleus canis Mitchill. N. Eu. (19)
$ Pleuracromylon Gill.
27. Galeus califomicus Gill. C.
19.— TRIACIS Miiller & Henle. (15)
§ Triads.
28. Triacia semifasciatus Girard. C. (21)
$ Rhinotriacia Gill.
29. Triacia henlei Gill. C. (22)
20.— GALEORHINUS Blainville. (16)
30. Galeorhlnns zyopterus Jordan & Gilbert. C. (23)
21.— GALEOCERDO MuUer & Henle. (17)
31. Galeocerdo maculatus' Ranzani. W. P. (24)
22.— CARCHARHINUS 2 Blainville. (18, 19, 20, 21)
$ Carcluirimu.
32. Carcharhinus glaucua Linnaeus. C. O. Eu. (25)
$ Eulaviia GiU.
33. Carcharhinus obscurus Le Sueur. N. (26)
34. Carcharhinus aethalorus^ Jordan & Gilbert. P.
35. Carcharhinus fronto'' Jordan & Gilbert. P.
36. Carcharhinus platyodon Poey. W. S. (266.)
1 Galeiis maculatus Ranzani, De Novis Speciebus Piscium, Dissert. Prima, 1838j 7;
Galeocerdo maculatus, Poey, Ennmeratio Pise. Cubens., 201, 1875. This name has pri-
ority over G. tigrinus Miiller & Henle.
2 Although Carcharias glaucus was probably the species in mind when Rafinesque
proposed his genus Carcharias, he makes no reference to this species. The only species
actually mentioned by him in connection with the original account of his genus
Carcharias is Odontaspis taurus. The name Carcharias, if used at all, should supersede
Odoniaspis. This is the view at first taken by us in the Synopsis Fish. N. A., but after-
wards, in the Addenrlum, p. 872, changed to follow current usage.
The oldest tenable name of this group is that of Carcharhinus Blainville. I think
it best to regard Eulamia, Aprionodon, Hypoprion, and Scoliodon as subgenera under
Carcharhinus, rather than as distinct genera.
^Carcharias asthalorus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 104; Mazat-
lan : Panama.
^Carcharias fronto Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 102. Mazatlan.
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37. Carcharhinus caudatus ' De Kay. N. (27)
38. Carcharhinus lamia^ Eisso. W. Eu.
39. Carcharhinus lamiella Jordan &, Gilbert. C. (276.)
§ Hypoprion Mtiller & Henle. (196)
40. Carcharhinus breviroBtris 3 Poey. W. (28&.)
§ Isogomphodon Gill. ^19)
41. Carcharhinus limbatus Miiller & Henle. W. Ace. (28)
§ Aprionodon Gill.
42. Carcharhinus isodon ■• Miiller & Henle. W. Ace. (29)
^ Scoliodon Miiller & Henle. (21)
43. Carcharhinus longurio ^ Jordan & Gilbert. P.
44. Carcharhinus terree-novee^ Richardson. N. S. W. (30)
Family XI.— SPHYENID^. (8)
23.— SPHYRNA Rafinesque. (22, 23)
$ Benicepa Gill. (22)
45. Sphyrua tiburo Gill. S. W. (31)
1 The name ccemleus is preoccupied in this genus by the Squalus {Carcharinus) coeru-
leu8 of Blainville, 1816, a synonym of Carcharhinus glaucua. The name nest in date
is that of Lamina caudaia De Kay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 1842, 354.
^ Carcharhinus lamia. This species is described on page 873, in the Synopsis. It is
abundant in the Mediterranean and in the West Indies, ranging northward to the
Florida Keys, being common about the wharA-^es at Key West. Base of iirst dorsal
If in interspace between dorsals ; base of second, 4f ; length of pectoral, about 5 in
length of body.
(Carcharias lamia Rafinesque, ludice, 1810, 44; name only; Squahis carcharias (in
part?) Cuvier (Regne Animal), and of several authors; not of Linnreus; Carcharias
lamin Risso, Hist. Nat. Europ. M6rid., Ill, 119, 182G; Squalus longimanus Poey, Me-
mories Cuba, II, 338 ; Eulamia longimana Poey, Syn. Pise. Cubens., 1868, 448 ; Eulamia
lamia Poey, Enmn. Pise. Cubens., 188; Carcharias lamia Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,
1684, 104 (Key West).)
3 Carcharhinus irevirostris is described ia detail by Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat.
Mus., 1882, 581, and by Jordan op. cit., 1884, 104, from specimens obtained at Charles-
ton and Key West.
•• Carcharhinus isodon, briefly described in the Synopsis (p. 2i) as Aprionodon punctatus,
is a West Indian species, very lately obtained for the first time on our coast.
(Parker.)
f' Carcharias lonf/urio Jordan «.t Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 106; Mazatlan.
6 Specimens of Scoliodon terrce-novce, Malthe radiata {cuhifions), Scorjnena plumieri
(bufo), and other fishes of the warm seas, were given by Audubon to Richardson, and
by Richardson described as coming from the waters about Newfoundland. There can
be little doubt that these specimens really came from Southern Florida, in which
region Audubon made extensive collections. The Squalus punctatus of Mitchill has
been identified by me with C. terra-novw, and by Prof. Gill with C. isodon. The name
punctatus is any case preoccupied and cannot be used for either species. Squalus punc-
tatus Bloch & Schneider 1801, is a Ginglijmostoma.
[9] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
$ Sphyma.
46. Sphyma tudes ' Cuvier. W. P. Eu.
47. Sphyma zygaena Linnspus. N. S. W. C. P. (32)
Family XII.— ALOPIID^. (9)
24.— AIjOPIAS Rafinesque. (24)
48. Alopias vulpes Graelin. C. N. Eu. (33)
Family XIII.— ODONTASPIDID^. (10).
25.— CARCHARIAS - Rafinesque. (25)
^ Eugomphodua Gill.
49. Carcharias littoralis Mitchill. N. (34)
Family XIV.— LAMXID^. (11)
26.— ISURUS Rafinesque. (26)
§ Isuropsia GUI.
50. Isums dekayi Gill. W. S. (35 ; 36)
27.— LAMNA Cuvier. (27)
51. Lamna comubica Gmelin. C. Eu. N. (37)
28.— CARCHARODON Smith. (28)
52. Carcharodon carcharias^ Linmcus. C. N. Eu. O. (38)
Family XV.— CETOEHINID^. (12)
29.— CETORHINUS Blainville. (29)
53. Cetorhinus maximus Gunner. C. N. Eu. O. (39)
^Sphyrna tudes Cuvier. Intermediate in all respects between S. zygtena and S,
tiburo, the hammer longer and less produced laterally than in the former. Anterior
margin of the head much curved, but not continuous with the lateral edge; length of
hinder margin of one side of the hammer less than its width near the eye. Nostril
close to the eye, its groove longer than in S. tiburo, but very short, continued for but
a short distance along the side of the head, and followed by a line of pores.
A large shark, of the warm seas, Gulf of California, West Indies, Mediterranean,
and Indian Ocean.
(Zygcena tudes Cuvier (R^gne Animal) ; Sphyma tudes Miiller & Henle, Plagiost., 53;
Zygwna tudes Giinther, VIII, 382 ; Sphyma tudes Jordan «fc Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish
Comm., 1882, 105.)
-Carcharias Rafinesque was established for those sharks, "the most enormous and
most voracious of their order, which differ from the genus Galeus Rafinesque, by
the lack of spiracles." But one species {Carcharias iaurus Rafinesque) is menticfued,
and this species, although really possessing spiracles, must be regarded as the type of
Carcharias. This name should therefore supersede Odontaspis.
3 A good account of this species is given by Dr. W. B. Stevenson, Proc. Vassal
Brothers Sci. Soc, Poughkeepsie, 1884, and in American Naturalist for the same,
year.
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Family XVI.— EHINODONTID^. (13)
30.— MICRISTODUS Gill. (30)
54. MicristoduB punctatus Gill. P. (40)
Family XVII.— SQUATINID^. (16)
31.— SQUATINA Dum6ril. (33)
55. Squatdna squatina ' Linuaeus. C. N. Yni. (43)
Order G.— RAI^. (E)
Family XVIIL— PRISTIDID^. (17)
32.— PRISTIS. Latham. (34)
56. PristLs pectinatus Latham. W. S. (44)
57. Pristis perrottetii* Miiller «fe Heule. P.
Family XIX.— EHINOBATID^. (18)
33.— RHINOBATUS Bloch & Schneider. (35)
$ Bhinoiatus.
58. Rhinobatus productus Ayres. C. (45)
59. Rhinobatus glaucostigma* Jordan & Gilbert. P.
60. Rhinobatus lengtiginosus Garman. W. (45d)
§ Zapteryx. Jordan & Gilbert.
61. Rhinobatus ezasperatus Jordan & Gilbert. C. P. (456)
§ Platyrhinoidis. Garman.
62. Rhinobatus triseriatua Jordan & Gilbert. C. (4oc)
' ^ Our reasons for retaining the original specific name, even when identical with the
name of the genus, have been given in full in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 18. The
same view of the case has been adopted by the American Oraithologists' Union.
^Pristis perrotteti Miiller & Henle. Rostral teeth in 18 or 90 pairs, not trenchant
behind ; distant from one another, the base of each tooth being about one-third the
interspaces. Dorsal fin nearly in advance of ventrals. Root of pectoral in advance
of first gill-opeuiug, its outer angle a right one. Second dorsal not much smaller
than first ; a smaller lower caudal lobe. (Giinther.) Tropical seas, north to Mazatlan,
on the Pacific coast.
(Muller & Henle, 108; Gunther, VIU, 436; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Nat.
Mus., 1882, 105.)
^Bhinobatus glaucosfigma Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 210.
Mazatlan ; Gulf of California.
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Family XX.— RAIID^. (20)
34.— RAIA Linnaens. (37)
63. Raia erinacea Mitchill. N. (48)
64. Raia oceUata Mitcbill. N. (49)
65. Raia radiata Donovan. N. Eu. (50)
66. Raia eglanteria Lac6pMe. N. (51)
67. Raia ackleyi omata Garman. W. B. (53o.;
68. Raia plutonia Garuiau. W. B. (o3c. )
69. Raia granulata Gill. B. (53)
70. Raia parmifera Bean. A. (576.)
71. Raia stellulata Jordan & Gilbert. C (57)
72. Raia inornata Jordan & Gilbert. C. (56)
72b liaia inornata inemiis Jordan & Gilbert. C.
73. Raia rhina Jordan & Gilbert. C. A. (55)
74. Raia binoculata Cooper. C. A. (54)
75. Raia laevis Mitcbill. N. (52)
Family XXI.— TORPEDINID^. (19)
35.— TORPEDO Dum^ril. (36)
76. Torpedo occidentalis Storer. E. (46)
77. Torpedo californica Ay res. W. (47)
36.— NARCINE Miiller & Henle. (366.)
78. Narcine brasilieusis Olfers. W. (476.)
78 b Xarcine brasilienais eorallina Ganaan. W.
79. Narcine umbrosa ' Jordan. W.
Family XXII.— TRYGONID^. (21)
37.— UROLOPHUS Miiller & Henle. (38)
80. Urolophus hallerl Cooper. C. P. (58)
81. Urolophus asterias ^ Jordan & Gilbert. P.
38.— PTEROPLATEA Miiller & Henle. (39)
82. Pteroplatea crebripunctata ^ Peters, P.
83. Pteroplatea maclura Le Sueur. S. (59)
84. Pteroplatea marmorata Cooper. C. (60)
^Xarcine umbrosa Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 105 ; Key West.
■Urolophus asterias Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 579; Mazatlan,
Panama.
^Pteroplatea crebripunctaia Peters, Monatsber, Berl. Akad, 1869, 703. This specie-s
is very common in the Gulf of California. It is thus described by Dr. Peters: •
Breadth of disk twice the distance from tip of snout to vent. Snout with a blunt
projection ; anterior margin of pectorals undulate, convex anteriorly and posteriorly,
medially weakly concave ; outer angle sharply rounded ; posterior margins weakly
convex, the posterior angle rounded, covering outer half of base of ventrals ; spiracle
without tentacle ; tail fmntilated) with a low fold on its upper edge. Brown above,
with thick-set black points ; a row of small, close-set yellow spots on front ofdisk ;
under side yellowish.
I have compared specimens of this species with P. maclura and P. marmoi'ata, and
regard the three as unquestionably distinct, although closely related.
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39.— TRYGON Adaneon. (40)
85. Trygon Centura Mitchill. N. ((51)
86. Trygon hastata De Kay. S. (626)
87. Trygon sayi Lo Sueur. S. W. (62)
88. Trygon longa' Garman. P.
89. Trygon diptenira Jordan & Gilbert. C. (63)
90. Trygon tuberculata Lac^pfede. W. (64)
91. Trygon sabina Le Sueur. S. (65)
Family XXIII— MYLIOBATIDiE. (22.)
40.— STOASODON Cantor. (41)
92. Stoasodon narinari Euphraseu. S. W. (66)
93. Stoasodon laticeps- Gill. P.
41.— MYLIOBATIS Dum^ril. (42)
94. Myliobatis freminvillei Le Sueur. E. S. (67)
95. Myliobatis californicus Gill. C. (68)
42.— RHINOPTERA Kuhl. (43)
96. Rhinoptera quadriloba Le Sueur. N. (69)
Family XXIV.— CEPHALOPTERID^. (23.)
43.— MANTA Bancroft. (44)
97. Manta birostris Walbaum. S. P. W. (70)
Subclass HOLOCEPHALI.
Order H.— HOLOCEPHALI. (F)
Family XXV.— CHIM^RID^. (24)
44.— CHIMiERA Linnteus. (45)
^ Chimcera.
98. Chimaera afBnis Capello.^ B. Eu. (71)
ij Eydrolagus Gill.
99.' Chimaera coUiei Bennett. C. A. (72)
1 Trygon Tonga Garmau. This species is described in the Synopsis Fish N. A., p. 66,
It is not uncommon along the Pacific coast, from the Gulf of California to Panama.
* ^Aetoiatia laticeps Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 1865, 137. This species is
abundant from the Gulf of California southward. It has never benn properly com-
pared with S. narinari, and may not be different.
3 Chimcera plumbea aud abbreviata Gill.
To the synonymy in the Synopsis (. 54) add: Chimcera affinis Capello, Jorn. Sci.
Math. Phys. e. Nat., Lisboa, IV, 1868, 314, pi. Ill (facing p. 274), ff. 1, la.; Gunther,
VIII, 350; Chimaera abbreviata Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, VI, 254.)
Wo are indebted to Dr. Bean for the information that the Chimcera plumbea and
CUimccra abbreviata of Dr. Gill are identical with each other and with Ch. affinis.
[13] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Subclass ACTINOPTERI.
Order I.— SELACHOSTOMI. (G)
Family XXVI.— POL YODONTID^. (25)
45.— POLYODON Lac6pfede. (46)
100. Polyodon spathula Walbaum. Vw. (73)
Order J.— GLANIOSTOMI. (H)
Family XXVII.— ACIPENSERID^. (26)
46.— ACIPENSER Liunteus. (47)
101. Acipenser sturio oxyrhynchus Mitchill. N. Ana. (74).
102. Acipenser transmontanus Richardson. C. A. Ana. (75)
103. Acipenser medirostris Ayres. C. A. Aua. (76)
104. Acipenser rubicundus Le Sueur. Vu. (77)
105. Acipenser brevirostris Le Sueur. N. S. (78)
47.-SCAPHIRHYNCHOPS Gill. (48)
106. Scaphirhynchops platyrhynchus Ratinesque. Vw. (79)
Order K.— GINGLYMODI.^ (I)
Family XXVIII.— LEPIDOSTEID^. (27)
48.-LEPIDOSTEUS Lac^pfede. (50)
107. Lepidosteus osseus Linus>ns. V. (80)
108. Lepidosteus platystomus Rafinesque. V. (81)
109. Lepidosteus tristcechus ^ Bloch & Schneider. Vs. W. (82)
Order L.— HALECOMORPHI. (J)
Family XXIX.— AMIID^. (28)
49.— AMIA Linnaeus. (51)
110. Amia calva Linnaeus. V. (83)
1 The word Ginglymodi is from ■yiyyT^vub'i, hinge, ezdo?, like, in allusion to the ball-
and-socket joints of the vertebrae.
*The subdivisions o{ Lepidosteus {Cytivdrosteus ; Airaciosteus) certainly have no value
higher than specific, and the characters used in distinguishing them are variable and
of slight importance. It is often difficult to distinguish L. platystomus, even specific-
ally, from L. tristoechus. Specimens from Cuba {tristoechus) are not distinguishable
from others from Florida (spatula).
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Order M.— NEMATOGNATHL (K)
Family XXX.— SILURIDJE. (29)
50.— NOTURUS Rafinesque. (52)
$ Schilbeodes Bleeker.
111. Noturus gyrinus Mitchill. Vu. (84)
112. Noturus leptacanthus Jordan. Vs. (85)
113. Noturus nocturnus' Jordan & Gilbert. Vw.
114. Noturus funebris'^ Gilbert «fe Swain. Vs.
115. Noturus latifrons'^ Gilbert & Swain. Vc.
116. Noturus miurus* Jordan. V. (86,87)
117. Noturus exilis* Nelson. Vw. (88)
118. Noturus iusignis Richardson. Ve. (89)
§ Noturus.
119. Noturus flavus Rafinesque. Vw. (90)
51.— LEPTOPS Rafinesque. (53)
120. Leptops olivaris Rafinesque. V. (91)
52.— GRONIAS Cope. (54)
121. Grouias nigrilabris Cope. Ve. (92)
53.— AMIURUS Rafinesque. (55)
122. Amiurus brurmeus Jordan. Vse. (93)
123. Amiurus platycephalus Girard. Vse. (94)
124. Amiurus melas 6 Rafinesque. Vw. (95,96)
125. Amiurus nebuloaus^ Le Sueur. V. (98)
125 b. Aviiurua neiulosua catulus^ GiiaiTd. Vsw.
^Noturus nocturnus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. Arkansas to
Texas.
^ Noturus funebris Gilbert & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. Northern Ala-
bama.
^Noturus latifrons Gilbert & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. White River,
Indiana.
■• Noturus eleuthei'us seems to be inseparable from Noturus miurus.
^Noturus elassochir Swain & Kalb (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 639) seems to me
identical with Noturus exilis. I regard the latter as distinct from N. insignis. For a
detailed review of the genua Noturus, see Swain & Kalb, loc cit.
"The species called in the Synopsis Amiurus xanthocephalus seems to be not distinct
from A. melas. Amiurus cragini Gilbert, Bull. Washburn Lab. Nat. Hist., 1884, 1, 10,
from Kansas, is identical with Amiurus obesm Gill, which I regard as the original mclas
of Rafinesque. Amiurus brack y acanthus Cope is probably the same species. The chief
characters by which A. melas is distinguished from A. ncbulosus are the much shorter
pectoral spines and shorter anal fm of the former.
^The original Silurns catus L. was certainly not this species, or any other North
American siluroid. The oldest tenable specific name for this species is that of nebulo-
sits Lo Sueur.
"The type of Pimelodus coft/Zits Girard should be referred to A. nebulosua rather than
to A. melas. It represents a slight variety of A. melas occurring in the lower Mississippi
Valley and Texas.
[15] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
125c Ainiurus nebulosus vmrmoratua^ Holbrook. Vs. (97)
126. Amiurus vulgaris Thompson. Vn. (99)
127. Amiurus natalis Le Sneiir. V. (100)
127b. Amiurus natalin lividus Katiuesciue. V.
127c. Aviiurus natalis hoUi Cope. Vsw. (100i>.)
128. Amiurus erebennus- Jordan. Vse. (101)
129. Amiurus albidus^ Le Sueur. Ve. (102,103)
130. Amiurus lupus Girard. Vsw. (104)
131. Am.iurus niveiventris Cope. Vse. (105)
132. Amiurus nigricans Le Sueur. Vw. (106)
133. Amiurus ponderosus^ Bean. Vw. (107)
54.— ICTALURUS^Rafinesque. (56)
134. Ictalurus punctatus Kafuiesque. V. (108)
135. Ictalurus furcatus Cuv. & Val. Vsw. (109)
55.— GALEICHTHYS « Cuv. & Val. (57)
vS Arius Cuv. & Val.
136. Galeichthys guatemalensis^ Giinther. P.
137. Galeichthys seemanni^ Giiuther. P.
' Aviiurus mamwratus represents apparently a color variety only of Amiurus nehulo-
8U8. It inhabits grassy waters southward.
"Professor Cope describes (Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1883, 133) a catfish from Bata-
toe River, New Jersey, as a new species, under the name of Aviiitrus prosthistitis. Ex-
cept that the caudal fin is said to be rounded rather than truncate, this species agrees
with A. erebennus, with which species we think that it will prove identical. Great-
est width of head equal to depth of body ; eye small, 5 in interorbital width ; dorsal
spine inserted much nearer tip of snout than adipose fin ; pectoral spines a little
larger than dorsal spine ; maxillary barbel reaching middle of pectoral spine ; hu-
meral process extending a little farther ; black, whitish below; fins black ; pectoral
and ventral pale at base ; head, 3f ; depth, A\. D. I. 6. A. 24 to 27. Batstoe River,
New Jersey. {Cope.)
^Amiurus lophius Cope seems to be the adult form of ^. albidus.
•• Amiurus ponderosus is perhaps the adult form of A. nigricans. The type of the for-
mer species has 35 anal rays. We have counted 25, 27, 28, and 32 anal rays in four
individuals of A. nigricans.
* It is probably better, if the genus Amiurus is to be retained as distinct from Icta-
lurus, to refer to it all the transitional species having the tail forked and the bony
bridge, from occiput to dorsal not quite continuous. It is true that this latter char-
acter is largely one of degree, but still there is a positive difference between I. punc-
tatus SknA furcatus and the fork-tailed Amiuri.
^ Galeichthts Cuvier & Valenciennes.
Arius (C. & v.); Hexanematichthys, Guiritinga, Hemiarius, Cephalocassis, Netuma, and
Pseudarius Bleeker ; Notarius, Ariopsis, and Leptarius Gill ; Sdadarius and Bagropsis
Kner; Cathorops J or. & Gilb.).
(Cuvier & Valencienes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XV., 29, 1840; type Galeichthys feliceps
C. & v.).
The genua Arius, distinguished from Galeichthys by having the nuchal shield
("occipital process") not covered by thick skin, cannot well be separated from^nMS,
as in several species {dasycephalus, brandti &c.) this character is simply sexual. For a
full account of tho species of this genus, found on the west coast of America, see
Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1882, 34.
''Arius guatemalensis Giinther, V. 1864, 145; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish
Comm., 1882,48; Mazatlan to Panama.
^ Arius seemanni Giiuther, V. 147; Arius assimilis Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish
Comm., 1882, 47 (not A. assimilis Giinther); Mazatlan to Panama.
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138. Galeichthys felis LinnjBUS. N. S. (110, 111)
139. Galeichthys platypogon^ Giinther. P.
140. Galeichthys brandti* Steindachner. P.
56.— iELURICHTHYS Baird & Girard. (58)
141. .ailurichthys marinus Mitchill. S. (112)
142. .aJlurichthys panameusis^ Gill. P.
143. .ffilurichthys pinnimaculatus^ Steindachner. P.
Order N.— EVENTOGNATHI. (L)
Family XXXI.— CATOSTOMID^. (30)
57.— ICTIOBUS Rafinesque. (59, 60, 61)
$ Sclerognathua Cuv. & Val. (59)
144. Ictiobus cyprinella Cuv. & Val. Vw. (113)
$ Ictiobua. (60)
145. Ictiobus urus Agassiz. Vw. (114)
146. Ictiobus bubalua Rafinesque. Vw. (115)
^ Carpiodea Rafinesque. (61)
147. Ictiobus carpio ^ Rafinesque. Vw. (116)
148. Ictiobus velifer " Rafinesque. Vw. (120)
148 b. Ictiohus velifer Mson Kgamiz. Vw. (119)
148 c. Ictiohus velifer tumidus HaHvHi &, Gixaxd. wV. (117)
' Arim plalypogon Giinther, V. 147 ; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1882,
44 ; Mazatlan to Panama.
* Ariu8 brandti Steindachner, Icliethyol, Beitr., IV, 21, 1875 ; Jordan & Gilbert,
Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1882, 39; Mazatlan to Panama.
^ jSilurichthys panamensis Gill. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1863, 172 ::^^lurichthys nu-
clialia Giinther, V, 179, 186^i = ^Elurichthys panamensis Jordan & Gilbert. Bull. U. S.
Fish Comm., 1882, 35; Mazatlan to Panama.
^ ^ilurichthys pimmnacitlatiis Steindachner, Ichth., Beitr., IV, 15, 1875, Jordan &
Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1882, 34 ; Mazatlan to Panama.
^This species is very distinct from the others referred to Carpiodea. Its body is
almost fusiform, the deptli about 3 times in length, the head 4^, and the first ray
of the dorsal not more than half the length of the base of the fin.
''Excepting /. carpio, all the other specimens of Carpiodes which I have examined
fro n points west of the Allegheny Mountains seem to me to belong to a single ex-
tremely variable or polymorphous species, /. velifer. As varieties, we may perhaps
recoginize tumidiiH (^yrayi), with high back and small eye; bison (=damali8), with
large eye, moderate fins, and snout little obtuse ; velifei; with snout little obtuse, and
the dorsal tin very high, and difformis, with very blunt snout, large eye, and very
high fins. These forms, however, appear to intergrade perfectly.
[H]
CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
148 d. Ictiohim velifer difforviis Co-pe. Vw. (121)
149. Ictiobus cypriiaus ' Le Sueur. Ve.
58.— CYCLEPTUS Rafinesque. (62)
150. Cycleptus elongatus Le Suenr. Vw. (122)
59.— PANTOSTEUS Cope. (63)
151. Pantosteus plebeius- Baird & Girard. R. (123, 124, 125)
152. Pautosteus generosus ' Girard. R. (126,127)
153. Pantosteus guzmaniensis^ Girard. R. (128)
60.— CATOSTOMUS Le Sueur. (64)
154. Catostomus araeopus Jordan. T, (134)
155. Catostomus clarki^ Baird & Girard. R. (144)
156. Catostomus discobolus Cope. R. (129)
157. Catostomus latipinnis Baird & Girard. R. (130)
158 Catostomus nebulifer Garmau. R. (130c.)
159. Catostomus retropinnis Jordan. R. (130)
160. Catostomus catostomus''' Forster. Vn. Y. (132)
161. Catostomus tahoensis Gill & Jordan. R. (133)
162. Catostomus labiatus Ayres. T. (133)
163. Catostomus macrochilus Girard. T. (136)
164. Catostomus occideutalis Ayres. T. (137)
'All the specimens of Carpjorfes from east of the Allegheny Mountains examined
by me belong to a species closely related to I. velifer, but with the opercle nearly
smooth, instead of strongly striate, as in the western species. In the eastern form, /.
cyjjrinus, the eye is quite small, the body rather deep, and the dorsal fin rather high.
- Pantosteus bardus and delphinus are almost certainly identical with P. plebeius. The
type of the latter species has the scales 90-30, less crowded forwards than in P. genero-
SHs; those before the dorsal much less reduced in size. Dorsal rays, 9; head, 4f ; depth,
5 ; snout moderately broad, projecting; fins much lower than iu P. guzmaniensis.
" Pantosteus platyrJiynclius is based on shriveled specimens of P. generosus.
<The type of Catostomus guzmaniensis, lately examined by me, is a Pantosteus, and I
am unable to distinguish it from the type of P. virescena on comparison of the two
specimens. Lat. 1. 100 in guzmaniensis. Scales before dorsal, 46 to 53 ; fins high.
'" The type of Catostomus clarki, lately found, belongs to a species very closely related
to C. arceopus, having the restricted fontanelle and cartilaginous lips of the latter
species, but with the scales less crowded anteriorly, there being but 23 in a line before
the dorsal instead of 42, as in C. arceopus. D. 11 ; lat. 1. 70. C. discobolus, C. arceopus,
and C. clarki mark a transition from Catostomus toward Pantosteus.
" Called iu the text, Catostomus longirostris. The form described by Mr. Mather
under the name of Catostomus nanomyzon should apparently be referred to this species.
Brown ; male with a red lateral band in the breeding season ; head slender, flat-
tened above; the snout shorter than in C. catostomus; lips thick, the lower with 3
or 4 rows of tubercles ; eye large, 4 in head, 1^ in snout. Scales smaller anteriorly,
but little crowded ; dorsal higher than long ; pectorals reaching front of dorsal ;
head, 4; depth, 5; D. 1, 10; A. 7; V. 9 ; scales, 14-99-11; L. (spawning specimens)
4J inches. Big Moose Lake, Adirondack region. Apparently a dwarfed brook variety
of C. catostomus, but inhabiting the same region and spawning at a much smaller size.
(Mather.) (Catostomus nanomyzon. Twelfth Rept. Survey Adirondack Region, 1884,
36.)
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165. Catostomus bernardini ' Girarrt. T. (136)
166. Catostomus ardens Jordan & Gilbert. R. (139)
167. Catostomus fecundus Cope & Yarrow. R. (140)
168. Catostomus cypho Lockington. R. (141)
169. Catostomus insignis" Baird & Girard. E. (142)
170. Catostomus teres^ Mitcliill. R. (143)
61.— HYPENTELIUM^ Ratiuesque.
171. Hypentelium nigricans Le Sueur. Vw. (145)
62.— CHASMISTE3 Jordan, (65)
172. Chasmistes liorus Jordan. R. (140)
173. Chasmistes brevirostris Cope T. (147)
174. Chasmistes luxatus Cope. T. (148)
175. Chasmistes cujus^ Cope. R,
^ The type of Catostomus bernardini is closely related to C. occidenfalis, diftering
chiefly in the less conic form of the head and in the larger lower fins. Scales much
crowded forwards ; 31 before the dorsal (40 in C. occidentalis), 75 in the lateral line.
Fontanelle large ; lips broad, without cartilaginous sheath, formed as in C. occidentalis,
the lower deeply incised ; fins high, the dorsal longer than high, with 12 rays ; caudal
lobes equal ; head 4^ in length.
'^ Catostomus insignis (type lately found) is closely related to C. teres, diflfering chiefly
in the broader upper lip, which has several rows of tubercles upon it. Fontanelle
rather small ; no cartilaginous sheath on lower lips ; scales considerably crowded
anteriorly, much more so than in C. clarki; 27 scales before dorsal; 56 in lateral line.
D. 11.
'Called in the text, Catostomus commersoni. Although the Cyprinus commersoiii of
Lac^pMe is probably a sucker and may be this species, there is no certainty in so
identifying it, the description being very imperfect and the type said to have been
observed by Commerson in the East Indies ; a statement apparently derived from a
confusion of manuscripts of Commerson with those of Bosc. We think it better to
retain for this species the later name of teres, concerning which no doubt exists. To
this species apparently should be referred the small "June sucker" of the Adiron-
dacks, described by Mather as Catostomus utawana. Olivaceous, white below ; males
without red in the breeding season ; body slender ; head not small, flattened above ;
snout little prominent ; upper lip with two rows of papillae ; eye 4 in head ; 2 in snout;
dorsal as long as high ; pectorals nearly reaching front of dorsal ; head 4 ; D. 1,11;
A. 5 ; V. 9. Scales 9-67-8 ; length of adult 4^ inches. Blue Mountain Lakes, Adiron-
dack region. (Mather.) Apparently a mountain race of C <eres. (Mather. Twelfth
Rept., Survey Adirondack Region, N. Y., 35.)
"This small fish I was at first disposed to consider as a dwarfed mountain form of
C. commersoni, but the fact that the latter fish is found in waters inhabited by this
species, and while it grows to a length of 12 or more inches there, this little sucker
barely reaches five. Added to this the fact that the larger species had finished spawn-
ing in the inlets in May, while this fish was found in masses in the swift mouutaiu
streams which tumble rapidly over rocks in the latter part of June, depositing their
eggs, thereby showing that they are adult fish." (Mather.)
*In view of the peculiar form of the cranium in Catostomus nigricans, contrasting
with that seen in all the other Catosiomince, it is probably well to regard it as the type
of a distinct genus, Hypentelium Rafinesque.
* Chasmistes cujus Cope. Couia.
Pale olive; head broad and flat; upper lip very thin ; lower liji represented by
folds on each side, which do not connect around the symphysis ; eye Si in head ; in-
[19] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA,
63.— ERIMYZON Jordan. (66)
176. Erimyzon sucetta' LacepM«. Vs. (150)
176b. EHnuizon sucetia ohlo7igu8 MitchiU. Vu. (149)
64.— MINYTREMA Jordan. (67)
177. Minytrema melanops Ratinesque. Vvr. (151)
65.— MOXOSTOMA Rafinesque. (68)
178. Mozostoma papillosum Cope. Vse. (152)
179. Moxostoma velatum Cope. Vw. (153)
180. Mozostoma pidiense Cope. Vee. (155)
181. Moxostoma coregonus Cope. Vse. (156)
182. Mozostoma album Cope. Vse. (157)
183. Moxostoma thalassinum Cope. Vse. (158)
184. Moxostoma valenciennesi- Jordan. Vn. (159)
185. Moxostoma macrolepidotum Le Sueur. Ve. (160)
185 b. Moxostoma macrolepidotum duquesnci Le Sueur. Vw.
186. Moxostoma aureolum => Le Sueur. Vn. (161)
187. Moxostoma crasailabre Cope. Vse. (162)
188. Moxostoma congestum * Cope. Vsw. (166)
terorbital space 4^ ; air-bladder with two cells; D. 12; A. 1, 8; scales, 13-65-11.
Pyramid Lake, Nevada; in deep water. (Cope.) (Chaamistes cujua Cope, Proc. Ac.
Nat. Sci., Phila., 1883, 149.)
This paper " On the Fishes of the Recent and Pliocene Lakes of the Western Part
of the Great Basin aud of the Idaho Pliocene Lake " contains an important discussion
of the fish fauna of Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho, with description of numerous fossil
forms not long extinct and closely allied to recent Cyprinidce and Catostomidce.
' The two forms of Erimyzon described in the Synopsis as E. sucetta and E. goodei seem
to be geographical varieties of one species, southern specimens having the scales con-
siderably larger and more regularly arranged than in northern ones. To the south-
ern form belong the typical examples of Moxostoma kennerlyi Girard and Erimyzon
goodei Jordan. Specimens of this form have been examined by me, from streams of
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Illinois, and Texas. From
Alabama, Louisiana, and Illinois I have seen specimens more or less distinctly inter-
mediate, while from Virginia to Indian Territory (types M. claviformis) and north-
ward only the small-scaled form occurs. It is probable that the original description
of Cat. sucetta Lac. belongs to the southern form {kennerlyi = goodei). The northern
form may then retain Mitchill's name, oblongus.
-Moxostoma valenciennesi Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885=:= Catostomus carpio
C &V., not of Raf.
3 1 now omit from the list, Moxostoma hucco Cope, based on the young of some species,
probably of M. aureolum.
* I have recently found the types of Catostomus congestus and Ptychostomus albidua.
They belong to the same species, a species shown by the late explorations of Jor-
dan & Gilbert in Texas, to be very abundant in the waters of that State. The type
of P. albidus has 44 scales in the lateral line instead of 56 as shown in Girard's figure.
The specimens from Ash Creek, Arizona, referred with doubt to this species by Cope
& Yarrow (Lieutenant Wheeler's Expl. Zoology, V. 680, 1876) belong apparently to M.
congeatum. The following account is taken from specimens taken by us in Lampasas
River, at Belton, Tex. :
General form of M. aureolum, rather robust, moderately compressed, the back some-
what elevated . Head comparatively short, rather broad above and pointed anteriorly ;
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189. Moxostoma conus Cope. Vse. (163)
190. Moxostoma auisurum Rafinesque. Vw. (164)
191. Moxostoma pcecilurum Jordan. Vsw. (165)
192. Moxostoma cervinum Cope. Vse. (167)
66.— PLACOPHARYNX Cope. (69)
193. Placopharynx carinatus Cope.i Vw. (168)
67.— QUASSILABIA Jordan & Brayton. (70)
194. Quassilabia lacera Jordan «fe Brayton. Vw. (169)
Family XXXII.— CYPRINID^. (31)
68.— CAMPOSTOMA Agassiz. (71)
195. Campostoma ornatum ^ Girard. Vsw. (170)
196. Campostoma anomalum Rafinesque. Vw. (171)
196b. Campostoma atwmaJnm prolixum StoTer. Ve. (172)
197. Campostoma formosulum 3 Girard. Vsw. (173)
69.— OXYGENEUM Forbes.
198. Oxygeneum pulveruleutum* Forbes. Vw.
70.— ACROCHILUS Agassiz. (72)
199. Acrochilus alutaceus Agassiz & Pickering. T. (174)
71.— ORTHODON Girard. (73)
200. Orthodon microlepidotus Ayres, T. (175)
72.— LAVINIA Girard. (74)
201. Lavinia exilicauda Baird & Girard. T. (176)
73.— CHROSOMUS Rafinesque. (75)
202. Chrosomus erythrogaster Rafinesque. V. (177, 179)
203. Chrosomus oreas 5 Cope. Ve. (178)
74.— ZOPHENDUM Jordan. (76)
204. Zophendum siderium Cope. R. (180)
205. Zophendum plumbeum Girard. Vsw. (181)
the snout a little projecting, mouth rather small, the lower lip full, formed as in M.
aureolum ; eye small, about 5 in head; dorsal fin unusually low and sm.all, little
elevated in front, its first ray, when depressed, reaching about to the middle of the
last ray ; caudal not deeply forked, the lobes equal ; lower fins moderate.
Smoky yellowish-brown above, yellowish- silvery below ; lower fin.s whitish; none
of the fins red in life; the membranes of the dorsal always dusky. Head 4^ to 4f ;
depth 4 ; D. 12 ; scales 6-45-5 ; teeth as in M. aureolum. Streams of Texas to Arizona.
' Professor Gilbert thinks that this species may be the original Moxostoma anisurum
of Rafinesque.
' The types of Campostoma ornatum have 73 scales in the lateral line. Those of C.
nasutum agree in all respects with the ordinary C. anomalum.
'The types of Campostoma formosulum have 46 scales in the lateral line.
* Oxygeneum prdvcrulcntum Forbes, Bull. Ills. Lab. Nat. Hist., 1885, 136. Peoria, His.
^Chrosomus oreas is a doubtful species, which I have not yet examined. C.eos is
doubtless indentical with C. erythrogaster.
[21] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
75.— DIONDA^ Girard. (77 pt.)
206. Diouda melauops Girard. Vsw. (189)
207. Dionda pmictifera Garuian. Vsw. (1886.)
208. Dionda fluviatilis Girard. Vsw. (188)
209. Dionda amara Girard. Vsw. (183)
210. Dionda episcopal Girard. Vsw. (184,187)
211. Dionda serena' Girard. Vsw. (18.5)
212. Dionda nubila' Forbes. Vw. (200)
213. Dionda (?) haematura 5 Cope. Vn. (204)
76.— HYBOGNATHUS Agassiz. (78)
214. Hybognathus meeki*' Jordan & Gilbert. Vw.
215. Hybognathus argyritis' Girard. Vnw.
216. Hybognathus nuchalis^ Agassiz. V. (182)
216 b. Hybognaihus nuchalis pladta^ GiTiirCL. Vw. (186)
' The genu,s DiotuJa may perhaps bo recognized as distinct from Hyiognathus. Its
teeth are shorter than those of Hyiognathus, and more or less distinctly hooked. The
species are small in .size and mostly dusky in coloration, being especially character-
istic of the Rio Grande region.
- DiondOf episcopa Girard, Dionda iexensis Girard, Dionda argentosa Girard (types of
these three examined bj' us) = Hyiognathus flavipinnis Cope. Fairly described in the
Synopsis undertheuameof i/(/6o(7na//iJ(8_^aripiwnt8. The number of scales in the lateral
line is about 37 in the types of episcopa and argentosa, 37 to 39 in texensis, and 41 in
Havipinnis. The anterior suborbitals are of moderate width in Z>. episcopa, about as
in Hybognathus nuchalis.
■^Dionda screna Girard =: Dionda chrysitis Grd. = Hyiognathus nigrotceniatus Cope.
Fairly described in the Synopsis under the latter name. The eye is smaller in serena
than in episcopa, and the scales are larger (34 in the type of D. serena).
■•Described in the Synopsis, page 167, as Cliola nubila. The species belongs, how-
ever, to Dionda, as has been already noticed by Professor Forbes. D. nubila is very
close to D. episcopa, but from the specimens compared it appears to differ from the
latter in the more pointed snout and in the larger mouth, the cleft of the mouth form-
ing about one-fourth the length of the head, instead of one-tifth, as in D. episcopa.
■^A doubtful species, unknown to me. The description points rather to this genus
or Cliola, than to 2sottopis.
'■ Hybognathus meeki Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. Ozark region of
Missouri and Arkansas; abundant.
"The types of Hybognathus argyritis from the Upper Missouri belong to a species
distinct from H. nuchalis, and are distinct from the sjiecies heretofore called H. argyritis
by different authors. The suborbitals in H. argyritis are broad, as in H. nuchalis and
H. placita, the anterior being about twice as long as deep ; the mouth is larger than
in the other species, its cleft extending nearly to the eye ; the jaws subequal, the
lower being acntish at tip. The species is known only from the Upyjer Missouri and
the Red River of the North. Hybognathus evansi Girard is possibly the same, but the
types are lost and the description is too brief for identification. It is more likely H.
nuchalis.
*This species ranges from New Jersey to South Carolina, Texas, and Dakota. H.
osmerinus and H. regius being indistinguishable from it. It has the suborbitals broad,
the mouth small, the lower jaw short, blunt, and subhorizontal, and the eye large,
about 4 in head.
'^ Hybognathus placita, now known from the Arkansas and Missouri Rivers, is closely
related to H. nuchalis, but has the eye smaller, about 5 in head, the snout depressed
and rather blnnt ; mouth very small.
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216c. Hjihognathua nucUalis regia Qi'\va,Ti\. Vse.
217. Hybognathus hayii Jordan. Vs. (1826.)
77.— PIMEPHALES2 Rafinesque. (78,79,80)
218. Pixnephales promelas^ Rafinesque. V. (190, 191)
218b. Fimephales jiromelas coiifertua G'lTHTd. Vnw. (192)
219. Pimephales notatus* Rafinesque. V. (193,194)
78.— EXOGLOSSUM Rafinesque. (81)
220. Ezoglossum maxillingua Le Sueur. Ve. (195)
79.— COCHLOGNATHUS Baird & Girard. (82)
221. Cochlognathus ornatua Baird & Girard. Vsw. (196)
222. Cochlognathus biguttatus Cope. Vsw. (197)
80.— CLIOLA^ Girard. (84 2}t.)
223. Cliola vigilaxs Baird & Girard. Vw. (202,203,215)
81.— NOTROPIS' Rafinesque. (83,84,85)
^ Hemitremia. (83)
224. Notropis bifrenatus Coiie Ve. (199)
225. Notropis maculatus Hay. Vs. (200)
226. Notropis heterodon* Cope. Vn. (201)
^ Hybognathus hayi Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884. Streams of Alabama,
Mississippi, and the Lower Mississipj^i Valley. This species is correctly distinguished
from H. nuchalis in the Synopsis, p. 968., under the erroneous name of H. argyriiia.
The species was first observed by Professor Hay.
-The genus Hyhorhynchus is not distinct from Pimephales, the character of the lat-
eral line being subject to many variations in F. promelas.
'^ Coliscus parietalis is, in my opinion, the young of Pimephales proynelas. Hyho-
rhynchus confertus is scarcely distinguishable from P. promelas, western sj)eciuiens,
Illinois to Texas, having the lateral line often complete, although usually more or
less broken or irregular.
* Hyhorhynchus superciliosus is not distinct from Pimephales notatus. The skin at the
angle of the mouth is thickened and produced in the males, but there is no true
barbel.
^Cliola Girard (type Cliola nigtlax)=^ Hypargyrus Forbes, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,
1884, 200 (type Hyhopsis tuditanus Cope), may be regarded as a genus distinct from
Notropis, having the short intestines, curved teeth, and other characters of Notropis,
■with the separated first dorsal ray, and the general appearance of Pimephales notatus.
^Cliola vigil ax B. & G. = Cliola relox Girard= C?Jo/a vivax Girard — Hyhopsis tuditanus
Cope =Alburnop8 taurocephalus Hay. This widely-diflfused and abundant species is
described in detail by Professor Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 200, under the
name of Hypargyrus tuditanus.
''I find it impossible to maintain the distinctions given in the Synopsis, of Hemi-
tremia, Cliola and Minnilus. I therefore follow Professor Gilbert (Proc. U. S. Nat.
Mus., 1884,201) in uniting all these little fishes in a single genus, JSoiropis, tho latter
generic name being the earliest applied to any of the group.
'^Hemitremia vittata is here omitted. The species is perhaps not distinct from JV.
iifrcuatus or N. hcterodon. In any case the name vittatus is preoccupied in Notropis.
The number of teeth, 4-5, assigned to H. vittata by Professor Cope is probably an acci-
dental variation or an error of observation. In some specimens, which as yet we
arc unable to separate from N. heterodon, the lateral line is complete, and the teeth
2, 4-4, 2. See GUbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 207.
[23] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
\N Albur)io2)8 Girard.
227. Notropis anogenus' Forbes. Vw.
228. Notropis spectrunculus Cope. Vs. (205)
229. Notropis illecebrosus- Girard. Vw.
230. Notropis? fretensis^ Cope. Vn. (207)
231. Notropis longirostris Hay. Vs. (208)
232. Notropis nitidus^ Girard. Vsw.
233. Notropis deliciosus^ Girard. Vw. (213)
233b. Xotropia deliciosus sframiiieus CoTpe. Ve. (209)
233 c. yotro^na delidosus Jon giceps Co])e. Ve. (211)
233 d. Xotropis deliciosus rohiceUita Coite. Vn. (210)
234. Notropis procne Cope. Ve. (214)
235. Notropis gilberti " Jordan. Vw.
1 Notropis anogenus Forbes. Bull. 111. Lab. Nat. Hist., 1885, 138. Fox R., Ills.
-For description of tliis species see Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. The original types
of X. illecebrosus closely resemble those of N. bhnnius, differing especially in the
form of the anterior suborbital which is in this species very narrow. The snout is
less convex than in N. blonnius. Abundant in Western Arkansas. We are unable to
find Girard's type of Alburnops ahumardi, and regard that species as doubtfully a syn-
onym of A. illecebrosus.
^A doubtful species, unknown to me.
•*Moniana )iitida Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1856, 201, eroneously referred, in
the Synopsis (p. 175), to the synonymy of Xotropis deliciosus. From the latter species
Girard's types differ mainly in the larger, more oblique, and less inferior mouth. The
following description is from the original type, from Cadereita, Nnevo Leon:
Head, 3f ; depth, 3f ; D. 8; A. 7; scales, 5-32-4. Body, stout, rather deep; eye,
smallish, 3J in head; about equal to snout, and about i less that interorbital
area, which is quite flat; margin of upper lip on level with pupil; mouth rather
large, oblique ; snout little pointed ; maxillary reaching slightly past vertical from
front of oHbit, its length about 3^ in head; lower jaw shorter than upper, included
when the mouth is closed ; origin of dorsal slightly nearer tip of snout than base of
caudal ; about 12 scales in front of dorsal ; tips of rays of dorsal all coterminous
when the fin is deflexed ; length of longest ray of dorsal 1^ in head ; base of fin
scarcely 2 in head; anal similar to dorsal ; longest, ray 2 in head; base, 3 in head;
pectorals reaching | distance to ventrals. If in head ; ventrals reaching f distance
to anal, 1|- in head ; teeth, 4-4, little hooked ; color, brownish, a faint silvery band
along sides, little wider than diameter of eye, a very small faint dark spot at base of
caudal ; fins all plain. Two specimens from Cadereita.
5 The types of Moniana deliciosa Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 185G, 199, are
identical with the species described in the Synopsis as Cliola missuriensis. This form
differs from iV. stramineus Cope only in the somewhat greater size of the scales, there
being 32 to 35 in the lateral line in deliciosus, 34 to 38 in iV. stramineus. The latter, in
our view, represents a slight variety found from Wisconsin to Tennessee, the true
deliciosus ranging from Iowa to Texas.
Hjjbopsis longiceps Cope, from Virginia, appears also to represent a slight variety of
X deliciosus, with a more distinct dark lateral stripe, a rather longer preorbital region
and slightly higher fins. Cope's type had the scales 5-33-2. A specimen from Fair-
fax. Va., has lat. 1. 36. The identification of Rafinesque's Minuilus microstomus is too
uncertain to warrant the use of his name.
Hybopsis volucellus Cope is unknown to me. It will probably prove to represent a
variety of X. deliciosus with rather higher fins than usual.
'^ Xotropis (jilberii Jordan & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884. It is abundant with
X. deliciosus in the streams of Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. From the latter it is readily
distinguished by the smaller eye and soiled coloration.
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236. Notropis scylla Cope. Vw. {2VJ)
237. Notropis iiocomis ' Jordan &. Gilbert. Vsw.
230. Notropis phenacobius- Forbes. Vw.
239. Notropis chlonis Jordan. Vnw. (210)
240. Notropis comalis^ Jordan & Gilbert. Vsw.
241. Notropis piptolepis ' Cope. (256)
242. Notropis topeka' Gilbert. V.
243. Notropis boops" Gilbert. V.
244. Notropis blennius'^ Girard. V. (27.5)
245. Notropis simus Cope. Vsw. (218)
§ Hudsonius Girard.
246. Notropis hudsonius** Clinton. Vne. (221)
246b. Notropis hudsonius amarua Girard. Vse. (219.220,222)
^ Codoma Girard
247. Notropis ornatus Girard. Vsw. (226)
^S Moniana Girard.
248. Notropis leoninus ^ Girard. Vsw. (230)
249. Notropis lutrensis i" Baird & Girard. Vw. (223, 224, 228, 229, 231, 238, 240)
1 Notrojns nocomia Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885. Rio Comal, Texas.
- Notropis phenacohina Forbes, Bull. Ills. Lab, Nat. Hist., 1885, l.»7. Peoria, Ills.
^ Notropis comalis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus., 1885. Rio Comal, Texas.
* Phoiogenis piptoJepis Cope. Cope's description is repeated in the Synopsis, ]>. 183,
under the erroneous name of Cliola zonata (Ag.). Agassiz's species is a very different
one, allied to N. coccogeriis.
^Cliola topcTca Gilbert, Bull. Washburn, Lab. Nat. Hi.st. Kas., 1884, I, 13; descrip-
tion reproduced, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884. Western Iowa and Kansas. The male
of this species is bright red in life.
^Notropis hoops Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884,201. Indiana to Missouri.
^ Alburnops blennius Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, 194. This species closely
resembles N. illecehroaua, but its suborbital bones are very much broader than in the
latter species, and its anterior profile is more decurved. One of Girard's types has the
teeth 1, 4-4, 0. Arkansas River at Fort Smith.
^ Clupea Imdsonia Clinton, Ann. Lye. N. H. N. Y., 1824 = Hudsoniua fluviatiUs Girard,
Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, 210 = Luxihts sdene Jordan, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. X.
60, 1877. Great Lakes aud streams eastward as far south as the Susquehanna. South-
ward (Maryland to Georgia) it is replaced by the subspecies amanis, which, as stated
in the text, differs only in having tbe teeth 1, 4-4, or 1, instead of 2, 4-4, 2 or 1, as
in the typical hiidsonina. Alhurvops aaludanus Jordan & Brayton, aud Hudsonius
euryopa Bean seem to be simply color variations of amariia. llutihis storerianiis Kiit-
land has been incorrectly identified with N. amartia, it being a specita of Hyhojisis,
{ = Ceratichthija lucena Jordan).
^Moniana leonina, complanata, and frigida Girard. Of these nominal species 1 have
found the tyjies of M. frigida only. These seem to represent a species distinct from
N. lutrenais, having the caudal peduncle more elongate, and 37 scales in the lateral
line.
^^ Leueiacua lutrenaia Baird & Girard = Hupsilepia iria Cope = Moniana jugaUs C<>i>o =
Moniana gibbosa Girard^ Cnjjrinella forbesi Jordan =^ Moniana jyithheJla Girard = Mint-
ana couchi Girard ^ Moniana graciJia Girard = Moniana lalabilis Grd. = Moniana rutila
Grd. = Cyprinella billingaiana Cope =: ? Cyprinella auavis Girard.
Examination of the original types of the above nominal sjjecies, and of thousands
[25] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF KORTH AMERICA.
250. Notropis proserpiua ' Girarcl. Vsw. (233)
251. Notropis formosus Girarcl. Vf^w. (234)
252. Notropis callisema Jordan. Vse. (227)
vN Cyprinella Girard.
253. Notropis bubalinus - Baird & Girard. Vw. (235,236,337)
254. Notropis lepidus Girard. Vw. (239)
255. Notropis ludibundus Girard. Vw. (242)
256. Notropis garmani^ Jordan. Vsw. (23(56.)
257. Notropis macrostomus Girard. Vsw. (241)
258. Notropis notatus^ Girard. Vsw. (243) *
259. Notropis venustus Girard. Vsw. (244)
260. Notropis cercostigma ° Cope. Vsw. (276)
260b. Nofro2)is cercostiijma stigniaturtts Jordan. V.s. (245,253)
261. Notropis whipplei'' Girard. Vu. (24(3,247)
262. Notropis galacturus Cope. Vs. (248)
263. Notropis camurus ' .lordan & Meek. Vw.
264. Notropis eurystomus Jordan. Vse. (249)
265. Notropis niveus Cope. Vse. (250)
266. Notropis callistius Jordan. Vs. (251)
267. Notropis trichroistius Jordan & Gilbert. Vs. (252)
268. Notropis coeruleus Jordan. Vs. (254)
269. Notropis chloristius Jordan & Brayton. Vse. (255)
270. Notropis xaeuurus .Jordan. Vse. (257)
271. Notropis pyrrhomelas Cope. Vse. (258)
272. Notropis hypselopterns Giinther. Vs. (259)
of specimens collected by the writer in different streams from Iowa to Sontheru
Texas have convinced me that all belong to a single species, variable in depth of
body according to sex and circumstances, but otherwise very constant.
^ Montana proserpina Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1856, 199. This species is
well separated from the others with which Dr. Girard has associated it, and seems
to be the same as his Montana auraia.
-Leuciscus h uhal in us Baird & Girard =: Ci/jmnella umlrosa Girard ^= Cyprinella gun-
nisoni Girard. The types of C. umhrosa have 32 scales in the lateral line ; those of C.
gunnisoni 34 ; the latter are young examples of the same species.
^Cyprinella ruiripinna Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1881, VIII, 91. The name
rubrijnnna (rubrijiinnis) is twice preoccupied in the genus Xotropis, as here understood.
* Cyprinella notata Girard. This is apparently a valid species, very close to N.
cercosUgma, but with larger scales (34) and a much fainter caudal spot. Specimens
trora Austin, Tex., agree fairly with Girard's types, which are in very bad condition.
'^Cyprinella cercosUgma Cojie ^ Luxilus chickasavensis Hay= Cliola urostigma Jordan
«fe Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 475. Specimens examined from Pearl River,
Mississippi, and from nearly all the rivers of Texas from the Red to the Nueces. In all
these specimens the number of scales in the lateral line is 37 to 39, while in specimens
from the Alabama Basin (Etowah, Coosa, Alabama, Black Warrior) the number is from
42 to 44. I regard these as an Eastern variety, stigmaiurns (Photogenis siigmaiurus
Jordan = Ciiprinella callinra Jordan). Excepting the size of the scales and the more
orange coloration of the fins in the var. cercosUgma, I can detect no constant difference.
•^I cannot distinguish N. analostanus from N. tvhipplei. Arkansas specimens have
the body usually a little more elongate, but are not otherwise different.
''Cliola camura Jordan &, Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 474. Arkansas Basin,
Colorado to Missouri.
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§ Luxilua Rafinesqiie.
273. Notropis megalopa ' Rafiuesque. Vn. (260, 272)
273b. Nniropiii mef/alops frontalis Agassv/.. Vn.
273c. i^'otropin vief/alops ci/aneus Cope. Ve.
274. Notropis coccogenis Cope. Vse. (262)
275. Notropis zonatus^ Agassiz. Vw.
276. Notropis zonistius Jordan. Vse. (263)
$ Hydrophlox^ Jordan & Brayton.
277. Notropis roseus Jordan. Vs. (264)
278. Notropis rubricroceus Cope. Vso. (265)
279. fTotropis lutipinnis Jordan & Brayton. Vse. (266)
280. Notropis chlorocephalus Cope. Vse. (267)
281. Notropis chiliticus Cope. Vse. (268)
282. Notropis chalybaeus Cope. Ve. (269)
283. Notropis chiosomus Jordan. Vs. (270)
284. Notropis xaenocephalus Jordan. Vs. (271)
285. Notropis lacertosus Cope. Vs. (273)
286. Notropis ariommus ' Cope. Ve. (277)
287. Notropis scabriceps Cope. Vw. (278)
288. Notropis jejunus Forbes. Vw. (27'J)
289. Notropis leuciodus Cope. Vs. (280)
290. Notropis spilurus ^ Gilbert & Swain. Vs.
291. Notropis altipinnis Cope. Vs. (281)
292. Notropis amabilis Girard. Vsw. (282)
293. Notropis socius Girard. Vsw. (283)
294. Notropis s'wraini'' Jordan & Gilbert. Vsw.
295. Notropis ?bivittatus Cope. Vw. (284)
§ Lythrurus Jordan.
296. Notropis ardens ' Cope. Vs. (289)
296 b. Notropis ardens lythrurus J orda,u. Vn. (288)
296c. Xotrojj'is ardens atrijyes J OTda,n. Vw. (287)
296 d. Notropis ardens cyanocephalus Copelaud. Vn. (286)
' Cypi'imis megalops Rafinesque, Amer. Monthly Magazine and Crit. Review, 1, 121,
December, 1817= Cyprinus cormitus Mitchill, Amer. Monthly Mag., II, 324, February,
1818. The name of Rafinesque has, therefore, priority.
JSybopsiii plunibeolus Cope seems to have been based on a young specimen of this
species.
^Alburnus zonatus Agassiz, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool.,1, 9, 1863. Abundant in the Ozark
region of Missouri and .^rkansas: a beautiful species, closely allied to N. coccogenis,
but with smaller mouth and different coloration. For detailed description see Jordan
& Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885.
^As the typical species of JZ&urwojjs Girard {hlenniua) has the teeth 1, 4-4, 0, the name
Hydrophlox may be adopted for this section, while Alhurnops should supersede Miniellus.
* Notropis spilurus Gilbert & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. Northern Alabama.
^ Alburnellus megalops Girard. The name megalopa is preoccupied in this genus. For
a description of this abundant species, see Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885.
«I now regard the forms called in the Synopsis, diplcemius (Minnilus diplcemiua Auct.
(not Semotilus diplcemius Rafinesque) = Notropis lythrurus Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,
1884, 476), atripes, cyanocephalus, and ardens as varieties of a single species, of which
the oldest tenable specific name is that oi ardena Cope.
''Alburnellus umiraiilis GiTa.r(i.=Minnilus nigripinnis Gilbert, Bull. Washb. Lab. N. H.,
1, 1884, 14 = i?m/«8 lucidus Girard = ? JVbiropis maerolepidotus Forbes. Bull. Ills. Lab.
Nat. Hist., 1885. 138. Iowa to Arkansas, very abundant. See Jordan & Gilbert,
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885.
[27] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
297. Notropisumbratilis' Girard. Vw. (290,416)
298. Notropis punctulatus Hay. Vs. (290)
299. Notropis roseipinnis* Hay. Vs. (291)
300. Notropis bellus Hay. Vs. (292)
301. Notropis matutinus Cope. Vse. (293)
302. Notropis lirus 3 Jordan. Vs. (294)
303. Notropis metallicus Jordan & Meek. Vse.
304. Notropis scepticus Jordan & Gilbert. Vse. (297)
305. Notropis photogenis Cope. Vse. (298)
306. Notropis telescopus Cope. Vs. (299)
307. Notropis stilbius Jordan. Vs. (300)
308. Notropis atherinoides •» Rafineaqne. Vn. (302)
309. Notropis dilectus ^ Girard. Vw. (295, 303, 305)
310. Notropis rubrifrons^' Copo. Vn. (301,304)
311. Notropis micropteryx Cope. Vw. (306)
$ Protoporus "> Cope. (86)
312. Notropis? domninus Cope. R. (307)
313. Notropis ? timpanogensis Cope. R. (285)
82.— ERICYMBA Cope. (87)
314. Ericymba biiccata Cope. Ve. (308)
83.— PHENACOBIUS Cope. (88)
315. Phenacobius teretulus Cope. Ve. (309)
316. Phenacobius mirabilis Girard. Vw. (310,3106.)
317. Phenacobius catastomus Jordan. Vs. (311)
318. Phenacobius urauops Cope. Vs: (312)
84.— TIAROGA Girard.
319. Tiaroga cobitis Girard. R. (217)
85.— RHINICHTHYS Agassiz. (89)
320. Rhiuichthys cataractae * Cuv. & Val. Vn. (313)
320 h. Bhinichthya cataractw dulda GiT&rd. Vw. (314)
^ Xotropis ro8eipi7inis Hay, nom. sp. nov., for Minnilus ruhripinnis Hay. The name
rubripinnis is preoccupied in this genus. Argyreus rubrijnnnis Heckel = Notropis me-
galops.
^Notropis alabamos Jordan & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 476, seems to be
identical with Notropis lirus, which again is doubtfully distinct from N. matutinus.
■^Notropis metallicus Jordan & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 475. Allamaha
(Suwannee) River, Georgia.
*Nofroj)is atherinoides IR-d&ueiiqiie =Alburnus rubellus Agassiz =? Minnilus dinemus
Ratinesque. The synonymy of this and related species is at present in much con-
fusion.
*The tjTjies of Alburnellus jemezanus are shriveled and distorted. I am unable to
see how they differ from N. dilectus.
5 Alburnellus percobromus Cope seems to be indistinguishable from N. rubrifrons.
'' The genus Protoporus is extremely doubtful, both the species referred to it being
probably the young of Squalius or Phoxinus.
s Examination of large numbers of specimens of Ehinichthys from various parts of
the United States has convinced me that not more than two distinct species can be
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320 c. Hhhiichthys cataracicB transmonlanus Cope. R. (315)
321. Rhinichthys atronasus Mitchill. Vn. (:51.6, 317)
86.— AGOSIA Girarcl. (90)
§ Agosia.
322. Agosia chrysogaster Girard. R. (318)
323. Agosia metallica Girard. R. (319)
324. Agosia novemradiata' Cope. R.
^ Apocope Cope. (91)
325. Agosia carringtoni Cope. R. (3i0)
326. Agosia nubila- Girard. R. (321,322,323,324)
327. Agosiaoscula' Girard. R. (325)
87.— HYBOPSIS^ Agassiz (92)
§ Nocomin Girard.
328. Hybopsis biguttatus'' Kirtland. V. (325,327)
^ Hybopais.
329. Hybopsis cumingi Giiuther. T. ? (329)
330. Hybopsis storerianus"^ Kirtland. Vvv. (330)
recognized. B. fransmontanus represents a tangible variety, occurring vrest of the
Rocky Mountains and having a greater number of scales below the lateral line than
I have ever seen in J?, cataractcr. Bh. dulch has the snout shorter and blunter than
usual in cataractw, projecting little beyond the mouth. Carman's review of this genus
(Science Observer, 1881, 57) seems to me worse than useless.
^Agosia iiovemradiata Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 141. Silvery, dusted
with smoky above and marked on sides with several rows of dusky spots; bases of
lower fins and upper lip red; head elongate, especially the muzzle, which projects
a little; eye 4* in head, U in muzzle, and in interorbital Avidth ; dorsal inserted be-
hind ventrals : caudal ])eduucle rather deep ; head 4 ; depth 5 : D. always 1, 9 ; A. 1,
7; scales ll-nO-ll. Weber River, at Echo, Utah. {Cope.)
2 On comparison of many examples, including the original types of Apocope nubila,
rulnerata, and henshavii, I am unable to appreciate any permanent specific distinctions.
The genus Apocope is scarcely distinct from Agoma.
•' Argyreus osculus Girard = Argyreus notahilis Girard = Apocope ventricosa Cope. This
species differs from A. nubila chiefly in the much smaller size of the scales. The orig.
inal type of A. oscuhis has 90 scales in the lateral line, which is nearly complete.
< There is little doubt of the identity of Hxjbopsis gracilis Agassiz with Ceratichthys
amblops. The name Hybopsis is therefore prior both to Nocomis and Ceratichthys as the
designation of this genus.
6 Ceratichthys micropogon Cope is i>robably based on an abnormal individual of H.
biguttafus.
^Rutilus storerianus Kivt\aTid= Ceratichthys lucens Jordan. By a curious mistake,
Kirtland's species has been confounded by several recent writers with Kotropis amarus,
a species similar in appearance but lacking barbels. This handsome species reaches
a length of 10 inches and is abundant in the lakes and river channels of the Missis-
sippi Valley and the lake region. The teeth are usually 1, 4-4, 0.
[29] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
331. Hybopsis amblops Rafinesqne. Vw. (331)
331b. Hiiboimx amhlopH rubri/rons Jordan. Vse. (332)
332. Hybopsis hypsinotus Cope. Vse. (333)
$ Erinemus Jordan.
333. Hybopsis dissimilis Kirtlaud. Vn. (334)
334 Hybopsis monachus Cope. Vs. (340)
335. Hybopsis zanemus Jordan & Brayton. Vse. (339)
336. Hybopsis labrosus Cope. Vse. (338)
337. Hybopsis hyostomus ' Gilbert. Vw.
338. Hybopsis montanus- Meek. Vw.
339. Hybopsis marconis ' Jord a n & Gilbert. Vsw.
340. Hybopsis aestivalis'' Girard. Vsw. (335,336)
341. Hybopsis gelidus ' Girard. Vnw. (.337)
88.— COUESIUS Jordan. (93)
342. Couesius squamilentus Cope. Vnw. (341)
343. Couesius dissimilis'' Girard. Vnw. (342.)
344. Couesius plumbeus" Aga.saiz. Vii. (343)
345. Couesius physignathus Cope. Vnw. (344)
89.— PliATYGOBIO Gill.
346. Platygobio gracilis'* Richardson. Vnw. (345,346)
90.— SEMOTILUS Rntinesque. (95)
347. Semotilus atromaculatus' Mitcbill. V. (347)
348. Semotilus thoreauianua Jordan. Vs. (348)
349. Semotilus bullaris Rafinesque. Vne. (349)
' Xocomis hyostomus Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus, 1884, 203. Indiana, Iowa, to Ten-
nessee ; not rare in river cliannels.
- Hybopsis montanus Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus, 1884. Upper Missouri region.
^ Hybopsis marconis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. Rio San Mar-
cos, Texas.
* Gob'io mstivalis Givard = Ceratichthys sterletus Cope. This species is allied to H.
hyostomus, but has a much smaller eye ; 4 to 4^ in head.
^Hybopsis gelidus is very pale in color, nearly or quite immaculate. The lower lobe
of the caudal is dusky ; the eye is small, 4 in head; and the scales are smaller than
in related species, there being 44 in the lateral line. The barbel in these small fishes
{H. gelidus; osstivalis ; hyostomus; zanemus; montanus; marconis,) is much more de-
veloped than in any other of the American Cyprinidce.
"The description in the Synopsis, of Cowesi us dissmi/is is somewhat confused with
that of C. plumbeus.
From the latter species C. dissimilis differs in the larger scales (60 instead of 68), the
more decurved lateral line, and the more robust body. Mouth oblique, subterminal,
resembling that of Semotilus. It is thus far known only from the Upper Missouri re-
gion.
'' Crobio plumbeus Agassiz^= Nocomis milneri Jordan=Ceratichthys prosihemius Cope.
Adirondack region, northwest to Manitoba.
^I am unable to distinguish Platygobio palUdus, by the description, from Plafygobio
gracilis.
^The original Cyprinus corporalis of Mitchill is Semotilus bullaris. This species must
therefore stand as Semotilus atromaculatus.
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91.— POGONICHTHYS Girard. (96, 97)
350. Pogonichthys macrolepidotus ^ Ayres. T. (350, 351)
92.— STYPODON Garman. (976.)
351. Stypodon signifer Garman. R. (352)
93.— MYLOCHILUS Agaesiz. (98)
352. Mylochilus caurinus Richardson. T. (353)
94.— MYLOPHARODON Ayres. (99)
353. Mylopharodon conocephalus Baird & Girard. T. (225)
95.— PTYCHOCHILUS Agassiz. (100)
354. Ptychochilus oregonensis Richardson. T. (355)
355. Ptychochilusrapax 2 Girard. T. (356)
356. Ptychochilus harfordi Jordan & Gilbert. T. (357)
357. Ptychochilus lucius Girard. T. (358)
96.— GILA Baird & Girard. (101)
358. Gila elegans Baird & Girard. R. (3.59)
359. Gila robusta Baird ife Girard. R. (360)
360. Gila grahami Baird & Girard. R. (361)
361. Gila affinis Abbott. R. (362)
362. Gila gracilis Baird & Girard. R. (363)
363. GUa emorii Baird & Girard. R. (364)
364. Gila nacrea Cope. R. (365)
365. Gila semiunda Cope &■ Yarrow. R. (366)
97.— PHOXINUS3 Agassiz. (102, 103)
$ Clino8tomu8 Girard.
366. PhosdnuB elongatus Kirtland. Vn. (367)
367. Phoxinus vandoisulus Cuv. «fe Val. Ve. (368)
368. Phoxinus estor Jordan «fe Bray ton. Vs. (369)
369. Phoxinus funduloides Girard. Ve. (370)
$ Tigoma Girard.
370. Phoxinus hydrophlox Cope. R. (371)
371. Phoxinus teenia Cope. R. (372)
372. Phoxinus montanus Cope. R. (373)
373. Phoxinus humboldti Girard. R. (374)
iThe typo of Pogonichthys {Symmetrurus) argyrioms is a young specimen of Pogonich-
thys macrolepidotus.
-The chief character in which the single known example of P. rapax differs from P.
oregonensis is in the small size of the scales before the dorsal fin, there being 49 in P.
rapax and about 42 in P. oregonensis.
•■'The character of the imperfection of the lateral line, which alone distinguishes
Phoxinus from Squalius, as understood in the Synopsis, is of such slight importance
and subject to such variations that I think best to merge the two groups in one.
The name Phoxinus seems to have priority.
[31] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
374. Phoxiiius galtiae ' Cope. R.
375 Phoxinus cruoreus Jordan «fe Gilbert. R. (375)
376. Phoxinus ardesiacus Cope. R. (376)
377. Phoxinus pandora Cope. K. (377)
378. Phoxinus margaritus Cope. Ve. (378)
379. Phoxinus gula Co])e. R. (379)
380. Phoxinus pulcher Girard. R. (380)
381. Phoxinus egregius Girard. R. (381)
382. Phoxinus lineatus Girard. R. (382)
383. Phoxinus gracilis Girard. R. (383)
384. Phoxinus conformis Girard. T. (384)
385. Phoxinus bicolor Girard. T. (38.5) ^
386. Phoxinus obesus Girard. R. (386) *
387. Phoxinus purpureus Girard. R. (387)
388. Phoxinus pulchellus Baird & Girard. R. (388)
389. Phoxinus interniedius Girard. R. (389)
390. Phoxinus aliciae Joiiy. R. (390)
391. Phoxinus copei Jordan «fe Gilbert. R. (391)
392. Phoxinus niger Cope. R. (392)
393. Phoxinus conspersus Garnian. R. (393)
% Sibovia Girard.
394. Phoxinus crassicauda- Baird & Girard. T. (394)
^ SqualiHf Bonaparte.
395. Phoxinus atrarius^ Girard. R. (395, 397)
396. Phoxinus squamatus Gill. (396)
397. Phoxinus crassus Girard. T. (398)
$ Cheonda Girard.
398. Phoxinus cceruleus Girard. T. (399)
399. Phoxinus cooperi Girard. T. (400)
400. Phoxinus nigrescens* Girard. R. (401)
401. Phoxinus modestus Garman. R. (402)
$ Phoxinus. (103)
402. Phoxinus neogaeus Cope. Va. (403)
403. Phoxinus flammeus Jordan & Gilbert. Vs. (404)
404. Phoxinus milnerianus Cope. Vnw. (405)
405. Phoxinus phlegethontis Cope. R. (406)
^ Squaliua galtice Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 148. Olive above as far as a
plumbeous band which extends from the operculum to base of caudal. Below this
line, sides and belly silver, except a broad band of crimson from the gill openiug to
front of anal ; side of head with a dusky band. Dorsal inserted a little behind front
of ventrals ; muzzle short ; mouth oblique, without prominent chin, the end of the
maxillary reaching a little beyond front of orbit. Interorbital region gently and
regularly convex as wide as eye. Head, 4 ; depth, 4J; eye, 3 in head ; D. 1, 8 ; A (prob-
ably) 8, scales 12-60-5 ; teeth 1, 4-5, 1, without grinding surface. Pyramid Lake,
Nevada; abundant. (Cope.)
'^The earlier name, Leuciscus giihosns Ayres, is preoccupied by Leuciscns gibbosns
Storer.
'I have no doubt that Squalius rhomaleus Jordan & Gilbert is the adult form of
P. atrarius. P. squamatus is, perhaps, also the same species. Several of the species
of Phoxinus here admitted are of very doubtful validity.
* Tigoma nigrescens (j'wiiv&z^ Squalius ?emmoni Rosa Smithy Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., 1883.
P. modestus is perhajis also this species.
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98.— ALGANSEA* Giranl. (104)
406. Algansea obesa Girard. R. (408)
407. Algansea symmetrica^ Baird &, Girard. T. (409)
408. Algansea bicolor Girard. T. (410)
409. Algansea parovana'* Cope. R. (411)
410. Algansea thalassina^ Cope.
411. Algansea antica Cope. Vsw. (412)
412. Algansea olivacea '^ Cope. R,
413. Algansea dimidiata'^ Cope. R.
§ Siphateles Cope.
414. Algansea vittata ^ Cope. R.
^ Leucos Heckel (preoccupied) = J /jra^sfa GJTHTd = MyJoIeucus Cope. Professor
Cope (Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 142) recognizes MyloJeucus and Leucua as distinct
genera ; the former with teeth 4-5 ; the latter 5-5. Besides these, he proposes a third
genus, Siphateles {I.e. 146), having the teeth 5-5, with grinding surfiice, and the lat-
eral line incomplete. Such minute subdivision seems to me undesirable.
'^ Pogonichthys axjmmetricua Baird & Girard (Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18.54,136) =
Algansea formo8a Girard (i. c. 1856, 183). The original type of P. symmetricus has the
teeth 4-5, the maxillary without barbel, the head 4 iu length, the depth 4^. Scales
9-53-6. I cannot distinguish it from Algavsea formosa.
■'Professor Cope regards Myloleucua parovanus as distinct from Algansea bicolor. It
is described as follows :
Translucent, with a plumbeous lateral band ; ventrals and pectoral, dusky ; dor-
sal and caudal shaded with dark ; body, rather stout ; muzzle, short, conical ; mouth,
very broad, the maxillary reaching front of orbit ; profile, gently arched ; eye, large,
3 iu head, equal to interorbital width ; pectorals reaching little more than halfway
to ventrals; the latter just to vent. Head, 3^ ; depth, 4J. D. 1,9; A. 1,8. Scales,
10-48-5. Teeth, 4-5. L., 12 inches {Cope). Beaver River, Utah; Goose Lake and
Klamath Lake, Oregon ; abundant.
{Atyloleueus parovanna Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. Phila., 1874, 136 ; Cope «& Yarrow,
Zool. Wheeler Son, V. 669, 1876 ; Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 143.)
' Myloleucus tlmlaaainus Cope. Slenderer than M. parovanus, and the color a light
trailslucent green, quite unlike the heavy olivaceous of the latter. Head, 3f ; depth,
4^. A. 1, 9. Scales, 9-46-4. Teeth, 4-5. L., 6 inches. One specimen known, from
Goose Lake, Oregon. {Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 143.)
■^Leucua olivaceua Cojje. Dusky olive; the belly silvery; no lateral baud; tins
dusky ; body fusiform, compressed ; head narrowed to the muzzle, the mouth open-
ing obliquely forwards and upwards ; maxillary concealed in the closed mouth, its tip
extending a little beyond front of eye. Eye 1^ in snout, 1| in interorbital 8j>ace, 5 in
head, middle of front flat, its edges sloping to the superciliary border. Head, 3^ ;
depth 4. A. 1, 8. Scales, 13-58-7. Teeth, 5-5, sharp edged. L., 1 foot. Pyramid Lake,
Nevada; very abundant. {Lencua olivaceua Cope. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883,
145.)
•^ LeucHS dimidiatua Cope. Light brown above, becoming plumbeous lower, the belly
pure silver-white. Eye equal to interorbital width, 3^ in head, a little more than
length of muzzle. Mouth oblique, the maxillary reaching front of eye. Ventral a lit-
tle behind front of dorsal. Head, 4 ; depth 4*. A. 1, 8. Scales, 14-65-8. Teeth, 5-5.
L., 4 inches. Pyramid Lake, Nevada; very abundant.
{Leucua dimidiatua Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 146.)
■ Siphateles vittatua Cope. Brownish above, belly and sides silvery ; a straight lat-
eral baiul of lead-color interrupted at base of caudal by a vertical band of straw-
yellow, which has a dark posterior edge. Lateral line very imperfect. Eye, 3 in
head, a little less than interorbital width. Mouth oblique, the maxillary not quite
reaching front of eye. Ventral tins beneath anterior part of dorsal. Head 4 ; depth,
[33] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
99.— OPSOPCEODUS' Hay. (105,106)
415. OpsopcBodus emiliae Hay. Vs. (413,414)
100.— LUXILINUS- Jordan, (gen.nov.).
416. Luzilinus occidentalis Haird ».t Girard. T. (418)
101.— NOTEMIGONUS Eafinesqiie. (107)
417. Notemigouus gardoueus Cuv. & Val. Vse. (415)
418. Notemigonus chrysoleucus ^ Mitchill, Vn. (417)
418 b. Notemigonus rhri/solcticus hosci Cn\. & Yiil. Vse. (419)
102.— RICHARDSONIUS Girard. (108)
419. Richardsoniusbalteatus Richardson. T. (421)
420. Richardsonius lateralis Girard. T. (422)
103 — LEPIDOMEDA Cope. (109)
421. Lepidotaeda vittata Cope. R. (423)
422. Lepidomeda jarrovil Cope. R. (424)
104.— MEDA ^ Girard. (110, 111)
423. Meda fulgida Girard. R. (42.'))
424. Meda argentissima Cope. R. (426)
4^. D. 1, 8; A. 1, 8. Scales, 11-55-5. Teeth, 5-5, with well developed grinding sur-
face. L., 3 inches. Pyramid Lake, Nevada. (Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883.
140.)
'The genus Trycherodon should be suppressed, its typical species, T. megalops, heAng
identical with Opsopoeodua emilice.
2 LuxiLLNUS Jordan.
(Genus nova : type Lujcilus occidentalis B. and G.) Ventral edge of moderate width ;
.scaled over and not at all carinated; otherwise essentially as in Notemigonus. Gill
rakers slender, of moderate length. Teeth 5-5 with entire edges and well developed
grinding surface, their tips little hooked. Intestines of the short type, but longer
than in most related genera. Anal basis elongate. (Name, a diminutive oi Luxilus ;
from lux, light.)
3 Specimens from Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (var. hosci) have
43 to 50 scales in the lateral line, an«l 15 to 17 rays in the anal fin. Specimens from
various northern and western localities. Nova Scotia to Maryland, Louisiana, and
Dakota (var. chrysoleucus) have 46 to 51 scales in the lateral line, and 12 to 14 anal
Tays. I regard the two forms as geograi)hical varieties of one species. The name
•Cyprinus americanus is i)reoccupied, having been first given to a Menticirrits.
*'£he types of Meda fulgida, lately found by me, have the teeth 2, 5-5, 2, not 1,4-4,
1, as stated by Girard. The genus Meda is therefore identical with Plagopterus. The
small barbel mentioned by Cope as a character of Plagopterus, I am unable to find
either in Meda or Plagopterus.
Meda fulgida is closely allied to Meda argentissima, but has the eye a little larger,
the snout shorter, the lower jaw more prominent. In form, size, coloration, and fiu
rays the two agree fully.
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Family XXXIII.— OHARACINID^. (32)
105.— TETRAGONOPTERUS Cuvier. (114)
$ Astyanax Baird & Girard.
425. Tetragonopterus argentatus Baird &, Girard. Vsw. (429)
Order 0.— ISOSPONDYLI. (M)
Family XXXIV.— ALEPOCEPHALID^. (33)
106— ALEPOCEPHALUS Risso. (115)
426. Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Beau. B. (430)
427. Alepocephalus agassizii ^ Goode & Bean. B.
428. Alepocephalus productus"^ Gill. B.
Family XXXY.— ALBULID^. (34)
107.— ALBULA (Gronow) Blocb & Schneider. (116)
429. Albula vulpes Linnaus. S. W. C. P. (116)
Family XXXVI.— HYODONTID^. (35)
108.— HYODON Le Sueur. (117)
430. Hyodon alosoides Rafinesque. Vw. (432)
431. Hyodon tergisus Le Sueur. Vw. (433)
432. Hyodon selenops Jordan & Bean. Vsw. (434)
Family XXXVII.— ELOPID^. (36)
109.— ELOPS LinujBus. (118)
433. Elops saurus Linnseus. S. W. P. (435)
110.— MEGALOPS Lac^pfede. (119)
434. Megalops atlanticus Cuv. & Val. S. W. (436) •
^Alepocephalus acjassizii Goode & Bean.
Dusky ; head and fins nearly black. Body a little deeper than in A. bairdii. Head
compressed, the snout conically eloufrate, the lower jaw sliglitly produced; width of
head 9^ in length of body (12 in A. hairdil). Eye 3^ in head (4^ in A. bairdii). Scales
parchment-like. Dorsal inserted directly above vent, the distance from its origin to
base of caudal one-third its distance from front of eye. Anal inserted under second ray
of dorsal. Length of pectoral equal to diameter of eye and 10^ in body. Ventral about
one-sixth of head. Head 3 ; depth 5. D. 15; A. 17. Scales 10-90-11. Gulf Stream,
lat. 30°, in 922 fathoms. {Goode ^' Bean.) (Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool,
1882, 215.)
^Alepocephalus jyroductus Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 256. Gulf Stream, in deep
water.
[35] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMK RICA.
Family XXXVIII.— CHANID^.'
111.— CHANOSi Lac6pMe.
435. Chauos chanos ' Forskul. P.
Family XXXIX.— CLUPEID^.
112.— DUSSUMIERIA' Ciivier & Valenciennes.
436. Dussumieria stolifera ^ Jordan & Gilbert. W.
113.— ETRUMEUS^Bleeker. (120)
437. Etrumeus teres DeKay. S. (437)
114.— CLUPEA LinnsBus. (122,123)
$ Clupea.
438. Clupea hareugus Linnaeus. G. N. Eu. (437)
439. Clupea mirabilis^Girard. A.C. (438,440)
' Family CHANID.^.
Chipeoid fishes, with the body oblong, compressed, covered with small, firm, ad-
herent scales. Lateral line distinct. Abdomen broad and flattish; snout depressed;
month small, anterior, the lower jaw with a small sympbyseal tubercle; no teeth.
Premaxillary joined to upper anterior edge of maxillary. Gill membranes broadly
united; free from the isthmus. Branchiostegals 4 ; psendo-branchiaj well developed.
An accessory branchial organ in a cavity behind the gill cavity. Dorsal fin opjiosite
theventrals; anal fin shorter than dorsal. Mncus membrane of oisophagus raised
into a spiral fold. Intestine with many convolutions. Coloration silvery. Large
fishes of the warmer parts of the Pacific. One genus and two species known ( Clupeidw;
group Chanina Gunther, VII, 473).
Genus Chanos Lac6pfede.
( Lutodeira Kuhl. )
(Lac^p^de Hist. Nat. Poiss, V, 395, 1803 ; type Miigil chano? Forekal = Chanos ara-
bicus Lac^pMe.) Characters of the genus inclnded above. {Xavo?, the open month.)
Chanos chanos (Forskal). Pacific and Indian Oceans ; abnudant in the Gulf of Cali-
fornia and sonthward to Panama.
(Altigil chanos Forskal Descr. Anim., 74 ; Mugil salmoneus Forster, Bloch &, Schnei-
der, 121 ; Chanos salmoneus Giinther, VII, 473, and of recent authors generally.)
2 DussuMiEKiA Cuvier & Valenciennes.
(Hist. Nat. Poiss., XX, 467 ; type Dussumieria acuta Cnv. & Val.)
Body rather elongate, somewhat compressed ; the abdomen ronnded and without
serratures. Mouth terminal, of moderate wulth, formed as in Clupea, but the maxil-
lary more slender. Very small teeth in patches on jaws, palatines, pterygoids, and
tongue. Scales cycloid, entire, very deciduous. Branchiostegals numerous, very
slender. Ventrals inserted below middle or jjosterior part of dorsal ; anal low, of
moderate length. Pseudobrauchiae well developed ; pyloric coeca numerous. (Dedi-
cated to M.Dussumier, a correspondent of Valenciennes, and the original discoverer
of the typical species.)
^Dussumieria stolifera Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mu-., 1884, 25. Key West,
Fla.
■•The name Etrumeas is from Etrumeiwasi, the Japanese name of Etrumeus micropus.
The genera, Etrumeus and Spratelloides, seem scarcely separable from Dussumieria.
^ Spratelloides hryoporus Cope, the ty^jes of which species I have examined, seems to
be identical with Clupea mirahilis.
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^ Sardinia Poey.
440. Clupea sagax i)cnyii8. C. (441)
441. Clupea pseudohispanica Poey. W. (,441&.) .
§ Poniolobus Rufiuosque.
442. Clupea chrysochloris Rafinesqiie. V. S. (442)
443. Clupea mediociis Mitchill. N. (443)
444. Clupea vernalis Mif chill. N. S. Aua. (444)
445. Clupea aestivalis Mitchill. N. S. Aua. (445)
^S Alosa Cuvier.
446. Clupea sapidissima Wilsou. N. S. Ana. (446)
^ Harengula Cuv. &.Ya\. (123)
447. Clupea sardina ' Poey. W.
448. Clupea thrissina- Jordan «fe Gilheit. P.
449. Clupea pensacolae Goode & Beau. S. W. (447)
450. Clupea stolifera ' Joidau & Gilbert. P.
115.— OPISTHONEMA^ Gill. (124)
451. Opisthonema oglinum'' Le Sueur. S. W. (448)
' Clupea aardina (Poey) Sardina de ley, " Pilch ard."
Greenish, sides silvery, the scales ofteu shaded with light orange and dotted with
black ; a yellow scapular blotch ; lips and dorsal fin yellow ; older specimens with
faint orange streaks along the rows of scales ; tips of dorsal and caudal blackish.
Body comparatively deep and compressed ; lower jaw projecting ; teeth in broad
patches on jaws, vomer, palatines, and tongue; maxillary reaching nearly to middle
of eye, 2f in head. Eye very large, considerably longer than .snout, 2| in head;
cheeks and ojiercles striate; gill rakers not very long, comparatively few; scales
rather large, iirm, each crossed by several con.spicuous vertical ridges ; scales not ad-
licreut, readily deciduous. Insertion of dorsal little before that of veutrals at a
point considerably nearer snout than base of caudal. Dorsal a little higher than
long, its "free edge concave ; anal low ; pectorals nearly reaching ventrals, H in head.
Head, 3i ; depth, 3i ; D. 1, 15 ; A. 18. Lat. 1., 36. Ventral acutes about 15 + 10. L.,
8 inches. Florida. Keys to Cuba; abundant in schools. Readily distinguished from
CI. pensacolce by the large eye and loose scales.
{Uaretifiula sardina Poey, Memurias Cuba, II, 310, 1860; Harengula sardina Poey,
Enuni. Pise. Cubens., 1875, 147; ?? Clupea macrophthalma Ranz., Nov. Com. Ac. Sci.
Inst. Bonon., 1842, 320 ; ?? Clupea humeralis Cnv. &yn\.,XX,29^: not Clupea macroph-
Ihalma nor Clupea huiyieralis Giinther. Harengula sardina Goode &. Bean, Proc. \J. S.
Nat. Mus., 1879, 152; Clupea sardina Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 106.)
-Clupea ihrissina Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. 1882, 353. Capo San
Lucas.
Clupea slolif era Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 339. Mazatlaji to
Panama.
•» Vpisthonema oglinum (Le Sueur) Goode & Bean.
Omit from the synonymy Clupea </irissa ^Osbeck, and add :
{Megalojys oglina and AT. noiaia Le Sueur, Joiiru. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1, 3.59, 361 ;
Chaioiissns signifer DeKay, New York Fauna Fi.shes, 1842, 264 : Opisthonetna oglinum
Goode & Bean MSS.) «
"The original basis of Clupea thrissa h. was a fisb brought by Lagerstrom from
China and described by Linnteus's pupil, Odhel, in the AmoMi. Academ., V, 251, as
Clupea ihrgza. This is a si)ecies of Dorosoma. To this latter genus belongs also tho
Clupea thrissa of Osbeck. lu the synonymy of Clupia Ihrissa of the teiith ediiion of the
Sjisfema Naturce, several references to Opist'nouema are included, while the Clupea ihrissa,
described in the twelfth edition as being received from Dr. Garden, is Dorosoma cepe-
dianum. The Clupea ihrissa of Broussonet and of most later authors is the Opislhonema,
but the Linmeau name must go with the original intention of its author.
[37] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
452. Opisthonema libertate' Giiuther. P.
116.— BREVOORTIA Gill. (125)
453. BreVoortia tyrannus Latrobe. N. S. (450)
453b. Brevoorlia lyraunits paironus Goode. S. (449)
117.— OPISTHOPTERXJS- Gill.
454. Opisthopterus lutipinnis* Jordan »t Gilbert. P.
Family XL.— DOROSOMID^. (38)
118.— DOROSOMA Rafinosque. (12(5)
455. Dorosoma cepedianum Le Sueur. V. S. N. (451)
456. Dorosoma mexicanum Giiuther. S. (451 h)
Family XLI.— ENGRAULID^. (39)
119.-STOLEPHORUS Lac<5p^de. (127)
457. Stolephorus ringens Jtiiyus. C. 1'. (452)
458. Stolephorus macrolepidotus* Kner & Steindacluier. P.
459. Stolephorus opercularis" Jordau & Gilbert. P.
460. Stolephorus browni Gnielin. N. S. W. (453)
461. Stolephorus perthecatus'' Goode & Bean. S.
^ Mtletta Ubertat'm Giiuther, Proc. Zool. Soc., Lond., 186G, 303; Clupea libertatis GUa-
ther, VII, 433; Opisthonema liberiaie Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mu.s., 1882,
622; Mazatlau to Panama, abundant.
-Opisthopterus Gill.
(Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1861; 31; type rristifjasfer tartoorCnv. &. Val.)
Body elongate, very much compressed, w ith the abdomen promiuent and strongly
serrated. Scales thin, deciduous, of moderate size. Lower jaw projectinj; ; teeth
rather small, in villiform bauds on both jaws, palatines, pterygoids and tongue;
vomer toothless. Dorsal tin small, considerably behind middle of body. Anal fin
very long. Ventrals wanting. Caudal deeply forked. Tropical parts of the Pacific.
{OnhdQ?/, behind: Ttre'fjov, fin, the dorsal being placed farther backward than in the
closely related genus FrisUgaster.)
^ PristigasUr hiiijnunis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 340. Gulf of
California and southward.
* StoJej)hont8 viacrolepidotus Kner & Steindachner. Body comparatively short and
deep. Head one-fourth longer than deep. Snout very short, not projecting far beyond
lower jaw. Jaws toothless. Maxillary narrow, rounded behind, extending to angle of
preopercle. Abdomen slightly compressed. Scales adherent. Origin of dorsal .slightly
behind middle of body. Silvery, sides with an indistinct bluish band. Head 3| ; depth
3, D. 12, A. 28. Scales 35-9. Mazatlau to Panama, one of the largest of the Ameri-
can species of Stolephorus.
{Engraidis macrolepidotus Kner & Steindachner, Abhandl. Bayer, Akad. Wiss. X,
18t)4; Engraidis macrolepidotus Giinther, VII, 385.)
^Stolephorus optrcularis Jordan &' Gilbert. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 275. (Gulf
of California.)
^Stolephorus perthecatus Goode & Beau., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 434.
Pensacola, Fla. Apparently distinguished from S. hrowni by the short anal and from
S, pcrfasciatus by the long maxillary.
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462. Stolephorus ischanus' Jordan & Gilbert. P.
463. Stolephorus perfasciatus^ Poey. W.
464. Stolephorus eurystole^ Swain &, Meek. N. (4.55)
465. Stolephorus curtus^ Jordan & Gilbert. P.
466. Stolephorus mitchilli Cuv. & Val. N. S. (454 b.)
467. Stolephorus exiguus*^ Jordan & Gilbert. P.
468. Stolephorus miarchus** Jordan & Gilbert. W. P.
469. Stolephorus delicatissimus Girard. C.
470. Stolephorus lucidus^ .Jordan & Gilbert. P.
471. Stolephorus compressus Girard. C.
Fa«iily XLII.— ALEPIDOSAURID^. (40)
120.— PLAGYODUS8 Steller. (128)
472. Plagyodus ferox Lowe. B. (4.58)
473. Plagyodus aesculapius Beau. A. (4.58 b.)
474. Plagyodus borealis Gill. C. A. (459)
Family XLIII.— PARALEPIDID^. (41)
121.— SUDIS Eafinesque. (129)
§ Sudia.
475. Sudis ringens Jordan & Gilbert. B. P. (4.59)
§ Arctozenus Gill.
476. Sudis borealis^ Reinhardt. G. A. B. (461,462)
^Stolephorus ischanus Jordan & Gilbert., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1881, 340. Mazatlan
Boutliward. Closely related to S. browni.
' StoUphorm perfascialus (Poej').
Body rather elongate ; snout compressed and pointed, shorter than eye. Top of
head with a slight keel. Eye 3^ in head. Maxillary and lower jaw finely toothed;
maxillary unusually short, its posterior end rounded, not extending quite to nuirgin
of preopercle ; gill rakers numerous ; pectoral If in head, not reaching ventrals ; inser-
tion of anal below last rays of dorsal, the fin short ; origin of dorsal midway between
root of caudal and pupil. Color of S. browni, the lateral band rather narrower, well
defined, its width about f eye ; no dark punctulations except on base of caudal and
sometimes on anal. Head A^ ; depth 6, D. 12, A. 14 to 16, L. 2 to 3 inches. {Swain tj-
Meek.) Florida Keys to Cuba, common, but much less abundant than S. broivni.
(Enf/rauUs perfasciatiis Poey, Mem. Cuba, II, 313, 1858. Engraulis jyerfasciatus Giin-
thev, VII, 391; not of Swain. Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., 1882, 55, nor of Jor. & Gilb.,
Synop.si.s, 273 ; Swain & Meek, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1884.)
' Siolephorun enrystoh Swain &, Meek, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1884, 36. Wood's
Holl. Mass. This is the species described in the Synoj^sis, p. 273, under the erroneous
name of S. perfanciaUia.
*Sti>lex}horns curtns Jordan & Gilbert. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1881, 343. Mazatlan.
^Stolephorus erigu UK Jordan & Gilbert. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 18i^l, 342.
^Stolephorus miarchus Jordan & Gilbert. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 18S1, 344; 1882, 6e2;
1884, 106, Key West; Mazatlan, Panama. The smallest of the American anchovies.
'Stolephorus lucidus Jordan & Gilbert. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 341. Mazatlan.
''It is probably best to substitute Steller's name, Plagtjodus, for the later Alepidosau-
ru8.
^ Sudis cor uscans 18 probably not epecifically distinct from S. borealis.
[39] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Family XLIV.— SYNODONTlD^.i (42 part.)
122.— SYNODUS (Groiiow) Bloch & Schneider.
'^> Sytiodus.
477. Synodus fcetens Linnaeus. S. (463)
478. Synodus spixianus^ Poey. W.
479. Synodus scitulicepa -^ Jordan «fe Gilbert. P.
480. Synodus lucioceps Ayres. C. (464)
481. Synodus anolis-" Cuv. &Val. W, (4646.)
^ Trachinocephalm Gill.
482. Synodus myopa Forster. S. W. (465)
123.— B ATHYSAURUS « Gunther.
483. Bathysaurus agassizii Goode & Bean. B.
Family XLV.— SCOPELID^. (42)
124.— MYCTOPHUM Rafiuesque. (131)
484. Myctophum crenulare Jordan & Gilbert. C. (466)
• Apparently those genera of the group called in the synopsis Scopelidce, which have
the maxillary rudimentary and adnate to the preniaxillary, or sometimes entirely
■wanting, should be detached from Scopelidcr, to form a separate family, which has
been called Synodontidce by Professor Gill. To this group belong, in our fauna, the
genera Synodus and Bathysaurus, as well as the Old World genera of Harpodon and
Saurida.
"^Synodus spixianusVoej . Lagarto : Soap-fish.
Sandy gray, light or dark, much mottled above with darker olive ; branchiostegals
pale yellowish; top of head without distinct vermiculations; dorsal scarcely barred;
caudal dusky ; other fins pale, with little or i^o yellow in life ; lower parts of head
mottled with dusky. No scapular spot ; tip of snout not black. General form and
appearance of S. fcetens, the teeth rather stronger; the jaws a little longer; the upper
1^ in head. Dorsal fin shorter and higher, its free edge more oblique than in S. fcetens,
its anterior rays when depressed extending beyond the tips of the posterior, If in
head. Scales about as in .^'./ajteHS. Pectorals 2 in head ; ventrals IJ. D. 1, 9. A. 11
or 12. Lat. 1. 60. Florida Keys and Cuba. Abundant.
{Saurus sjnxianiis Poej'. Memorias Cuba, ii, 304, 1860 ; Poey, Euum. Pise. Cubens.,
1875, 141, Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 107.)
For a detailed account of this and other American species of Synodus, see Meek
Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 130.
^Synodus sdtuliceps Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 344. Mazatlan to
Panama.
■•The species described in the Synopsis (ii. 889) as Synodus intermedius, is not that
species, but a different one, Saurus anolis Cuv. & Va*!., xxii, 1849, 43S^Synodu8 cuhanus
Poey, Euum. Pise. Cubens. 1875, 143. Saurus intermedius Agassiz & Spix. = Sytiodus
intermedius Poey, Euum. Pise. Cubens. 1875, 143, has the mouth smaller than in S.
anolis, the scales larger (lat. 1. 45), the scapular region without distinct black spot,
and the coloration less variegated. S. inieniifdius is common in Cuba, but has not yet
been noticed in our waters. In the adult of »S. anolis, the lower parts are marked by
stripes formed by an orange spot on each scale ; the number of cross-bars is usually
doubled by the jtresence of a shorter one between each pair.
5 Bathysaurus Giiuther.
(Giinther Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Aug., 1878, 181) ; type Bathysaurus ferox Gnniher.)
Body formed as in Synodus, subcylindrical, elongate, covered with small scales.
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485. Myctophum miilleri^ Ginelin. G. (4(57)
486. Myctophum boops- Richardson. A.
125.— MAUROLICUS3 Cocco. (132)
487. Maurolicus borealis Nilsson. B. (4(58)
Head depressed, with the snout produced, flat above. Cleft of the mouth very wide,
■with the lower jaws projecting ; premaxillary very long, styliform, tapering, not mov-
able; maxillary obsolete. Teeth in the jaws in broad bands, not covered by lips, curved,
unequal in size, and barbed at the end ; a series of similar teeth along the whole length
of each side of the palate ; a few teeth on the tongue, and groups of small teeth on
thehyoid; eye moderate, lateral. Pectoral moderate; ventrals 8-rayed, inserted close
behind pectoral. Dorsal fin median, of about 18 rays; adipose tin present or absent;
anal moderate; caudal emarginate. Gill openings very wide, the gill membranes
separate,freefroni the isthmus. Branchiostegals 11 or 12. Gill laminse well developed;
gill-rakers tubercular ; pseudobranchiic well developed. Scales rather small. Deep-
sea fishes. (iSa&vS, deep ; davpoi, 8atiru8 = iSjinodus.)
Bathysaurus agassizii Goodc" & Bean.
Body elongate, subterete. Head alligator-like, naked, except on cheek and occiput,
with strong nasal and interorbital ridges ; its greatest width more than half its length ;
gape of mouth very wide, one-sixth length of body, extending behind eye for a dis-
tance equal to interorbital width. Premaxillary with two irregularrowsof depressible
teeth, some of them barbed, those of inner row much the largest; lower jaw enor-
mously strong, its sides projecting beyond the upper jaw ; its dentary edge Ihickly
studded with depressible teeth, many of them, especially the larger inner ones,
strongly barbed; those in front, claw-like, recurved; three rows of teeth on the
palatines, the middle ones very much enlarged and most of them strongly barbed,
these being the largest of all the teeth. On the tongue a few weaker teeth, and
groups of similar teeth on the vomer. Insertion of dorsal behind .snout at a distance
a little more than its own base and about one-third the total length; longest ray
equal to greatest depth of body. No adipose dorsal (in the specimen known); anal
inserted considerably behind last ray of dorsal, its base about half that of the dorsal.
Ventrals well apart, inserted just in front of dorsal, their length half head. Pectoral
as long as lower jaw, its seventh ray prolonged to a length equal to that of head.
Caudal slightly forked; scales thin, cycloid, deciduous, those of the lateral line
larger, brownish ; lining of gill cavity blue-black. Head, 3^; depth, 7. B. 10, D. 17,
A. 11, C. 19, P. 15, A. 8. Scales, 8-78--. Length, 18 inches.
Gulf Stream, lat. 33°, at a depth of 647 fathoms. {Goode cf Bean.)
(Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zocil., 1882, 21;').)
iThis species should stand as Jilyciophum miilleri instead of M. glaciale. To the
synonymy add : Salmo miiUeri Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1788, 1378 ; Scopelus miiUeri, Collet,
Norsko Nordhavs Exited., 1880, Fiske, 158; Sco2)elus miiUeri Goode &. Beau, Bull. Mus.
Comp. Zocil., 1882, 223.
This species has been lately taken in the deep waters off Southern New Enghuid.
'^Myctophum hoops Richardson.
Depth of head If in its length ; eye nearly 3 in head ; twice its distjjnce from
preopercle. Snout short, obtuse, its upper profile descendiug in a strong curve ; Jaws
equal ; maxillary reaching nearly to angle of preopercle, slightly and gradually dilated
behind; cleft of mouth very slightly oblique. Origin of dorsal considerably nearer
tip of snout than root of caudal, above base of ventrals ; its last ray before origin of
anal; pectoral reaching vent. Scales smooth, thin, and deciduous. Head 3i ; depth 5.
D. 14. A. 21, V. 8 Scales 3-38-5. L. 4^ inches. Vancouver's Island. (GUiilhcr).
(Richardson, Zool. Erebus and Terror. Fishes, 39, pi. 27. Scopelus hoops, Giinther,
V, 408.)
=♦ According to Professor Gill, the genus Maurolicus belongs to the ScopeUdK and
not to the Slernoptychidw.
[41] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Family XLVl.— HALOSAUEID^.i
126.— HALOSAURUS Giiutbor.
488. Halosaiirus macrocMr Giluther. 13.
Family XLVll.— STOMIATIDJi:. (45)
127.— STOMIAS Cnvier. (134)
489. Stomias ferox Reinharclt. B. (470)
128— HYPERCHORISTUS^' Gill.
490. Hyperchoristus tauneri Gill. B.
'Family HALOSAURID^.
Body elongate, compressed posteriorly, tapering into a very long and slender tail,
"which becomes compressed and narrowed into a sort of filament. Abdomen rounded.
Scales rather small, cycloid, deciduous. Sides of head scaly; lateral line present,
running along the sides of the belly, its scales, in the known species, enlarged, each
in a pouch of black skin with a phosphorescent organ at its base. No barbels. Head
subconical, depressed anteriorly, the flattened snout projecting beyond the mouth.
Mouth inferior, horizontal, of moderate size, its anterior margin formed by the pre-
maxillaries, its lateral margin by the maxillaries, which are of moderate width.
Teeth small, in villiform bauds, on the jaws, vomer, palatines, and tongue. Eye
rather large. Facial bones with large muciferous cavities. Preopercle produced
behind in a large flat process, "replacing the sub- and interoperculum." Bones of
head unarmed. Gills 4, a slit behind the fourth. Pseudobranchiai none. Gill-rakers
short. Gill membranes separate, free from the isthmus. Branchiostegals numerous
(about 14). Dorsal fin short, rather high, inserted behind ventrals and befoie vent.
No adipose fin; no caudal fin. Anal fin extremely long, extending from the vent ta
the tip of the tail (its rays about 200 in number). Ventrals moderate, not very far
back. Pectorals rather long, narrow, inserted high. No axillary scales. Air blad-
der large, simple. Stomach ca'cal ; i)yloric ca^ca in moderate number; intestines
short. Ovaries closed. No phosphorescent spots. A single genus,* with about 5
species; fishes of the deep sea. {Halomuridce Glinther, VII, 482.)
Halosaurus Johnson.
(Johnson, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1863, 406 ; ty^te Halosavrus oweni, Johnson, from
Madeira). Characters of the genus included above., ("yJA?, sea; 6avpo?, Wznrd.)
Halosaurus viacrockir Giiuther.
Everywhere blackish, the color nearly uniform. Snout modeiate, its length from
mouth 7 in length of head ; eye small, 7^ in head, 2 in interorbital space. Length of
head slightly greater than its distance from ventral. Maxillary reaching vertical
from front of eye ; its length from tip *f snout 2i in head. Insertion of dorsal en-
tirely behind the ventrals. Ventrals midway between i^reopercle and front of anal,
their length 2| in head. Pectorals nearly reaching ventrals, li in head. Base of dorsal
2^ in head, its longest ray 2. B. 12. D 1, 10, or 11, V. 9. Deep waters of the At-
lantic ; not rare in the Gulf Stream.
(Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1878, 251 ; Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool.,
1882, 219. Halosaurus goodd Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 257.)
2 Hyperchorist'JS Gill.
(Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 256; type, Hyperchoristus tanneri Gill.)
" Stomiatids, with a robust claviform body, naked skin, teeth on the jaws nearly
uniserial, but in several groups, of which the successive teeth (about 4) rapidly
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129.— ECHIOSTOMA Lowe. (135)
491. Echiostoma barbatum Lowe. B. (471)
130.— MALACOSTEUSi Ayres. (136)
492. Malacosteus niger Ayres. B. (472)
131.— ASTRONESTHES Richardson. (137)
493. Astronesthes niger Richardson. B. (473)
Family XLVIII.— ARGENTINIDiE.» (46 part.)
132.— MICROSTOMA Cuvier. (138)
494. Microstoma grcenlandicum Reinhardt. G. (474)
133.— MALLOTUS Cuvier. (140)
495. MaUotus villosus Miiller. A. G. (475, 476)
134.— THALEICHTHYS Girard. (141)
496. Thaleichthys pacificus Richardson. A. Ana. (477)
135.— OSMERUS Linnaeus. (142)
497. Osmerus thaleichthys^ Ayres. C. (478)
498. Osmerus mordax Mitchill. N. Ana. (480)
499. Osmerus dentex Steiudachuer. A. (481)
136.— HYPOMESUS Gill. (143)
500. Hypomesus pretiosus Girard. C. (482)
501. Hypomesus olidus Pallas. A. (483)
137.— ARGENTINA Linnpeus.
502. Argentina syrtensium Goode & Beau. B. (484)
138.— HYPHALONEDRUS^ Goode. (145)
503. Hyphalonedrus chalybeius Goode. B. (485)
increase in size backwards, and teeth on the palate enlarged, one on each side of the
vomer aud several on the palatines; moderate dorsals obliquely opposed, forked
caudal and pectorals, eacli with a separate aud specialized uppermost ray." ("Ttt;;/?,
above; ;fop£(jTOf, split, in allusion to the division of the pectorals.)
The species U. tanneri Gill, from the Gulf Stream in deep water, has not been
described.
' According to Dr. Bean, the so-called barbel at the throat in Malacosteus niricr is a
muscle apparently concerned in the movement of the mandible.
2 The Argeniinince may well bo regarded as a family distinct from the USalmonidw, dif-
feriug in the form of the stomach, as stated in the Synopsis.
^Osmerus nitenuaim Lockin^ton, an extremely doubtful species, is here omitted, as
also the land-locked varieties of O. mordax.
^ This genus perhaps belongs to the ScoxjelidcB.
[43] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Family XLIX.— SALMONIDiE. (46)
139.— COREGONUS Linnaeus. (146)
$ Prosopium Miluer.
504. CoregonuB williamsoui Giiaid. R. (487)
505. Coregonus quadrilateralis Richardson. Vu. (488)
506. Coregonus kennicotti Milnor. Y. (489)
507. Coregonus nelsoni' Beau. Y.
$ Coregonus.
508. Coregonus clupeiformisMitchill. Vu. (490)
509 Coregonus labradoricus Richardson. Vu. (491)
^ Argyronomus Agassiz.
510. Coregonus hoyi Gill. Vu. (492)
511. Coregonus merki Giinther. Y. (493)
512. Coregonus laurettae Bean. Y. (493 &.)
513. Coregonus artedi Le Sueur. Vu. (494)
514. Coregonus nigripinnis Gill. Vn. (49"))
§ Allosomus Jordan.
515. Coregonus tullibee Richardson. Vu. (496)
140.— THYMALLUS Cuvier. (147)
516. Thymallus signifer Richardson. Y. Vn. (497)
516 b. ThijmaUiis signifer oniariensis- Cny. &Va\. Vn. (497 6.)
141.— STENODUS' Richardson. (148)
517. Stenodus mackenziei Richardson. Y. Vn. (498)
142.— ONCORHYNCHITS Suckley. (149)
518. Oncorhynchus gorbuscha Walbaura. C. A. Ana. (499)
' Coregonus nelsoni Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884 ; waters of Alaska.
■' Thfimallus ontarivnsis Cuvier «fc Valenciennes, XXI, 4.'')2, 1648 (specimens sent by
Mill Hit from Lake Ontario)=T/ii/niaZ^/s tricolor Cope. The following is a translation
of Valenciennes' account: We have received from Lake Ontario a Thymallus very
near to that of the lake of Geneva. It has, however, more naked space under the
throat, although less than in Thymallus gymnothorax. The head is evidently more
pointed, the body more elongate, the dorsal a little longer. The denticulationsof the
scales are more pronounced. The colors seem scarcely to differ from those of Thymal-
lus. iov our specimens are greenish, with a dozen gray lines along the flanks. The
dorsal has 4 or 5 lougitudiual streaks of red. Our specimens are a foot long ; they
have been sent by M. Milbert. ( Valenciennes I. c.)
3 The original diagnosis of Stenodus is said to be in "Appendix Bach's Voyage. Rept.
N. Aui. Zool., 1836."
According to Dr. Bean, our species is probably not distinct from the Asiatic species,
S. lencichthys (Guldenstadt).
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519. Oncorhynchus keta Walbanm. C. A. Ana. (500)
520. Oncorhynchus tchawytcha Walbanm. C. A. Ana. ('.01)
521. Oncorhynchus kisutch Wiill)aum. C. A. Ana. (502)
522. Oncorhynchus nerka Walbauin. C. A. Ana. (50:5)
143.— SALMO LinniBUs. (150)
^Salmo.
523. Salmo salar L. N. En. Ana. (fj04)
523b Salmo salar sehago Girard. Vne.
^Salar^ Cuv. & Val.
524. Salmo gairdneri Richardson. C. A. (506)
524 b Salmo (jairdneri irideus'^ Ay res. T. (505)
525. Salmo purpuratus Pallas R. C. A. (508)
525 b. Salmo purijuratits houvieri Beudire. R.
525 c. Salmo jnirj}uratu8 stomias Cope. R.
525 d. Salvio 2)ur2}uratus henshawi Gill & Jordiiu. R.
525 e. Salmo purpuratus spilurus Cope. R. (507)
144.— SALVELINUS Richardson. (151)
§ Cristivomer Gill & Jordan.
526. Salvelinus namaycush Walbaum. Vu. (509)
526 b Salvelinus namaycush siscowel Agassiz. Vn.
^ Salvelinus.
527. Salvelinus oquassa^ Girard. Vne. (510, 511, 516?)
528. Salvelinus arcturus Giiuther. Vne. (512)
529. Salvelinus malma Walbanm. Y. C. A. (513)
530. Salvelinus fontinalis Mitchill. Vne. (514,515)
530b Sahelinusfonlinalis immaculatus H. R. Storer. N. Ana.
531. Salvelinus stagnalis^ Fabricins. G. (517?, 518)
Family L.— PERCOPSID^.
145.— PERCOPSIS Agassiz. (152)
532. Percopsis guttatus Agassiz. Vn. (519)
1 This subgenus is called Fario in the Synopsis, but the type of Fario is probably a
genuine Salmo.
2 Salmo gairdneri is probably the adnlt sea-run form of Salmo irideus.
' Salvelinus rossi may be omitted from the lists, as no diagnostic characters of im-
portance occur in the description. It may be treated as a very doubtful synonym of
S. oquassa. S. naresi agrees very closely with S. oquassa.
* Salvelinus nitidus may be omitted, as probably identical with S. stagnalis. For a
description of this species see Dresel, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 255.
[45]
CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Family LI.— STERNOPTYCHID^.i (43)
146.— ARGYROPELECUS - Cocco.
533. Argyropelecus bemigymnus Cocco. O. Eu.
534. Argyropelecus olfersi Cuvier. O. Eu.
147.-STERNOPTYX» Hermann.
535. Stemoptyx diaphana Hermaun. O. Eii.
1 A 8iil)order Iniomi, to include tbe Sternoplychida', and Chauliodontidm, has been pro-
posed by Dr. Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Idd4, 350. The chief respect iu which these
fauiilics differ from the other Isospondyli is in the mode of articulation of the scapular
arches, which counect with and impinge ou the occiput behind and are otherwise
free from the cranium, ijviov, nape; a3/<(5?, shoulder.)
Dr. Giinther and others have stated that the Siernoptychidce possess a "rudimentary
epiuous dorsal fin." This appearance is due to the projection of one or more of the
neural spines beyond the muscles, and is in no proper sense a rudiment of a fin. (See
Gill, I.e., 350.)
2 Argyropelecus Cocco.
{Pleurothyris Lowe.)
(Cocco, Giorn. Sci. Sicil., 1829, fasc. 77, p. 14G; type, Argyropelecus hemigymnns
Cocco.)
Body much elevated anil compressed, passing abruptly into the slender tail ; no
scales, the skin covered Avith silvery pigment; series of phosi)hore8ceut spots along
the lower side of the head, body, and tail. Head large, compressed, and elevated,
the bones thin but ossified. Cleft of mouth wide, vertical, the lower jaw jirominent.
Margin of upper jaw formed by the maxillary and premaxillary, both of which have
a sharp edge, which is beset with minute teeth; lower jaw and palatine bones with
a series of small curved teeth. Eyes large, very close together, lateral, but directed
upwards. Angle of preopercle with a spine usually directed downwards. Pectorals
w ell developed ; veutrals very small. Humeral arch and jjubic bones prolonged into
flat pointed jirocesses, which project in the median line of the belly; a series of im-
bricated scales from the humeral bone to the pubic spine, forming a ventral serrature.
Dorsal fin short, metliau, preceded by a serrated osseous ridge, consisting of several
neural sj)iue8 prolonged beyond the muscles. Adipose fin rudimentary ; anal fin
short ; caudal forked. Gill opening very short, the outer branchial arch extending
forward to behind the symphysis of the lower jaw, and beset with very long gill
rakers; branchiostegals nine; pseudobranchiie and air-bladder present. Four pyloric
ccKca. Small pelagic fishes. (-4/3;'i'/30?, silvery ; TtaXsHvi, hatchet.)
Argijropelecus hemigymnns Cocco. Depth of body equal to distance between gill-
opcniugs and base of caudal; posterior corner of mandible and angle of preopercle
■each with a small triangular. spine; tail without spines; pectoral fin nearly reaching
anal. B. 9, D. 7 or 8, A. 11, P. 9, V. 5, L. 2 inches, (Giinther). Atlantic and Mediter-
ranean in deep water; not rare in the Gulf Stream ofl:" Southern New England.
(Cocco, 1. c, Cuv. & Val. XXII, 398; Gunther, V, 3%; Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus.
Comp. Zool., 1882, 220.)
Argyropelecus olferai (Cuvier) C. & V. Depth nearly or quite equal to distance
from shoulder to root of caudal ; tail as deep at base as long. Mandible with a short
flat spine at its posterior corner; preopercular spine directed downwards; tail with-
out spines; pectoral fin reaching ventrals. B. 9, D. 9, A. 11, P. 10, V. 6 (Giinther).
Coast of Norway, lately taken in the Gulf Stream, off Southern New England.
(Sienioptyx olfersi Cuvier, Eegne Animal., ed. 2d, II, 316; Cuv. & Val. XXII, 408;
Giiuther, V, 386; Pleurothyris olfersi Lowe, Fish. Madeira, 64.)
^Sternoptyx Hermann.
(Hermaun, Naturforscher, 1771, XVI, 8 ; type Sternoptyx diaphana Hermann.)
Trunk much elevated and compressed, the slender tail very short; abdominal out-
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Family LII.— OHAULIODONTID^. (44)
148.— CHAULIODUS Bloch & Schneider. (133)
536. ChauIioduB sloani Blocb & Schneider. B. Ev. (469)
149— CYCLOTHONE' Goode & Bean.
537. Cyclothone lusca Goode & Bean. B.
150.— SIGMOPS2 Gill.
538. Sigmops stigmaticus Gill. B.
lin« nearly continuous, in a sigmoid curve; teeth of the jaws in several series, the
largest teeth in the inner row ; a single spike-like neural spine before dorsal ; branchios-
tegals, 5. Otherwise essentially as in Argyropelecus. {'Srepvov, breast ; Ttrvc, fold or
plait.)
Sfernoptyx diaphana Hermann.
Depth equal to distance between tip of snout and base of the very short tail. In-
terorbital space slightly concave ; posterior limb of preopercle bordering hind part
of orbit, and descending very obliquely, ending in two points. Pectoral scarcely
reaching ventrals, which are very small. B. 5, D. 9, A. 13, P. 10, V. 3. (Gunther.)
Atlantic ; lately taken in the Gulf Stream, about lat. 33<^.
(Hermann, 1. c. ; Gtinther, V, 387 ; Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1882, 220.)
1 Cyclothone Goode & Bean.
(Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1882, 221 ; type Cyclothone lusca G. «fe B.)
Body elongate, somewhat compressed (apparently covered with rather large, thin,
very caducous scales) ; lower parts with a series of luminous spots. Head conical j
cleft of mouth very wide, oblique extending behind eye, the lower jaw strongly pro-
jecting. Maxillary long and slender, sickle-shaped, closely connected with the short
premaxillary. Upper jaw with a single series of rather large close-set sharp teeth,
about every fourth one slightly longer than the rest, and directed slightly outward.
Lower jaw with similar teeth, subequal, directed forward, with a few canines in front.
A small patch of minute teeth on vomer; palatines smooth. Eye small, inconspicuous.
Gill openings very wide, the membranes free froni the isthmus. Gill rakers numerous,
long and slender. Pseudobranchise none. Branchiostegals (apparently 7 to 9). No
air-bladder. Dorsal and anal well developed, opposite each other. No adipose fin.
Caudal forked, its peduncle long and slender. Deep-sea fishes of small size, closely
related to the European genus Gonostoma. {KvxXoi, round; dioovrj, veil.)
Cyclothone lusca Goode & Bean.
Uniform black, the mucous pores inconspicuous. Maxillary extending backward
to a distance from tip of snout equal to length of head without snout; eye as long as
snout, 7 in head. Distance from snout to dorsal three times length of lower jaw, its
base as long as head. Second ray longest, f base of fin. Insertion of anal under
second ray of dorsal, its longest rays a little higher than those of dorsal. Pectoral,
7J in length of body. Distance from snout to ventral twice head; ventral 7 in body.
Head, 4J; depth, 7f. D. 1, 11, A. 1, 16, P. 10, V. 5. Gulf Stream, in deep water oflf
south coast of New England, not rare.
(Goode i& Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 1882, 221.)
2 Sigmops Gill.
(Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 256; type Sigmops stigmaticus Gill.)
No scales or pseudobranchiie ; body elongate, clavifoi-m ; dorsal short ; anal long,
the insertions of the two fins opposite each other; teeth moderately elongate, alter-
[47] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Order P.— HAPLOMI. (N)
Family LIII.— AMBLYOPSID^. (48)
151.— AMBLYOPSIS De Kay. (153)
539. Amblyopsis spelaeus De Kay. Vw. (520)
152.— TYPHLICHTHYS Girard. (154)
540. Typhlichthys subterraneus Girard. Vw. (521)
153.— CHOLOGASTER Agassiz. (155)
541. Chologaster cornutus Agassiz. Vse. (.522)
542. Chologaster agassizii Putnam. Vw. (523)
543. Chologaster papillifer Forbes. Vw. (5236.)
Family LIV.— CYPRINODONTIDiE. (49)
154.— JORDANELLA Goode & Beao. (156)
544. Jordanella floridae Goode «fe Bean. Vw. (524)
155.— CYPRINODON Lac^pMe. (157)
545. Cyprinodon variegatus Lac6pfede. N. S. (525)
545 b. Cyprinodon variegatus gibhosus GiraTd. S. (526)
546. Cyprinodon riverendi ' Poey. W.
547. Cyprinodon bovlnus 2 Girard. Vsw. (526)
548. Cyprinodon eximkis- Girard. Vsw. (^5266.)
549. Cyprinodon latifasciatus Garman. Vsw. (527)
550. Cyprinodon elegans Baird & Girard. Vsw. (528)
551. Cyprinodon californieusis Girard. C ? (529)
552. Cyprinodon macularius Girard. R. (530)
553. Cyprinodon mydrus ^ Goode & Bean. S. W.
554. Cyprinodon carpio Giinther. (531)
nating with short ones, in a row on the masillaries as well as premaxillaries and man-
dible. Deep-sea fishes. (2^XJua,S; o^', eye.)
Sigmops stigmaticus Gill.
" Its distinct inferior pearly spots, arranged in two rows on each side of the ab-
domen, are well marked, and the upi>er have wax -like guttiform spots connected with
them below; there is also a broad longitudinal silvery band or sheen." Gulf Stream,
lat. 38, at 2,361 fathoms.
(Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 256.)
* Cyprinodon riverendi Poey ; Trifarcius riverendi Poey, Memorias Cuba, II, 306, 1860;
Cyprinodon riverendi Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 109 ; Key West to Cuba. Very
closely related to C. gibbosus, but with larger scales (24-12), smaller head and the anal
edged with black. The genus Trifarcius Poey, of which this species is the type, is
founded on the erroneous statement of Valenciennes that Cyprinodon variegatus has
but five branchiostegals.
* A doubtful species, unknown to me.
3 Cyprinodon mydrus Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 433; Jordan and Gil-
bert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 110 ; Peusacola to Key West. A strongly marked and
handsome species, possibly identical with C. carpio.
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156.— CHARACODON ' Gunther.
555. Characodon furcidens Jordan & Gilbert. P.
157.— ADINIA Girard.
556. Adinia multifasciata^ Girard. S. (545&.)
158.— FUNDULUS Lac^pMe. (158)
^ Hydrargyra.
557. Pundulus majalis'' Walbaiim. N. (532)
558. Fundulus similis Baird & Girard. S. (534)
559. Fundulus parvipinnis Girard. C. P. (536)
$ Fundulus.
560. Fundulus zebrinus "I Jordan 4& Gilbert. Vsw. (530)
1 Characodon Gunther.
(Giintber, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., VI, 1866, 308; type Characodon lateralis Giinther.)
This genus differs from Cyprinodon, chiefly in the presence of a small hand of villi-
ibrm teeth behind the incisors. The incisors are bicuspid or Y'Shaped, and the ver-
tical fins are longer than in Cyprinodon ; fresh waters of Mexico and Central America ;
two species known. (Xnpo^, a sharp stake; oiJwv, tooth.) Characodon furcidens Joi-
•<lan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat Mus., 1882, 354 ; streams tributary to the Gulf of Cali-
fornia, and southward; abundant.
6- The grouj) Adinia, defined on page 891 in the Synopsis, may be recognized as a
•distinct genus, intermediate between Cyprinodon and Fundulus, having the form of
body and restricted gill openings of the former and the dentition of the latter. The
-single species {Fundulus xenicus Jor. & Gilb.) may stand as Adinia multtfasciata.
^Fundulus swampina, a doubtful species probably based on a confusion of several
species, is hero omitted.
* Fundulus zehrinus is thus redescribed by Professor Gilbert (Bull. Washburn Lab.
J^at. Hist., 1, 1884, 15), from specimens taken at Ellis, Kans. :
"Head and body shaped much as in Fundulus similis, but the snout somewhat less
elongate. Width of prtorbital about 6i in length of head ; eye moderate, 4 to 4^
in head, 1| in interorbital width; posterior margin of orbit in middle of length of
head ; teeth in both jaws in a villiform band, with the external series much enlarged;
interorbital width 2j in head ; snout 3|.
" Branchiostegals 5.
" Dorsal fin long and ratner ow, the base longer and the rays higher in males than
in females; origin of dorsal nearly equidistant between snout and margin of caudal,
slightly nearer the snout in males, and nearer end of caudal in females ; base of dorsal
in males 6 to 6^ in total length, the highest dorsal ray about half head; in females
the base is 7^ in total length. Origin of anal opposite that of dorsal in males, behind
it in females ; in the latter the anal is sharply angulated, the anterior rays more than
thrice the height of the jtosterior, and more than two-thirds length of head. In males
the margins of both dorsal and anal fins are evenly rounded, the anal is the highest,
its rays beset with minute white prickles. Oviduct forming a low sheath along base
«f anterior half of anal. Pectorals not reaching base of ventrals, equaling distance
from snout to preopercular margin. Ventrals about reaching vent. Caudal truncate,
li in head.
" Scales very small, in about 60 oblique series from opercle to base of caudal ; about
21 in an oblitiue series from vent upwards to middle of back : no enlarged humeral
scale. In males the margins of scales are rough with minute tubercles.
" Head 3^ to 3f in length; depth 4^ to 4|. D. 14 or 15 ; A, 13 or 14. L. 3 inches.
^* Color: Greenish above, sides and below silvery-white, the sides tinged with sul-
[49]
CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
561. Fvmdulus seminolis ' Giranl. Vsw. (537)
562. Fuudulus extensus/- Jordan & Gilbert. P.
563. Fundulua diaphanus^ Le Sueur. Vn. N. (538, 540)
564. Fundulus confluentus Goode & Beau. S. (539)
565. Fuudulus adinia Jordan it Gilbert. Vsw. (541)
566. Fundulus heteroclitus^ Liuuteus. N. S. (543)
566b. Fundulus heterocUtus grandis Baird & GiT&rA. S. (543 6.)
567. Fundulua ocellaris Jordan & Gilbert. S. (542 6.)
568. Fundulus vinctus' Joidau & Gilbert. P.
^ Xenistna Jordan.
569. Fundulus catenatus Storer. Vs. (544)
570. Fxindulus stellifer Jordan. Vs. (545)
159.— ZYGONECTES Agassiz. (159)
571. Zygonectes rubrifrons Jordan. Vse. (546)
572. Zygonectes henshalli Jordan. Vse. (547)
573. Zygonectes floripinuis Cope. R. (548)
574. Zygonectes lineatus Garman. R. (549). ^'
575. Zygonectes sciadlcus Cope. Vnw. (555)
576. Zygonectes notatus Rafiuesque. Vw. (550)
577. Zygonectes dispar Agassiz. Vw. (553)
578. Zygonectes craticula Goode «fc Beau. Vse. (553 6.)
579. Zygonectes zonifer*' Jordan &, Meek. Vse.
580. Zygonectes chrysotus' Giiutber. Vse. (556, 557)
581. Zygonectes luciae* Baird. Ve. (558)
160.— LUCANIA Girard. (160)
582. Lucania veuusta Girard. S. (559)
583. Lucania parva Baird & Girard. N. S. (560)
584. Lucania goodei Jordan. S. (561)
phur-yellow ; the greater part of each scale on back rendered dusky by black points ;
sides with fiiom 14 to 18 dusky bars from back to ventral region, occasionally meeting
on ventral Hue ; these bars are very variable in width, seemingly narrower in females,
iu which half-bars are frequently inserted between the others ; the interspaces are as
wide as the bars, or usually wider. Fins yellowish, without distinct markings, in the
males all very dusky except the anal."
' This species is ledescribed by Jordan (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus , 1884, 322).
-Fundulus extensus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 355. Cape San
Lucas.
'^Fundulus menona appears to be identical with F. diaphanus.
■* Fundulus nigrofasciatus seems to be the youug oi Fundulus heteroclUus.
■^ Fundulus vinctus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 355. Cape San
Lucas.
''Zygonectes zoniftr Jordan & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884. Allamaha R., Ga.
^ ^ Fundultia cingulatus Cuv. &, Val. = Ha2:>locMlu8 chrysotus GiintheT = Fundulus zon-
atus C. &Y., not Fsox zonatus Mitchill, which is a young Fundulus. For descriptions
of this species see Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 586, and Jordan,
op. cit., 1884, 320. It is best to use the name of chrysotus for this species, as cingulatus
cannot be ijositively identified, and zonatus was originally given to some other fish.
* The description of Zygonectes cingulatus given in the Synopsis (p. 342) belongs to
this species. It is probably distinct from Z, chrysotus, as the latter has no dorsal
ocellus in either sex.
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161.— GAMBUSIA Poey. (161)
585. GambuBia patruelis' Baird & Girard. Vs. (551, 552, 562)
586. Gambusia humilis^ Giinther. Vsw. (554, 463)
587. Gambusia arlingtonia' Goode & Bean. Vse. (564)
588. Gambusia affinis' Baird & Girard. Vbw. (565)
589. Gambusia nobilis' Baird «fc Girard. Vsw. (566)
590. Gambusia senilis' Girard. Vsw. (566 h.)
162.— MOLLIENESIA Le Sueur. (162)
591. Mollienesia latipinna-* Le Sueur. S. (r)67, 5676.)
163.— POBCILIA Bloch & Schneider. (163)
592. Poecilia couchiana Girard. Vsw. (568)
164.— HETERANDRIAft Agassiz. (164)
593. Heterandria formosa Agassiz. Vse. (164)
594 Heterandria occidentalis Baird «fe Girard. R. (570)
595. Heterandria ommata^ Jordan. Vse.
Family LY.— UMBRID^. (50)
165.— UMBRA MtiUer. (169)
596. Umbra limi Kirtland, Vnw. (571)
596b. Umbra limi pygmcea DeK&y. Ye.
Family LVI.— ESOCID^. (51)
166.— ESOX Linnseas. (167)
§ Picorellus Rafinesqne.
597. Esoz americanuB Gmelin. Ve. (573)
598. Esoz vermlculatuB Le Sueur. Vw. (574)
599. Esox reticulatuB' Le Sueur. Ve. (575)
1 Zygoneeles atrilatus, Zygonectes inurus, Haplochilua mslanops, Gambusia holbrooki, and
probably Gambusia arlingtonia also, are identical with Gambusia patruelis.
2 Gambusia humilis Gunth.eT=iZygon€ct€8 brachypterus Cope, seems to be distinct from
Gambusia patrHelis. It abounds in the streams of Texas, and may be known at once
from G. patruelis by the absence of the black suborbital spot.
•* Doubtful species, unknown to me.
* Mollienesia lineolata is identical with M. latipinna.
*The name Heterandria Agassiz, Amer. Journ. Sci. Arts., 1853, as now restricted is
identical with Girardinus, and must supersede this later name. The type is Heterandria
formosa Agassiz. As originally defined, both Gambusia and Girardinus were included
in Heterandria. See Jordan «fe Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 236.
^Heterandria ommata Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 323. Indian R., Florida.
''This species should stand as Eaox vermiculaius, instead of Esox salmoneus or Esox
umbrosus.
To the synonymy add :
{Esox vermiculaius, Esox Uneatus, and ? Esox lugubrosus Le Sueur MSS. in Cuv. & Val.,
XVIII, 333, 335, 338, 1846.)
[51] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
$ Eaox.
600. £so2 luciuB LinusBus. £u. Vu. (576)
§ Mascalongus Jordan.
601. Esox nobilior Thompson. Vn. (577)
Order Q.— XENOMI.^
Family LVII.— DALLIID^.
167.— DALLIA Bean. (166)
602. Dallia pectoralis Bean. Y. (57-2)
Order R— COLOCEPHALI.^
Family LVIIL— MUE^NID^. (52.)
168.— MURiENOBLENNAs Lac6pfede.
603. Muraenoblenna nectura Jordan & Gilbert. P.
169.— MUR^NA LinnsBUS. (168)
604. Muraena retifera Goode & Bean. S. (578)
605. Muraena pinta^ Jordan & Gilbert. P.
170.— SIDERA Kaup.
606. Sidera castanea 5 Jordan «& Gilbert. P.
607. Sidera mordax Ayres. C. (579)
608. Sidera dovii<5 Giinther. P.
609. Sidera ocellata Agassiz. S. (5H0)
' The genus Dallia, although agreeing in many external characters with Umbra,
hae very little affinity with that group or any other of our fishes. Its skeleton is so
peculiar in structure that it has been taken by Dr. Gill as the representative of a
peculiar order or suborder, Xenomi, which is thus defined :
"Teleosts with the scapular arch free from the cranium laterally and only abut-
ting on it behind, coracoids represented by a simple cartilaginous plate without de-
veloped actinosts, and with the intermaxillary and supramaxillary bones coalescent."
(AfVoS, strange ; (o/iioi, shoulder.)
-Order Colooephali Cope, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, 1871, 456 (includes the Murce-
iiidce).
3Mur.«;noblenna Lac^pMe.
{Gymnomurwna Giinther, not of Lac6p6de, as restricted by Kaup.)
(Lac^pede, His. Nat. Poiss., V, 652, 1803 ; type Murwnoilenna olivacea Lac6p^de.)
This genus differs from Murcena chiefly in the reduction of the fins to a short fold,
surrounding the tail. Posterior nostrils not tubular. Gape, moderate. Tropical
seas. (Mupa^Va, eel ; (jXevva, sMvaQ. " Blenna en grec, signifi6 mucosit^." Lac6-
p^de.) Murcenohlenna nectura =: Gymnomurcena nectura Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S.
Nat. Mus., 1682, 356. Cape San Lucas.
* Murania pinta Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 345. Gulf of California
and southward.
^Sidera castanea Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 208. Mazatlan and
southward. In this paper is an analysis of the characters of the species of Sidera
found on the Pacific coast of America.
^Murcena dovii Giinther, VIII, 103, 1870 ; ^Mwcena pintita Jordan & Gilbert, Proc.
U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 346; 1883, 209. Mazatlan to Gallapagos Islands.
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610. Sidera fuuebris' Ranzani. P. (580 6.)
611. Sidera moringa Cuvier. P. (580 c.)
Order S.— ENCHELYCEPHALP (0.)
Family LIX.— CONGlilD^.^ (53 part.)
171.— ICHTHYAPUS" Barueville.
612. Ichthyapus selachops .Jordan &, Gilbert. P.
172.— LETHARCHUS Goode & Bean. (168 6.)
613. Letharchus velifer Goode & Bean. S. (580 6.)
173.— CALLECHELYS5 Kaup. (169)
614. Callechelys scuticaris Goodo & Beau. S. (581)
615. Callechelys teres Goode & Beau. S. (581 6.)
616. Callechelys bascanium'^ Jordan. W,
' The species called in the Synopsis (p. 895) Mnr<ena afra should stand as Mura"iia
or Sidera funehris.
In life thi.s species is bright yellowi.sh green, with some oblique dark streaks on the
fins. It roaches a very large size and is much dreaded by fishermen. To its synonymy
add: (hjmnothorax funebris Ranzani, Nov. Coram. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bouou., IV, 1840, 76;
MitraiM lineopinnis Richardson, Voy^. Erebus & Terror, 1844, 89; Murama ivfernalis
Poey, Memorias Cuba, II, 347, 1861; Miirana a/ra Giiuther, IX, 123; apparently not
(Ij/iniiofhorax afer, Bioch, Ausl. Fischo, 1797, IX, 85, tab. 417, a fish from Guinea, de-
scribed as being brown, marbled, and banded with white. The present tpecies is al-
ways unicolor, green in life, and brown in spirits.)
■Knchelijcephali Cope, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, 1871, 455.
■• The family o( AngiiiUidw, a.s given in the text, is not a natural one. For the present
we may subtract the aberrant genera Anguilla and Simenchelys, leaving the remaining
genera in one group, Congrid(v.
■• IcHTHYAPUS Barneville.
{Ophtsurapliis Kaup; Apierichihys Dumdril.)
(Barneville, Revue Zoologique, 1847, 219; type Ichthyapus acntirostris Barneville.)
This genus differs from Ophichthys chiefly in the entire absence of fins. The snout
projects beyond the small mouth, giving a shark-like physiognomy, and the teeth are
small, mostly uniserial. {"Ix^ivi, fish; anovi, without feet.) Ichthyapus selachops =
Apterkhthys selachops .Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 356. Cape San
Lucas.
" Callechelys Kaup (see Synopsis, p. 897), is distinguished from Coecula by the
development of the dorsal fin, which begins on the head. In Coecula {Sphagehranehus),
it begins behind the gill opening.
^Callechelys hascanium Jordan.
Dark brown, nearly uniform ; fins a little paler. Body extremely slender, subterete,
its greatest depth little more than two-fifths length of head ; head short; snout 7 in
head; mouth very small, the lower jaw thin, included, not extending to the anterior
nostril, which is in a short tube; teeth short, subconic, bluntish, a little unequal,
tlii'ir points directed backwards ; lower teeth nearly uniserial ; upper teeth uniserial
laterally, partly biserial anteriorly ; vomerine teeth forming a rhombic patch. Eye
moderate, its length more than half that of snout, its center nearly over middle of
np])er jaw; cleft of mouth 3f in length of head. Gill openings vertical, about as
wide as isthmus ; its upper edge on level of upper base of pectoral ; ])ec1oral developed,
Bmall, a little broader than long, nearly as long as snout ; dorsal tin very low, begin-
ning at a point midway between front of eye and gill opening ; anal similar to dorsal.
[53] CATALOGUE OF TUE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
174.— OPHISURUS • Lac(?i)iHle. (170 b.)
617. Ophisuriis acuminatus- Giouow. W. (584?*.)
618. Ophisunis xysturus-' Jordan & Gilbert. P.
175.— OPHICHTHYS' Ahl. (170)
619. Ophichthys niiurus' Jonlaii tfc Gilbert. P.
620. Ophichthys triserialis Kaup, C. P. (583)
621. Ophichthys ocellatus Le Sueur. P. (584)
622. Ophichthys guttifer ' Bean &. Dresel. W.
623. Ophichthys macrurus Poey. W. (58:? fc.)
624. Ophichthys chrysops Poey. W. (583 t")
625. Ophichthys zophochir'' Jordan & Gilbert. P.
626. Ophichthys schneideri" Steindachner. W. (582)
627. Ophichthys iiitertinctus* Richardson. W.
Head 11 J in distance from top of snout to vent ; head and trunk a little longer than
tail. Length of type, 31 inches; bead, If; trunk, 14f. Egniont Key, Florida; dis-
tinguished from C. teres by the very short bead.
{Cwcitla baacanium Jordan, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1884, 43.)
' For a discussion of the correct application of the names Ophichthys, Ophisunis, and
Coecula see Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 648.
■^As stated in the Synopsis, p. 974, the name acuminatus should supersede lotigus for
this species.
^Ophichthys xysturus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 346. Mazatlan
to Panama.
^Ophichthys »HtHr«s Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 357. Cape SanLucas.
■'' Ophichthys guttifer Bean & Dre-sel.
Allied to 0. ocellatus Le Sueur. Greatest depth equal to distance from angle of
mouth to tip of snout. Dorsal fin beginning at a distance behind vertical from tiiJ
of pectoral equal to length of snout. Pectoral nearly 3^ in head; head 8 in total
length, 2f in trunk. Eye 1^ in snout ; 9 in head. Twenty-one oi 22 small white
spots along median line. Gulf of Mexico. (Bean & Dresel, Proc. Biol. Soc, Washing-
ton, II, 1884, 99.)
t" Ophichthys zophochir Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 347. Mazatlan.
'The specimens which vre have referred to Ophichthys punctifer (mordax)helongTatheT
to Ophichthys schneideri Steindachner.
Yellowish brown ; heiul with small dark brown elongate spots ; sides with about
three rows of rather large oval spots, the lower disappearing behind the vent, number
of rows becoming greater anteriorly ; broad half spots along upper margin of dorsal,
and bordered with blackish. Head 2i in trunk; snout conical, blunt anteriorly.
Cleft of mouth very long, 2 in head ; eye 11 ; snout 7. Teeth in both jaws in two rows,
those of the outer row in both very sharp, unequal, some of them quite long, those of
the inner row smaller and subequal ; vomerine teeth rather small, in two roivs, diverging
forward; one or two long canines in front, behind the two series of the upper jaw.
Both nostrils with short tubes. Pectoral 4 in head ; dorsal beginning about 1^ eye's
diameters behind the point of the pectoral. Tail longer than the rest of the body by
li head's lengths. {Steindachner. ) West Indies, occasionally taken from the .stomachs
of Red Snappers at Peusacola. Apparently distinct from O. punctifer (^O. mordax),
having the vomerine teeth in two rows instead of three.
Crotalopsis mordax Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 154 ; not Macrodonophia
mordax Poey; Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., VIII, 67, 1879; Jordan «& Gilbert, Proc.
U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 143.)
* Ophichthys interiinctus.
Dark brown above, paler below ; sides and back with about three rows of large
ovate brown spots, somewhat irregular in size and position, those of the upper row-
smallest, the large and small ones of the lower rows somewhat alternating. Spots
on head small and numerous. Dorsal with an interrupted dark margin ; anal with
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [54]
176.— MYRICHTHYS Girard. (171)
628. Myrichthys tigrinus Giranl. (J. (."JH"))
177.— MYROPHIS Liitken. (171 b.)
629. Myrophislumbricus Jordan & Gilbert. S. (585 &.)
630. Myrophis punctatus' Liitkeu. W. (585 c.)
631. Myrophis vafer" Jordan & Gilbert. P.
632. Myrophis egmontis^ Jordan. W.
178.— NEOCONGER Girard. (172)
633. Neoconger mucronatus Girard. W. (.586)
179.— NETTASTOMA^ Eafinesque.
634. Nettastoma procerum Goode & Bean. B.
u darker edge ; pectorals blackish. Gill openings wide, the isthmus rather narrow ;
head 3i in trunk. Cleft of mouth very wide, nearly half length of head. Teeth
sharply pointed, with a few large lixed canines in both jaws, and one or two larger
ones in front of upper jaw; about 4 moderate canines near front of lower jaw; teeth
in both jaws in double series, those of the inner series in the upper jaw depressible.
Vomer with a double series conliuent behind. Eye small, 1^ in snout, which is about
C^i in head. Pectoral about 5 in head. Dorsal commencing a little behind end of
]>ectoral. Tail rather longer than rest of body. West Indies, north to Egmout Key,
Florida.
{Ophiaurua intertinciua Richardson, Ereb. &, Terr. Fish., 102; Echiopaia Intertinctua
Kanp, Apodes, 13, 1858; Giiuther, VIII. 57; Ophichihya intertinciua Jordan, Proc. Ac.
Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 43.)
' Myrophia jiuuctatua L.nX'ken^iMyrophia microstiymiua Poey. To the synonymy, add —
(Liitken, Vid. Med. Naturh. Foreu. Kjobenh., 1851, 1; Myrophia lonyicollia Kaup,
Apodes, 30, 1858 ; Jordan, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 282; not of Giiuther, VIII,
51,= J/, vafer Jor. & Gilb.)
■Myrophia vafer Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1862, 645. Guaymas to
Panama.
'Myrophia egmontia Jordan.
Dark brown, apparently uniform, somewhat i)aler below ; head small, slender, mod-
erately pointed ; anterior nostril in a short tube ; posterior, large, labial directly be-
hind it ; cleft of mouth rather short, extending to beyond the rather large eye, which
is more than half the length of the snout ; cleft of m«uth, 3^ in head ; teeth on both
jaws subequal, pointed, slightly compressed, arranged in single series, those of both
jaws directed somewhat backward ; the lower teeth larger and more oblique than the
upper ; about four small fixed canines in front of upper jaw ; no teeth on vomer in two
specimens examined ; tongue not free ; lower jaw considerably shorter than upper, its
edge considerably curved, concave in outline. Nape somewhat elevated ; top of head
with largo pores. Head 5^ in distance from snout to vent ; head and trunk a little
shorter than tail ; body slender, its greatest depth a little more than length of gape.
Pectoral short and broad, slightly longer than snout ; the gill oiieuing short, oblique,
extending downward and backward from near the middle of the base of the pectoral.
Dorsal fin beginning behind vent, at a distance about e<|ual to length of gape ; the
fin vi-ry low in front, becoming gradually higher towards the tij) of tail; anal low,
but well developed, considerably higher ^han dorsal, highest anteriorly, uniting with
the dorsal around the tail. Length, 15 inches. Egmont Key, Florida.
(Jordan, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 44.)
■■Nkttastoma Eafinesqne.
(Hyoprorua Kolliker ; larva.)
(Rafinesque, Caratteri di AlcuniNuovi Generi, &c., 1810, 66 ; type Nettaaioma mela-
vura Raf. )
Scaleless. Tail tapering into a point. Snout much produced, depressed; jaws and
[55] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
180.— MUR^NESOXi McClelland
€35. Muraenesoz couiceps .loidau & Gilbert. P.
181.— CONGER- Cnvior, (174)
€36. Conger conger Linna-us. N. S. W. Eii. P. (588)
€37. Conger caudicula Bean. W. (588 6.)
Family LX.— ANGUILLID^.
182.— ANGUILLA^ Thunberg. (173)
€38. Anguilla anguiUa rostrata De Kaj-. V. N. S. W. (587)
vomer with bands of cardiforra teeth, those along the median line of the vomer being
somewhat the larger. Vertical fins well developed, the dorsal commencing behind
gill opening ; no pectorals. Gill openings moderate. Nostrils on upper surface of
head, valvular, the anterior near end of snout, the posterior above anterior angle of
eye. Air bladder present. (ZVerra, duck; fro//«, mouth.)
Nettastoma procerum Goode & Bean.
Body extremely elongate, compressed, especially so posteriorly, the tail tapering to a
very attenuate point. Head slender, conical, the jaws somewhat depressed, the upper
heavier and thicker, projecting beyond the lower a distance equal to the diameter of
the eye. Numerous pores on both jaws and on the nape. Snout with a slender fila-
mentous tip, twice as long as the eye. Teeth arranged as in N. melanurum, but excess-
ively small. Dorsal commencing above gill opening. Insertion of anal at a distance
from snout equal to 3§ times length of head. Tail twice as long as head and body.
Lateral line well developed, in a deep furrow. Height of dorsal and anal about half
depth of body, brownish ; peritoneum black. (Gulf Stream, in deep water, at aibout
lat. :J4o. {Goode 4- Bean.)
(Goode Sc Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 188^* 224.)
> MuR^XESOX McClelland.
{Cynoponticus Costa.)
Form of Conger : Body scaleless ; snout long; posterior nostrils opposite upper part
of eye ; tongue not free ; jaws with several series of small, close-set teeth, with ca-
nines in front ; vomer with several series of strong teeth, those of the median series
enlarged and usually compressed ; gill openings wide; pectorals well developed ; dorsal
beginning above the gill opening, continuous with the anal around the tail. Large
eels of the tropical seas.
Mnnenesox coniceps Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 348. Mazatlan
to Panama.
-The name Conger should probably be retained for this genus. It does not appear
to be entirely certain that Leptocephalits morrisi is a larval Conger. Echelus Rafinesque
(1810) is based in part on Congers, but most of the numerous typical species remain
unidentified.
3 Mr. S. E. Meek (Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1883, 430), after a careful comparison of
American and European eels, concludes that "in American specimens the dorsal fin is
proportionately farther from the end of snout, making the distance between front of
dorsal and front of anal a little shorter than in European specimens. Otherwise no
permanent difl'erence seems to exist. We should not, therefore, in my opinion, con-
sider the two as distinct species, but rather as geographical varieties of the same
species."
In A. rostrata, according to Mr. Meek, the distance from tip of snout to front of
dorsal is, on an average, .33^ of the length : the distance from front of dorsal to front
of anal, .09f, or less than length of head (.12^).
In the European Anguilla anguilla the first distance is .30^^, the second, .13f, or a
little more than length of head (.13i). Cuban specimens {Anguilla cubana Kaup)
agree fully with A. rostrata, as also Texan ones (Anguilla "tyrannus" or " texana").
Probably our eel should be regarded as a subspecies (rostrata) of A. anguilla.
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Family LXI.— SIMENCHELYIDJ!:.
183.— SIMENCHELYS Gill. (174)
639. Simenchelys parasiticus Gill. B. (589)
Family LXIL— SYNAPHOBRANCHID^. (54)
184.— SYNAPHOBRANCHUS Joliusou. (176)
640. Synaphobranchus pinnatus Gronow. B. (590)
185.— HISTIOBRANCHUS' Gill.
641. Histiobranchus infernalis Gill. B.
Family LXIII.— NEMICHTHYID^ Richardsou. (56)
186.— NEMICHTHYS Richardson. (178)
642. Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson. B. (592)
643. Nemichthys avocetta Jordan & Gilbert. B. C. (593)
187. -LABICHTHYS ^ Gill & Ryder.
644. Labichthys carinatus-' Gill & Ryder. B.
645. Labichthys elougatus^ Gill »fc Ryder. B.
1 Histiobranchus Gill.
(Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 255; type, Histiobranchus infernalia Gill).
" Synaphobranchid, with the dor.sal fin protracted almost as far forward as the base
of the pectoral fin, and an isolated small patch of teeth on the vomer, behind that on
its head." {"Htiov, sail, i. e., dor.sal fin ; jSpayxod giUj dorsal commencing above gill
opening).
Hi8tio})ranc1ui8 infernalis Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 255. Gulf Stream, lati-
tude 38'^, at a depth of 1,731 fathoms.
-' LABiciiTnY.s Gill «&, Ryder.
(Gill & Ryder, Proc.U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 261 ; type, LdhicUhya carinatus Gill &
Ryder.)
" Nemichthyids with the head behind the eyes, contracted, with very attenuated
.jaws, the hranchiostegous membrane connected to the throat, and the branchial ap-
ertures limited to the sides, with small conical teeth in a band along the vomer, and
otherwise dentition of Nemichthj/s, a black epidermis, and the tail abruptly truncated.
{Aaftii, a pair of forceps ; /^Ot)?, fish.) This genus and the two which follow are very
insufficiently described. In none of them is the character of the posterior dorsal rays
described.
""Lahichthiis carinatus Gill «fe Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883,261. Gulf Stream,
latitude 41°, at 906 fathoms.
^ Lahichthys elongatus Gill & Ryder, 1. c, 1883, 262. Gulf Stream, latitude 39°, at
1,628 fathoms.
[67] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NOKTU AMERICA.
188.— SPINIVOMER ' Gill & Kyder.
646. Spinivomer goodei Gill & Kyder. B.
189.— SERRIVOMER^ Gill & Ryder.
647. Serrivomer beani Gill iV: Ryder. B.
Order T— LYOMERI.^
Family LXIY.— SACCOPHAKYNGID^. (55)
190.— SACCOPHARYNX Mitcbill. (177)
648. Saccopharynx ampullaceus ^ Harwood. B. (501)
Family LXV.— EURYPHAEYNGID^.s
1 Spixivomeu Gill & Ryder.
(Gill & Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 261; type, Spinivomer goodei G. & R.)
" Nemichihjiids with a rectilinear occipitorostral outliue, with very attenuated jaws,
high mandibular rami, the branchial aperture nearly conduent, enlarged acute conic
teeth in a median row on the vomer, and with a silvery epidermis and filiform tail."
(Latin, spina, s^iiue ; vomer, vomer.)
Spinivomer goodei Gill & Ryder, 1. c, 261. Gulf Stream, latitude 38°, at 2,361
fathoms. -
^Serrivomeu Gill & Ryder.
(Gill & Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1883, 260; type, Serrivomer beani G. &. R.)
" Xemichthyids with the head behind eyes of an elongated parallelogramic form,
with moderately attenuated jaws, brauchiostegal membrane confluent at posterior
margin, but with the branchial aperture limited by an isthmus except at the margin,
and with lancet-shaped vomerine teeth in a crowded (sometimes doubled) row."
(Latin, serra, saw; vomer, vomer.)
Serrivomer beani Gill & Ryder, 1. c, 261. Gulf Stream, latitude 41°, at 855 fathoms.
3 Order T.— LYOMERI.
"Fishes with five branchial arches (none modified as branchiostegal or pharyngeal)
far behind the skull, an imperfectly ossified cranium articulating with the first ver-
tebra by a basioccipital condyle alone, only two cephalic arches, both freely movable,
(1) an anterior dentigerous one, the palatine, and (2) the suspensorial, consisting of
the hyomandibular and quadrate bones, without maxillary bones or distinct bony
elements to the mandible, with an imperfect scapular arch remote from the skull, and
-with separately ossified but imperfect vertebrae." (Gill & Ryder.)
Two families are recognized {Saccopharyngidm and Eurypliaryngidai), deep-sea fishes
of remarkable appearance, allied to the eels. The sjjecies are little known, and are
possibly all forms of a single one. {Avoi, loose ; /.lepoi, part or segment.) {Lyomeri
Gill & Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 263.)
■»The name Saccopharynx flagellum was not given by Mitchill, but by Cuvier (Regne
Animal, Ed. II) in 1829. The name ampallaceus of HarwOod has therefore priority, it
really referring to the same species. For an exhaustive discussion of our knowledge
of Saccopharynx and its relationships see Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , 1884, 48.
5 The family Eurypharyngidw is thus defined by Gill & Ryder:
^^ Lyomeri with the head flat above and with a transverse rostral margin, at the
outer angles of which the eyes are exposed, with the eyes excessively elongated back-
wards and the upper parallel and closing against each other as far as the articulatior
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191.— QASTROSTOMUS ' Gill & Ryder.
649. QastroBtomus bairdii Gill & Ryder. B.
Order U.— OPISTIIOMI. (P)
Family LXVl.— PTILICHTHYID^.2 (56 6.)
192.— PTILICHTHYS Beau. (179)
650. Ptilichthys goodei Bean. A. (594.)
Family LXVII.— IsTOTACANTHID^.
193.— NOTACANTHUS Blocli. (180)
651. Notacanthus chemnitzi Bloch. G. B. (59.t)
652. Notacanthus phasgaiiorua Goode. B. (595/.)
653. Notacanthus analis^ Gill. B.
of the two suspensorial boues, with uiiuute teeth in both jaws, with a short abdomen
and long, attenuated tail, branchial apertures narrow and very far behind, dorsal
and anal fins continued nearly to the end of the tail, and minute pectoral fins.
" The mandibular rami are exceedingly narrow and slender, but the jaws are ex-
tremely expansible and the skin is correspondingly dilatable, consequently an enor-
mous pouch may be developed. Inasmuch as the slenderuess and fragility of the
jaws and the absence of raptatorial teeth i)recliide the idea of the species being true
fishes of prey, it is probable that they may derive their food from the water which
is received into the pouch by a process of selection of the small or minute organisms
therein contained." The skin of the pouch has a peculiar velvety appearance, like
the wing membrane of a bat. Two species are known, provisionally referred to two
genera, Eurypharynx pdecaiwides Vaillant and Gaatrostomus hairdii. Both are from
great depths in the sea, the former having been taken by the " Travailleur," in 1882,
oif the coast of Morocco.
{Eurypharyngidce Gill & Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 264.)
' Gastrostomus Gill & Ryder.
Gill & Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 271 ; type Gastrostomus bairdii G. & R.
This genus is supposed to be distinguished from Eurypharynx by the following char-
acters : Cranium short, nearly as broad as long ; dentigerous bones almost seven times
length of cranium ; jaws with minute, acute, conic teeth depressed inwards, in a very-
narrow band ; no enlarged teeth at tip of mandible ; tail with a rayless membrane
under its tip. {Fadrrfp, stomach; dTO/na, mouth.)
{Gastrostomus bairdii Gill »fe Ryder, 1. c., 1883, 271. Gulf Stream, lat. 40°, in deep
water.)
Eurypharynx pelecanoides (Vaillant, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, 1882, 1232) is
supposed to differ in having the "cranium prolonged backwards, the dentigerous
bones little more than three times as long as the cranium ; faint dentary granulations
on both jaws and at the extremitj' of the mandible two hooked teeth; the tail end-
ing in a point." It is not unlikely that the two species may prove identical.
*It is almost certain that Ptilichthys has little relation to the Mastacembelidce. It
should probably be regarded as a distinct family, Ptilichthyidce, but whether this fam-
ily belongs to the Opisthomi or to the Acanthopteri cannot be ascertained without ex-
amination of the skeleton.
^Xotacanthus analis Gill. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 255. Gulf Stream, latitude
40 at a depth of 548 fathoms.
[59] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Order V.— SYNENTOGNATHI. (Q)
Family LXVIII.— BELONID^.i (57 pt.)
194.— TYLOSURUS-Cocco. (181)
654. Tylosurus hians Cuv. & \'al. W. ((i9t))
655. Tylosurus fodiator^ Jordan & Gilbert. P.
656. Tylosurus crassus-" Poey. W. (GOO &.)
657. Tylosurus caribbasus Le Sueur. W. (59T)
658. Tylosurus notatus Poey. W. (598)
659. Tylosurus sagitta'' Jordau &, Gilbert. W.
660. Tylosurus marinus Bloch «fc Schueider. N. S. (599)
661. Tylosurus exilis Girard. C. (600)
662. Tylosurus stolzmanni'' Steiudachner. P.
' Aocordiug to Dr. Gill the structure of the skeleton in Belone, Tylosurus and Pota-
morrhaphis differs so much from that of the other Scomberesoddce that these genera
should be placed in a distiuct family, Belonidce.
■ The identificatiou of our species of Tylosurus may be aided by the following key:
a. Body strongly compressed, somewhat band-like, about twice as deep as broad;
beak slender, the upper jaw strongly arched at base ; dorsal and anal
very long, the posterior rays elevated ; D. 24 ; A. 25 Hians.
aa. Body subcylindrical, or not greatly compressed.
b. Dorsal and anal long, each with 20 or more rays, their posterior rays prolouged
in the youug, short in the adult; scales small; beak strong, with
large teeth ; lateral line passing into a dark-colored, keel on tail, no
bluish lateral band ; size large.
c. Beak very strong, not twice as long as rest of head ; body comparatively
stout ; depth about 14.
d. Dorsal rays about 19 ; anal 17 Fodiator.
dd. Dorsal "rays about 23. A. 23 CRASStJS.
cc. Beak twice or more length of rest of head; body comparatively slender;
depth about 18, D. about 25, A. about 24 CARiBB.fiUS.
li. Dorsal and anal short, each with less than 20 rays; the last rays not prolonged;
beak long and slender ; sides with a bluish lateral band ; size small.
e. Caudal peduncle posteriorly compressed, the lateral line not dark and not
forming a keel.
/. Body very broad, robust; dorsal very short, its lobe orange-red. in life;
maxillary hidden by preorbital. D. 13 ; A. 14 Notatus.
ff. Body very slender, subterete ; dorsal moderate, not red ; maxillary not
hidden by preorbital. Eye small. D. 14, A. 16 Sagitta.
e. Caudal peduncle posteriorly depressed ; lateral line forming a slight keel
which is blackish in color; eye rather large; D. 15; A. 18.. Marinus.
ee. Caudal peduncle depressed, with a strong keel; maxillary not entirely
hidden. D. 15 or 16 ; A. 17.
g. Pectorals plain olivaceous ; dorsal and anal lobe pale Exilis.
gg. Pectorals abruptly black at tip; dorsal and anal lobes blackish
Stolzmanni.
'^Tylosurus fodiator Jordan &. Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 459. Mazatlan.
■* Belone crassa Poey, Memorias Cuba, II, 1860, 291 = Tylosurus gladkis Beau, Proc.
U. S. Xat. Mus., 1882, 430= Tylosurus crassus Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884,
112 (not Belone jonesi Goode). Pensacola southward. •
'•Tylosurus sagitta Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 25. Key West.
* Belone stolzmanni Steindachuer, Ichthyol. Beitriige, VII, 21, 1878 = Tylosurus
sierrita Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 458. Gulf of California to
Peru,
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195.— SCOMBERESOX Lacdpecle. (182)
663. Scomberesox saurus Wulbauui. N. S. O. Eu. (601)
664. Scomberesox brevirostria Peters. C. (602)
196.— HEMIRHAMPHUS Cuvier. (183)
665. Hemirhamphus unifasciatus' Ranzani. W.
666. Hemirhamphus roberti - Cuv. »fe Val. S. P. (603)
667. Hemirhamphus rosae Jordan & Gilbert. C. (604)
668. Hemirhamphus pleei'Cuv.&Val. S. W. P. (604 &.)
197.— EULEPTORHAMPHUS Gill. (183 6.)
669. Euleptorhamphus longirostris Cuvier. O. (605)
198.— CHRIODORUS Goode & Bean. (183c.)
670. Chriodorus atherinoides Goode &, Bean. "W. (605 h.)
199.~PAREXOCCBTUS Bleeker.
671. Parexocoetiis mesogaster^ Hloch. W. S. (607 6.)
200.-HALOCYPSELUS Weinland. (184)
672. Halocypselus evolans' Linnanie. S. (606; 607)
1 Hemirhamphus unifasdatus Ranzani. Clear greenish with bluish luster; a silvery-
lateral band; no red on fins; tip of lower jaw scarlet. Very close to II. unifasciatus,
differing chioily in the shorter beak, and the less compressed and more robust body.
Lower jaw from end of upper jaw 6 to 7 in total length from its tip to base of caudal,
(4^ in //. rohcrti) its length always less than that of rest of head; head with lower
jaw, 3 ; body half deeper than broad ; premaxillaries broader than long ; eye less than
interorbital width, I postorbital part of head ; ventrals midway between eye and liase
of caudal ; dorsal and anal densely scaly ; back broad. Head 4^, depth 6^. D. 12 to
14, A. 15, lat. 1.52, length 12 inche.s. Florida Keys to Cuba and Panama, represent-
ing H roberti southward.
Hemirhamphus iivifaficiatus Ranzani, Comni. In.st. Bon., 1842, ¥.326, tab. 25; not of
most recent authors ; ? nemirhamphus picarti Cnx. & Val. XIX, li^46, 25 {Hemirhamphua
richardi Cuv. & Val., XIX, 1h46,26 ; Heynirhamphus fnsciatus Poey, Memorias Cuba, II,
299, 1860, not of Bleeker ; IIemirhamphiif< j)Of i/? Gnnthcr, VI, 262).
-The species called in the text Hemirhamphus unifasciatus should stand an Hemi-
rhamphus roierti Cuv. & Val. Lower jaw longer than rest of head. South Atlantic
coast of United States and southward, also on the Pacific coast southward.
Instead of the synonymy in the text read : {Hemirhamphus roierti Cuv. & Val., XIX,
1846,24; Giinther VI, 263, Hemirhamphus unifasciatus of most recent American au-
thors, not of Ranzani, whose species is the short billed one.)
A discussion of the species of this genus is given by Meek & Goss, Proc. Ac. Nat.
Sci. Phila., 1884.
3 The species called in the Synopsis (p. 902), Hemirhamphus irasilienais, should appar-
ently stand as Hemirhamphus j)?m.
■• Exococtus vicsoijaster Bloch, Ichthyol., XII, tab. 29Q = Exocoelua hillianua Gosse. See
Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 588.)
^'Exococtus oitusirostris Giinther, seems to he identical with H. cvolans.
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CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
201.— EXOCCBTUS' Liunaiis. '(185,180)
673. Exoccstus eziliens- Gmeliu. O. S. (613)
674. Exocoetus roudeleti ' On v. & Val. S. O. En. (609)
675. Exocoetus vinciguerrae^ Jorilan 4& Meek. N. O. (609)
676. ExoccEtua volitans' Liuuieus. N. S. W. (611)
677. Exocoetus heteruriis Ralinesque. N. S. En. (610, 613)
678. Exocoetus furcatus Mittbill. O. (612)
679. Exocoetus californicus Cooper. C. P. (608)
680. Exocoetus gibbifrons Cuv. & Val. O.
Order W.— LOPHOBRANCHIL (R.)
Family LXIX.— SY:N^GNaTH1D^. (58, 59)
202.— SIPHOSTOMA Ratiuesque (187)
681. Siphostoma zatropis Jordan & Gilbert. W. (618 b.)
682. Siphostoma punctipinne Gill. C. (618)
683. Siphostoma califoruiense Storer. C. (616)
684. Siphostoma griseolineatum Ayres. C. (616 h.)
685. Siphostoma auliscus Swain. C. (617 b.)
686. Siphostoma barbaree" Swain & Meek. C. (61Gc.)
687. Siphostoma bairdianum^ Dum<?ril. P.
' It is probable tl^at Cypsehtrus is a young stage of Exocoetus. I have found on speci-
mens of Exocoefus mesogaster two short barbels at the symphysis of the lower jaw,
while in adult examples there is no trace of these appendages. For a fnll account of
our species of this genus, see Jordan & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 188.5.
^The following is Gmelin's account oi Exocoetus exiliens:
* "Exocoetus pinnis ventralibus caudam attingentibus. D. 10, P. 15, V. 6, A. 11, C.
26. Habitat ad Carolinam, volitante statura simillimus, at vix digito longior, neque
argentens. Garden.
"Pinnie pallidae, fascia ima alterave uigricante, ventrales * * apice pinnam Cau-
da? attingentes, i a caudte remotse, * * inter caput et anum mediae, radio primo
brevi, pectorales, radio primo et secundo brevibus; caudalis lobus inferior longior."
{Gmelin.)
^Exocoetus volador Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 34.
* Exocoetus rondeletii, Synopsis, p. 904, not of C. & V. ; Liitken, Vid. Meddel. Naturh.
Foren., 1876, 110.)
^Exocoetus voUtans L. =^ Exocoetus melanurus Synopsis, p. 179; nee Cuv. & Val. ; Exo-
coetus exiliens Synopsis, p. 904, not of Gmelin; Exocoetus affinis Giinther, VI, 288; Ex-
ocoetus roberti Miiller & Troschel, Schomburgk, Excurs. Barbadoes, 675 (probably).
•"'The species, called in the Synopsis, Siphostoma bairdianum, siLonld stand aa Sipho-
stoma barbarce Swain & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884,238. Santa Barbara.
'The original Syngnathus bairdianus, from the "coast of Mexico near California,"
proves to be a different species, having the technical characters of S. affine, but with
the snout longer and the crest on top of head rather feebler. The following is Durn^-
ril's original description :
Head scarcely ^ of total length, a little longer than dorsal base ; muzzle longer by
a third than postocular part of head and equal to distance from front of eye to second
ring ; median crest of head and nape feeble ; that of opercle very small. Rings
17 + 31. Tail at least half longer than trunk. Dorsal on 3 + 6 rings. P. 15, D. 30,
A. 3, C. 6. Yellowish, sutures marked, except below, by a brown line. Coast of
Mexico, near California.
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688. Siphostoma leptorhynchum Girard. C. (617)
689. Siphostoma floridae Jordan «fc Gilbert. S. (615 ft.)
690. Siphostoma affine Giinther. S. W. (614 &.)
691. Siphostoma louisianae Giinther. S. (615)
692. Siphostoma fuscum Storer. N. (614)
693. Siphostoma mackayi ' Swain & Meek. W.
694. Siphostoma crinigerum ^ Bean & Dresel. S. W.
203.— DORYRHAMPHUS3 Kaup.
695. Doryrhamphua californiensis Gill. P.
204.— HIPPOCAMPUS < Linuaeus.
696. Hippocampus ingens Girarrt. C. P. (620)
697. Hippocampus punctulatus Guichenot. W. (619 6.)
698. Hippocampus hudsonius Dekay. N. S. (619 c.)
699. Hippocampus stylifer Jordan & Gilbert. S. (619 d.)
700. Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert. S. (619 e.)
Order X.-HEMIBRANCHIL (S)
Family LXX.— MACRORHAMPHOSIDJE. (60)
205.— MACRORHAMPHOSUS 6 Lac6pfede. (189)
701. Macrorhamphosus Bcolopax Linnieus. Eu. . (621)
' Siphostoma mackayi Swain & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 239; Key West. In
this paper is a very useful analysis of the characters of the species of this genus, supple-
mentary to a paper on the same subject by Mr. Swain, Proc. II. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 307.
^Siphostoma crinigerum Bean & Dresel, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, II, 1884, 99.
Swain & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 239. Pensacola to Key West.
3 DORYRHAMPHUS Kaup.
(Eaup, Lophobranchii, 1856, 54 ; type Doryrhamphus exoisus Kaup. )
This genus differs from Siphostoma chiefly in the position of the egg-pouch of the
male, which is under the abdomen instead of the tail. The angles of the body are
strongly ridged. Tropical seas. (Jopt), lance ; pa//0o?, snout.)
Doryrhamphus californiensis Gill.
Yellowish brown, with a black streak from snout to axil. Snout half as long as
head, its crest formed of about ten irregular teeth, behind which are two others.
Double frontal crest well serrated. Ridge under orbit unarmed, but on side of snout
it is well serrated. Chin prominent but unarmed. Pectorals as long as opercle.
Caudal as long as snout. D. "25. Rings 20-f 16. Cape San Lucas ((?i77). The types
are lost and no specimens have been since recorded.
(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 284: Doryichthys californiensis Giinther VIII,
186.)
■•The family Hippocampidce should be, apparently, reunited with the Syngnathidae.
I here omit Hippocampus hippocampus ( = heptagonus Raf. ; antiquorum, Leach), not be-
lieving that that species has been actually taken in American waters.
*The reasons for using the name Macrorhamphosus for this genus instead of Centrie-
cm are stated in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 575. The original type of Cent'riscus is 0.
scittatits.
A valuable discussion of "the mntpal relations of the Hemihranchiate fishes" is
given by Dr. Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 154.
[63] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Family LXXI.— FISTULARIID^. (61)
206.— FISTITL ARIA Liunajus. (190)
702. Fistularia tabaccaria Liniiipns. S. W. (622)
703. Fistularia serrata Ciivier. O. (623)
704. Fistularia depressa' Giintlier. P.
Family LXXII.— AULOSTOMID^. (62)
207.— AULOSTOMA Lac^p^de. (191)
705. Aulostoma maculatum Valeucieunes. W. (624)
Family LXXIII.— AULORHYNCHID^. (63)
208.— AULORHYNCHUS Gill. (191)
706. Aulorhynchus flavidus Gill. C. A. (625)
Family LXXIV.— GASTEROSTEID^. (64)
209.— PYGOSTEUS Brevoort.
707. Pygosteus pungitiusLlnnsBus. N. Eu. (626)
707 b. Py(f0steu8 pungitius concbmus Rich&rdson. Vri.
707 c. Pygosteus pungitius brachypoda Btinn. G.
210.— EUCALIA Jordan.
708. Eucalia inconstans Kirtlaud. Vn. (627)
708 b. Eucalia inconstans cayuga Jordau. Vne.
211.— GASTEROSTEUS Linnaeus. (193)
709. Gasterosteus •wrilliamsoni'' Girard. T.
710. Gasterosteus microcephalus Girard C. A. (628)
711. Gasterosteus (gymnurus?) cuvieri Girard. G. (629)
711b. Gasterosteus (cuviei-i?) wheatlandi Fntnaxn. N.
712. Gasterosteus atkinsi Bean. 7ne. (630)
713. Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus. N. Eu. (631)
713 b. Gasterosteus aculeatus cataphractus Pallaa. A. (631 b)
212.— APELTES Dekay. (194)
714. Apeltes quadracus Mitchill. N. (632)
^Fistularia depressa Giiuther, Eept. Shore Fishes; Challenger, 1880, 69; East In-
dies, Australia, China, and Lower California. Abundant in the Gulf of California.
Bones of the head less deeply sculptured than in F. serrata, but with the two upper
lateral ridges of the snout also serrated; interorbital space nearly flat. Two middle
ridges on upper surface of snout not very close together, diverging again on anterior
half of length of snout, converging again finally on the foremost part. Body much
depressed, nearly smooth, the skin being scarcely rough.
2 For a description of this species, see Rosa Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , 1883, 217. It
is a true Gasterosteus, and not an Eucalia, although -having the naked skin of the
latter genus.
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Order Y.— PERCESOCES.
Family LXXV.— MUGILID^. (65)
213.— MUGIL Liuiiifius. (195)
715. Mugil cephalus' LinnfRiis. N. S. W. P. C. Eu. (633, 634)
716. Mugil gaimardianus'^ Poey. W.
717. Mugil curema^ (Javier & Valenciennes. N, S. W. P. (635)
718. Mugil trichodon-' Poey. \V.
214.— CHiENOMUGIli* Gill.
719. Chaenomugil proboscideus Giinther. P.
215.— QUERIMANA« Jordan & Gilbert*
720. Querimana harengus Giinther. P.
721. Querimana gyrana Jordan & Gilbert. S. W.
216.— AGONOSTOMUS'' Bennett.
722. Agonostomus nasutus Giinther. P.
' The American species {albula) seems to be identical with the European {cephaltis).
For a detailed account of the American Mugilidce, see Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S.
Nat. Mas., 1884, 261.
'^ Mugil gaimardianua Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., N. Y., 1875, 64. Cuba, Key
West. See Jordan & Swain, 1. c.
^ Mugil curtma Cav. &, Ya\. = Mugil braailiensis of authors, not of Agassiz. See
Jordan & Swain, 1. c.
* Mugil trichodon Poej. Cuba and Key West.
In the paper above cited, we have adopted the name Mugil l7-a8ilien8i8 for this
species. This is perhaps too hasty, as the Mugil brasilienais of Agassiz seems at least
as likely to have been Mugil liza.
^ Ch.«;nomugil Gill.
(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1863, 169; type Mugil proioscidevs GUnther.)
Cleft of mouth lateral; lower jaw narrow; dentiform cilia in very many series,
somewhat pavid ; tipper lip very thick ; no adipose eyelid. Vertical fins scaly. One
species known. (Xavc», to gape ; Mugil.)
ChcBnomugil prohoacideua Giinther = Mugil proloacideua Giinther, iii, 1861, 459. Ma-
zatlan to Panama.
« Querimana Jordan & Gilbert.
(Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 588; type Myxus harengus Giinther.
This genus difl'ers from Mugil chiefly in the presence of but two spines in the anal
fin. The species are of small size, and some of them swim in schools at the surface.
Qutrimana harengus Giinther. Myxus harengus Giinther, iii, 467, 1861 = Querimana
harengus Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 274. Mazatlan to Peru ; abun-
dant.
Querimana gijrans Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 26. Charleston to
Key West.
'Agonostomus Bennett.
(Cestrwus, Dajaus and A'es^is Cuv. & Val.).
(Bennett, Proc. Coram. Zocil. Soc, 1H30, 166; type Agonostomus ^eZ/cMrt Bennett.)
Fresh water mullets with cleft of the mouth extending laterally about to front of
eye. Small teeth in one or both jaws and sometimes on the vomer. Edge of lower
li',) rounded, not sharp. Stomach not gizzard like. Anal spines 3. Streams of mount-
ainous regions iu the tropics. (Aycovoi, not angulated ; 6roucx, mouth. )
Jgonostoma nasutum Giinther, 111,463; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Mus., 379.
Streams of Lower California and Guatemala.
[65] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Family LXXVL— ATHERINID^i:. (C6)
217.— ATHERINA Liuiueus. (196)
723. Atherina eriarcha' Jordan & Gilbert. P.
724. Atherina Carolina Cnv. & Val. S. (G3(j)
725. Atherina stipes- Miillcr & Troscbel. W. (6:>7)
726. Atherina areea^ Jordan A- Gilb.-rt. W.
218.— LEURESTHES Jordan & Gilbert. (1D7)
727. Leuresthes tenuis Ay res. C. (G38)
219.— LABIDESTHES Cope. (198)
728. Labidesthes sicculus Cope. Vo. (030)
220.— MENIDIA Bonaparte. (199)
729. Menidia laciniata Swain. S. (640)
730. Menidia vagrans Goode & Bean. S. (641)
731. Menidia notata Mitchill. N. (642)
732. Menidia audens Hay. Vs. (6426)
733. Menidia berylliua Cope. Ve. (643)
734. Menidia menidia ^ Linnaeus. S. (644)
735. Menidia peninsulae Goode & Bean. S. (645)
221.— ATHERINOPSIS Girard. (200)
736. Atherinopsis califomieusis tiirard. C. (646)
222.— ATHERINOPS Steindachner. (201)
737. Athertnops affinis Ayres. C. (647)
Family LXXVII.— SPHYR^KII)^. (07 ^
223.— SPHYRiENA Blocb. (202)
738. Sphyraena argentea Girard. C. P. (648)
739. Sphyraena borealis ° De Kay. N. (649)
740. Sphyrasna guaguanche Cuv. & Val. S. W. (650)
741. Sphyraena picuda Bloch & Schneider. S. W. (650 h.)
742. Sphyraena ensis Jordan & Gilbert. P.
^AtherineVa eriarcha Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1881, 348. Mazailan
to Peru.
-Atherina stipes Miiller & Troschel =z Atherina laticeps Foey ^= Atherina velieaiia
Goode & Bean. See Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1884, 116.
"^Atherina arcea Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 27. Key West.
^Called Menidia iosci in the Synopsis, pp. 408, 909.
■* Called Sphijrwna spet in the Synopsis, p. 411. Ours is, however, apparently distinct
from the latter species, which is European.
^Sphj/ro'na ensis Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1881, 106, based on
Sphiira^na foi-sieri Steindachner, Ichth. Beitrage, VII, 4, 1878, not SphyrcBna forsteri C.
A V.
Body moderately elongate ; eye 6 to 7 in head ; snout 2J ; pectoral 2J. Pectoral
reaching about to front of first dorsal. Veutrals inserted before first dorsal. Canine
teeth of lower jaw, palatines, and inner row of premaxillary very large, much as in
S. picuda. Maxillary reaching about to front of dorsal. Silvery, darker above, with
traces of numerous vague darker cross-bars. Head 4; depth 8 or 9. D. V-1, 9; A. 11.
8. Lat. 1. 110. Gulf of California to Panama.
For a detailed account of our species of this genus, see Meek & Newland, Proc.
Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884.
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Family LXXVIII— POLYNEMIDJ3. (Gs)
224.— POLYNEMUS Liinueus.
743. Polynemus virginicus' LinniPus. W. (GnOc)
744. Polynemus approximans- Lay «& Bennett. P.
745. Polynemus opercularis^ Gill. P.
746. Polynemus octonemus^ Girard. S.
Order Z.— PERCOMORPHI.^
Family LXXIX. — AMMODYTlDiE. (G9)
225.— AMMODYTES Liuuaius. (204, 205)
747. Ammodytes americanua DeKay. N. (652, 656)
747b Animodijicii americaiiuR pcrsonatns CAnird. A. C. (653)
748. Ammodytes alascanus Cope. A. (654)
749. Ammodytes dubius Reiuhardt. B. (655)
Family LXXX.— ECHENEIDID^. (70)
226.— ECHENEIS. (JOii)
750. Echeneis naucrates liinnjcns. N. S. O. VV. P. C. (0'-7)
227.— PHTHEIRICHTHY3 Gill. i-OGh.)
751. Phtheirichthys lineatus M«M)zie,s. S. W. (657 ft.)
228.— REMORA Gill. (206o)
752. Remora remora Linna;n8. S. O. W. P. C. (658)
753. Remora brachyptera Lowe. W. O. ((>50)
754. Remora albescens" Temniinck & Schlegel. P. S.
229.— RHOMBOCHIRUS Gill. (207)
755. Rhombochirus osteochir Cuvier. O. W. (660)
> Polynemus virginicus L. Syst. 'biat.=Pol!jdact!/hi8 jj?M»iien Lac^pfede. See Jordan,
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1884, 118.
^Polynemus approximans Lay «fe Bennett, Beechey's Voyage, Zool. Fish, 57; Giinther,
Fish. Centr. Amer., 1861), 423. Gulf of California to Panama.
■' Trichidion opercularis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nut. Sci. Pliila., 1863, 1G9 =: Polynemus melan-
opoma Giinther, Fish. Centr. Anicr. l'-69, 4Jl. Gulf of California to Panama.
* Polynemus octofiUs Gill is without nuich doubt the adult form oi P. octontmus. See
Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1882, ^,'JO. The pectoral fin grows darker in
color and the pectoral filaments shorter with age in other species of Polynemus and
probably iji this one also.
'^ Percomorphi and Pharyn<io(jnaihi Cojic, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila., 1871, 458
(exclusive of the Ilhegnoptcri=Polynemida', wliich bavc the ventral fins truly abdominal
and may be placed in the Percesoces.)
^Echeneix albescens Temminck «S: Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 272; Giinther II,
377; Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., Irt77, VII, 54. Coastsof Eastern Asia, a specimen
taken at La Paz, Gulf of California (Streets) and in the Gulf of Mexico {Bean). D.
XIII-22 ; A. 22.
The Evhentididir are regaided by Dr. Gill as constituting a distinct suborder,
Discocephali, defined by him Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, -AV-i.
[67] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Family LXXXI.— ELACATIDJi:. (71)
230.— ELACATE Ciivier. (208)
756. Elacate Canada Linnipns. S. W. O. (661)
Family LXXXII.— XIPHI1DJ3. (72)
231.— XIPHIAS Liunieus. (209)
757. Xiphias gladius Linna-us. O. X. S. W. C. (662)
232.— TETRAPTURUS Rafinesque. (210)
758. Tetrapturua albidus Pocy. W. S. (663)
233.— ISTIOPHORUS Lac^pdde. (211)
759. iBtiophoruB americauus' Cuv. & Val. (665)
Family LXXXIII.— TRICHIUEID^. (73)
234.— TRICHIURUS Linnteus. (212)
760. Trichiurus lepturus Liuii.npus. O. S. W. P. (666)
235.— BENTHODESMUS Goode & Bean. (212&.)
761. Benthodesmus elongatua Clarke. B. (666 &.)
236.— LEPIDOPUS Gouan.
762. Lepidopus caiidatus Eupbrasen. 0. P.
' The genuine Istiophorns gladius is an East Indian species, not known from our
coasts. The American species is :
l8tioj}horu8 americanua Cnv. & Yah Sail-fitih ; Spike-fish. Bluish-black, paler below ;
dorsal dusky-bluish ; its membranes with many nearly round black spots, from ito J
diameter of orbit. Snout, from eye, 2^ times length of rest of head. Lower jaw 2^
in head. Front of eye nearly midway between tip of lower jaw and edge of opercle.
Interorbital space broad, flattish, If in postorbital part of head. Maxillary reaching
to slightly beyond eye, which is 3^ in postorbital part of head and 10 in snout.
Sword narrow, regularly tapering, depressed, its upper and lower surfaces both
rounded, its edges blunt and rougher than its upper side. For its entire length it is
nearly twice as broad as deep. Breadth of snout at the middle point between its
tip and the eye contained 25 times in its length from the eye. Longest dorsal spine
f total length of head. Veutrals 1'^ in head. Pectorals 3«. Caudal lobes 1^. D.
XLI-7 ; A. 9-7. Head 2| (3^ in length with caudal) ; depth about 6. Length of speci-
men described (Key West) 6 feet.
West Indies and warmer parts of the Atlantic, north to Cape Cod and France. Dif-
fering from the East Indian /. fjladitis in the longer and slenderer sword and in the
shorter dorsal fin.
(? Makaira nigricans Lac^pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. IV, 668, 1803. Histiophorus americanus
Cuv. & Val., VIII, 303, 1831 ; ? Hisiiophorus gracilirosfris C. & V., VIII, 308 ; '^Histi-
ophorus ancipitirostris Cuv. & Val., VIII, 309. I here restore the original orthography
of the name Ifiiophorus.)
-Lepidopus Gouan.
(Gouan, Hist. Poiss. 1770, 185; tji^a Lepidopus gouani Bl. & fichu. = Trichiurus cau-
datus Euphrasen.)
This genus differs from T}-(c/n'«r?/s chiefly in the less elongate form of the tail, which
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Family LXXXIV.— SCOMBRID^. (74)
237.— SCOMBER Linuacus. C213)
$ Vnevmatophorus Jordan & Gilbert.
763. Scomber colias' Gmcliii. En. N. S. P. C. (667, 6676.)
$ Scomber.
764. Scomber scombrua LiiiiKuiis. N. 8. O. Eu. (668)
238.— AUXIS Olivier. (214)
765. Auxis thazard Lacdpede. W. N. (Ace.) O. (669)
239.-SCOIVIBEROMORtJS Lac6peae. (215)
766. Scomberomonis concolor Lockinytou. C. (670)
767. Scomberomorus maculatus Mltchill. N. S. P. (671)
768. Scomberomorus regalis BIocli. W. (672)
769. Scomberomorus cavalla' Cuvier. W. S. (673)
240.— ACANTHOCYBIUM3 Gill.
770. Acanthocybium solandri Cuv. & Yal. W. O.
fe provided with a small, deeply forked caudal fiu. The ventral fins are represented
■fey a pair of scale-like appendages. A single species ; pelagic. (yJeffz?, scale; Ttovi,
foot.)
Lepid02>us caudatus. Scabbard-fish. For description, see Giinther II, 344. Pelagic;
a specimen taken by John Xantus at Cape St. Lncas.
' It is probable that Scomhei' pneumatophorus is identical with Scomber colias.
2This species was first indicated as Cybiiim cavaUa Cuvier, R^gue Animal, 1829. It
is the king-fish of the Florida Keys, a food fish of the highest importance. For a de-
tailed account of the species oi Scomberomorus see Meek and Newland, Proc. Ac. Nat.
Sci. Phiia., 1884.
=* Acanthocybium Gill.
(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862; type Cybiumsara Bennett.)
This genns is allied to Scomberomorus, but shows several of the peculiarities of the
sword-fishes, indicating a transition toward the Xiphiidce. The head is very long,
slender, and pointed, the mandible being longer than the upper jaw, the jaws forming
a sort of beak ; cleft of the mouth extending to below the eye ; the posterior part of
the maxillary covered by the preorbital; both jaws armed with a close series of
trenchant teeth, ovate or truncate ; their edges finely serrate ; villiform teeth on vomer
and palatines ; gills formed as in Xiphias, th^'w laminte foi'ming a net-work ; scales
.small, scarcely forming a corselet; those along the base of dorsal enlarged and
lanceolate; keel strong; caudal spinous dor.sal very long, its spines abont 25 in
number.
Very large mackerels, pelagic ; probably a single species widely distributed; mo.st
abnndant about the Florida Straits. (^Kai'Oa, spine ; Cybium.)
Acanthociibium solandri. Peto ; Wahoo ; Barracotla.
Iron gray, dark above; jialer below; no di.stinet markings; fins colored like the
body ; eye 5 in snout ; gape more than half length of head ; iiremaxillaries in front
prolonged in a sort of beak which is nearly half length of snout ; teeth .somewhat
irregular, the posterior much largest. Dorsal spine mostly subetjual, the highest,
behind the middleof the fin, 5j in head ; dorsal and anal lobes low. Caudal lobes short,
very abrujttly spreading, their length about f head. Pectoral not quite half head.
D. XXIV-1,12-IX; A. 1, 12-IX. Length 4 to s feet. Tropical seas; not rare about
Cuba, where it spawns; north to Key West.
{Cybium solandri Cuv. &. Val.,VIll. H31, 192; Cybium vara Bennett, Becchey's
Voyage, Zoology, 1849, 63 ; Cybium sara Giinther, II, 373 ; Cybium 2)etus Poey, Memorias
Cuba, II, 234, 1860; Acanthocybium petus Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens.. 1875, 73. Liitkeu,
Spolia Atlantica, 1880,481-597; Cybium veranyi Doderlein, Giorn. Sci. Natur. Econ.
Palermo, 1872.
[69] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
241. -SARD A Cuvler. (21G)
771. Sarda sarda Bloch. Eu. N. (.674)
772. Sarda chilensis Cuv. & Val. C. P. (075)
242.— ORCYNUS Cuvier. (217)
773. Orcynus alalonga Giiiclin. En. S. C. O. ((576)
774. Orcyuus thynnus Liniiicus. Eii.S. N. O. (677)
243.— EUTHYNNUS Liitkeu. (218)
775. Euthynnus alliteratus RatuM'.s(|ne. S. W. En. (678)
776. Euthynnus pelamys Linutens. Wn.S. O. (67U)
Family LXXXY.— CARANG1DJ3.1 (76)
244.— DECAPTERUS Bleeker. (220)
777. Decapterus punctatus Agassiz. S. W. (682)
> The following analysis of genera of Carangida may be substituted for that given
in the synopsis :
a. Premaxillaries protractile.
i. Pectoral fins long, falcate ; anal similar to soft dorsal, its base longer than ah-
domeu ; maxillary with a supplemental bone. {Carangince.)
c. Dorsal outline more strongly curved than ventral outline.
d. Dorsal and anal each wit h a single detached tiulet ; body slender . Dec.\pteru8.
dd. Dorsal and anal without fiulets.
e. Lateral line with well-developed scutes for its entire length ; borty elon-
gate Trachcrus.
ee. Lateral line with scutes on its straight posterior portion only (these some-
times very few and .small, especially in those species with
the body much compressed).
/. Shoulder girdle with a deep cross-furrow at its junction with the
isthmus, above which is a fleshy projection ; body elon-
gate Trachurops.
ff. Shoulder girdle normal ; its surface even ; body deeper.
g. Body oblong or more or less elevated, not as below Caranx.
gg. Body broad-ovate, very strongly compressed, its outlines everywhere
trenchant, the anterior profile nearly vertical ; scutes al-
most obsolete Vomer.
eee. Lateral line without any scutes; body short and elevated, strongly com-
pressed Selene.
CO. Dorsal outline less strongly curved than ventral; body much compressed, ita
outlines everywhere trenchant ; armature of lateral line obsolete or nearly so.
C B LOROSCOM BR US.
&&. Pectoral fin short, not falcate.
li. Maxillary without supplemental bone ; anal fin similar to soft dorsal,
its base much longer than abdomen ; tail unarmed.
{Trachynotirice.)
d. Forehead convex ; teeth small or deciduous Trachyxotus.
hh. Maxillary with a distinct supplemental bone ; anal fin shorter than
soft dorsal, its base not longer than abdomen. (Seriolinw.)
i. Dorsal spines low and Aveak ; pectoral fins short.
j. Dorsal and anal tins without finlets.
k. Membrane of dorsal spines disappearing with age.NAUCRATES.
kk. Membrane of dorsal spines persistent Seriola.
jj. Dorsal and anal fins each with a detached two-rayed finlet.
Elagatis.
ii. Dorsal spines strong, ending in very long filaments ; pectoral fins
elongate Nematistius.
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778. Decapterus macarellus Cuv. & Val. W. S. (683)
778b. Decapterna macarellua hypodua^ Gill. P.
245.— TRACHURUS Rafinesque. (219)
779. Trachurus picturatus Bowdicli. C. Eu. P. (680)
780. Trachurus trachurus LinnaMis. W. P. (681)
246. TRACHUROPS Gill.
781. Trachurcps crumenophthalmus IJlocli. W. P. (684)
247.— CARANX Lac^pede.
$ Hemicaranx Blocker.
782. Caranxamblyrhynchua Ciiv.& Val. S. W. (639)
^ Uraapia Bleeker.
783. Caranx vinctus - Jordan & Gilbert P.
784. Caranx bartholomaei^ Cuv. & Val. \V. (687,688)
5 Caranx.
785. Caranx chrysus Mitchill. N. S. W. (685)
785 b. ('(iraiu- chrjjHiia cabaUiia Giinther. P. W. (686)
786. Caranx latus^ Agassiz. S.W.P. (690)
787. Caranx hippos Linnaeus. N. S. W. P. (691)
§ Gnathanodon Bleeker.
788. Caranx speciosus *> Forsktll. P.
§ Citula Cuvier.
789. Caranx dorsalis " Gill. P.
^ Blepharia Cuvier.
790. Caranx crinitus Mitchill. N. S. W. P. (692)
. .^ . . . . : >
aa. Premaxillaries not protractile (except in the very j'ounj^) ; pectoral fins short
rounded ; soft dorsal similar to anal, both much longer
than abdomen; lateral line unarmed. {Scomhroidhxe.)
I. Maxillary without supplemental bone; no pterygoid teeth;
scales linear, imbedded Oligoplites.
A detailed account of the American species of Caranginoe is given by Jordan & Gil-
bert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mua., 1883, 18H.
^Dcrapterna hijpodua Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1862,261; Jordan' & Gilbert,
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 18H2, 358; 1883, 190. Cape San Lucas.
-Caranx vincUis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 349. Mazatlan.
-Caranx hartholoma'i Cuv. & Val., IX, 1833, 100 =:^ Caranx ciii Poey, Meniorias Cuba,
II, 2J1, 1860= Caranx heani Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 486. See Jordan &
Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 32.
♦ Caranx latua Agassiz ; Caranx fallax Cnv . «&. Val. See Jordan & Gilbeit, Proc.U. S.
Nat. Mn.s., 1883,200.
" Scomber sjyecioana Forskal, Descr. Anim., 1775, i>i=:Caranx panamensia Gill, Proc. Ac.
Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 166. See Jordan &, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 201.
Mazatlan to Panama and west to the Red Sea.
•^ Caranfjoidea doraalia Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1863, 166=Caranx otrynter Jordan &
Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat . Mus., 1883, 202. Mazatlan to Panama.
[71]
CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
248.— VOMER Cuvier.
791. Vomer setipinnis Mitcbill. N. S. W. P. (694)
249.— SELENE Lac6pMe. (223)
792. Selene oerstedi ' Liitken. P.
793. Selene vomer Liuiui'ua. N. S.W. P. (693)
250.— CHLOROSCOMBRUS Girard. (224)
794. Chloroscombrus chryaurus Linnanis. S. W. (695)
795. Chloroscombrus orqueta - Jordan & Gilbert. P.
251— TRACK YNOTUS Lac^pMe.
796. Trachynotus carolinus Liimif iis. N. S. W. P. ? (696)
797. Trachynotusargenteus'' Cuv. »& Val. N.
798. Trachynotus rhodopus^ Gill. W. P. (698)
799. Trachynotus kennedyi^ Steindachner. P.
800. Trachynotus rhomboides Bloch, S. W. (697)
801. Trachynotus glaucus Bloch. S.W. (699)
802. Trachynotus fasciatus'' Gill. P.
252.— NAUCRATES Rafinesque. (226)
803. Naucrates ductor Linntens. O. (700.)
253.— SERIOLA Cuvier. (227)
804. Seriola zonata Mitcliill. N. (704)
804b. Seriola zonata carolinensis Holhrooli.. S. (703)
805. Seriola dumerili' Risso. S. W. Eu,
805h. Seriola ditmeriUlalandl. S.W. (7016.)
1 Selene cerstedi Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, 1880, 144 ; Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c. 205.
Mazatlan to Panama.
'^ Chloroscomhrus orqueta J or A&n & Gilbert, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus., 1882, 646. Magda-
lena Bay to Panama.
3 Trachynotus arc/enteiis Cuv. & Val., VIII, 413. According to Dr. Bean, this is prob-
ably a valid species, allied to T. carolinus, but with the body deeper, the depth being
half the length wirhont caudal. Now York.
A review of the American species of Tracltijnotus is given by Meek and Goss in the
Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884.
"•The species called in the synopsis " Tracliynotus goreensis" .should stand as Trachy-
notus rhodopns Gill. Permit. Palometa. West Indies, north to Florida and Lower
California. Instead of the synonymy in the synopsis read : Trachiinotusrhodojnis (yoang)
and T. nasutus (very young) Gill, Proc. Ac, Nat. Sci. Phila, 1863, 85 ; Trachynotus goreen-
sis Giintber, II, 483, in part, not of Cuv. & Val. ; Trachynotus goreensis of recent Ameri-
can writers ; Trachynotus carolinus Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens., 86.
This species reaches a larger size than the others in our waters. It has fewer fin
rays than T. caroUfius, and young and old are much more elongate than in T. rhom-
boides or than in the African T. goreensis.
^ Trqchynotris Icenncdyi Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., VI, 47. Mazatlan to Panama.
« Trachynotus fasciatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 86. Mazatlan to PanaBoa.
^ Seriola dume'rili Risso. Amber Jack.
Grayish ; silvery below ; a gilt band through eye to base of caudal ; another through
temporal regiou to front of soft dorsal ; no dark cross-bands ; fins plain. Very close
to S. lalandi, but reaching a smaller size, and with the body deeper and little com-
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806. Seriola mazatlana' Steiudacbner. P.
807. Seriola dorsalis Gill. C. P. (701)
808. Seriola fasciata Bloch. S. (705)
809. Seriola rivoliana Cuv. & Val. S. W. Eu. (702, 702 6. )
254.— ELAGATIS Bennett. (228)
810. Elagatia pinnulatus Poey. W. (706)
255.— NEMATISTIUS^ Gill.
811. Nematistius pectoralis Gill. P.
256.— OLIGOPLITES Gill. (229)
812. Oligoplites altus' Giinther. P.
813. Oligoplites saunis Bloch & Schneider. S. W. P. (707)
Family LXXXVI.— POMATOMLD^. (76)
257.— POMATOMUS LactSpfede. (230)
814. Pomatomus saltatriz LiuuiBus. N. S. W. Eu. O. (708)
Family LXXXVII.— NOMEID^. (76&.)
258.— NOMEUS Cuvier. (231)
815. Nomeus gronovii Gmelin. W. 0. (709)
Family LXXXVIII.— STROMATEID^. (77)
259.— STROMATEUS Liunfeus. (232)
$ Bhoinius Lac^pfede.
816. Stromateus paru Linna3ns. S. W. (710)
pressed ; mouth larger than in S. doi'salis, about as in S. lalandi, the maxillary reaching
middle of pupil, 2,^ in head. Lobes of dorsal and anal low, not quite half length of
head. Nape scarcely carinated. Head 3iV; depth 3. D. VII-I, 32; A. 11-1,21; L.
24 inches. Mediterranean to West Indies, north to Key West and Pensacola.
(Trachurus aliciohta Rafinesque Caratteri, etc., 1810, 42; Trachurus faadatus RaQ-
nesque, Indice d'lttiologia Sicil., 1810, 21 ; Caranx dumMli Eisso, Ichthyologic Xice,
1810, 175; Sa-iola dumcrili Cuv. it Val., IX, 201, 18:i3; Gunther, II, 462; ^ Seriola sem-
icofonaia Poey, Memorias Cuba, II, 18C0, 232.)
An analysis of the characters of the species of Seriola is given by me in Proc. U. S.
Nat. Mus., 1884, 123. A more recent (unpublislied) study of these fishes by Mr. Enfns
L. Green indicates the probable identity of 5. lalandi with S. aliciola {dum<frili), S.
falcata with S. rivoliana, and (probably) S. mazatlana with S. dorsalis.
' Seriola mazatlana Steindachner, Ichth. Beitriige, V. 8, 1876. Mazatlan.
^^Nematistius Gill.
(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 258 ; type, Nematistius pectoralis Gill).
This genus differs from Seriola chiefly in tlie development of the spinous dorsal and
pectoral fins, the former being composed of eight very long filamentous spint^s, the
latter being acuminate and nearly twice as long as the ventrals. The lateral Hue is
nearly straight and is not keeled on the caudal peduncle. Ventral rays, I, 5, the
inner ray much branched to the base. Oue species known. Large fishes of an im-
posing appearance.
Nematistius pectoralis Gill, 1. c. Gulf of California to Panama; not rare.
' Chorinemus alius Giinther, Fishes Centr. Amer., 1869, 433. Mazatlan to Panama.
[73] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
$ Stromateua.
817. Stromateus medius' Peters. P.
818. Stromateus simiUimus Ayres. C. (711)
$ Poronotus.
819. Stromateus triacanthus Peck. N. (712)
260.— LEIRUS Lowe. (233)
820. Leirus perciformis Mitcbill. N. (713)
Family LXXXIX.— LAMPEIDID^. (78)
261.— LAMPRIS Retzius. (234)
821. Lampris guttatus BriiDuich. O. (714)
Family XC— CORYPH^NID^. (79)
262.— CORYPH^NA LinTijeus. (235.)
822. Coryphaena hippurua- Liiiiurus. O. S. W. (715, 716)
Family XCI.— BEAMID^. (80)
263.— PTERACLIS Grouow. (236)
823. Pteraclis carolinus Cnv. & Val. O. (717)
264.— BRAMA Blocb & Schneider. (236 b.)
824. Brama raji Bloch. C. N. Eu. O. (717 b.)
Family XCII.— ICOSTEID^.3 (101)
265.— ICOSTEUS Lockington. (332)
825. Icosteus asnigmaticus Lockincton. B. C. (969)
266.— ICICHTHYS Jordan & Gilbert. (333)
826. Icichtliys lockingtoni Jordan & Gilbert. B. C. (970)
'^ Stromateua medius Peters, Berliner Monatsbericbte, 1869, 707; Jordan, Proc. Ac.
Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1883, 284.
2 Corfiphcena equisetis bas not been autbeutically recorded from our coasts. It may,
tberefore, be omitted. Tbe common Dolphin or Dorado of our South Atlantic and
Gulf coasts is Conjphana hljijyurus L.
This sjiecies is in life of a very bright greenish olive, with small round blue spots.
The top of the head in the males is much elevated, forming a high sharp crest. Head
4f ; depth 5; ventral inserted slightly behind upper ray of pectoral, its length 1^ in
in head; pectoral If. D. 59 to 63; A. 29. Pelagic, north on our coast to Cajje Cod;
very abundant from South Carolina to Texas. L. 3 to 5 feet. The specific names
punctulata, globiceps, sueuri, dorado, guttata, and punctata all belong to this species.
^The position of our family Icosteid^. is near or under the family Bramidjs, as
has been shown by Dr. Steiudachner, Ichth. Beitr, XII, 22. The genus Bathyviaater
is apparently not a natural ally of Icosteus,
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Family XCIII.—ZENID^. (81)
267.— ZENOPSIS Gill. (237)
827. Zenopsis ocellatua Storer. 15. (718)
Family XCIV.— BERYCID^. (82)
268.- STEPHANOBERYX ' Gill.
828. Stephanoberyx monae Gill. B.
269.— CAULOLEPIS^ Gill.
829. Caulolepis longidens Gill. B.
270.— PLECTROMUS^ Gill.
830. Plectromus suborbitalis Gill. B.
831. Plectromus crassiceps Bean. B.
1 Stephanoberyx Gill.
(Gill, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 258; type Stephanoberyx monw Gill.
"Berycids with an elongated claviform contour, body covered with cycloid scales;
scarcely imbricated, and armed about the center with one or two erect spines ; an oblong
head, with a moderate convex snout and with thin osseous ridges, especially an inner
V-shaped one on the crown, whose limbs diverge on each side of nape, and an outer
sigmoid, one on each side, above the eyes, and continuous with one projecting from the
nasal ; the inner and outer ridges connected by a cross-bar on a line with the anterior
ma rgiu of the orbit ; rather small eyes, in the anterior half of the head, and the teeth
small, acute, and in a band on the premaxillaries and dentaries (palate toothless),
nud with veutrals having one spine and five rays. Closely allied to Mclamphcket."
Dcfpsca. (^recpavod, crown; /3?7pi^l, beryx.)
Stephanoberyx monce Gill. Gulf stream, latitude 41°. (Gill. 1. c. 258.)
^Caulolepis Gill.
(Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 258 ; type Caulolepis longidens Gill. )
" Berycids with a laterally oval or broad pyriform contour; a compressed body, cov-
ered with small, pedunculated, leaf-like scales ; an abruptly declivous forehead ; small
eyes ; a pair of very long pointed teeth in front of upper jaw, closing in front of lower;
a similar pair of still longer teeth in the lower, received in fovea; of the palate; on
the sides of each jaw two long teeth, terminating in bulbous tips; a row of minute
tcitli on the posterior half of the maxillaries. Closely allied to Anoplogaster." Deep
sea. {K<xv\ni, stem; Ae7rz5, scale.)
Caulolepis longidens Gill. Deep sea; latitude 39°. (Gill, 1. c. 2.'i8.)
■J Plectromu.s Gill.
(Gill, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus., 1883, 2.57; type riectromus suhorhitaliis Gill.)
" Berycids with an elongated form ; moderate cycloid scales; an oblong head with a
much decurved or truncate .snout ; rather small eyes, and teeth small, acute and in
two rows in each jaw, of which those of the minor row, at least in the lower jaw, are
largest, and palate toothless." Deep sea. (UXi'fKriXJOv, simr; oj/zo?, shoulder) ; "two
spines, one on each side of the nape, springing forward from the shoulder bones, give
a strange appearance to the fish.")
Plectromus suborbitalis Gill. Gulf Stream, latitude 39°. (Gill, 1. c, 257.)
Plectromus crassiceps Bean. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885, 73. Gulf Stream.
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CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
271— POROMITRA' Goode & Bean.
832. Poromitra capito Goode & Beau. B.
272.— HOPLOSTETHUS Cuv. & Val. (238)
833. Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuv. &- Val. B. Eu. (719)
Family XCV.— HOLOCENTRID.^.*
273— HOLOCENTRUM Blocb. (239)
834. Holocentrum ascensione' Osbeck. W. (720)
835. Holocentnim suborbitale^ Gill. P.
274.— MYRIPRISTIS* Cuv.
836. Myripriatis occidentalis Gill. P.
837. Myripristis poecilopus Gill. P.
1 POROMITKA Goode & Bean.
(Goode & Beau, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool, 1882, 215 ; type, Poromitra capito G. & B.).
Body .short, coiupressed, scopelifonu, covered with thin cycloid scales. Head very
large (in young specimens nearly as long as trunk), its sides scaly. No barbel.
Mouth very large, the lower jaw projecting. Margin of upper jaw composed of a
long maxillary and a short preniaxillary. Teeth very small, cardiform, on premax-
illaries and lower jaw only. Opercula complete. Dorsal fin in middle of body, its
origin not far behind veutrals, its spinous and soft portions about equal in length ;
anal much shorter than dorsal ; the last rays of dorsal nearly above its middle.
Pseiulobranchiie present. Gill openings very wide. Deep seas. (Ilopog, pore; fiirpa,
stomacher.)
Poromitra capito Goode &, Bean.
Eye large, as long as suout ; maxillary 3i in head. Scales as large as pupil, with
concentric stri«. Insertion of dorsal midway between tip of snout and base of caudal;
base of anal half that of dorsal; pectoral inserted low, its length twice its distance
from the snout; ventrals minute, in advance of pectorals. Caudal (mutilated in the
known specimens). Head 2\ (in young). D. VII or VIII, 9; A. 9; V. 7 or 8 ; P. 12.
Gulf Stream in lat. 34°. ( Goode <^- Bean.)
(Goode «& Bean, 1. c, 214, 1882).
•^The genera Holocentrum and Myripristis, shore fishes with long spinous dorsal,
should probably be regarded as formiug a family distinct from the Benjcidw, which
are deep-sea fishes with a single dorsal, provided with but few spines, or even with
none.
■^This species, called in the text Holocentrum jyentacanthum, should apparently
stand as HoJocentrum rt.scewsioHe (Osbeck). In life, an oblifjue white bar descends back-
ward from the eye ; this disappears entirely in spirits. To the synonymy, add : (Perca
asc nfionis Osheek, Iter Chin., 1771, 388; Perca ascensionis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788,
1318 ; AmpMprion matejuelo Bloch & Schneider, Ichthyol., 1801, 206; Holocenlrum ma-
tejucio Poey, Memorias Cuba, II, 155,1860.)
* Holocentrum snlorMtah Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 86. Mazatlau to
Panama. Abundant in rock-pools.
"Myripristis Cuv.
(Cuvier, R^gue Animal; type Mijriprlslis jacohiis Cuv. & Val.)
This genus is very closely related to Holocentrum, differing externally, chiefly in
the absence of the large spine at the angle of the preopercle. The air-bladder is
divided into two parts by a transverse constriction, and the pyloric cceca are rather
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Family XCVI.— APHREDODERID^. (83)
275.— APHREDODERUS Le Sueur. (240)
838. Aphredoderus sayanus Gillianis. (721)
Family XCVIL— ELASSOMID^. {8Sh)
276.-ELASSOMA Jordan (722)
839. Elassoma zonatum Jordan. Vs. (722)
840. Elassoma evergladei' Jordan. Vse.
Family XCVIII.— CENTRARCHID^. (84)
277.— CENTRARCHUS Cuv. & Val. (242)
841. Centrarchus macropterus Lac^pfede. Vs. (723)
278.— POMOXYS Rafinesqne. (243)
842. Pomoxys annularis Rafinesqne. V. (724)
843. Pomoxys sparoides Lacdpede. V. (725)
279.— ARCHOPLITES Gill. (244)
844. Archoplites interruptus Girard. T. (726)
280.— AMBLOPLITES Rafinesqne. (245)
845. Ambloplites rupestris Rafinesqne. V. (727)
281.— CHiENOBRYTTUS Gill. (246)
846. Chaenobryttus gulosus Cnv. &. Val. V. (729)
846b. ChcEnobryitits gulosus antialiits McKay. Vn. (728)
282.— ACANTHARCHUS Gill. (247)
847. Acantharchus pomotis liaird. Ve. (7:?t))
283.— ENNEACANTHUS Gill.
848. Enueacanthus eriarchus Jordan. Vn. (731)
849. Enneacanthus obesus Baird. Ve. (732)
850. Enneacanthus gloriosus Holbrook. Vse. (733)
851. Euueacanttus simulans Cope. Ve. (7.34;
851b. I'Juneacanthus >iimula)iN piuniger Gill »& Jordan. Vse.
284.— MESOGONISTIUS Gill.
852. Mesogonistius chaetodon Baird. Ve. (735)
few (9). Species unmerons in the tropical .seas ; gay-colored inhabitants of reefs and
rock-pools.
MyriopriiitiH occidentalis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 87 = Ehamphoberyx
leucopus Gill, 1. c, 88. Gulf of California to Panama.
Myriopristia pdcilopua Gill, lihamphobiryx poecilopus Gill, 1. c, 87 ; see Jordan &
Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 364. Cape San Lucas; perhaps identical with
the preceding.
^Elassovia evergladei Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 323. Indian, Saint John's
and Suwannee Rivers, Florida.
[77J CATALOGUE OF THE FISHE,S OF NORTH AMERICA.
285.— LEPOMIS Ratinesque. (250)
$ Apomotia Rnfinesque.
853. Lepomis cyaneilus Kafiuosque. V. (736)
854. Lepomis symmetricus Forbes. Vs. (737)
855. Lepomis phenax Cope «fc Jordan. Ve. (738)
§ Lepomis.
856. Lepomis ischyrus Jordan & Nelson. Vnw. (739)
857. Lepomis macrochirus Rafiuesque. V\v. (740)
858. Lepomis mystacalis Cope. Vse. (741)
•859. Lepomis elongatus Ilolbrook. Vse. (742)
860. Lepomis murinus Girard. Vsw. (743)
861. Lepomis puuctatus Cuv. &- Val. Vse. (744)
862. Lepomis miniatus Jordan. Vs. (745)
863. Lepomis auritus Linnajus. Ve. (746)
864. Lepomis megalotis' Rafinesque. Vw. (747,749)
865. Lepomis garmaui Forbes. Vw.
866. Lepomis marginatus Holbrook. Vse. (748)
867. Lepomis aquilensis- Baird & Girard. Vsw.
568. Lepomis humilis Girard. Vsw, (750)
569. Lepomis pallidus Mitchill. V. (751)
^Xystroplites Jordan.
870. Lepomis heros Baird & Girard. Vsw. (752)
571. Lepomis euryorus McKay. Vn. (753)
572. Lepomis albulus Girard. Vsw. (754)
^ Eupomotis Gill & Jordan.
•873. Lepomis holbrooki Cuv. & Val. Vse. (755)
€74. Lepomis notatus Agassiz. Vs. (756)
575. Lepomis gibbosus Liunaius.^ Vue. (757)
286.— MICROPTERUS Lac6pMe. (251)
576. Micropterus salmoides Lac^pede. V. (759)
577. Micropterus dolomiei Lac^p^de. V. (760.)
Family XCIX.— PEECID^. (85)
287.— AMMOCRYPTA Jordan. (252)
878. Ammocrypta beani Jordan. Vs. (761)
879. Ammocrypta clara^ Jordan & Meek. Vw.
880. Ammocrypta pellucida Baird. Vw. (762)
881. Ammocrypta vivax Hay. Vsw. (762 J.)
' Lepomis bombifrons is omitted, as being probably based on a form of L. megalotis.
- Lepomis aquilensis ( Pomotis aquilensis Baird &, Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Fhila. 1854,
24), placed in the Synopsis as a synonym of L. pallidus, is a valid species. It is closely
related to L, megalotis, but has much higher spines, aJnd a long and very narrow oper-
cular flap ; a dusky patch on base of last rays of dorsal.
"' Lepomis lirus McKaj^=Pomotis pallidus Agassiz is here omitted. Agassiz's very poor
description applies well enough to Chcenobryttus gulosus.
^Ammocrypta clara Jordan & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884. Des Moines R., Iowa,
.and Red R. , Arkansas.
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288.— CRYSTALLARIA ■ Jordan & Gilbert.
882. Crystallaria asprella Jordan. Vs. (763)
289.— lOA Jordan & Brayton. (253)
883. loa vitrea Coije. Vsc. (764)
884. loa vigilis Hay. Vs. (764?».)
290.— BOLEOSOMA De Kay. (254, 255)
885. Boleosoma olmstedi Storer. Vne. (765)
885b. JJohosoiiia olinsttdi atromacnlatum Girard. (Ve.)
885 c. liolcowiiia olmstedi (^i(l(/en8 Gh-a,ri\, (Vse.) (767)
885 d. Jioleoaoma olmstedi maculaium- Agastiiz. Vw. (766)
885 e. JJolioso ma olmstedi ozarcamim^ Jordan & Gilheit. Vsw. v
885 f. Boleosoma olmstedi mesaum Cope. Vw.
885 g. Jioleosoma olmstedi (csopiis Co'pe. Ve. (760)
886. Boleosoma vexillare Jordan. Ve. (768)
887. Boleosoma susanee^ Jordan «& Swain. Vs.
888. Boleosoma camurum Forbes. Vw. (770, 771)
291.— ULOCENTRA^ Jordan. (256)
889. Ulocentra phlox Cope. Vsw. (772)
890. Ulocentra stigmaea Jordan. Vs. (773)
891. Ulocentra simotera Cope. Vs. (774, 775)
892. Ulocentra histrio'' Jordan &. Gilbert. Vsw.
893. Ulocentra blennius" Gilbert & Swain. Vs.
292.— DIPLESION Rafinesque. (257)
894. Diplesion blennioides Rafinesque. Vw. (776)
293— COTTOGASTER Putnam. (258)
895. Cottogaster copelandi Jordan Vw. (777)
896. Cottogaster putnami Jordan «fc Gilbert. Vw. (778)
' Chystali-aiua Jordan &. Gilbert.
(Genus nova; tyjje I'leurolvpis asprelhts Jordan.)
This genus differs from A mmocriipta cbietiy in having the preraaxillaries non-protract-
ile. The vertical lins are much more developed than in the latter genus, there being
14 dorsal spines, and 12 soft I'ays in the anal fin. The squamation is much more com-
plete than in Ammocnjpla, but the body is similarly hyaline. (KpvdraXXuS, crystal.)
'^I adopt the name maculatmn for this species or subspecies, the identitication of
Raiinesque's Eiheostomn nigra with it being very doubtful. Pacilichthxjs beani Jordan,
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, is identical with B. maculatnm.
'Boleosoma olmstedi ozarcanum Jordan »fc Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885.
Ozark region.
^Boleosoma susanw Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 248. Cumberland
R., Kentucky.
''Ulocentra alrijjinnis Jordan is the adult of Diplesion simoterum.
'^ Etheostoma histrio Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. Streams of Arkan-
sas.
"> Etheostoma blennius Gilbert & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884. Streams of
Northern Alabama.
[71J] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
897. Cottogaster uranidea ' Jordan & Gilbert. Vw.
898. Cottogaster shumardi Girard. Vsw. (770)
294.— PERCINA Haldeman. (260)
899. Percina caprodes Ratinesque. V. (789)
899b. Percina caprodes zehra^ Agassiz. Vn.
295.— HADROPTERUS Agassiz. (261,262)
§ Alvordiua Girard.
900. Hadropterus macrocephalus Cope. Vne. (781)
901. Hadropterus phozocephalus Nelsou. Vw. (782)
902. Hadropterus aspro Cope & Jordan. Vw. (783)
903. Hadropterus ouachitae ^ Jordan & Gilbert. Vsw.
904. Hadropterus peltatus ■• Stauffer. Ve. (784, 785, 786)
$ Ericosma Jordan.
905. Hadropterus evides Jordan & Copeland. Vw. (787)
906. Hadropterus fasciatus Girard. Vsw. (788)
$ Hadropterus.
907. Hadropterus nigrofasciatus Agassiz. Vs. (790)
908. Hadropterus aurantiacus Cope. Vs. (789)
909. Hadropterus squamatus'' Gilbert «fe Swain. Vs.
910. Hadropterus cymatotaenia » Gilbert «Sr Meek. Vw.
911. Hadropterus iiiauguae ' Gilbert «fe Meek. Vw.
912. Hadropterus variatus Kirtland. Vw. (801)
§ Serraria Gilbert.
913. Hadropterus scierus^ Swain. Vsw.
$ ?
914. Hadropterus ? tessellatus Storer. Vs. (796)
915. Hadropterus ? cinereus Storer. Vs. (797)
1 Cottogaster- uranidea Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. "Washita River,
Arkansas.
2 nieoma zebra Agassiz, Lake Superior, = Percina manitou Jordan.
3 Hadropterus ouachitoe Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. Saline River,
Arkansas.
* Hadropterus maculatus Girard = EtJieostoma peltatum StanSeT=:Etkeostoma nevisense
Cope = Alvorduis ci-assus Jordan & Brayton= Alvordius variatus Anct. (not Alvordius
maculatus Girard, nor Etheostoma variatum Kirtland).
^'Hadropterus squamatus Gilbert & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. Tennessee
Basin.
*^ Hadropterus cymaiotamia Gilbert & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. Ozark re-
gion of Missouri.
''Hadropterus nianguw Gilbert, & Meek Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus., 1885. Niangua River,
Southeru Missouri.
^Hadropterus scierus Swaia. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 352. Southern Indiana
and southwest ward ; very abundant in streams of Arkansas and Texas. This species
is made the type of a genus, Serraria, by Gilbert (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884), distin-
guished from Hadroptertis by the serrulate jireopercle.
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296.— ETHEOSTOMA Rafinesque. (263,264,265,266)
^Bhothccca^ Jordan.
916. Etheostoma zonale Cope. Vw. (798)
916b. Etheostoma zoiiale arcansanum^ Jordan & Gilbert. Vsw.
917. Etheostoma lynceum^ Hay. Vs. (799)
918. Etheostoma thalassinum Jordan & Brayton. Vse. (800)
919. Etheostoma inscriptum Jordan 6c Brayton. Vse. (802)
^ Nothonotua Agassiz. (2G3)
920. Etheostoma camurum-' Cope. Vc. (791,795)
921. Etheostoma maculatum^ Kirtlaud. Vc. (792,793)
922. Etheostoma rufolineatum Cope. Vs. (794)
§ Etheostoma.
923. Etheostoma flabellare Ralinesquc. V. (804)
923b. Etheostoma flabellare^' cumherlandieum Jordan «fc Swain. Vs.
923 c. Etheostoma flabellare Ihieolatum Agassiz. Vuw. (803)
924. Etheostoma artesiae Hay. Vs. (809)
925. Etheostoma squamiceps Jordan. S. (805)
$ Pcecilichthys Agassiz.
926. Etheostoma virgatum Jordan. Vc. (806)
927. Etheostoma sagitta^ Jordan & Swain. Vc.
928. Etheostoma saxatile Hay. Vs. (807)
929. Etheostoma rupestre^ Gilbert & Swain. Vs.
930. Etheostoma luteovinctxim ^ Gilbert & Swain. Vs.
931. Etheostoma parvipinne '" Gilbert & Swain. Vs.
932. Etheostoma boreale " Jordan. Vne.
933. Etheostoma punctulatum'- Agassiz. Vw.
' JRhothoeca Jordan subgenus nova; tyi>e Pacilichthys ::onali8 Cope; substitute for
JS'auostoma Putnam; preoccupied hy Xantwaiomus Giiutber, a genus of Characinidce
{poOoi, a current; otxsoo, to inhabit.) I here regard rcecilichthys, Nothonotus, andliho-
thaca as subgenera under Etheostoma.
•i Etheostoma zonale area tisan urn Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus.,1885. Ar-
kansas and southward.
^Etheostoma lynceum Hay, noru. sp. nov. for Nanostoma elegans Hay ; not Boleichthya
elegans Girard.
■* Popciliehthys camurns Cope= P<rcilUhthys rulneratus Cope.
^Etheostoma maciilatum Klrtlaud= I'dcilichthys sanguifluns Cope.
*^ Etheostoma cianberlandlciim Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 251. Cum-
berland River.
' Pacilichthya sat/itta Jordan «\: Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 2G0. Cumberland
River.
^Etheostoma rupcstre Gilbert &. Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. Tennessee
Basin.
■'Etheostoma liiteorinctitm Gilbert & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. Northern
Alabama.
"^Etheostoma parviphine Gilbert & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,1885. Northern
Alabama.
" PwcUichthys bonalis Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884. Montreal.
^'^This is not the species described as racilichthya punctulatiia in the Synopsis. For
description, see Gilbert & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. Osage River.
[81] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
934. Etheostoma \vhipplei ' Girard. Vsw. (808)
935. Etheostoma lepidum Bainl & Girard. Vsw. (810)
936. Etheostoma ccEnileum Storer. Vc. (811)
936b. J-^theo8toma ca-ndenm itj)ectabil€ Agassiz. Vw. (812)
937. Etheostoma jessiae - Jordan & Braytou. Vw. (814)
938. Etheostoma iovrae Jordan &. Meek. Viiw.
^
939. Etheostoma tuscumbia ^ Gilbert & Swain. Vs.
ij Boleichthya Girard.
940. Etheostoma quiescens * Jordan. Vse.
941. Etheostoma fusiforme' Girard. V. (815, 816, 817, 818, 819, 822)
941b. Etheostoma fusif or me eo8 J ordAU & Copeland. Vuw. (819)
942. Etheostoma exile « Girard. Vnw. (820,821)
297.— ALVARIUS Girard. (267)
943. Alvarius lateralis Girard. Vsw. (823)
944. Alvarius prceliaris Hay. Vs. (824)
945. Alvarius punctulatus Putnam. Vn. (825)
946. Alvarius fouticola ' Jordan & Gilbert. Vsw.
298.— PERCA Linn»u8. (268)
947. Perca lutea Rafinesque. Vne. (826)
299.— STIZOSTEDION Rafinesque. (269)
948. Stizostedion vitreum Mitcbill. V. (827)
949. Stizostedion canadense Smith. Vne. (^8)
949b. Stizostedion canadense griseum De Kay. Vn.
949 c. Stizostedion canadense ioreum Girard. Vnw.
Family C— CENTEOPOMID^.8
300.— CENTROPOMUS Lac^pMe. (270.)
950. Centropomus undecimalis Bloch. W.P. (879)
' This is P. punctulatus of the Synopsis, not of Agassiz. It is readily distinguished
from the preceding by its slenderer form, larger scales, and less speckled coloration.
In life it is spotted with bright red. See Gilbert, 1. c.
- Padlichthys jessia' Jordan & Brajton:^ Pcecilichthys asimgenis FoTheR=Poecilichthy8
su-aini Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 479. The lateral line in this species is some-
times complete.
^Etlieosioma tuscumUa Gilbert & Swain, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus., 1885. Tuscumbia
Spring, Alabama.
* Pcecilichthys quiescens Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 478. Suwannee River,
Georgia.
° Boleosomafusiformia GiTaxd^^Boleosoma iai'ratti Holbrook=flo?oZepis erochrous Cope
=Boleo8oma gracile GiTarA^=P(iecilichthy8 butlerianus Tlaj:=Pa;cilicMlty8 palustris Gilbert,
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., 1884, 209. Pcecilichtliys eos seems also to represent a slight vari-
ety of this widely diffused species.
^ Boleichthys warreni is doubtless identical with Etheostoma exile. The types of the
former are lost.
" Micropei-ca fonticola Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. San Marco"
Spring, Texas. Alvarius and Microperca are probably identical.
«The characters of the family of Centropomidae are given in detail by Prof . GiU,
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. , 1882, 484 .
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951. Centropomua nigrescens ' GliiitLer. P.
952. Centropomus pedimacula* Poey. P. W.
953. Centropomus robalito ■' Jordan & Gilbert. P.
Family CI.— SERRANID^. (86)
301.— ROCCUS Mitchill. (271)
^ ROCCHS.
954. Roccus septentrionalis * Bloch & Schneider. N. S. Ana. (830) ,
955. Roccus chrysops Ratiuesque. Vw. (831)
§ Morone (Mitchell) Gill.
956. Roccus interruptuB Gill. Vsw. («32)
957. Roccus americanus Gmelin. N. Ana. (833) •
302.— SERRANUS Cuvier. (274)
§ Centropristis Cuvier.
958. Serranus atrarius Linnaeus. S. (836)
959. Serranus furvus Walbaum.^ N. (836 6.)
960. Serranus philadelphicus* Linnseus. S. (837)
§ Diplectrum Holbrook.
961. Serranus formosus Linnteus. S. W. (838)
962. Serranus radialis' Quoy & Gaimard. P. W.
$ Prionodes Jenyns.
963. Serranus subligarius Cope. W. (839)
964. Serranus phoebe * Poey. W.
» Centropomus nigrescens Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 144 ; Giinther, Fishes
Centr. Amer., 1869, 407. Mazatlan to Panama.
2 Centropomus pedimacula Poey, Meinorias Cuba, II, 1860, l^H^Centropomtis medius
Giinther, Fish. Centr. Amer., 1869, 406. Both coasts of tropical America, north to
Mazatlan.
J Centropomus rohalUo Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 462. Mazatlan.
•• This species should stand as above, instead of Roccus lineatUs. The original ASciana
lineata of Bloch was probably one of the European species. To the synonymy add
Ferca saxatilis and Perca septentrionalis Blocli & Schneider, Syst. Nat., 1801, 89, 90.
Perca saxatilis is preoccupied.
6 Perca furva Walbaum, Artedi Pisciiim, 1279=Coryphcena nigrescens Bloch & Schnei-
der, 1801.
« Perca philadelphica Linnseus, Syst. Nat. X, 291, 1758=ed.XII, 1766, 484=Perc« iri-
furca LinnjBus, Syst. Nat., ed. XII, 489, 1766.
■'Serranus radialih Quoy & Gaimard,Voyage Freycinet, 3l6=Centropri^tis radialia
Giinther, I, 8:i==Centropristis macropoma Giinther, Fish. Centr. Amer., 1869, 409. Coast
of Brazil and west coast of tropical America, north to Gulf of California.
* Serranus phabe Poey.
Light brownish, paler below ; a sharply defined white bar extending upward from
before vent about to middle of side, its width rather more than diameter of pupil; before
this a broad dusky shade extending downward from back ; a vaguely defined quadrate
paler area below middle of dorsal and another on back of tail; head and fins without
sharp markings. Body oblong, the back little elevated, the head large and not sharp
[83] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
965. Serranus calopteryx ' Jordan & Gilbert. P.
$ Paralabrax Girard.
966. Serranus clathratus Girard. C. (840)
967. Serranus maculofasciatus Steindacbner. C. P. (841)
968. Serranus nebulifer Girard. C. (842)
303.— HYPOPLECTRUS Gill. (274 J.)
969. Hypoplectrus nigricans Poey. W. (843)
970. Hypoplectrus gemma* Goode & Bean. W.
304-.— ANTHIAS3 Bloch.
971. Authias multifasciatus Gill. P.
972. Anthias vivanus-" Jordan. W.
305.— PARANTHIAS Guichenot. (273 6.)
973. Paranthiasfurcifer Cuv. &Val. W. P. (835 &.)
306.— POLYPRION Cuvier.
974. Ppljrprion americanus^ Blocb & Schneider. Ace. B. Eu. (835)
307.— STEREOLEPIS Ayres.
975. Stereolepis gigas Ayres. C. (834)
in profile, much less slender than in S. subligarius. Teeth moderate, those on sides
of lower jaw and front of upper largest ; mouth moderate, the maxillary reaching to
center of pupil, 2i in head ; lower jaw projecting ; snout 3? in head ; eye large, 3f
in head. Scales on cheeks large ; preopercle moderately serrate, the teeth nearly
uniform ; gill-rakers rather short. Caudal moderately forked ; dorsal spines rather
strong, higher than the soft rays, the longest 2^ in head; second and third anal spines
subequal; pectorals reaching front of anal. If in head; head 2f ; depth 3^ ; D X. 12,
A. Ill, 7. Scales 5-48-14. L. 8 inches. "West Indies, north to Pensacola, Florida.
(Poey, Memorias Cuba, I, 1851, 55 ; Centropristia phoeie Giinther, I, 85, 1859; Hali-
percaphwieFoej, Enum. Pise. Cubens., 1875, 22.)
> Prionodes fasdatus Jenyns, Voyage of the Beagle, Fishes, 1842, 46 = Serranus
calopteryx Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 350. Mazatlan to Galapagos
Islands. The name fasdatus is preoccupied in this genus.
-Hypoplectrus gemma Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 428. Garden Key,
Florida.
^ANTHIASBloch.
(Pronotogramvius Gill.)
(Bloch, Ichtbyologia, type Luirus anthias L. :=Anthias sacer Bloch.)
This genus is closely allied to Serraniia, differing technically chiefly in the direction
of the lateral line, which runs very high and is concurrent with the back, becoming
abruptly straight and horizontal below last rays of dorsal. The body is rather
strongly compressed, the snout blunt, the mouth oblique, the maxillary broad and
scaly, and some of the fins with produced or filamentous rays, and the caudal generally
deeply forked. Species of rather small size, mostly inhabiting deep waters.
Anthias multifasdatus = Pronotogrammus multifasciatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci,
Phila., 1883, 81. Cape San Lucas. See Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 18821,
360.
^Anthias vivanus Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. Pensacola.
*Amphiprion americanus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 25 ; not EpinepTielua
oxygenenios Bloch & Schneider, 1. c. 301.
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308.— PROMT CROPS' Gill. (277)
976. Promicrops itaiara Lichtenstein. W. P. (853)
309.— MYCTEROPERCA- Gill. (275)
977. Mycteroperca rosacea' Streets. P.
978. Mycteroperca falcata phenax^ Jordan & Swain. W.
979. Mycteroperca microlepis Goode & Bean. W. S. (846)
980. Mycteroperca bonaci ^ Poey. W.
980 b. Mijrteroperva bonaci xanlhosticta Jordan & Swain.
981. Mycteroperca venenosa 8 Liuna3U8. W, (846 6.)
310.— EPINEPHELUS Bloch. (276)
982. Epinephelus uigritus Holbrook. S. (850)
983. Epinephelus moric Cuv. & Val. S. W. (849)
984. Epinephelus striatus Bloch. W. (850 6.)
985. Epinephelus sellicauda ' Gill. P.
986. Epinephelus niveatus Cuv. & Val. W. Ace. (851)
987. Epinephelus drummond-hayi Goode & Bean. S. W. (848)
988. Epinephelus apua* Bloch. W. (850c.)
989. Epinephelus ascensionis 9 Osbeck. W. (847)
990. Epinephelus analogus ^° Gill. P.
311.— ALPHESTES" Bloch & Schneider.
991. Alphestes multiguttatus Giiuther. P.
^Serranus itaiara Lichtenstein^ Promicrops guasa Poey.
For an account of the American genera and species of Epinephelus and related
forms see Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 358. This paper should
supersede the very incomplete account given in the Synopsis.
^Mycteroperca Gill, \m?i=Tri8otropis Gill, 1865.
^Epinephelus rosaceus Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, 1877, 51 ; M. rosacea Jordan
& Swain, 1. c, 361. Gulf of California.
^ Mycteroperca falcata phenax .Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 363. Key West to Pensacola.
^Serranus bonaci, brunneus, nrara, etc., Poey. See Jordan & Swain. 1. c. 370. Key
West, southward; Var. xanthosticta (I.e. 371) at Pensacola.
' Perca venenosa L. = Serrn nus petrosus Poey.
''Epinephelus sellicauda Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci.Phila., 1862, 250; Jordan »fc Swain,
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884,' 385.
^Described in the Synopsis, page 919, under the erroneous name of Epinephelus gut-
tains. See Jordan «fc Swain, 1. c. 389.
'Described in the Synopsis, page 539, under the name of Epinephelus capreolus. See
Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 391.
^"Epinephelus analogus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863. Jordan & Swain, 1. c.
393.
"Alphestes Bloch & Schneider.
{Prospinus Poey.)
(Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 236; type, Epinephelus afer Bloch.)
This genus includes small species, differing from Epinephelus chiefly in the presence
of a .strong antrorse spine on the lower side of the angle of the preopercle. The three
known .species are American. {AX(l>T;6r?/?, enterprising or greedy ; a name applied to
some kind offish which goes in pairs.) Alphestes muUiguttatus=Plectropoma multigut-
tatum GUnther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1«66, 600. See Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 395.
Mazatlan to Panama.
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CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
312.— ENNEACENTRUS' Gill. (276 &.)
^PetromelopoH Gill.
992. Enueacentrus guttatUB ^ coronatus Cuv. & Val. W.
^Eiineacentnis.
993. Enneacentrus taeniops Cuv. »& Val. W. Ace. (852 6.)
994. Enneacentrus fiilvus ruber'' Bloch. \V. '
313.— DERM ATOLEPIS^ Gill.
995. Dermatolepis punctatus Gill. P.
Family CII— RHYPTICID^."
314.— RHYPTICUS Cuvier. (279)
§Rhypticu8.
996. Rhypticus saponaceus •* Blocli. W.
997. Rhypticusxanti' Gill. P.
'For a .statement of the reasons why Enneacentrus is preferred to Bodianus as the
name of this group, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 397.
'Enneacentrus guitatus L.; var coronatus Cuv. & Val. Key West and southward.
For a description of this species see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 398.
'The Linnaian name, Lahrus Julvus (Syst. Nat., X, 1758, 287), has priority for this
species. The yellow, red, and brown vTirieties may stand anfulvus, ruber, and puncta-
tus, respectively. See Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 402.
Epinephelus fulvus punctatus Ijinnama. W. (8526)
•• Dermatolepis Gill.
(Lioperca Gill.)
(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 54; type, Dermatolepis puncfatus Gill.)
Scales all cycloid ; canine teeth very small or obsolete ; body comj^aratively deep ;
head small ; soft dorsal, unusually long, of 19 or 20 rays ; spines low. Otherwise es-
sentially as in Epinephelus. Two species known. {Aspjua , skin ; XiniZ, scale.)
Dermatolepis punctatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 54. Jordan & Swain,
1. c. 407. Cape San Lucas and adjacent rocky islands.
3 The genus Rhypticus, differing from all other Serranidw in the absence of anal spines
and in the reduced number (2 to 4) of the dorsal spines, may be regarded as the type
of a distinct family.
^Ehypticus saponaceus Blocli & Schneider.
Soap-Jish ; Jabon ; Jaboncillo. Olivaceous brown, without distinct markings, in
spirits. Body oblong, the back little arched, the snout rather pointed in profile,
mouth moderate, the maxillary extending to beyond the eye, 2^ in head ; eye about
equal to snout, 3f in head. Opercle with three strong spines, the middle one largest;
preopercle with two spines. Head3i; depth .3^. D. Ill, 25; A. 17. West Indies,
north to Pensacola, Florida.
(Anthias saponaceus Bloch & Schneider, Systema Ichth., 1801, 310; Cuv. & Val.,
Ill, 63; Guuther, I, 172; Eleutheractis coriaceus Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, 1871,
467.)
"'Mhypticus xanti Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 250. Cape San Lucas, and
southward.
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^Promicropterua Gill.
998. RhjrpticusbiBtrispinus' Mitchill. S. (855,857?)
999. RJiypticus nigripinnis* Gill. P. (856)
Family CIII.— PlilACANTHlDiE. (87)
315.— PRIACANTHUS Cuvier.
1000. Priacanthus catalufa^ Poey. W.
316.— PSEUDOPRIACANTHUS* Bleeker.
1001. Pseudopriacanthus altus Gill. B. (P59)
Family CIV.— LOBOTID^.s
317.— LOBOTES Cuvier. (285)
1002. Lobotes surinamensis Bloch. N. S. W. P. (876)
Family CV.— SPAEID^.
318 — XENICHTHYS Gill.
1003. Xenichthysxanti'' Gill. P.
319.— XENISTIUS .Jordan & Gilbert. (281)
1004. Xenistiuscaliforniensis Steiuclachtior. C. (860)
320.— HOPLOPAGRUS ' Gill.
1005. Hoplopagrus giintheri Gill. P.
' Bodianns btsirispinua Mitchill, Amer. Monthly Magazine, IV, 1818, 247 (Straits
of Bahama,)=Rhypticus maculatua Holbrook = ? 7?7»yj><tCHS piluitosiis Goode «fc Bean
(yoiiu<;). The .specimen from Newport, R. I., recorded by Cope as Promicropterus deco-
ratus seema to belong to this species.
-lilij/pticus nigripinnis Gill, 1861. Bhypticus maculatua Gill, 1862 =Promieropterua
decora tu8 Gill, 1863. Cape Sau Lucas to Panama.
■■•The species called in the Synopsis Priacanthus macrophihalnma (p. 544) and Pria-
canthus arenatua (p. 971) should stand as Priacanthus catalufa Poey; Catalufa, Big-eye,
BulVa-ciie. Instead of the synonymy in the Synopsis, read —
(C'a<ah//oParra, Descr. Dif. Piezas Hist. Nat., 1787 ; Priacanthuamacrophthahnua Cuv.
& Val., Ill, 95 in part; not Anthias macrophthalmus Bloch, which is an East Indian
species; Priacanthua macrophthalmua Giiuther, I, 215; Priacanthus catalufa Poey, Free.
Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, lri2; not Priacanthua arenatua C. & V. )
■• Pseudopriacanthus Bleeker should be recognized as a genus distinct from Priacan-
thus.
* The genus Lobotea should be removed from the family of Sparidce and placed in or
near the Serranidw, with which it agrees in many respects, differing in the absence
of teeth on the vomer. It may stand as a separate family LOBOTiD.a;, which has
been defined by Professor Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 560.
''•Xenichthya xanii Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, S'A ^ Xenichthya xenops Jor-
dan »fc Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 18rt2, 325. Cape San Lucas to Panama.
7 Hoplopagrus Gill.
(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 253; type Hoplopagrua giintheri GiW.)
This genus resembles iu<;'an«« in most respects, differing strikingly in the structure
of the anterior nostril and in the dentition. The anterior nostril is remote from the
[87]
CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
321.— LUTJ ANUS' Bloch.
1006. Lutjanus argentiventris - Peters. P.
1007. Lutjanus caxis ^ Block »fc Schneider. W.
1008. Lutjanus joc^^ Blocb & Schneider. W.
1009. Lutjanus griseus 5 Li nuieus. S. W. 862, 862 &., 864)
1010. Lutjanus novemfasciatus 6 Gill. P. ♦
1011. Lutjanus guttatus " Steiudachuer. P.
1012. Lutjanus synagris LinniBUs. W. (8(54 &.)
1013. Lutjanus vivanus«Ciiv. &Val. S. W. (862 c, 863)
1014. Lutjanus analis'^ Cuv. »fe Val. W.
1015. Lutjanus coloiado '" Jordan & Gilbert. P.
1016. Lutjanus aratus " Giinther. P.
1017. Lutjanus inermis ^- Peters. P.
322.— OCYURUS Gill.
1018. Ocjnirus chrysurus '» Bloch. W. (861)
posterior and is placed near the end of the snout ; vomer with three large molar teeth ;
teeth in jaws coarse and blunt. Otherwise as in Lutjanus. One species known.
('OttAo?, armed; ndypoi, Pagrus, Spanish "Pargo," English "Porgee," a general name
for sparoid fishes.)
Hoplopagrus gUntheri Gill, 1. c. 253 ; Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., VI, 1, 1878; Jordan
& Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 429. Cape San Lucas to Panama.
* For a full account of the American species of Lutjanus and related genera (Hop-
lopagrus, Ocyurus, Rhomboplites, Tropidinius, Aprion, Etelis, and Verilus), see Jordan
«& Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 427. The characters of the genera are given by
Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 351, and in the paper above quoted.
" Mesoprion argentiventris Peters, Berliner Monatsberichte, 1869, 704 = I^utjanus
argentiventris Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 434. Mazatlan to Panama.
3 For synonymy and description of Luijanus caxts, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 435.
West Indies, north to Key West.
* For synonymy and description of Lutjanus jocu, see Jordan & Swain, I.e., 437.
* Labrus griseus L. ^ Anthias caballerote Yiloch. & Schneider = iM(/a«?/ss<eor«si Goode
<fe Beau = Lutjanus caxis Synopsis, p. 548 ; not Sparus eaxis Bloch & Schneider. The
common Gray or Mangrove Snapper of our .southern coasts. See Jordan & Swain, 1. c.
439.
6 For synonymy of Lutjanus novemfasciatus see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 443. For de-
scription see Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , 1881, 232 (Lutjanus prieto J. & G. ).
Cape San Lucas to Panama.
' For synonymy and description of Lutjanus guttatus, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 447.
Mazatlan to Panama.
^Mesoprion vivnnus Cua'. & Y3k\.=^Mesoprion campechanus Foej=Lu1ja7ius blackfordi
Gk)ode & Bean. Charleston and Pensacola to Aspinwall and the Lesser Antilles. For
synonymy and description of Lutjanus vivauus, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 453.
9 For synonymy and description of Lutjanus analis, see Jordan & Swain, I.e. 4.55.
West Indies, north to Key West.
10 For synonymy and description of Lutjanus Colorado, see Jordan & Gilbert, Proc, U.
S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 338, and Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 1884, 457. Mazatlan to Panama.
'1 For synonymy and description of Lutjanus aratus, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 460.
Mazatlan to Panama.
'- For synonymy and description of Lutjamis inermis, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 459.
One specimen known, from Mazatlan.
^^' For synonymy and detailed description of Ocyurus chrysurus, see Jordan & Swain,
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 461.
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323.— RHOMBOPLITES Gill.
1019. Rhomboplites aurorubens' Cuv. & Val. W. S. (865)
324.— CONODON Cuv. & Val. (2o2 ft.)
1020. Conodon nobilis IJnuiEus. W. (86G)
1021. Conodon serrifer- Jordan & Gilbert. P.
325.— ORTHOPRISTIS^ Girard.
§ Microlepidotua Gill.
1022. Orthopristis inornatus-' Gill. P.
$ Orthopristis.
1023. Orthopristis brevipimiis s Steindachner. P.
1024. Orthopristis cantharinus'^ Jenyns. P.
1025. Oithopristis chalceus " Giinther. P.
1026. Orthopristis chrysopterus* Liiinyens. S. W. (867,868)
326.— POMADASYS Lac^pfede. (283)
^ Hwinulopsis Steindachner.
1027. Pomadasys leuciscus" Giinther. P.
1028. Pomadasys elongatus '" Steindachner. P.
1029. Pomadasys nitidus'^ Steindachner. P.
1030. Pomadasys axillaris '- Steindachner. P.
' For synonymy and description of RhomhopUtes aurorubens, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c.
464.
^ Conodon serrifer Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, ;?51. Boca Soledad,
Lower California.
3 It is probably better to regard Conodon, Orthopristis, and Jnisoiremus as gencrically
distinct from Pomadasys. See Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 3a4, for
an analysis of the characters of the Pacific coast species of this group.
* Microlcpidotns inornatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 256. Cape San Lucas
(not Pomadasys inornatus Jordan &■ Gilbert, 1. c. 388).
^ Pristijyoma breripinne Steindachner, Ichthyol. Notizcn, VIII, 1869, 10. Mazatlau
to Panama. See Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 625.
' Prisiipoma cantharinum Jenyus, Zool. Voy. Beagle, 49, 1842, and Giinther, 1, 363,
Giiuther's description agrees with a specimen from Guayma.s, diagnosed by Jordan &
Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 18H1, 274 as " Pomadasys f inornatus,^ and on page 388,
I.e., as P. cantharinus. This species is distinct from 0. chalceus, and is probably the
original cantharinus from the Galapagos Islands. I have, however, seen ^liecimens of
0. chalceus from the Galapagos.
"For synonymy and diagnosis of Orthopristis chalceus tivo Jordan & Gilbert, Proc.
U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 387. Mazatlan to Galapagos I.^^lands.
^Perca chrysoptera Linn. Syst. Na,t.^Pris1ipoma fulvpmaculatum Jind P. fasciatum of
Cuv. & Val. The Linnaean type, sent by Dr. Garden from Charleston, has been
identified by Dr. Bean.
'For diagnosis see Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c. 3b7. Mazatlan to Panama.
'" Pristipoma huciscus var. elongatus, Steindachner, Neno & Seltene Fische ausK. K.
Museum, Wieu, «fcc., 1879, taf. 9, f. 2. Pomadasys elongatus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc.
U. S. Nat Mus., 1882, 352. Mazatlan to Panama.
" For diagnosis of Pomadasys nitidus see Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c. 387. Mazatlau to
Panama.
'- For diagnosis of Pomadasys axillaris see Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c. 387. Gulf of
California to Panama.
[89] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
§ Paeudopristijaoma Sauvage.
1031. Pomadasys panamensis ' Steindachner. P.
■iS Pomadasys.
1032. Pomadasys branicki- Steiutlacbuer, P.
1033. Pomadasys macracanthus' Giiiitlier. P.
327.— ANISOTREMQS Gill.
1034. Auisotremus dovii'' (iiintlier. P.
1035. Anisotremus ceesius^ Jordan & Gilbert. P.
1036. Anisotremus interruptus'' Gill. P. (8716.)
1037. Anisotremus bilineatus Cuv. & Val. W. (871)
1038. Anisotremus davidsoni ytcindacluier C. (869)
1039. Anisotremus virginicus Liiiuaius. W. (870)
1039b. Anisotremus virginicita '' taniatiis GUI. P.
328.— HiEMULONs Cuvier,
^ Orthoatoechus Gill.
1040. Haemulon maculicauda^ (tHI. P.
^ Lyihridoii Jordan & Swain.
1041. Haemulon flaviguttatum '" Gill. P.
v> Bathystoma Scudder.
1042. Haemulon aurolineatum " Cuv. & Val. W. (874 6.)
1043. Haemulon rimator'-' Jordan & Swaiu. S. W. (873)
'For diagnosis of Pomadasys panamtnsis see Jordan and Gilbert, 1. c. 387. Mazat
Ian to Panama.
- For diagnosis of Pomadasys branicki see Jordan and Gilbert, 1. c. 386. Mazatlan
to Tumbez, Peru.
3 For diagnosis of Pomadasys maeracanthus see Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c. 386. Maz-
atlan to Panama.
■* For diagnosis of Anisotremus dovii see Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c. 386. Mazatlan to
Panama.
^Pomadasys cwsius Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 383. Mazatlan.
^Anisotremus modestus Tschudi, accredited to Mazatlan (as Priatipoma notatum), hy
Peters, is here omitted, for reasons given in Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 286.
''Anisotremus tceniatus Gill. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 107. Gulf of Cali-
fornia to Panama. For characters of this subspecies see Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U.
S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 372.
8 The generic name Diahasis is preoccupied and must give place to Hwmulon. For
a detailed account of the species of this genus see Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat.
Mus., 1884, 281.
^For an account of Hamulon maculicauda see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 315. Cape San
Lucas to Panama.
'"See Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 314. Cape San Lucas to Panama.
^^ Hcemulon aurolineatum Cuv. & YaA. = Hcemulon jeniguano Poey. See Jordan &
Swain, 1. c. 310.
^'^Hcemulon rimator Jordan & Swain, 1. c, 308. = Hwmulon chrysopterum C. & V., not
of L.
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$ Brachygenya Scudder.
1044. Hsemulon taeniatum ' Poey. W.
$ Hcemulon.
1045. Haemulon flavolineatum - Desmarest. W.
1046. Haemulon plumieri Lact^pede. S. W. (872)
1047. Hcemulon sciurus' 8ha\v. W. (872 6.)
1848. Haemulon steindachneri ■• Jordan «& Gilbert. P.
1049. Haemulon fremebundum ' Goode & Bejin. W. (874)
1050. Haemulon scudderi « Gill. P.
1051. Haemulon acutum ' Poey. W. (873 6.)
1052. Haemulon gibbosum* Walbaum. W. (873c.)
1053. Haemulon sexfasciatum^ Gill. P.
329.— SPARUS LinnsBus.
^ Pagriis On\.&,Ya\.
1054. Spams pagrus Linnaeus. S. Eu. (878)
330.— CALAMUS Swainson. (285)
1055. Calamus proridens'o Jordan «fe Gilbert. W. (8766.)
1056. Calamus calamus" Cnv. & Val. W,
1057. Calamus bajonado'-^ Bloch &. Schneider. W.
1058. Calamus brachysomus" Lockingtou. P.
' For description of HcBmulon toeniatum see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 307. West Indies,
north to Key West.
2 For description and synonymy of Hoemulon flavolineatum see Jordan & Swain, 1.
c. 305. West Indies north to Key West.
^ Spams smirus Shaw =IIa:mulon elegans Cuvier. See Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 301.
^DiabanU sfeindachneH Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 1881, 322. Maz-
atlan to Panama.
*For description of the adult form of HoBviulon fremehundum see Jordan & Swain,
I.e. 297. This species has been recently described from Jamaica under the name of
JHahasia lateralis (Vaillant & Bocourt, Miss. Sci. au Mexique, 1883.)
'^For description of Hcemulon aeudderi see Jordan & Swain, I.e. 296. Mazatlan to
Panama.
^ Described by Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 294.
^ For description of Haemulon gihhoaum see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 290. The oldest
binomial name of this species in that of Perca giblosa Walbaum, Artedi, Piscium, 1792,
348, based on Perca viai'ina gibiosa, the Margate-fish, of Catesby.
8 For description of Hcemulon aexfaaciatum see Jordan & Swain, I.e. 288.
^"Calamus proridena J ovdan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 239=iCalamus
pennatula Jordan «& Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 15 (not of Guichenot). West
Indies, north to Key West. For synonymy and description of this and other species
of Calamua see Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. Q. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 15.
" For synonymy and description of Calamua calamua see Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c. 16.
West Indies, north to Key West.
12 For synonymy and description of Calamua bajonado see Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c. 20.
West Indies, north to Key West.
^^Sparua brachyaomua Lockington, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 284. Magdalena Bay,
southward.
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1059. Calamus leucosteus ' Jordan & Gilbert. S. (876 c.)
1060. Calamus penna* Ciiv. & Val. S. W. (877)
1061. Calamus arctifrons Goode & Bean. S. W. (876 e.)
331.— STENOTOMUS Gill.
1062. Stenotomus caprinus Beau. S. (881 b.)
1063. Stenotomus chrysops ^ Linnaius. N. S. (881)
1063 b. Stenotomus chrysops acultatus Cnv. & Val. N. S. (880)
332.— DIPLODUS Rafinesque, (267)
$ Lagodon Holbrook.
1064. Diplodus rhomboides Linna-us. S. W. (88*2)
1065. Diplodus unimaculatus" Bloch. W. (1885&.)
^ Archosargus Gill.
1066. Diplodus probatocephalus Walbaum. K S. (883)
^ Diplodus.
1067. Diplodus holbrooki Bean. S. (884,885)
333.— GIRELLA Gray. (288)
1068. Girella nigiicans Ayres. C. (886)
' Calamus leucosteus Jordan & Gilbert nom. sp. nov. " White Bone Porgy." Body
formed much as in Calamus penna, short and deep, with steep anterior profile and high,
arched back, the profile nearly straight from snout to above eyes, thence convex.
Head deeper than long ; the preorbital region very deep, its least depth 2J in head, half
greater than interorbital width. Eye rather large, 2f in head in adults; a strong
blunt prominence before it. Mouth rather large, the maxillary 2f in head. Outer
teeth in both jaws moderately enlarged, canine-like, about ten in each jaw, none of
them directed forwards. Highest dorsal spine 2^ in head. Pectorals very long, 2f
in length of body.' Ventrals 1| in head. Scales large, those on cheeks in five rows.
Smutty-silvery sides with vague cross bars; dorsal and anal tins with dark blotches;
ventrals dusky; no black axillary spot. Head 2^; depth 3^. D. XII, 12; A. Ill,
10. Scales 7-51-14. Length about a foot. Charleston, S. C.
- Pagellus penna Cuv. & Ya\. =^Pagellus milneri Goode & Bean. For synonymy and
description of Calamns penna see Jordan & Gilbert, I.e. 21.
3 According to Dr. Beau, the tyjjes of Spams chrysops and Sjyarus argyrops Linnaeus
are both the common scup. The large or Southern scup, if really a distinct species
or variety, should stand as Stenotomus aculeatus Cuv. & Val.
* Diplodus unimaculatus {Bloch). Salema; Bream.
This sjiecies has the teeth emarginate, as in D. rhomVoides, and it likewise belongs
to the subgenus Lagodon. It is distinguished from D. rhomhoides by its deeper body,
and by the longer second anal spine, which extends beyond the tip of the third spine
when depressed. It has, further, 13 dorsal spines instead of 12, and its coloration is
deeper and more golden. West Indies, north to Pensacola.
To the synonymy add :
(Salema Marcgrave, Hist. Brazil, p. 153; Perca unimaculata Bloch, taf. 308; Sargus
unimaculatus Cuv. & Val., VI, 62, 1830; Sargus unimaculatus Giinther, I, 446; Sargus
carihceus Poey, Memorias Cuba, II, 1860, 198; Diplodus iinimaculatus Jordan, Proc. U. S.
Nat. Mus., 1884, 126.)
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334.— KYPHOSUS Lac6pMe. (289)
1069. KyphosuB sectatria:' Liiiniinis. W. S. (887)
1070. Kyphosus analogus- Gill. P.
335.— CiESIOSOMA' Kaiip. (290)
1071. CaesioBoma californiense Steindachuer. S. (888)
Family CVI.— CIRKHITID^/
' 336.— CIRRHITES Lac^pMe.
1072. Cirrhites rivulatus Valenciennes. P.
Family CVII.— APOGONID^.
337.— APOGON Lac^pMe. (291)
ij Apogon.
1073. Apogon iniberbis'* LiuDJBUs. Eu. N. (Ace.) (889)
1074. Apogon maculatus Poey. W. (889 t.)
1075. Apogon retrosella' Gill. P.
$ Apogonichihys Sleeker.
1076. Apogon alutus Jordan & Gilbert. W. (889 c.)
^ Glossamia Gill.
1077. Apogon pandionis Goode & Bean. B. (890)
Family CYIII.— MULLID^.
338.— MULLUS Linnicus. (292)
1078. Mullus barbatus (L.) auratus Jordan & Gilbert. S. N. Eu. (891)
* Perca aeetatrix L., Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, 486 = PimcZe/jferus boaci Cuv. & Val.
■ Pimelepterus analogun Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 18fi2, 245. Mazatlau to
Panama.
^ I now adopt the genus Cmsiosoma for IScoipis caUforiiiensis. This species differs much
from the iiguroof /^corpia georgiamia, to which it may not be really related. Ccesio-ioma
is certainly not a Chatodont, but a very near relative of Kyplioaua. The propriety of
placing Girella, Eyphoaus, and Cawosoma among the AS/>artd(E is questionable. Gill has
placed them together in his family PimeUpteridce.
■•See Giinther, ii, 70, for the characters of the family of Cirrhitidce and of the genua
Cirrhites. Our species, Cirrhiiea rivulatua Valenciennes, Voyage V<Suu8 Poiss., 300 =
Cirrhitichthya rivulatua Giinther, Fish. Centr. Amer., 1869, 421 = Cirrhitea bctaurus Gill,
Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, is found from Cape San Lucas to the Galapagos Islands.
*The specimen from Newport, R. I., recorded by Cope as Apogon americanus, belongs
to the European species, Apogon imberiia L. It has been compared with the latter, at
my request, by Mr. S. E. Meek.
^Amia retroaeUa Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 251. Cape San Lucas.
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CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
339.— UPENEUS Cnvier. (293)
1079. Upeneus maculatus IJlocb. W. (H92)
1080. Upeneus martinicus ' Ciiv. & Val. W.
1081. Upeneus grandisquamis- Gill. P.
1082. Upeneus dentatus' Gill. P.
Family OIX.— SCI^NIDJE. (91)
340.— APLODINOTUS Ratiuesque. (294)
1083. Aplodinotus grunnieus Rafineaque, V. (893)
341.— POGONIAS Lacc^pt^de. (295)
1084. Pogonias chromis I>inn;ins. S. (894)
342.— RONCADOR Jordan & Gilb«rt. (2966.)
1085. Roncador stearnsi Steindachuer. C. (899)
343.— SCI^NA Linnanis. (296)
^ Stelliferua Stark.
1086. Sciaena lanceolata Holbrook. S. (895)
^ BairdieUa Gill.
1087. Sciaena chrysura Lac^pede. S. (896)
1088. Sciaena icistia ^ Jordan & Gilbert. P.
$ Scknia.
1089. Sciaena jacobi Steindachner. C. (897)
1090. Sciaena sciera ' Jordan »& Gilbert. P.
1091. Sciaena ocellata Linua^is. S. (898)
344.- JOHNIUS 6 Bloch. (296 c.)
$ Corvina Cuvier.
1092. Johnius saturnus Girard. C. (900)
' Upeneus martinicus Cnv. & Val.
Yelloiv Goat-fish: Sahnoveie amarilla. Red; sides with a broad longitudinal band
Ox bright yellow; snout with yellow streaks; vertical fins and patches on sides of
head bright yellow. Body moderately elongate ; anterior profile gibbous before the
eyes; eyes large, 3^ in head. Teeth blnntish, rather strong, in two or three series,
the lower larger than the upper ; no teeth on vomer. Interorbital space flat, 3| in
head. Barbels If in head ; longest dorsal spine 1^ ; anal small. Head 3| ; depth 4,
D. VII-9 ; A. 7. Scales 2^-37-7. L. 1 foot. West Indies, north to Key West.
( Upeneus martinicus and U. halteatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, III, 484, 1829; Upeneus
flavovittatus Poey, Memorias Cuba, I, 224, 1856 ; MuUoides flavovittatus Guuther, I, 403.)
- Upeneus grandisquamis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 168= Upeneus tetra-
spilus Giinther, Fish. Centr. Amer., 1869, 420. Mazatlan to Panama.
^Upeneus dentatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862,256; Jordan & Gilbert.
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 363. Cape San Lucas.
*ScicBna icistia Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 356. Mazatlan.
^Scicena sciera Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 480. Mazatlan to
Panama.
6 The name Johnius Bloch & Schneider should be used instead of Corvina (pp. 572,
932) for the section of Scicena characterized by the absence of bony serrae on the pre-
opercle. The intergradations among the species will perhaps prevent this group-
from being considered as a genus from Scicena.
Johnius Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 74; type (as restricted by Cu-
vier & Gill) Johnius carutta Bloch. (Named for John, a missionary in Tranquebar.)
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345.— EQUES Bloch. (296d.)
v^ Fareques Gill.
1093. Eques acuminatus ' Bloch & Schneider. W. (9016.)
$ Eques.
1094. Eques lanceolatus Gmeliii. W. (9015.)
346.— LIOSTOMUS LacdpMe. (297)
1095. Liostomus xanthurus Lac6pede. S. (902)
347.— LARIMUS Cuvier & Valenciennes. (302)
1096. Larimus fasciatus Holbrook. S. (911)
1097. Larimus breviceps" Cuv. & Val. P. W.
348.— GENYONEMUS Gill. (298)
1098. Grenyonemus lineatus Ayres. C. (903)
349.— MICROPOGON Cuv. & Val. (299)
1099. Micropogon undulatus Linnaius. N. S. (904)
1100. Micropogon ectenes "' Jordan & Gilbert. P.
350.— UMBRINA Cuvier, (300)
1101. Umbrina roncador Jordan & Gilbert. C. (905)
1102. Umbrina xanti * Gill. P.
1103. Umbrina dorsalis » Gill. P.
1104. Umbrina broussoneti Cuv. & Val. W. (90ti)
351.— MENTICIRRUS Gill. (301)
1105. MenticirruB littoralis Holbrook. S. (908)
1106. Menticimis elongatus •* Giinther. P.
1107. Menticirrua undulatus Girard. C. (910)
1108. Menticirrus saxatilis ' Bloch & Schneider. N. S. (907)
1109. Menticirrus alburnus Linnieus. S. (909)
1110. Menticimis panamensis * Steindachner. P.
1111. Menticirrus nasns ^ Giinther. P.
' The subgenus Pareques .and its typical species Scicena acuminata should be trans-
ferred to the genus Eques.
''Larimus hreviceps Cuv. & Val., V, 146; Giinther, I, 268. Both coasts of Tropical
America, north to Mazatlan.
'^Micropogon ectenes Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 355 ; 1882, 282.
Mazatlan.
*Umhrina xanti Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 2^>7= Umbrina analis Gunther,
Fish. Centr. Amer., 1869, 426. For diagnosis, see Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat.
Mus., 1882,364.
''Umbrina dorsalis Gill, 1. c. 1862, 257. See Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c. 364.
*> Umbrina elongata Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 148. For diagnosis see
Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c. 284. Mazatlan to Panama.
'The name Johnius 8«xa/fZis (Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 75, based on a
specimen from New York, now in the museum at Berlin) has priority for the species
called in the Synopsis, Menticirrus nebulosus.
'^Umbrina panamensis Steindachner, lehth. Beitr., IV, 9, 1875. Mazatlan to Panama.
See Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c. 284.
^Umbrina nasus Giinther, Fish. Centr. Amer., 1869, 4rJ6. Mazatlan to Panama. See
Jordan & Gilbert, 1. c. 284.
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CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
352.— CYNOSCION Gill. (303, 304)
^Airactoxcion Gill.
1112. Cynoscion nobile Ayres. C. (.912)
j'Cynoacion.
1113. Cynoscion regale Bloch &, Schneider. N. S. (915)
1114. Cynoscion thalassinum Holbrook. S. (916)
1115. Cynoscion nothum Holbrook. S. (914)
1116. Cynoscion othonopterum ' Jordan & Gilbert. P.
1117. Cynoscion parvipinne A\ res. C. P. (913)
1118. Cynoscion xanthulum - Jordan & Gilbert. P.
1119. Cynoscion reticulatum ^ Gilnther. P.
1120. Cynoscion maculatum Mitcliill. S. (917)
353.— SERIPHUS Ayres. (305)
1121. Seriphus politus Ayres. C. (918)
Family CX.— GERRID^. (92)
354.— GERRES Ciivier. (306)
iS G err 68.
1122. (Serres plumieri Cuv. «fe Val. W. (919)
1123. Gerres lineatus * Humboldt. P.
1124. Gerres olisthostoma Goode &, Bean. S. W, (919 6.)
1125. G«rres peruvianus" Cuv. & Val. P.
§ Diapierua Ranzani.
1126. Gerres cinereus Walbanm. PW. (921 h.)
1127. Gerres californiensis Gill. P.
1128. Gerres gula° Cuv. & Val. S. W. (920,921)
1129. Gerres gracUis' Gill. P. W. S. (922)
1130. Genres jonesi Giiuther. W.
1131. Genres lefroyi " Goode. W.
^Cynoscion othonopterum Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 274. Gulf
of California.
'^Cynoscion xanthulum Jordan &, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. 1881, 460. Mazatlan.
^Otolithus reticulatu8 Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 1864, 149. Mazatlan to
Panama. For diagnosis of this and other species of Cynoscion see Jordan & Gilbert,
Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1881, 319.
■•For synonymy and description of Gerres lineatus, see Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S.
Mus., 1881, 330. Mazatlan to Panama.
^For synonymy and diagnosis of Gerres peruvianus, see Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S.
Fish Comm., 1881, 330. Mazatlan to Peru. For a detailed account of American spe-
cies of Gerres, see Evermann &, Meek, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 116.
^ Gerres homonymus seems to me indistinguishable from Gerres gula.
"> Diapterua gracilis Gill. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1882, 246= Diopter ms harengulus
Goode & Bean. Abundant on both coasts of Tropical America.
To its synonymy add :
(Diapterus gracilis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila, 1862, 246; Eudnostomus pseudogula
Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens., 124, 1875 ; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1881,
329 ; Evermann & Meek, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 118. Gerres aprion Giinther,
IV, 255, 1862, not of C. & V.)
'^ Gerres lefroyi Goode. Bluish above the back, rather darker than iu related spe-
cies, with oblique dusky cross shades ; faint dusky streaks along sides ; lower parts
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Family CXI.— EMBIOTOCID^. (93)
355.— HYSTEROCARPUS Gibbons. (307)
1132. Hysterocarpus traski Gibbons. T. (923)
356.— ABEONA Girard. (308)
1133. Abeona minima Gibbons. C. (924)
1134. Abeona aurora Jordan & Gilbert. C. (925)
357.— BRACHYISTIUS Gill. (308 h.)
1135. Brachyistius frenatus Gill. C. (926)
1136. Brachyistius rosaceus Jordan & Gilbert. C. (927)
358.— MICROMETRUS Gibbons. (309)
1137. Micrometrus aggregatus Gibbons. C. (928)
359.— HOLCONOTUS Agassiz. (310)
^ Hypocritichthys Gill.
1138. Holconotus analis Alex. Agassiz. C. (929)
^ IIyperpro8opon Gibbons.
1139. Holconotus argenteus Gibbons. C. (930)
1140. Holconotus agassizii Gill. C. (931)
§ Holconotus.
1141. Holconotus rhodoterus Agassiz. C. (9.33)
360.— AMPHISTICHUS Agassiz. (310 6.)
1142. Amphistichus argenteus Agassiz. C. (933)
361.— HYPSURUS Alex. Agassiz. (311)
1143. Hypsurus caryi Agassiz. C. (934)
362.— DITREMA Schlegel. (312)
$ Tceniotoca Alex. Agassiz.
1144. Ditrema laterale Agassiz. C. (935)
brightly silvery ; tip of spinous dorsal usually black, other fins pale ; slenderer than
any other of the American species; the snout rather sharp ; the outlines of the body
notangular ; eye rather large, 3 in head, nearly equal to the flattish interorbital space ;
premaxillary groove linear, naked, formed as in G. gracilis; fins low; the longest
dorsal spines, 2 in head ; anal spines short ; pectoral short, IJ in head ; head, 3^ ; depth,
3^; D, IX, 10; A, II, 8; scales, 4— 45 — 10 ; L., 4 inches. West Indies, north to Cedar
Key, Florida. Well distinguished from all related species by the presence of but two
anal spines. The only other species with two anal spines is G. rhombeus C. & V., an
ally of G. olisthostoma.
{Diapterua lefroyi Goode, Am. Journ. Sci. Arts, 1874, 123; Eucinostoniua lefroyi Goode,
Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus.V., 1876, 39 ; Ettcinoatomus productua Poey, Ann. Lye. N. Y., XI, 59,
1876 ; Evermann & Meek, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 118.)
[97] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OJ? NORTH AMERICA.
$ Embiotoca Agasaiz.
1145. Ditrema jackaoni Agassiz. C. (936)
$ Phaneiodon Girard.
1146. Ditrema atripes Jordan & Gilbert. C. (937)
1147. Ditrema furcatum Girard. C. (938)
363.— RHACOCHILUS Agassiz. (313)
1148. Rhacsochilua tozotes Agassiz. C. (939)
364.— DAMALICHTHYS Girard. (314)
1149. Damalichthys argyrosomus Girard. C. (940) ',
I
I
Family CXII.— LABRIDiE. (94) I
365.— CTENOLABRUS Cuv. & Val. (315)
^Tautogolahrus Giintber.
1150. Ctenolabrus adspersus Walbaum. N. (941)
366.— HIATULA Lac^p^de. (316)
1151. Hiatula onitis Liunseus. N. (918)
367.— LACHNOL-ffiMUS Cuv. & Val. (317)
1152. Ladmolaemus maximus' Walbaum. W. (943)
368.— BODIANUS " Blocb. (318)
1153. Bodianus rufus Linuteus. W. (944)
1154. Bodianus diplotaenia' Gill. P.
1155. Bodianus pectoralis* Gill. P.
' The species commonly known as Lacltnolamus falcatus must stand as LachnolcBmm
maximus Walbaum.
The Lairus falcatus of Liunfeus is certainly not this species as supposed by Valen-
ciennes, but is probably some species of Trachynotus. The oldest name, certainly,
belonging to the Zac/iHo?a!m«8 is that of Labrus wiaornius Walbaum, Artedi Piscium,
1792, 261 = {Lachnolcevius suillus Cuvier, Regne Animal, Ed. II, 1820, 257, both names
based on Suillus, the hog-fish of Catesby. )
2 The genus called in the text Harpe must probably stand as
Bodianus Bloch.
(Bloch, Ichthyologia, about 1780; type Bodianus bodianus Bloch = Labrus rufus I^.)
The genus Bodianus Bloch is a medley of unrelated fishes. The group was, however,
Tjased especially on Bodianus bodianus Bloch, from the Portuguese name, of which
{Bodiano or Pudiano) the name Bodianus was derived.
^ Hoj-pe diplotcenia Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 140; Jordan & Gilbert,
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 367. Cape San Lucas.
■• Harpe pectoraHs Gill, 1. c. 141. Gulf of California southward. This is probably
the male of Bodianus diplotoenia.
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369.— DECODON' Gunther.
1156. Decodon pnellaris Pooy. W.
370.— TROCHOCOPUS Gunther, (318&.)
^Pimelometopon Gill.
1157. Trochocopus pulcher Ayres. C. (945)
371.— PLAT YGLOSSUS Bleeker. (319)
1158. PlatyglosBUS radiatus- Liniiaius. W. (946)
1159. Platyglossus bivittatus ' Bloch. S. W. (947 ; 948)
1160. Platyglossus caudalis Poey. W. (948 6.)
1 Decodon Giinther.
(Giiuther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., IV, 101, 18()2 ; type Cossyphua puellarisFoey.)
Body moderately compressed, obloug, covered with large scales; head, oblong;
cheeks, opercles, and lower limb of preopercle scaly, the posterior limb being naked ;
base of dorsal and anal not scaly ; lateral lino continuous. Teeth essentially as iu
Harpe, those of the jaws in a single series; four canines in the front of each jaw; a
posterior canine on each premaxilUiry. Dorsal with eleven spines; anal with three.
A single species, intermediate between Bodianus and Trochocopus, having the large
scales of the former and the naked fins of the latter. Apparently the genera in this
groui> have been too much subdivided. {Aexai, ten ; odovi, tooth; there being ten
canines.)
Decodon puellaria.
Rose-colored, with three large red blotches; head with several pearl-colored streaks
(yellow in life) ; a transverse one between the nostrils ; two oblique ones running
from orbit towards subopercle, and a broad one from angle of mouth to angle of
preopercle. Some yellow spots on sides of head. Each scale on sides with a yellow
spot on its edge. Fins mostly red, the soft dorsal and anal with four rounded yellow
spots; several spots on spinous dorsal and caudal (Poey). Eye rather large, as wide
as interorbital space, shorter than snout. Maxillary reaching a little beyond eye.
Edge of preopercle minutely denticulated, the angle rounded, projecting somewhat
beyond the posterior edge ; opercle with a membranaceous flap. Ventrals not reach-
ing vent; caudal emarginate. Head 4 in total length; depth 4j. D. XI, 10; A. Ill,
10. Scales 2^30-8. L. 10 inches. West Indies, north to Pensacola.
(Cossyphua puellaria Poey, Memorias Cuba, 18G0, II, 210; Giinther, IV, 101. Jor-
dj'.n, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884.)
^ Platygloaaua radiatua. Puddiug-wife ; DonceUa ; Blue-fiah.
This species (Plalyylossu.s radiatus o{ the text; and cyanoafigma of the addenda) is
the original Labrua radiatua L., Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 288, 1758, based on Turdua oculo radi-
ate, the Pudding-wife, of Catesby. It reaches a much larger size than our other
species. The ground color in the males is blue, in the females chiefly of a bronze-
olive. Both are most brilliantly colored. Lower pharyngeals X-shaped, but litt le
broader than long.
^ Platy(jlo8ann bivittatus. Slijypcry Dick.
This is the Sparua I'adiatus of Linuicus, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, 472, 1760, based on a spec-
imen sent from Charleston by Dr. Garden. It varies considerably with agi; and sur-
roundings. The names grandiaquamia, hiimeralia, and florealia represent ditt'erent stages
of growth. Lower pharyngeal X-shaped, more than twice as broad as long.
[99] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
1161. Platyglossus maculipiuna ' Miiller & Troschel. "W.
1162. Platyglossus semiciuctus Ayres. C. (949)
1163. Platyglossus dispilus ^ Guuther. P.
372.— PSEUDOJULIS Bleeker. (320)
^Faeudojulia.
1164. Pseudojulis notospilus ^ Guntlier. P.
$ Oxyjulia. Gill.
1165. Pseudojulis modestus Girard. C. (950)
373.— THALASSOMA^ Swainson,
1166. Thalassoma lucasauum Gill. P.
374.— DORATONOTUS' Gunther.
1167. DoratonotUB thalassinus Jordan &, Gilbert. W.
' Platyglossus viactiUpinna Miiller & Troschel.
Dorsal fin with a black (blue) spot between the fifth and seventh spines and ^ith
a baud along the middle of the soft portion ; a .small black spot posteriorly in the
axil of the dorsal; a broad dark band runs from the head to the caudal fin, below the
lateral line ; sometimes a dark spot below the band on the middle of the body ; a blue
band from the snout through the eye to the operculum, and another above it from
the snout to the eye ; both bands are united, forming a V- Three bluish bands across
the nape and three white ones on the cheek. Base of the pectoral with a small black
spot. Caudal rounded. D. IX, 11 ; A. Ill, 11. Scales 2-28-9 ( Gunther), West Indies ;
a young specimen taken by us at Beaufort, N. C, in 1877.
{Julia maculipinna Miiller «&, Troschel, Hist. Barbadoes, 674; Gunther, IV, 165.
" Pusa " ? radiata Jor. & Gill. , Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, 374. )
^Platyglossus dispilus Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 25, and Fish. Centr.
Amer., 1869,447. Mazatlan to Panama.
^Pseudojulis notospiltis Giinther 11. cc. 26, 447. Mazatlan to Panama.
■•Thalassoma Swainson.
{Julia Giinther, not of Cuvier, whose type Lahrus julia L. is a species of Coris ; not
of Swainson, who also restricted Julis to the species of Coris.)
(Swainson, Classn. Anim. II, 1839, 224; type Julis purpureua Riippell.)
This genus difters from Platyglossus in the possession of but eight spines in the dor-
sal, and in having no posterior canine tooth. The numerous species are gaily colored,
like those of Platyglossus. They are found chiefly in the Western Pacific. {Qalaaaa,
the sea; aufia, body, from the sea-green color of T. purpureum.)
Thalassoma lucasanum =:z Julis lucasana Gill., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 142;
Julis lucasana Giinther, IV, 184. Gulf of California.
sDoRATONOTUS Giinther.
(Gunther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. IV, 124, 1862; tyjie Doratonotus megalepis Giinther.)
Body compressed ; head not compressed to an edge anteriorly ; its profile in front
straight or concave ; preorbital not very deep ; mouth rather wide ; teeth in a single
series, two large canines in front in each jaw ; a posterior canine ; cheeks and oper-
cles scaly ; gill membranes united, free from the isthmus; scales large; lateral line
interrupted behind, beginning again lower down ; dorsal fin with nine strong pun-
gent spines; some of the anterior elevated, the median spines short, so that the out-
line of the fin is concave ; caudal rounded. Colors brilliant. Size small. Two spe-
cies, each known from a single specimen. (Aopu (5oparoS), spear; v&roi, back.)
Doratonotus ihalassinus Jordan & Gilbert, Pioc, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 28. Key West.
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375— XYRICHTHYS Cuvier. (321)
$ Xyrichthya.
1168. Xyrichthyspsittacusi L. S. W. (951)
1169. Xyrichthys mundiceps ^ Gill. P.
$ Iniiatius GiW..
1170. Xyrichthys mundicorpuB 3 Gill. P.
^ Dimalacocentrus Gill.
1171. Xyrichthys rosipes^ Jordan «& Gilbert. W.
376.— CRYPTOTOMUS' Cope. (322)
1172. Cryptotomus ustus Ciiv. «fe Val. W. (953)
1173. Cryptotomus beryllinus^ Jordan «&- Swain. W.
377.— SPARISOMA' Swainson.
1174. Sparisoma radians Cuv. «& Val. W. (954 d.)
' Coryphocna paittacua L.. Syst. Nat., XII, 448, 1766= Cor^/p/KEna lineata Gine\m = Xy-
richthya vermiculatua Poey. The type of Coryphcena pnttacua was sent from Charleston
by Dr. Garden, and it has been identified as a Xyrichlhya by Dr. Bean, who has exam-
ined it in London. Possibly another species of this type {Xyrichlhya venuatua Poey =
X. lincatna C. *&. V.) occurs with the preceding on our coasts.
■Xyrichthys mundiceps Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 143; Jordan & Gilbert,
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 367. Cape San Lucas.
• iniiatiiis mundicorpus Gill, I.e., 1862, 145; Novacula mundicwpua Jordan & Gilbert,
I.e., 367. Cape San Lucas. The subgenus, Iniiatiua (Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila.,
1862, 145; type Xyrichthys j)«ro Cuv. & Val.) is distinojuished from Xyrichthys by tbe
prolongation and separation from the tin of the first two dorsal spines.
* Xyrichthys roaipea Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. IJ. S. Nat. Mus., 18rf4, 27. Key West.
The subgenus Dimalococentnia Gill (Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 223; type Xora-
culichthys calloaoma Bleeker), is distinguished from Xyrichlhya by the rounded (not
trenchant) anterior edge of the head, and by the partial separation of the first two
dorsal 8j)iue8 from the rest of the fin,
'• Cryptotomua Cope (Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, 1871, 462; type Cr. roaeua Coyie) = Calli-
odon Cuv. ; not of Bloch «& Schneider, which is Scarun Forsk&l. For a detailed ac-
count of our genera aud species of Scaroid fishes, see Jordan &, Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat.
Mu8.,18.-!4, 81.
'^Cryptotomua beryllinua Jordan & Swain. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 101. Key
West and Havaua. .
''SCARCS Forskal.
The two groups Scarus {^Hemiatomn Swainson, aud I'scudoscarus Bleeker) and
Sparisoma (= Scarus Bleeker) are reallj' very distinct genera, each represented by
several species among the Florida Keys. They may be thus defined :
SCAUUS Forskal.
( CaHiofZon Gronow ; i/emis/o/HO Swainson ; Faeudoscarus Bleeker.)
(Forsk&l, Descr. Anim. Orientali Observ., 1775, 25; type Scarus psittacus Forskal,
Ac.)
Lower i>haryngeal spoon-shaped, much longer than broad, transversely concave ;
teeth fully coalesced, divided in each jaw by a distinct median suture ; skull broad
above; gill membranes forming a fold across the narrow isthmus; dorsal spines flex-
[101] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
1175. Sparisoma xystrodon' Jordan & Swaiu. VV.
1176. Sparisoma cyanolene- Jordan & Swain. W.
1177. Sparisoma flavesceiis^ lilocli »t Scbueidtr. W. (954 c.)
378.— SCARUS P^nskal. (323)
1178. Scarus croicensis Blocli. W. {[)iA b.)
1179. Scarus ccEruleus* Hloch W.
1180. Scarus guacamaia Ciivier. W. (954)
1181. Sccirus perrico ' Jordan & Gilbert. P.
Family OXIIf.— CIOHLID^. (95)
379.— HEROS Heckel. (324)
1182. Heros cyanoguttatus Baird & Girard. Vsw. (955)
1183. Heros pavonaceus Garman. Vsw. (955 6.)
Family CXIV.— POMACENTRID^. (96)
380.— POMACENTRUS Lac6p5de.
1^ Pomacentriis.
1184. Pomacentrus obscuratus " Poey. W.
1185. Pomacentrus leucostictus Miiller & Troschel. W. (956)
1186. Pomacentrus caudalis ^ Poey. W.
ible, lateral line iuterrnpted, its pores nearly simple ; scales about head compara-
tively numerous, lower jaw included; upper pharyngeal teeth in two rows. Species
mostly of large size, brightly colored; sexes similar.
Spakisoma Swainson.
(Scarus Bleeker.)
(Swainson, Nat. Hist. Class'n Fishes, &c.. 1839, II, 227; type Sparus abildgaardii
Bloch.)
Lower pharyngeal much broader than long, its surface slightly concave; teeth lesa
perfectly coalescent than in Scarus ; the median suture not very distinct; skull nar-
row ; gill membranes broadly united to the isthmus; dorsal spines pungent ; lateral
line coutiuuous, its pores veiy much branched ; scales about head few and large,
those on cheeks in one row ; lower jaw projecting; upper pharyngeal teeth in three
rows. Species mostly of small size. {Sj)arus; (j £»//«, body.)
' Sparisoma xijutrodon Jordan «fe Swain, 1. c. 99. Havana and Key West.
^ Sparisoma cyavolene Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 98. Key West.
^For synonymy and description of Sparisoma flavescens (Scams squaUdus Poey), see
Jordan & Swain, 1, c. 92. Key West, southward.
■•For synonymy and descriiJtion of Scarus cceruleus, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 85.
^Scarus perrico Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 357. Mazatlau to
Panama.
^Pomacentrus obscuratus Poey, Euumeratio Piscium Cubensium, 1875, 101; Jordan,
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 133. Key West to Cuba.
^ Pomacentrus caudalis Poey, Synopsis Piscium Cubensium, 328, 1868.
Upper parts dusky, the greater part of each scale light grayish blue ; lower parts
bright yellow, with some blue spots on the scales; top and sides of head similarly
marked with bluish spots on the scales. A jet-black, ink-like spot ocellated with blue
on the back of the tail. Dorsal iin colored like the back ; the po.sterior rays abruptly
yellow; caudal tiu bright yellow; lower tins chiefly yellow. Form oblong, ovate;
the anterior profile moderately convex. Preorbital and preopercle well serrated.
Teeth moderate, entire. Soft parts of dorsal and anal rather high. Head 3^; depth
2^. D. XII,14; A. II, 13. Scale84-29-9. Cuba ; lately obtained at Pensacola, by Silas
Stearns.
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1187. Pomacentrus rectifraenum ' Gill. P.
1188. Pomacentrus flavilatus • Gill. P.
^ Hypaypopa Gill.
1189. Pomacentrus quadrigutta-' Gill. P.
1190. Pomacentrus rubicundus ^ Girard. C. (957)
381.— GLYPHIDODON Lac6pMe. (325 b.)
1191. Glyphidodon declivifrons Gill. W. P. (958)
1192. Glyphidodon saxatilis Linnaeus. W. (950)
11921). Glyphidodon saxatilis troacheli'' GUI. P.
382.— CHROMIS Cuvier. (326)
1193. Chromis punctipinnis Cooper. C. (960)
1194. Chromis atrilobatus '■ Gill. P.
1195. Chromis insolatus Cuv. & Val. W. (961 )
1196. Chromis euchrysurus Jordan & Gilbert. \V. (961 b.)
Family CXV.— EPHIPPID^. (97)
383.— CH^TODIPTERUS Lac6pfede. (327)
1197. Chaetodipterus faber Brmi.ssonet. N. S. W. (962)
1198. Chaetodipterus zonatus ' Girard. P.
Family CXVI.— CH^TODONTID^. (98)
384.— CHiETODON Linnseus. (328)
1199. Chaetodon maculocinctus Gill. (Ace.) (963)
1200. ChaetodouoceIlatus»Bloch. W. (963 i.)
1201. Chaetodon capistratus Linujeus. W. (963 c.)
1202. Chaetodon humeralis' Giinther. P.
1203. Chaetodon nigrirostris'" Gill. P.
^Pomacentrus reclifrcennm Gill.Proc.Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila. 1862, 148; 1863, 244 = Po-
maceiitiHH analigutta Gill, in Glinther, IV, 27. Gulf of California to Panama.
■^Pomacentrus Jiat'ilat as Gill, Proc, Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 148; 1863, 214= Powa-
topri lU ba'irdi Gill,l. c, 1863, 217. Capo San Lucas. See Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U.
S. Nal.Mus., 1882,36.5.
^ Thjpsypops dorsalis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 147 ^ Pomacentrus qnadri-
ffuita Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 149; the name dorsalis is prcoccnpied in
Pomacentrus. Cape San Lucas.
' For description of the young of Pomacentrus rubicundus, see Rosa Smith, Proc. U. S.
Nat. Mns., 1882,652.
'•Glyphidodon troscheli Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 150. Cape San Lncas to
Panama; perhaps not at all ditfercnt from G. saxatilis.
'Chromis atrilobatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 149. Cape San Lucas to
Panama.
' Kfihippus zonatus Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Ex pi., 1858, 110. San Diego to Panama.
Pacilic coast specimens of Chwtodipterus differ from the ordinary C. faber in the less
development of the third <lorsal spine, which is little longer or higher than the others.
The dark bauds are usually more obscure in C. zonatus. In other respects the two
forms agree very closely.
^Chivtodon ocellatus BIocli, Ichth. tab. 211 = Cha'todon bimaculatus Bloch, tab. 219.
See Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens., 1875, 02.
"Chaiodon humeralis Giinther, II, 19, 1860. Mazatlan to Panama.
^"Sarolhrodus nigriroatris Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 243. Cape San Lucas.
[103] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
385.— HOLACANTHUS Lac6pfefle.
1204. Holacanthus strigatus' (Jill. P.
1205. Holacanthus ciliaris Linuivus. W. (964)
386. -POMACANTHUS L:ic6pcde. (329)
^ Pomacanthodes Gill.
1206. Pomacanthus zonipectus- Gill. P.
^ Pomacanthus.
1207. Pomacanthus aureus' Bloch. W.
Family CXVII.— ACAI^THURID^. (99)
387.— TEUTHIS^ Linnajus. (330)
1208. Teuthis hepatus Liuuivus. S. W. (966)
1209. Teuthis tractus Poe.y. W. P. (966 c.)
1210. Teuthis cceruleus Blocb. W. (967)
388.— PRIONURUS » Lac^pfede.
1211. Prionurus punctatus Gill. P.
^Holacanthus strigatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 243. Cape San Lucas
to Pauama. Holacanthus tricolor (Synopsis, p. 941) should be omitted. It has not yet
been taken at the Florida Keys, although doubtless occurring there.
-Pomacanthodes sonipectus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 244 (adult) = Poma-
canthus crescentalis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 358 (Young).
Gulf of California to Panama.
^Pomacanthus aureus (Bloch), Black Angel, Chirivita. The description of Pomacan-
thus arcuattts, on page 616 of the Synopsis, was taken from a specimen of this species,
with the exception of the following phrases, which should be suppressed : "Young
with yellowish vertical bands"; the l)ands in the youngof P. aitreitsaro whitish. "Lat.
1. 80-100 "; this should read, " lat. 1. 6.5." The additional characters given on page 973
are taken from the true P. arcuatus, and should be suppressed, as should also the syn-
onymy on page 616. The true arcuatus is a West ludian species, not yet known from
our coast ; it is darker and more uniform in color than P. aureus, the cross bands in the
young are better defined and are yellow ; the scales are smaller (lat. 1. 85 to 90) ; and
the dorsal spines are almost invariably 10 instead of 9. P. aureus is common in the
Wist Indies and north to the Florida keys.
(Chcetodon aureus Bloch, Ichthyol. ; tab. 193, f. 1.; Cuvier & Val., VII, 202, 1831;
Pomacanthus balteatits and arcuatus Cuv. & Val., VII. 208,211 ; Chcetodon aureus Poey,
Syn. Pise, Cubens., 1875, 60; Chatodon aureus Bleeker, Archives Neerlaudaises, IX,
1876, 183 ; Lutken, Spolia Atlautica, 1880, 571.)
''The genus Teuthis of Liumeus, Systema Natur*, is based on Teuthis hepatus L. This
species, founded on iJej^a/^s of Grouow, is the common species known as Acanthurus
chirurgns, with which A. phlebotomus Cuv. & VaJ. (nigricans of the Synopsis) seems to
be identical. The generic name Acanthurus must give place to Teuthis, and this species
should stand as Teuthis hepatus. See Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Mus., 1884. 275, and Meek and
Hoffman, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884. In the latter paper is given a detailed
account of the three American sjiecies of Teuthis.
6 Prionurus Lacdpede.
(Lac^pede, Anuales Museum, Paris, IV, 205; type Prionurus microlepidotus Lac.)
This genus differs from Teuthis chieUy in the armature of the tail, which consists
of a series of 3 to 6 bony keeled ]amin;e on each side. Size small. Species not very
numerous, in the tropical seas. {IIpioov, saw ; dvpa, tail.)
Prionurus punctatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 242. Cape San Lucas.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [104J
Family CXVIIL— TRACHYPTERID^. (100)
389.— TRACHYPTERUS Gonan. (331)
1212. TrachypteruB altivelis Kner. B. C. (968)
Family CXIX.— BATHYMASTERID^.'
390.-BATHYMASTER Cope. (334)
1213. Bathymaster signatus Cope. A. (971)
Family CXX.— MALACANTHIDJE. (102)
391.— LOPHOLATILUS Goo<lc & Bean. (335)
1214. Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode «fe Bean. B. (972)
392.— CAULOLATILUS Gill. (336)
1215. Caulolatilus princeps Jenyns. C. P. (973")
1216. Caulolatilus microps 2 Goode & Bean. W. (974)
Family CXXI.— GOBIID^. (104)
393.— GOBIOMORUS Lac6pfcde. (339)
1217. Gobiomorus dormitator Lac^pede. W. Vsw. (978)
1218. Gobiomorus lateralis Gill. ^ P.
394.— EROTELIS Poey.
1219. Brotelis smaragdus^ Cuv. «fc Val. W.
' I Lave here dismembered the unnatural group of Icosfeidw as given in the Syuop-
818, referring Icosteus and Icichthys, in accordance with the views of Dr. Steindaohner
(Ichth. Beitr.,XI, 4, 1H81, and XII, 22, 1882), to the Scombroid series, in the neighbor-
hood of the liramidce. Steindachner considers Schednphilns the nearest ally of Jconleus
( = Schedophilopsiii spinoaus Steindachner 1. c), and this may be correct.
The genus Baihi/master is perhaps the type of a separate family, allied to Mulacan-
thu8, Latilus, &c., or perhaps to Opisthofinathus. For the present, I unite the Lotilidw
with the Malacantkidxe, leaving Bathymaster in a group by itself. This arrangement
is, however, merely provisional, until the anatomy of tlie different forme is made
known.
"^ Caulolatilus micropa Goode & Bean.
The identity of our Atlantic sjiecies of Cavlolatihia with either the Cnban cyanopa
or the Brazilian chrysops is as yet unproven, though not improbable. The scales in
our species are smaller than they are said to be in the others. There is little differ-
ence between C. microps and C. princeps excejjt in color. The scales of the body have
each a small brownish spot at base in C. microps.
3 r}dhii)i>ua latiralis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. , 1860. 123 ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc.
U. S. Nat. Mus. , 1882, 380. Streams of Northwestern Mexico.
* Eleolris smaraydus Ctiv. & Val. Esmeralda ncgra.
Dusky olive, the fins mostly bluish, the dorsal with brown lines; some dark mark-
ings about eye, and on base of pectoral above. Body very long and slender, com-
pressed behind, the form much as in Goiionellns oceanicus. Head depressed, flatfish
above, the eyes mostly superior, not half the width of the interorbital area, which
has a knob near its middle. Mouth very oblique, the lower jaw much projecting,
[105] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA^
395.— ELEOTRIS (Groiiow) Bloch & Schneider. (340, 341 6.)-
1220. Eleotrispisonis Gniolin. W. (9dl)
1221. Eleotris amblyopsis Cope. S. W. (9816.)
1222. Eleotris aequidens ' .Jordan & Gilbert. P.
396.— DORMITATOR Gill. (341)
1223. Dormitator maculatus Bloch. W. (980, 981)
1224. Dormitator latifrons^ Richardsou. P.
397.— GOBIUS Limiaeus.
$ Euotenogohius Gill.
1225. GobiuB lyiicus Girard. S. (983)
1226. Gobius encaeomus Jordan & Gilbert. S. (983 6.)
§ Ehinogobius Gill.
1227. Gobius banana 3 Cnv.&Val. P.W.
$ Gobius.
1228. Gobius soporator Cuv. & Val. S. W. P. (984, 982, 985)
ij Corijphopterus Gill.
1229. Gobius sagittula^ GUnther. P.
1230. Gobius boleosoma Jordan & Gilbert. S. (987 6.)
1231. Gobius stigmaturus Goode & Bean. S. (987 c.)
1232. Gobius •wiirdemauni* Girard. S. (987)
1233. Gobius nicholsi Bean. A. (987 d.)
1234. Gobius glaucofraenum Gill. A. (988)
the maxillary about reaching front of eyes ; teeth rather small, in bands. Fins rather
high; dorsal spines slender, lower than the highest soft rays, which are 1^ in bead.
Caudal lanceolate, ^ longer than head. Ventrals moderate, 2 in head. Scales very
small cycloid. Head .^i; depth 10 to 12 D. VI-I, 10. A, I, 9. Lat. 1. about lUO. L.
8 inches. West Indies, north to Key West, not ascending the fresh waters.
(Cuv. & Val., XII, 231, 1837; EroteVis raleiicionusi Poey, Mem. Cuba, II, 273, I860.
Gunther, III, 123.)
This species is the type of Poey's genus Erotdis (name an anagram of ETtotris),
distinguished from Eleotris by the very slender form, similar to that of GobioieUus.
^ Culius cequidens Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1861, 461. Fresh waters
of Western Mexico and Lower California.
^Eleotris latifrons Richardson, Voyage Sulphur, Fishes, 57 = Dormitator micropk-
ihahnus Gill. Streams of the Pacific coast, north to Lower California. There are
some tangible differences between the specimens of Dormitator found on the west
coast of Mexico and that found in the Atlantic waters. For an excellent account of
the genera and species of EleotridincB, see Eigenman and Fordise, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci.
Phila., 1885.
■^ Gobius banana Cuv. «&. Val., XII, 103; GUnther, III, 59; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc.
U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 379. Tropical America, north to Lower California, in fresb
water.
* Euctenogobius sagittiila Giinther, III, 555. Gobius sagittula Jordan & Gilbert, Proc»
U. S. Nat. Mus., 18S2, 380. Lower California to Panama.
^For description of Gobius tvUrdemanni see .Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 3il2L.
KEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [106]
398.— GOBIONELLUS Girard. (345)
1235. Gobionellus oceanicus Tallas, S. W. (9d9)
1236. Gobionellus stigmaticuB Poey. W. (989 ft.)
399.— GILLICHTHYS Cooper. (346)
1237. Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper. C. (990)
400.— LEPIDOGOBIUS Gill. (347)
§ LepidogoMu8 Gill.
1238. Lepidogobius lepidus Girard. C. (991)
$ Euci/clogobiwa Gill.
1239. Lepidogobius newberryi Girard. C. (992)
1240. Lepidogobius giilosus Girard. S. (992?>; 986)
1241. Lepidogobius thalassinua Jordan «fc Gilbert. S. (992 6.)
401.— GOBIOSOMA' Girard. (348)
1242. Gobiosoma ceuthoecum Jordan & Gilbert. W.
1243. GobiosomabosciLaceiRde. N. S. (993; 994)
1244. Gobiosoma histrio- Jordan. P.
1245. Gobiosoma zosterumm'^ Jordan and Gilbert. P.
1246. Gobiosoma longipinne^ Steindachner. P.
1247. Gobiosoma ios Jordan & Gilbert. C. (9946.)
402.— TYPHLOGOBIUS Steindachner. (349)
1248. Typhlogobius californiensis Steindachner. C. (995)
403.— TYNTLASTBS Gunther. (350)
1249. Tyntlastes sagitta Giinther. P. (996)
404.— lOGLOSSUS Bean. (3506.)
1250. loglossus calliurus Bean. S. (996 6.)
Family CXXII.— CHIRID^. (105)
405.— PLEUROGRAMMUS Gill. (351a.)
1251. Pleurogrammus.monopterygius Pallas. A. (997)
406.— HEXAGRAMMUS Steller. (3516.)
1252. Hexagrammus ordinatus Cope. A. (993.)
1253. Hexagrammus asper Steller. A. (999)
> Gobiosoma ceuthoecum Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 29. Key West;
found in the cavity of a sponge.
2 Gobiosoma histrio Jordan, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mu.s., 1884, 260. Guaymas.
' Gobiosoma zosterurum Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 361. Mazat-
lan.
* Gobiosoma /oH/zf/jinne Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., VIII, 1879, 24. Las Animas,
Gulf of California.
[107] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
1254. Hexagrammus scaber Bean. A. (999 &.)
1255. Hexagrammus superciliosus I'allas. A. C. (1000)
1256. Hexagrammus decagrammus I'allas. A. C. (1001)
407.— OPHIODON Giiard. (352)
1257. Ophiodon elongatusGirard. C. A. (1002)
408.— ZANIOLEPIS Girard. (353)
1258. Zaniolepis latipintiis Girard. C. (1003)
409.— OXYLEBIUS Gill. (354)
1259. Oxylebius pictus Gill. C. (1004)
410.— MYRIOLEPIS Lockington. (355)
1260. Myriolepis zonifer Lockington. C. (1005)
411.— ANOPLOPOMA Ayres. (356)
1261. Anoplopoma fimbria Pallas. C. A. (1006)
Family CXXIII.— SCOKP^NID^. (106)
412.— SEBASTES Cuvier. (357)
1262. Sebastes marinus Liumtus. G. N. Eu. (1007)
413.— SEBASTODES Gill. (358)
1263. Sebastodes paucisplnis Ayrcs. C. (1008)
414.— SEBASTICHTHYS Gill.
$ Sebasiosomits Gill.
1264. Sebastichthys flavidus Ayres. C. (1009)
1265. Sebastichthys melanops Girard. C. (1010)
1266. Sebastichthys ciliatus Tilesius. A. (1011)
1267. Sebastichthys mystinus Jordan»& Gilbert. 0. (1012)
1268. Sebastichthys entomelas Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1013)
1269. Sebastichthys ovalis Ayres. C, (1014)
1270. Sebastichthys prorigei Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1015)
1271. Sebastichthys brevispinis 1 Beau. A.
1272. Sebastichthys atrovireus Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1016)
1273. Sebastichthys pinniger Gill. C. (1017)
1 Sebastichthi/s brevispinis (Bean). Closely allied to ^S*. proriger, but larger in size
and iiiore uniform in color; second anal spine shorter than third; peritoneum white.
Coast of Alaska. (Bean.)
{.Sebastichthys prori/jer var. brevisjnnis Bean., Proc, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883. Sebastodes
proriger, Alaskan specimens, Jor. & Gilb., Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 950.)
The statement in the Synopsis, p. 950, that S. proriger has been confounded by
Tilesius and Pallas with S. ciliatus is erroneous. The specimens called by them dli-
aiits and variabilis include ciliatus and matzubarce. The tvwa proriger is not yet known
from Alaska.
REPORT OF COMMISoIONEli OF FISH AND FISHERIES [108]
1274. Sebastichthys miuiatus Jonlau &. Gilbert. C. (1018)
1275. Sebastichthys matzubaras ' Hilf;endorf. A.
$ Sebastomua Gill.
1276. Sebastichthys ruber Ayres. C. (lOl'J)
1277. Sebastichthys umbrosus Jordan & Gilbert. C. (lOlOJ.)
1278. Sebastichthys constellatus . Ionian & Gilbert. C. (lOUO)
1279. Sebastichthys rosaceus Glrard. C. (1021)
1280. Sebastichthys rhodochloris Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1022)
1281. Sebastichthys chlorostictus Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1023)
1282. Sebastichthys elongatus Ayroa. C. (1024)
1283. Sebastichthys rubrovinctus Jordan &, Gilbert. C. (1025)
5 Sebastichthys.
1284. Sebastichthys auriculatus Girard. C. (1026)
1285. Sebastichthys rastrelliger Jordan «& Gilbert. C. (1027)
1286. Sebastichthys caurinus Kichardsou, A. (1028)
1286b. Sebastichthys cauHnu>< vexillarh J ovAau & G'\\\>iivt. C. (1028 6.)
1287. Sebastichthys maliger Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1029)
1288. Sebastichthys carnatus Jordan Si, Gilbert. C. (1030)
1288b. Sehastichthiis carnatus chrijsomelas ioxiXan &, G\\he,vt. C. (1031)
1289. Sebastichthys nebulosus Ayres. C. (1032)
1290. Sebastichthys serriceps Jordan «fe Gilbert. C. (1033)
1291. Sebastichthys nigrocinctus Ayres. C. (1034)
415.-SEBASTOPSIS2 Gill.
1292. Sebastopsis xyris Jordan & Gilbert. P.
416.-SEBASTOPLUS ' Gill.
1293. Sebastoplus dactylopterus Do 1^ Koche. B. En. (1035)
' Sebastichthys matzubarw (Hilgendorf). Dark red ; three dark shades across cheeks.
Allied to Sebastichthys mimatns. Spines of head low, developed about as iu*S'. miniatua
and S. jnuniger. Preocnlar, sniuaocnlar, postocular, t.\nipanic, occipital, and nuchal
spines distinct ; a pair of small coronal spines present, as also a small spine before
and one just below eye. Maxillary reaching to posterior border of eye 1* in Lead.
Both jaws covered with rough, ctenoid scales. Interorbital space flattish, scaled, its
breath a little less than that of eye. Preopercular spine short, simple. Preorbital
spines simple. Lower jaw scarcely projecting. Second anal spine scarcely longer than
third. Longest dorsal spine 2J in head, a little less than the longest short rays. Pec-
toral 4^ iu body. ^
Color chiefly red; three dark shades across cheek. D. XIII, 14. A. Ill, 7. Yeso;
Aleutian Islands. The above description from a specimen in the Berlin Museum,
brought by Pallas from the Aleutian Islands.
{Perca variabilis Pallas, Zoogr. Kosso. Asiat., Ill, 241 , 1811 , in part ; the larger speci-
men, No. 8145, Berl.Mus. ; Sebastes maizubanc Hilgendorf, Sitzber. Gesellschaft Xatur-
forscheudor Freunde, Berlin, 1880, 170 ; Jordan, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883,291.)
* Sebastopsis Gill.
(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18(52, 278 ; type Sebastes polylcjiis Bleeker.
This genus differs from /Stbas^ic^/iy-s in the absence of ])alatine teeth. The known
species are small in size and not very numerous. {Sebastes ; oij>i6, appearance.)
Sebastopsis xyris Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , 1882, 309. Cape San Lucas.
3 Sebastoplus Gill.
(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 18G3, 207; type Sebastes kuhli Lowe.)
This genus includes species which have the general characters of Sebastichthys, with
the vertobriB and dorsal spines iu smaller number, as in Scorpaena.
The species are red in color and mostly inhabit deep water. {Sebastes; OTtXoi,
armed.)
[109] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
417.— SCORPiENA LinnsKUS. (351))
1294. Scorpaena guttata Girard. C. (103G)
1295. Scorpaena plumieri Bloch. W. P. (10;J7)
1296. Scorpaena grandicornis' Cuv. «fe Val. W.
1297. Scorpaena brasiliensis- Cnv.«fe.Val. W. S. (10386.)
1298. Scorpaena occipitalis 3 Poey. W. (1038 c.)
418.— SETARCHES Johnson. (360)
1299. Setarches parmatus Goode. B. (1039)
Family CXXIV.— COTTID^. (107)
419.— HEMITRIPTERUS Cuvier.
1300. Hemitripterus americanus Gmelin. G.N. (1040)
1300b. Hemitrii)ttr us americanns cavifrona* Ijoc^iugton. A. (1041)
420.— ASCELICHTHYS Jordan & Gilbert. (362)
1301. Ascelichthys rhodorus Jordan & Gilbert. A. (1042)
421.— PSYCHROLUTES Guutber. (363)
1302. Psychrolutes paradoxus GiintLer. A. (,1043)
' Scorpcena grandicornis Cuv. & Val.
Gray, with brown shades and faint cross-bars; sides with numerous bright yellow
spots in life ; axil dark gray, with round white dots, each surrounded by a dark ring.
Pectoral largely blackish above; a black blotch at base below; the fin largely tinged
with yellow, especially on the inner side. Supraocular filament blackish, with gray
friuges. Soft dorsal largely blackish toward the tip; spinous dorsal chiefly dusky ;
"ventrals tipped with blackish; anal with three black bands; caudal with two; a
faint band at its base. Body rather stout ; deeper than in 6'. plumieri and much less
variegated in color. Sides and head with dermal flaps ; a slight depression below eye ;
occipital pit very deep ; spines of head sharji. A few scales on opercle. Breast with
rudimentary scales. Supraocular flap very large, wide aiid fringed, more than half
length of head, reaching to beyond front of dorsal. Maxillary reaching posterior
margin of eye, 2^ in head. Dorsal spines higher than in related species, the highest
equal to second spine of anal and about half head. Head, 21 ; depth, 2J. D. XII, 9.
A. Ill, 5. Lat. 1, 26 (pores.)
West Indies, north to Key West.
(Cuv. & Val., IV, 1829, 309; Gunther, II, 115; Poey, Syn. Pise. Cubens. 303.)
The species of Scorpcena fouud in our waters may be readily distinguished by the
•color of the axillary region as follows :
Guttata : pale, usually unspotted ; one or two dark spots behind it.
Plumieri: jet black, with a few large white spots.
Brasiliensis : pale, with several round blackish spots.
Occipitalis : pale, with dark specks, and a black spot above.
Grandicornis : dusky gray, with numerous white stellate spots.
• Scorpana brasiliensis Cuv. & Val., V, 105; Giinther, II, 312 = Scorpcena stearnsi
Goode & Bean. South Carolina to Brazil.
^Scorpcena occipitalis Poey, (Memorias Cuba, II, 171), is probably identical with
■Scorpoina calcarata Goode & Beau.
*• According to Dr. Bean, Hemitripterus cavifrmis is not distinct from H. americanus.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [HO]
422— COTTUNCULUS Collett. (364)
1303. Cottunculus microps Collett. B. Eu. (1044)
1304. Cottunculus torvus ' Goode. B. (104.5).
423.— ARTEDIUS Girard.
1305. Artedius lateralis Girard. C. (104G)
1306. Artedius notospilotus Girard. C. (1047)
1307. Artedius fenestralis- Jordan & Gilbert. A. (365)
424.— ICELUS Kroyer.
1308. Icelus bicomis^ Reinhardt. (1048,1053,1083)
425.— ICELINUS < Jordan.
1309. Icelinus quadriseriatus Lockington. C. (1049)
426.— CHITONOTUS Lockington.
1310. Chitonotus megacephalus Lockington. C. (1050)
1311. Chitonotus pugetensis Steindachner. A. (1051)
427.-ARTEDIELLUS5 Jordan.
1312. Artediellus uncinatus Reiuhardt. G. B. (1052)
428.— URANIDEA De Kay. (366)
Tauridea Jordan &, Rice.
1313. Uranidea ricei Nelson. Vn. (1054)
Cottopaia Girard.
1314. Uranidea aspera Richardson. T. (1055)
1315. Uranidea semiscabra Cope. R. (1056)
1316. Uranidea rhothea Rosa Smith. T. (1056 6.)
1 Cottunculus torvus is described in full by Goode, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., XIX, 212.
Mr. Goode counts D. VII, 14 ; A. 13.
^Artedius feneatralis Jordan «& Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 577. Puget
Sound.
3 According to Liitken (Videusk. Meddels. naturh. Foren. Kj0b., 1876, 92), Coitus
hicornis Reiuhardt is identical with Icelus hamatus Kriiyer. It is thought by Liitken
that Coitus polaria Sabine is iirobably also the same lish, but if so, the description of
Sabine is very erroneous. Nos. 1053 and 1083 may therefore be erased, and the species
Icelus hamulus in the Sj'nopsis may stand as Icelus bicoinis.
■* Icelinus, genus or subgenus nova for Artedius qaadriseriatua Lockington, character-
ized by the peculiar squamation, preopercular armature, and form of the body as
described in the Synopsis, p. 691. (Name a diminutive of Icelus.)
^ Aktkdiellus Jordan.
(Geuus nova; type Coitus uncinatus Reiuhardt.)
This genus or subgenus differs from Icelus proper, apparently its nearest ally, in
having the skin naked and smooth. Centriderviichthys Richardson, an Asiatic genus
to which this and other American species have been sometimes referred, has the skin
prickly, and a large slit behind the fourth gill, the gill membranes being fully united
to the isthmus. (A diminutive of Artedius.)
[Ill] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NOKTH AMERICA.
$ Potamocottua Gill.
1317. Uranidea gulosa Girard. T. (1057)
1318. Uranidea puuctulata Gill. R. (1058)
1319. Uranidea bendirei Bean. R. (1059)
1320. Uranidea richardsoni Agassiz. V. (1060)
1320b. Uranidea ridiardtioiii bairdi i)hiii-d. Vne.
1320c. Uranidea richardsoni kumlieni Hoy. Vu.
1320 d. Uranidea richardsoni w ihoni Girnrd. Vn.
1320e. Uranidea richardsoni alvordi Girard. Vn.
1320f. Uranidea richardsoni meridionalis Girard. Ve.
1320 g. Uranidea richardsoni zophera Jordan. Vs.
1320h. Uranidea richardsoni carolinte Gili. Vs.
13201. Uranidea richardsoni wheeleri Coi}e. R.
$ Uranidea.
1321. Uranidea cognata Richardson. Vn. (1062)
1322. Uranidea minuta Pallas. Y. (106.3)
1323. Uranidea spilota' Cope. Vn. (10626.)
1324. Uranidea pollicaris .Jordan & Gilbert. Vn, (1062 o.)
1325. Uranidea marginata Bean, R. (1064)
1326. Uranidea viscosa Ilaldeman. Ve. (1065)
1327. Uranidea gracilis Hcckel. Ve. (1066)
1328. Uranidea gobioides Girard. Ve. (1067)
1329. Uranidea boleoides Girard. Ve. (1068)
1330. Uranidea frankUni Agassiz. Vn. (1069)
1331. Uranidea formosa Girard. Vn. (1069 5.)
1332. Uranidea hoyi Putnam. Vn. (1070)
429.— COTTUS Linnaeus. (367)
1333. Cottus octodecimspinosus " Mitchill. N. (1072)
1334. Cottus aeneus Mitchill. N. (1073)
1335. Cottus scorpioides Fabricius. G. (1074)
1336. Cottus scorpius L. G. En. (1075)
1336b. Cottus 8Cor2)ius griinlandicus Cuv. &, Val. N. G. (1075 h.)
1337. Cottus polyacanthocephalus 3 Pallas. A. (1076,1081)
1338. Cottus labradoricus Girard. G. (1077)
1339. Cottus taeniopterus Kner. A. (1078)
1340. Cottus quadricornis L. G. En. (1079)
1341. Cottus humilis Bean. A. (1080)
1342. Cottus axillaris Gill. A. (1082)
1343. Cottus platycephalus * Pallas. A. (1084)
1344. Cottus verrucosus Bean. A. (1085)
1345. Cottus niger Bean. A. (1086)
1346. Cottus quadrifiUs Gill. A. (1087)
1 1 have re-exarained the type of Uranidea spilota. It has now no evident teeth on
the palatines and the ventral rays are I, 3. The skin is smooth, and the preopercolar
spine, although prominent and directed upward, is not hooked. The spots on the
body are less sharply defined than in U. ricei.
2 Coitus buhalis should be omitted. It is a European species, and it has not yet been
found in Greenland, according to Dr. Liitken.
3 Cottus jack should be omitted. The type, lately examined by Dr. Bean in Berlin,
is identical with Cottus polyacanthocephalus.
* Cottus platyccphalus Pallas, the type of which has been lately re-examined by Dr.
Bean and the writer, is a valid species of Cottus. It has no palatine teeth.
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430.— GYMNACANTHUS Swainson. (368)
1.347. Gymnacanthus tricuspisi Reinhardt. G.
J.348. Gymnacanthus pistilliger Pallas. A. (1088)
J.349. Gymnacanthus galeatus Bean. A. (1089)
431.— TRIGLOPSIS Girard. (369)
1350. Triglopsis thompsoni Girard. Vn. (1090)
432.— ENOPHRYS Swainson. (370)
J.351. Enophrys bison Girard. C.A. (1091)
J.352. Enophrys diceraus^ Pallas. A. (1092,1093)
433. -LIOCOTTUS Girard. (371)
1353. Iiiocottus hirundo Girard. C. (1094)
434.— TRIGLOPS Reiuhardt. (372)
.1354. Tiiglops pingeli Reinhardt. G. Eu. A. (1095)
435.— PRIONISTIUS' Bean.
1355. Prionistius macellus Beau. A.
436.— LEPTOCOTTUS Girard. (373)
.1356. Leptocottus armatus Girard. C. (1096)
437.— HEMILEPIDOTUS Cuvier. (374)
1357. Hemilepidotus spinosus Ayres. C. (1097)
1358. Hemilepidotus jordani Bean. A. (1098)
1359. Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus Tilesius. A. (1099)
438 — MELLETES Bean. (375)
1360. Melletea papilio Bean. A. (1100)
439.— SCORP^NICHTHYS Girard. (376)
1361. Scorpaenichthys marmoratus Ayres. C. (1101)
' Mr. Dresel observes (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 251): Dr. T. H. Bean "inclines to
the belief that the Greenland form of Giimnacanthus (tricuspis) does not occur in the
Pacific. It is best, therefore, to I'etain Reiuhardt's name, tricuspis, for the Atlantic
species." A description of G. tricuspis is giveu by Mr. Dresel, 1. o. The description
iu the Synopsis is also from an Atlantic specimen.
-Enophrys claviger is the young of E. diceraus, according to Dr. Bean, -who has ex-
:amined the types of both species.
^PitiONlSTius Bean.
(Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 355; type Prionistius mactUns Bean.)
Allied to Triglops, ditforiug in the following respects: the much slenderer form ; the
.abw'uce of a series of bony tubercles along the bases of the dorsal fins, the elongation
of the exserted pectoral rays so that the lower portion of the tin is considerably
Icngex' than the upper, the presence of serrations on all the dorsal spines and on the
£rstsoft ray, and the eraargination of the caudal fin. Alaska. (iTptoK, saw; tdriov,
sail; dorsal fin.)
JPrionistius macellus Bean, 1. c. Coast of British Columbia.
[113] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
440.— OLIGOCOTTTJS Girard. (377)
$ Clinocoitus Gill.
1362. OligocottUB analis Girard. C. (1102)
5 OUgocottus.
1363. OligocottUB macuIoBUB Girard. C. (1103)
$ Blennicottus Gill.
1364. OligocottUB globicepa Girard. C. (1104)
441.— BLEPSIAS Cuvier. (378)
1365. Blepsias cirrhoBus Pallas. A. (1105)
1366. BlepBias bilobus Cuv. & Val. A. (1106)
442.— NAUTICHTHYS Girard. (379)
1367. NautichthyB oculofasciatuB Girard. A. (1107)
443.— RHAMPHOCOTTUS Gunther. (380)
1368. RhamphocottuB richardBoni Giintber. A. (1103)
Family CXXV— AGONID^ (108 a.)
444.— ASPIDOPHOROIDES Lac^pfede. (381)
1369. Aspidophoroides monopterygiuB Bloch. N. G. (1109)
1370. Aspidophoroides inermis Giinther. A. (1110)
1371. Aspidophoroides olriki' Liitken. G.
1372. Aspidophoroides giintheri Beau. A.
445.— SIPHAGONUS Steindachner. (382)
1373. Siphagonus barbatus Steindachner. G. (1111)
446.— BRACHYOPSIS^Gill. (383)
1374. Brachyopsis rostratus Tilesius. A. (1112)
' Aspidophoroides olriki Liitken.
Body short and thick, much less elongate than in the other species of this genus ;
head broad, the interorbital space concave, as is the median line of the back ;
lower jaw included; snout with a short spine above; no barbels; shields without
spines ; breast with about ten conical striate shields. Fins very much larger than in
the other species of Aspidophoroides, the dorsal iin about as high as long, but little
larger than anal. Ventrals small, 2f in head ; pectorals about as long as head. Head
4f ; deptli 6. D. 6 or 7. A. 6 or 7. V. 1, 2. P. 13. C. 10. L. 4 inches. Greenland,
from the stomachs of flounders.
(Liitken, Nordiske Ulketiske, Vidensk. Meddels. naturh. Foren., Kjobenhavn, 1876,
385.)
2 The name Brachyopsis should be retained for this genus, instead of Leptagonus.
"Leptagonua" decagonus, lately examined by me in Copenhagen, has the gill mem-
branes attached to the isthmus and forming a narrow fold across it. It should, there-
fore, be referred to Podotheais, although in some respects approaching J^okms, render-
ing a reunion of these genera probably necessary.
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1375. Brachyopsis verrucosus Lockington. C. (1113)
1376. Brachyopsis xyosternuB Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1114)
447.-BOTHRAGONUS Gill. (385)
1377. Botliragonus s-wrani Steindaclmer. A. (1117)
448.— ODONTOPYXIS Lockington. (386)
1378. Odontopyxis trispinosus Lockingtou. C. (1118)
449.— PODOTHECT7S Gill. (387)
^ Leptagonus Gill.
1379. Podothecus decagouus Bloch Si, Schneider. G. (1115)
$ Podothecus.
1380. Podothecus vulsus Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1119)
1381. Podothecus acipenserinus Tilesius. A. (1120)
Family CXXVI.— TRIGLID^. (108 h.)
450.— PERISTEDION Lac6pfede. (388)
1382. Peristedium miniatum. Goode. B. (1121)
1383. Peristedium imberbe ' Poey. W. B.
451.— PRIONOTUS Lac^pfede. (390)
$ Omichthya Swainson.
1384. Prionotus scitulus* Jordan & Gilbert. (1123)
1385. Prionotus palmipes Mitchill. N. (1124)
1386. Prionotus alatus^ Goode & Bean. B.
' Peristedian imberbe Poey.
Only a very few specimens of this fish are known ; all in bad condition, having
been taken from the stomachs of deep-water fishes at Havana and Peneacola. Bar-
bels very small, scarcely visible — this character distinguishing the species from the
others known in America.
(Periatedion imberbe Poey, Memorias, II, 389, 1860. Peristedion micronemua Poey, Ann.
Lye. Nat. Hist., IX, 321 ; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884.)
' I am unable to find any positive evidence of the occurrence of the West Indian
Prionotua punctatua on the coasts of the United States, all the specimens so named
being apparently either P. acitulua or P. palmipes. Prionotus punctatua may therefore
be omitted.
^Prionotus alatus Goode & Bean.
Brownish, with about four faint darker cross-bands ; vertical fins uniform, the
caudal with a black tip and two paler shades before it ; dorsal with the usual black
spots; pectorals blotched and clouded. Body rather stout, covered with small, rough
scales. Maxillary 3 in head ; preopercular, opercular, and humeral spines strong, the
latter extending farthest back. Palatine teeth few and feeble. Gill-rakers l-f-6,
besides some rudiments, the longest 3 in eye. Second dorsal spine longest, half head ;
first spine strongly serrated in front. Caudal subtruncate. Ninth ray of pectoral
longest, reaching base of caudal. Pectoral appendages slender. Head2i; depth 4,
D. X— 12. A. 11. P. 13-1-3. Scales 109; 50 tubes in lat.l. Deep water off Charleston,
S. C. {Goode 4- Bean.)
(Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., XIX, 1883, 210.)
[115] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
$ Frionotua.
1387. Prionotus ophryas' Jordan «fe Swain. W.
1388. Priouotus stearusi - .Jordan & Swain. W.
1389. Prionotus tribulus On V. «fe Val. S. (1125)
1390. Prionotus evolans^ Linnaeus. S. (1126)
1391. Prionotus strigatus* Mitchill. N. (1126 6.)
1392. Prionotus Btephanophrys Lockington. C.B. (1127)
452.— CEPHALACANTHTJS Lac6pi>de. (391)
1393. Cephalacanthus volitans Linna?u8. N. S. W. (1128)
Family CXXVII.— LIPAKID^. (109.)
453.— MONOMITRA5 Goode. (392)
1394. Monomitra liparina Goode. B. (1129)
454.— CAREPROCTUS Kroyer. (393)
1395. Careproctus gelatinosus Pallas. A. (1130 6.)
1396. Ceireproctus reinhardti Kroyer. G. (1130 6.)
455.— LIPARIS LinnaeuB. (394)
$ Actinochir Gill.
1397. Liparia major Walbaum. G. (1131)
$ Liparie.
1398. Liparis pulchella Ayres. C. (1132)
1399. Liparis gibba Bean. A (1133)
1400. Liparis tunicata Reinhardt. G. (1135)
1401. Liparis liparis Liunieus. G. N. Eu. (1136)
1401b. Liparis liparis arclica Gill. (1134)
1402. Liparis ranula Goode &, Bean. N. B. (1137)
1403. Liparis montaguei Donovan. N . Eu. (1138)
1404. Liparis calliodon Pallas. A. (1139)
1405. Liparis cyclopus Giinther. A. (1140)
$ Neoliparis Stelndacliner.
1406. Liparis mucosa Ayres. C. B. (1141)
1 Prionotus ophryas .Jordan & Swain. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885. Deep water off
Pensacola.
^Prionotus stearnsi Jordan & Swain, 1. c. Deep water off Pensacola, lately dis-
coA'ered by Mr. Silas Stearns.
' This species should probably retain the name of Prionotus evolans, as adopted in the
Synopsis, instead of that of Prionotus sarritor, since given it by us (p. 974, Proc. U.
S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 615). The type of Trigla evolans L., recently examined by Dr.
Bean, appears to belong to this species.
* Prionotus sirigatus Cuv. & Val. Described in the Synopsis (p. 736) as Prionotus
evolans Uneaius. Mitchill's name lineatus, as stated on page 974, was not given as that
of a new species, but through a mistaken identification with the European Trigla
lineata Bloch.
* Monomitra Goode.
(Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 109; type Amitra liparina Goode; name a sub-
stitute for Amitra, preoccupied as Amitrus. {Movoi, lacking; jutrpa, stomacher.)
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Family CXXVIII.— CYCLOPTERID^. (110)
456.— CYCLOPTERICHTHYS Steindachner. (395)
1407. Cyclopterichthys ventricosus Pallas. A. (1142)
1408. Cyclopterichthys stelleri Pallas.- A. (1143)
457.— EUMICROTREMUS Gill. (395 6.)
1409. EumicrotremuB spinosus Miiller. A. (1144)
458.— CYCLOPTERUS LinniEus. (396)
1410. Cyclopterua lumpus LinnaMis. N. G. Eu. (1145)
Family CXXIX.— GOBIESOCID^. (Ill)
459.— GOBIESOX Lac6pMe. (397)
1411. Grobiesox mseandricus Girard. C. (1146)
1412. Gobiesox stnimosus Cope. S. (1147)
1413. Gobiesox virgatulus Jordau & Gilbert. S. W. (1147 b.)
1414. Gobiesox rhessodon Rosa Smith, P. (1148)
1415. Gobiesox adustus ' Jordan &■ Gilbert. P.
1416. Gobiesox zebra" Jordan & Gilbert. P.
1417. Gobiesox erythrops^ Jordan «St Gilbert. P.
1418. Gobiesox eos* Jordan & Gilbert. P.
Family OXXX.— BATRACHIDiE. (112)
460.— BATRACHUS Bloch & Schneider. (398)
1419. Batrachus tau Linnaeus. N. S. W. (1149)
1419b. Balrachm tau jyardits GooAe & Bean. S. (1149 &.)
461.— PORICHTHYS Girard. (399)
1420. Porichthys margaritatus^ Richardson. C. (1150)
1421. Porichthys porosissimus^ Cuv. «fe Val. W. (1150 6.)
1 Gobiesox adustus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 360. Mazatlan,
southward.
^ Gobiesox zebra Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 359. Mazatlan.
^Gobiesox ei-ythroj)s J or(]iin & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1881, 360. Mazatlan;
Tres Marias.
* Gobiesox eos Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 18**1, 360. Mazatlan.
'' I'orichthys maryaritatus (Richardson.)
The Pacific sijccies, found from Vancouver's Island to Panama, most abundant
northward. The description on page 751 belongs here, and the names margaritatus
and H0^a<«8, as also all Pacific coast references to P.porosisaimus.
^ Porichthys poroaissimus (Cuv. & Val.)
The Atlantic species, found from Surinam to Galveston, Pensacola, and Charleston,
distinguished from P.margaritatus by the strong, unequal palatine teeth, as described
on page 958. The names porosissimus and plectrodon belong to this species, the only
one of its genus yet known from the Atlantic.
[117] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Family CXXXI.— TKICHODONTID^. (102 b.)
462.— TRIG HODON Steller. (337)
1422. Trichodon trichodon Tileslus. A. (975)
1423. Trichodon japonicus ' Steindachnor. A.
Family CXXXII.— LEPTOSCOPID^. (113)
463.— DACTYLOSCOPUS Gill. (400)
1424. Dactyloscopus mundus - Gill. P.
1425. Dactyloscopus pectoralis' Gill. P.
1426. Dactyloscopus tridigitatus Gill. W. (1151)
464.— MYXOD AGNUS ^ Gill.
1427. Myxodagnus opercularis Gill. 1'.
Family CXXXIII.— DEANOSCOPID^. (103)
465— UPSILONPHORUS^' Gill. (338)
1428. Upsilonphorus y-graecum Cuv. & Val. S. (976)
1429. Upsilonphorus guttatus Abbott. K. S. (977 j
' Trichodon japanicua Steindachner.
Form of body and coloration of 7'. trichodon. First dorsal bigh, triangular, formed
of ten slender spines, and separated by a long interval from the second dorsal. Pre-
opercle with five sharp spines ; the two spines on the preorbital very small. Pectoral
well developed, all its rays simple, the lower a little thickened; the fin considerably
longer than the head and reaching past the last spine of the dorsal. Anal fin with
its rays gradually longer posteriorlj-. Dentition as in T. trichodon, the mouth rather
more oblique than in the latter. Head 3f : depth 3|. D. X-13 ; A. 31 ; P. 25 ; L. 4^
inches. Strietok, in the sea of Japan, and Sitka, Alaska {Steindachner).
(Steindachner, Ichth. , Beitr. , X, 4, 1881. )
"^ Dactylagnns mundus Gill, Proc.Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 505. Jordan & Gilbert,
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1882, 628. Cape San Lucas to Panama.
We find very small pseudobranchiie present in living examples of Dactyloscopus
tridigitatus. Probably none of the family are wholly destitute of these organs.
^ Vactyloscopns2ycctoralis GiUyPvoc. Ac. l!i fit. Sci. Phila., 1861,267. Cape San Lucas.
■• Myxodagnus Gill.
(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 269, 270 ; type Myxodagnus opercularis Gill.)
This genus differs from Dactyloscopus in the form of the head, which is elongate-
conoid, the lower jaw obtusely pointed and provided with a short flap in front. The
pseudobrauchiifi are well devi loped and the dorsal fin commences far behind the nape.
One species known. (Myxodes, a genus of blennies ; ayvoi, an old name of Uranoscopua
scaber.) Myxodagnus opercularis Gill, 1. c, 270. Cape San Lucas.
^Instead of genus Astroscopus as given in the Synopsis (p. 627) read:
Upsilonphorus Gill.
(Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1861, 113; type Uranoscopus y-grcecum Cuv. & Val.)
The detiuition of Astroscopus in the text applies entirely to this genus. (2''ipiXov,
v; (popsco, to hear.)
The species of this genus should stand as:
Upsilonphorus y-grwcum (C. »fe V. ) Gill.
The comparison made on page 941 between A. y-grcecum and A. anoplus should be
suppressed, as the specimens there called anoplus were the young of y-grcecum, and
the differences noted are the changes produced by age.
Upsilonphorus guttatus (Abbott) Gill.
This is the species called Astroscopus anoplus by Bean (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 60)
and by us in the text on page 629. The original anoplus is, however, very different.
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466.— ASTROSCOPUS ' Brevoort.
1430. Aatroscopus anoplus Cuv. &yal. S.
Family CXXXIV.— OPISTHOGNATHID^. (103 6.)
467.— GNATHYPOPS Gill. (338 &.)
1431. Gnathypopa rhomaleus^ Jordan & Gilbert. P.
1432. Gnathypopa mystacinus^ Jordan. W.
1433. Gnathypopa mazillosus Poey. W.
468.— OPISTHOGNATHUS Cuv. & Val. (3396.)
1434. Opiathognathus scaphiura Goodc & Bean. W. (977 c.)
1435. Opiathognathus lonchura Jordan & Gilbert. W. (977 d.)
1436. Opiathognathua punctata'* Peters. P.
1 AsTROScoPUS Brevoort.
{Agnus Giinther.)
( Brevoort MSS. ; Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1860, 20; type Uranoscopus anoplos.
C.&V.)
This genus is distinguished from Up8ilonphoru8 chiefly by the armature of the head,
■which is entirely covered above by a rugose coat of mail as inUranoscopva. In other
respects it agrees with Upsilovphorus, which should, perhaps, be regarded as a subge-
neric section of Astroacopus. One species known.
Aslroscopus anoplus (Cuv. & Val.).
Jet black above and on lower jaw and spinous dorsal ; belly and other fins whitish ;
top of head with no naked areas except at base of premaxillary ; cheeks covered with
smooth skin except the narrow suborbital and a long slender preorbital strip lying
along the maxillary. A transverse depression behind the eyes ; occipital ridges promi-
nent, bluntish. Humeral spine obsolete ; preopercle with two blunt processes, the
lower turned downwards and forwards. Scales minute, obsolete below ; no intralabial
filament. Head as broad as deep ; head 2} ; depth 3^. D. IV-14 ; A. 13. New York
to Key West. No specimens known more than 2^ inches in length.
Uranoscopus anoplos C. & V., VIII, 4 93, 1831. Agnus a«oj>?«s Giinther, II, 229 (not
Astroscopus anoplus of most recent authors).
^Opisthognathus rhomaleus Jordan & Gilltert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 276. Gulf
of California.
^ Gnathypops mystadnus Jordan, Pioc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884.
* Opisthognathus punctatus Peters, Berliner Monatsberichte, 1869; Jordan, Proc. Ac.
Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1883, 290. Mazatlan.
Head everywhere finely speckled with black, the body more coarsely and irregularly
spotted. Pectoral finely and closely speckled, its edge plain. Ventral fin dusky,
similarly marked. Dorsal without large black blotch, finely spotted, the spots behind
gradually forming the boundaries of white ocelli, the base of the fins having rings
of white around black spots, the upper part with dark rings around pale spots.
Caudal with pale spots, its edge, like that of the dorsal, .somewhat dusky, not black.
Anal with a broad, blackish edge, and with dark spots, those near the base of the
fin largest. Lining membrane of maxillary with the usual bands of white and inky
black.
Scales very small, about 125 in lateral line. Dorsal spines continuous with the
soft rays. D. 28; A. 18. No vomerine teeth. Maxillary very long, extending slightly
beyond head.
Only the type of this species is yet known.
[119] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Family CXXXV.— CHIASMODONTID^. (1206.)
469.— CHIASMODON Johnson. (446)
1437. Chiasmodon niger Johnson. B. (1250)
Family OXXXVI— BLENNIIDiE. (114)
470.— OPHIOBLENNIUS Gill. (401)
1438. Ophloblennius -webbi Valenciennes. W. P. (1152)
471.— CHASMODES Cuv. & Val. (402)
1439. Chasmodes bosquianus Liic^pMe. S. (1153)
1440. Chasmodes quadrifasciatus Wood. S. (1154)
1441. Chasmodes saburrae Jordan «fc Gilbert. S. (1154 6.)
472.— HYPSOBLENNIUS ' Gill. (403)
1442. Hypsoblennius brevipinnis * Giinther. P.
1443. Hypsoblennius gentilis Girard. C.P. (1155 6.)
1444. Hypsoblennius gilberti Jordan. C. (1155)
1445. Hypsoblennius puuctatus 3 Wood. S. (1156,11566.)
1446. Hypsoblennius ionthas Jordan & Gilbert. S. (1156c.)
1447. Hypsoblennius scrutator Jordan &. Gilbert. S. (1156d.)
473.— HYPLEUROCHILUS Gill. (404)
1448. Hypleurochilus multifilis Girard. S. (1157)
1449. Hypleurochilus geminatus Wood. S. (11.58)
474.— BLENNIUS Linnaeus. (405)
§ Blennius.
1450. Blennius stearnsi < Jordan & Gilbert. W. (1159 6.)
1451. Blennius favosus Goode »fe Bean. W. (1159 c.)
1452. Blennius asterias Goode «fe Bean. W. (1159 d.)
§ Pholia Cuv. & Val.
1453. Blennius carolinus Cnv. «& Val. S. (1160)
' The generic name Hypsohlennius Gill (Cat. Fish. East Coast U. S., 1861 ; H. hentzi)
introduced without definition or explanation is equivalent to Isesthes Jordan &
Gilbert. If it be thought best to adopt such nominanuda, Hypsoblennius has prece-
dence over Isesthes.
^Blennius brevipinnis Giinther, Cat. Fishes, III, 226. Mazatlan, southward. This
species is a genuine Isesthes, as is also the Blennius siriatus of Steindachner, from
Panama.
3 Isesthes hentzi should be erased. It is identical with Isesthes punotaius, as given on
page 758 of the Synopsis.
* Blennius fucorum should be erased. It is a tropical species introduced into our
faunal lists by DeKay, on information which was probably erroneous.
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475.— RUPISCARTES Swainson.'
1454. Rupiscartes chiostictus- Jimlan & Gilbert. P.
1455. Rupiscartes atlanticus ' Cuv. & Val. P. W.
476.— EMBLEMARIA^ Jordan & Gilbert.
1456. Emblemaria nivipes Jordan &. Gilbert. W. P.
477.— NEOCLINUS Girard. (406)
1457. Neoclinus satiricus Girard. C. (406)
1458. Neocliuus blauchardi Girard. C. (1162)
478.— LABROSOMUS Swainson.
1459. Labrosomus nuchipinnis Quoy «fe Gaimard. W. (1163)
1459b. LabrosoniMn nuchipiiinia xanti^ Gill. P.
1460. Labrosomus zonifers Jordan & Gilbert. P.
^ RUPISCARTES Swainson.
(Swainson, Class'u Anim., 1839, II, 275; type Salarias altmia C. & V.)
As here nnderstood, this genns differs from BUnnius, in having the teeth in the
jaws slender and movable. From the genus Salarias Cnv. (type .9. quadripinim Cuv.),
which has the same dentition, and to which genns its species have been usnally re-
ferred, it dift'ers m the presence of posterior canines. Species numerous, in tide pools
of the tropics. (Latin, rupis, rock; dxdpry?, a leaper ; " it is said to jump on the
sea-rocks like a lizard " ; Siuainson.)
•Salarias chiostictns Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 363. Mazatlau.
^Salarias atlanticus Cnv. & Val., XI, 321; Giinther, III, 242. Tropical America, ou
both coasts, north to Cape San Lucas.
■' Emblemaria Jordan & Gilbert.
(Jordan «fc Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882,627; type Emblemaria nivipes Jot-
dan & Gilbert.)
Body moderately elongate, not compressed, naked. Ventrals jugular, I, 2. Dor-
sal fin continuous, beginning at the nape, not confluent with the caudal. Spines
and soft rays similar, both much elevated. Head cuboid, formed nnich as in Oj)is-
thognalhus. Lower jaw very acvite at symi)hysis. A single series of strong, blunt,
conical teeth ou each jaw and on vomer and palatines. Teeth of vomer and palatines
larger, forming a uniform curve. No cirri. Gill openings very wide, the membranes
broadly united below, free from the isthmus. One species known. {Emilema, a
banner (emblem); from the elevated tins. )
Emblemaria nivipes Jordan &. Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 627.
Originally described from the Pearl Islands (Panama). A specimen which we can-
not distinguish from this species was obtained at Pensacola by Mr. Silas Stearns. See
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884.
''Labrosomus xanii Gill. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1860, 107 ; Clinus xanti Jordan &
Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 368. Gulf of California, southward. The genus
Labrosomus, as here understood, differs from Clinus chiefly in the absence of the up-
turned spine-like process on the inner edge of (he shoulder girdle, characteristic
of the latter genus and Heterostichus. This process is found on Clinus acuminatus, the
type of the genus Clinus.
^Clinus zonifer Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1881, 361. Mazatlan.
[121] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
479— TRIPTERYGION » Risso.
1461. Tripterygion canaiuale - Jordan &, Gilbert. P.
480. -CLINUS Cuv. & Val. (407)
^ Gibbonma Cooper. i
1462. Clinus evides Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1164)
481.— HETEROSTICHUS Girard. (408)
1463. Heterostichus rostratus Girard. C. (llGo)
482.— CREMNOBATES Giinther. (409)
1464. Cremnobates altivelis ' I^ocl^ingtoii. P.
1465. Cremnobates marmoratus Steindachner. W. (1166b.)
1466. Cremnobates fasciatus^ Steiudachuer. AV.
1467. Cremnobates afRnis"' Steiudacbner. W.
' Tripterygion Risso.
(Risso, Europe M<^ridiou. 1826,111,241; type Blennius tripteronotus Risso.) This
genus is allied to Clinus , difieriu<i chiefly in the division of the dorsal liu into three
nearly or quite separate tins, the anterior of 3 to 6 spines, the median one of many
spines and the last of many soft rays. Warm seas in tide-pools. (77j£??, three;
TTrepvyiov, tin.)
2 Tripterygium carmbiale Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. Nat. Mns., 1881, 362. Mazatlau to
Panama.
^Cremnobates altivelis Lockingtou, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1881. Gulf of Cali-
fornia.
* Cremnobates fasciatus Steindachner.
Light pinkish-brown, much mottled, and with 6 or 8 darker bars; sides of head
marbled with whitish, its cirri pale ; 3 black spots behind and below eye ; dorsal pale,
with 9 blackish blotches extending from the bands on the sides; in the next the last
of these is a large blue-black spot ocellated with orange ; anal with 5 dark blotches
and no ocellus ; a dark band across base of caudal ; caudal otherwise pale yellowish
with dark dots. Pectorals whitish, barred with black; its base with a whitish area;
with a brown center, below which is a small black spot. Ventrals barred. Body
rather slender, a little deeper than as in C. intcgripinnis, the snout less acute than in
C. marmoratus. First dorsal spine rather higher than second, and lower than the
spines of posterior part of fin ; membrane of third spine joining second dorsal at a
point above its base, the two parts of the fin therefore separated only by an emargina-
tion. Tentacle above eye slender, small ; cirri on side of occiput bluish. Head 4 ;
depth 4^-. D. Ill, 24,1. A. II, 18. Lat. 1. 37. L. 2 inches. Florida Straits; north to
Key West.
(Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr, V, 1876, 176). For a comparison of our species of Crem-
nobates, see Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 142.)
^Cremnobates affinis Steindachner.
Dark brown, paler than in C. nox, but darker and more uniform than in C. fasciatus;
lower side of head pearly gray, thickly speckled with darker ; sides with 5 very faint
darker cross-bands ; dorsal and anal dusky, the latter with a pale edge ; between the
18th and 22d dorsal spines a large dark spot ocellated with yellowish ; caudal yel-
lowish white, with darker cross-streaks ; a blackish band, at its base ; pectoral dusky
at base, its posterior half yellowish, with darker cross-streaks; ventral similar. A
wedge-shaped whitish band extending backward from eye to opercle. Form of C.
integripinnis; maxillary reaching to below posterior margin of eye ; a fringed teutacle
above eye and one on each side of occiput. First dorsal low, its longest (second) ray
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1468. Cremnobates integripinnis Rosa Smith. C. P. (1166)
1469. Cremnobates nox' .Tord.in iVr Oilbert. W.
483.— CHIROLOPHUS Swaiuson. (410)
1470. Chirolophus polyactocephalus '^ Pallas. A. (1167)
484.— MURJE3NOIDES3 Laf<«pfede. (411)
1471. Muraenoides gunnellus Linnieus. N. G. Eu. (1168)
1472. Muraenoides fasciatus Bloch & Scliuei<ler. G. (1169)
1473. Muraenoides ornatus Girard. A. (1170)
1474. Muraenoides maxillaris Beau. A. (1171)
1475. Muraenoides dolichogaster Pallas. H. (1172)
485.— APODICHTHYS Girard. (412)
1476. Apodichthysflavidus Girard. C. (1174)
1477. Apodichthys fucorum .Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1175)
1478. Apodichthys univittatus^ Locki ny ton. P.
486.— ANOPLARCHUS Gill. (413)
1479. Anoplarchus atropurpureus' Kittlitz. C. A. (1176)
487.— XIPHISTER Jordan. (414)
1480. Xiphister chirus Jordan & Gilbert. C, (1178')
1481. Xiphister mucoBUS^ Girard. C. (1179)
1482. Xiphister rupestria Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1180)
488.— CEBEDICHTHYS Ayres. (415)
1483. Cebedichthys violaceus Girard. C. (1181)
489.— EUMESOGRAMMUS Gill. (416)
1484. Eumesogrammus praecisus Kroyer. G. (1182)
1485. Eumesogrammus subbifurcatus Storer. N. (1183)
490.— STICH^US Reinhardt. (417)
1486. Stichaeus punctatus Fabricins. G. (1184)
shorter than the highest of second dorsal ; membrane of third spine joining the fourth
spine just above its base. Last ray of second dorsal joined by membrane to base of
caudal. Head 4; depth 4J, D. Ill, 27, I. A. II, 19. V. 1, 2. Lat. 1. 33 to 35. Key
West; St. Thomas.
(Steindachner, Ichthyoiogische Beitriige, V, 178, 1876. Jordan, 1. c, 142.)
> Cremnohates nox Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 30. Key West.
* Blcnniua poh/actocephalus Pallas, lately rediscovered by Mr. Nelson in Alaska, proves
to be, as supposed in the Synopsis, a genuine species of Chirolophus.
*I here omit Murcenoides (Asternopleryx) gunelliformia. It is not certain that the
single knowu specimen is a Murcenoides or that it is from American waters.
* Apodichthys univittatus Lockington, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1881, 118. Gulf of
California.
^ Anoplarchua alectrolophus should not have been inserted. It is an Asiatic species,
not found within our limits.
®The type of Xiphidium cnioreum Cope, examined by Mr. Meek, is identical with
X. mucosus.
[123] CATALOGUE OP THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
491.— NOTOGRAMMUS Beau. (418)
1487. NotogrammuB rothrocki Boan. A. (1185)
492.— LEPTOCLINUS Gill.
1488. Leptoclinus maculatuB Fries. G. (1186)
493.— LUMPENUS Reinhardt. (419)
1489. Lumpenus medius Reinhardt. G. (1187)
1490. L\iiupenus anguillaris Pallas. A. (1188)
1491. Lumpenus lumpenus Miiller. G. (1189)
494.— LEPTOBLENNIUS Gill. (420)
1492. Leptoblennius nubilus Richardsou. G. (1190)
1493. Leptoblennius serpentinus Storer. N. (1191)
1494. Leptoblennius lampetraefonnis Walbauin. G. (1192)
495.— PHOLIDICHTHYS ' Bleeker.
1495. Fholidichthys anguilliformis Lockington. P.
Family CXXXVII.— CRYPTA(JANTHODID^.»
496— DELOLEPIS Beau. (421)
1496. Delolepis virgatus Beau. A. (119;?)
497.— CRYPTACANTHODES Storer. (422)
1497. Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer. N. (1194)
Family CXXXVIII.— ANARRH EOHADID^.^
498.— ANARRHICHAS Linnaeus. (423)
1498. Anarrhichas luptis Linnaeus. N. Eu. (1195)
1499. Anarrhichas minor Olafsen. G. Eu. (1196)
1500. Anarrhichas latifrons Steeusti-up & Halgrimssou. G. Eu. (1197)
1501. Anarrhichas lepturus Beau. A. (1198)
499.— ANARRHICHTHYS Ayres. (424)
1502. Anarrhichthys ocellatus Ayres. C. (1199)
' Pholidtchthys Bleeker.
(Bleeker, Boeroe, 406; type PhoUdichthys leucotcenia Bleeker.)
Body elongate, taperiug, naked ; snout obtuse ; no cirri. Teeth unequal, on jaws
only. Dorsal, anal, and caudal fius distinct, but couuocted by membrane, the dorsal
formed of flexible spines. Ventrals inserted scarcely before the pectorals, of two rays.
Two species known, of the tropical parts of the Pacific. {^oXi?, Pholis; ixdvi, fish.)
PhoUdichthys anguilliformis Lockington, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1881, 118. Dredged
off Amortiguado Bay, Gulf of California.
' There seems to be no doubt that the families of CrypiacanthodidcB and Anarrhicha-
dldw at least, should be detached from the Blenniidw. Whether the latter group should
he further subdivided or not, I am not certain. In the northern types {Xiphistefinw,
Stichceinw) the vertebrae are much more numerous than in the tropical ClinincB and
BUnniince.
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Family CXXXIX.— LYCODID^. (115)
500.— ZOARCES Cuvicr. (425)
1503. Zoarces anguillaris Peck. N. G. (1200)
501.— LYCODOPSIS CoUett. (426)
1504. Lycodopsis pacificus Collett. C. A. (1201)
1505. Lycodopsis paucidens Lockingtou. C. (1202)
502.— LYCODONUS i Goode & Bean.
1506. Lycodonus mirabilis Goode &-. Bean. B.
503— LYCENCHELYS ^ Gill.
1507. Lycenchelys paxillus Goode «fc Bean. B. (1203)
1508. Lyceuchelys paxilloides^ Gootle & Bean. B.
1509. Lycenchelys verrilli Goode & Bean. B.
504.— LYCODES Reiubardt. (427)
1510. Lycodes vahli Reinharrtt. B. G. (1205)
1511. Lycodes esmarki Collett. B. G. Eu. (1206)
1512. Lycodes reticulatus Reinbaidt. B. G. (1207)
1513. Lycodes seminudus Reinhardt. B. G. (1208)
1514. Lycodes nebulosus Reinhardt. G. (1209)
1515. Lycodes coccineus Bean. A. (1210)
1 Lycodonus Goode «fc Bean.
(Goode & Bean, Bull. Mns. Comp., Zool., XIX, 1883, 208; type Lycodonus mirahilis
Goode & Bean.)
Body elongate, formed as in Lycencheliis. Scales small, circular, imbedded in the
skin; lateral line very short, obsolete posteriorly. Jaws without fringes, lower jaw-
included. Fin rays all articulated, each ray of dor.sal and anal supported laterally
by a pair of sculptured scutes. Caudal distinct, not fully connate with dorsal and
anal. Ventrala present. Gill opening uarrow. Teeth as in Lycodes. Deep water
(Lycodes; Onoa).
Lycodonus mirabilis Goode & Beau.
Form o{ Lycenchelys verrilli, very slender; head, nape, and tins scaleless; maxillary
reaching front of pupil. Dorsal inserted slightly behind base of pectorals. Length
of pectorals 3 times snout. Eye 2^ in head, 3^ times iuterorbital width. Head 7;
depth 18. D. 80 + . A. 70 +. Gulf Stream, lat. 40°.
(Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., XIX, 1883, 208.)
- Lycenchelys Gill.
(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1884, 180 ; type Lycodes murmna Collett.)
This name Lycenchelys may be used for Collett's second group, which have the body
elongate; height of the body contained from 12 to 24 times iu the total length {Gill).
{AvHoZ, wolf; ayx^^vi, eel.)
^ Lycenchelys paxilloides Goode &, Bean.
Light brown, the head somewhat darker. Form of L. paxillus, but with a smaller
mouth aud less prominent cheeks. Dorsal beginning over tip of pectoral ; ventral
little longer than pupil. Scales very small, present everywhere except on head and
pectorals, nearly covering vertical fins. Eye 3^ in head, equal to snout, which i.s 4
times interorbital width. Head 8, depth 16. D. (with half caudal) 118. A. 110. P.
16. V. 3. Gulf Stream, lat. 40°, in deep water {Goode .;• Bean).
{Lycodes paxillus Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoi31., XIX, 1883, 207.)
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CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
505.— LYCODALEPIS Bleeker. (428)
1516. Lycodalepis mucosus Richardson. G. (1211)
1517. Lycodalepis turner! Beau. A. (1*212)
1518. Lycodalepis polaris Sabine. G. (1213)
506.— GYMNELIS Reiuliardt, (429)
1519. GymneUa viridis' Fabricius. G. A. (1214,1215?)
507.— LYCOCARA - Gill. (430)
1520. Lycocara parrii Ross. G. (1216)
508.— MELANOSTIGMA3 Gunther.
1521. Melanostigma gelatinosum Giiuther. B.
Family CXL.— CERDALID^."
509.— MICRODESMUS.* Guntber.
1522. Microdesmus dipus Giinther. P.
' I here omit Gymnelis stigma. It is probably baaed on an inaccurate description of
Gymnelis viridis. If, however, really possessing scales, it may belong to the Antarctic
genus Maynea (Cunningham), which dift'ers from Lycodes chiedy in the absence of
ventrals.
5 Lycocara Gill.
(Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 180; type Oj)kidi urn parrii Ross.)
This name is a substitute for Uroiiecies, which is preoccupied. (AvHoi, wolf; xdpa,
head. ) *
3 Melanostigma Giinther.
(Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1881,21 ; type MelanosUgma gelatinosum Giinther.)
AWieA to Gymnelis ; "technically distiuguished by the nmch more elongate teeth,
which in the jaws, as well as on the vomer and jjalatines, stand in single series."
Gill openings much smaller than in related forms, reduced to a small foramen above
the base of the pectoral. Skin loose and movable, as in Liparis, enveloping the ver-
tical fins; pectorals very small; ventrals, none. Body tapering very rapidly backward;
the tail very slender. Deep sea. (MsXa?, black; driyjua, spot.)
Melanostigma gelatinosum Giinther.
Purplish above ; sides grayish, marbled with darker, the end of the tail almost black.
Head large, deep, compressed ; the snout blunt. Eye large, 3| in head, longer than
snout. Cleft of mouth oblique, the maxillary reaching a little past front of pupil,
the lower jaw not projecting. Inside of mouth, gill openings and vent black. Dor
sal beginning above middle of pectoral, low in front, becoming higher than the part
of the body below it posteriorly. Head 6^. Deep waters of the Atlantic ; Martha's
Vineyard ; Straits of Magellan.
(Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 1881, 21 ; Goode & Bean, Bull. Comp. Zool.,
XIX, 1883, 209.)
■• I suggest the provisional name Cerdalida for two closely related genera, Cerdale
Jordan & Gilbert, and Microdesmus Giinther, which seem to be allied to the Lycodidce,
differing in the small, slit-like gill openings and in the non-isocercal tail. The three
known species are scantily represented in collections, and until their osteology is ex-
amined we cannot be sure as to their relation to the Lycodidce, Congrogadidw, and
Brotulidce.
"Microdesmus Giinther.
Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1864, 26 ; type Microdesmus dipus Giinther.)
Body anguilliform, covered with rudimentary scales. Head small, with short snout
and small mouth; lower jaw projecting. Teeth minute, in jaws only. Gill opening
reduced to a very narrow, somewhat oblique slit, in front of lower part of pectorals.
Vertical fins well developed, the dorsal and anal joined to the caudal by a thin mem-
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Family CXLI.— CONGROGADID^. (116)
510.— SCYTALISCUSi Jordan & Gilbert. (431)
1523. ScytaliBCus cerdale Jordan & Gilbert. A. (1217)
Family OXLII.— FIERASFERID^. (117)
511.— FIERASFER Cuvier. (432)
1524. Fierasfer dubius* Patnam. P. W. (1218)
Family CXLIII.— OPHIDIID^. (118)
512.— OPHIDION Liniueus. (433)
1525. Ophidion marginatum'' Dekay. S. W. (1219,1220)
1526. Ophidion holbrooki Putnam. W. (1221)
1527. Ophidionbeani^ Jordan. W. (1221 &.)
513.— OTOPHIDIUM'^ Gill. (4336.)
1528. Otophidium taylori Girard. C. (1222)
1529. Otophidium omostigma Jordan & Gilbert. W. (12236.)
514.— LEPTOPHIDIUM Gill.
1530. Leptophidium profundorum Gill. W. B. (1223)
Family CXLIV.— BROTULID^.« (119)
515.— BYTHITES Reiuhardt. (434)
1531.— Bythltes fuscus Reinhardt. G. (1224)
brane. Tail not isocercal. Rays of dorsal all articulate ; all but a few of the last
simple. Ventral fins very small, reduced to a single ray. Pectorals moderate. Vent
normal. Pacific coast of tropical America. {MixpoS, small; S£dMo?,a band.)
Microdesmua dipua Gilnther, 1. c.
Gulf of California to Panama. The two remaining species of this family, Micro-
deamua i-etropinnis and Cerdale ionthas, both from Panama, are described by Jordan &
Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm.. 1881,331.
' ScYTALiscus Jordan & Gilbert.
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 111 ; name a substitute for Scytalina, preoccupied in Cole-
optera as Scytalina Erichson. It is doubtful whether this genus is really an ally of
Congrogadus.
^Fierasfer duhiua Putnam =; Fierasfer arenicola Jordan &, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat.
Mus., 1881, 363. Mazatlau. See Jordan «fe Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 629.
Ophidium joaephi Girard and Ophidium gr'aellsi Poey (not of Jor. &. Gilb.) seem to
be identical with 0. marginatum.
^The species described in the Synopsis as Ophidium gracllsi should stand as Ophi-
dion beani Jordan & Gilbert. See Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 143.
''Otophidium Gill, gen. nov.
Type Genypterus omostigma Jordan &, Gilbert. This genus dift'ors from Ophidium in
the presence of a sharp concealed spine on the opercle. The tyj>ical species has been
wrongly referred to Genypterus.
•^The Brotuline genera {Bythites and Dinematichthys) have been erroneously placed
in the Synoposis among the Gadidw. For the characters of the Brotulida; see Gill,
Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1863, 2.'52; 1864, 200, and 1884, 1(>9, 175. These fishes are
certainly much nearer the Ophidiidce, or even the Lycadidce, than the Gadidce.
[127] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
516 — DINEMATICHTHYS Sleeker. (435)
$ Brosmophycis Gill. ,
1532. Dinematichthys marginatus Ayres. C. (1225)
1533. Dinematichthys ventraliai Gill. P.
517.— BARATHRGDEMUS^ Goode &, Bean.
1534. Beirathrodemus mauatinus Goode & Bean. B.
518.— DICROLENE ^ Goode & Bean. B.
1535. Dicrolene intronigra Goode & Bean. B.
> Broamophycia ventralis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 253. Cape San Lucas,
southward.
- Barathrodemus Goode «fe Beau.
(Goode ifc Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., XIX, 1883, 200; type Barathrodemus man-
atinua G. «fc B. )
Body brotuliform, much compressed ; head compressed ; mouth moderate. Head
unarmed, except for a short flattened spine at upper angle of opercle. Snout long,
projecting far beyond preraaxillanes, its tip much swollen ; jaws subequal in front.
Teeth minute, in villiform bands on jaws, vomer and palatines. No barbels. An-
terior nostrils on the outer angles of the dilated snout, circular, each surrounded by
a cluster of mucous tubes. Posterior nostrils above front of eye. Gill openings
wide, the membranes not united. Gill-rakera rather lew. Body and head covered
with small, thin, scarcely imbricated scales. Dorsal and anal long. Caudal fin
separate, long, and slender. Ventrals close together, far in front of pectorals, each
reduced to a single bifid ray. Deep-sea fishes. {fidpaQpor, a gulf or deep abyss;
Srjuoi, people.)
Barathrodemua manatinua Goode & Bean.
Grayish brown ; abdomen black. Snout longer than eye, its form resembling that
of the manatee. Maxillary reaching to opposite front of eye, its length 2^ in head.
Eye bi in head. Insertion of dorsal above that of pectoral. Ventrals inserted nearly
below middle of opercle, their length half head. Head 6 ; dei)th 7^. D. 106 ; A. 86;
C -f 5 + ; Lat. 1. 175. Gulf Stream, latitude 33°. {Goode cf- Bean. )
(Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., XIX, 1883, 200.)
3 Dicrolene Goode «& Bean.
(Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1883, 202, XIX ; type Dicrolene inironiger
G. & B.)
Body brotuliform, moderately compressed ; head somewhat compressed, the mouth
large ; tip of maxillary much dilated. Eye large, placed high. Head with supra-
orbital spines ; several strong spines on the preopercle and one long spine at upper
angle of opercle. Snout short, not projecting ; jaws subequal. Teeth in narrow,
villiform bands on jaws, head of vomer, and on palatines. No barbel. Gill mem-
branes separate. Caudal fin small, separate. Dorsal and anal fins long. Pectoral
with several of its lower rays separate and very much produced. Ventrals close
together, under front of operculum, each composed of a single bifid ray. Head and
body covered with small scales. Lateral line incomplete. Stomach siphoual ;
pyloric caeca rudimentary; intestine short. Deep water, (^ixpooi, forked; ajXevt],
arm.)
Dicrolene introniger Goode & Bean.
Opercular spine with its exposed portion half as long as eye, which is as wide as
interorbital space, and 4 in head. Mouth large, the maxillary extending beyond eye,
its length considerably more than half head ; width of expanded tip of maxillary f eye.
Bones of head with large muciferous cavities. Length of caudal half distance from
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519.— BASSOZETUS Gill. '
1536. Bassozetus normalis Gill. B.
Family CXLV.— GADID^. (120)
520.— RHINONEMUS Gill.
1537. Rhinonemus cimbrius Linnaeus. N. Eu. (1226)
521.— ONOS^ Risso. (436)
1538. Onos reinhardti Kriiyer. G. (1227)
1539. Olios ensis Ri-inliardt. G. (1228)
1540. Ouos rufus ' Gill. B.
1541. Onos septentrionalis ^ Collett. G. Eu.
snont to front of dorsal. Eight lower rays of pectorals free, much prolonged, the
lougest and most anterior being nearly one-third length of body and more than three
times length of the nearest of the normal rays, Avhich are, however, about equal to
the least of the free rays ; normal rays of pectorals 4 in body. Head 5 ; depth 6. D.
100; A. ca. 85, C. 7 ; P. 19 + 7 ; Lat. 1. ca. 115. Gulf Stream, latitude 34°. (Goode
4' Bean. )
(Goode &. Bean, 1. c. 202.)
' Bassozetus Gill.
(Gill, Proc.U. S. Nat., Mus., 1883, 2.59 ; type Bassozetus normalis Gill.)
" Dinematichthyiue brotnlids with a slender body ; a narrow differentiated caudal
hu ; anii.s about a third of the total length from the snout ; small eyes, and unarmed
head and shoulders." Deep sea. (/idrJcj&JK, deep; 5?7r(»K, seeker.)
Bassozetus normalis GU\. Deep water; latitude 39°.
(Gill. I.e. 259.)
The descriptions, generic and specific in this paper, "Diagnoses of new Genera
and Species of Deep-sea Fish-like vertebrates," are among the most brief and unsatis-
factory in our ichthyological literature. This paper, by a most able and competent
ichthyologist, from the brief and superficial character of its descriptions, is likely to
cause great confusion in the study of the Bassalian fauna of the Atlantic, unless soon
followed by accnrate and sufficient descriptions.
^ " The Lotina', and apparently the Onina, have doubled or paired frontals. * * *
It seeniT probable that they may be segregated in a peculiar family." Gill, Proc. Ac.
Nat.Sci. Phila., 1884, 172.
' Onos rufiis Gill.
Color in life almost uniform salmon or brick-red ; barbels three ; enlarged dorsal
ray not shorter than he<ad; some enlarged brown-colored teeth developed in the ex-
terior row. Closely allied to O. ensis, but apparently ditferent in color. Deep sea,
latitude 40°. (Gill.)
(Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 259. ) ,
^ Onos septmtrioiialis Collett.
Three barbels, two at the nostrils, one at the chin, besides a row of about eight
shorter rudimentary barbels along the edge of th« upper lip ; eye small, half length
of snout ; cleft of mouth extending far beyond eye, its length nearly equal to that of
postorbital part of head ; teeth rather small, unequal; outer teeth of upper jaw and
some of the inner teeth of lower enlarged ; first ray of first ilorsal short, about as
long as snout; vent midway between tip of snout and last anal ray; lateral line
with about 20 large pores, grayish brown, paler below; cavity of mouth white. D.
50; A. 42; P. 16. Coast of Norway; one specimen known from Greenland. (Col-
lett.)
(Motella septentrionalis Collett, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 15, 82, 1874 ; Onos septentrionalis
Collett, Norske Nord-Havs Exped., 1880, 139.)
[129] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
522.— LOTA Cuvier. (441)
1542. Lota lota maculosa Le Sueur. Vv. Eu. (1236)
523.— PHYCIS Block & Scliueider. (437)
1543. Phycis regius Walhauin. N. S. (1229)
1544. Phycis floridanus' Beau & Dresel. S.
1545. Phycis earlli Bean. S. (1230)
1546. Phycis chuss Walbaura. N. (1231)
1547. Phycis tenuis Mitchill. N. (1232)
1548. Phycis chesteri Goode & Bean. B. (1233)
524.— L JE3MONEMA - Giinther.
1549. Laemonema barbatula Goode & Bean. B.
525.— ANTIMORA' Guntber. (438)
1550. Antimora viola Goode & Bean. B. (1233 6.)
' Phycis floridanus Beau & Dresel.
In f!;eneral appearance it resembles P. regiiis, differing from this in its smaller
scales and more numerous dorsal rays. The greatest height is one-fifth of the total
length to caudal base, and equals four-fifths of the length of head. Head 4 times in
length to caudal base ; eye slightly less than snout, 5 times in length of head; max-
illa slightly less than mandible, one-half length of head. First dorsal not produced;
ventral about five-fourths length of head ; pectoral equal to head in length. Dorsal
13, 57; Anal, 49. Scales between first dorsal and lateral line in nine or ten rows;
about 120 scales in the lateral line; L. 7:J^ inches. Pensacola. {Bean ^ Dresel.)
(Bean & Dresel, Proc, Biol. Soc. Wash., 1884, 100.)
"Ljemonema Giinther.
(Giinther, IV, 3.56, 1862; type Phycis yarrelli Lowe.)
This genus is scarcely distinct from Phijcis, differing chiefly in the character of the
ffrst dorsal, which is composed of five rays only, the anterior ray being filamentous.
Deep water. {Aai/uu?, throat; vTf/iia, thread.)
Lcemonema iarbatula Goode & Bean.
Color of species of Phijcis; dorsal and anal with narrow black margins. Eye 3 in
head ; upper jaw a little more than 2 ; barbel half as long as eye; vent under 6th ray
•of spinous dorsal; first ray of first dorsal elongate, about 3 times length of caudal,
about reaching 24th ray of second dorsal. Distance from snout to front of anal
twice length of head ; ventrals as long as pectorals, not reaching vent ; scales small,
very thin, deciduous. D. 5-63. A. 59. P. 19. V. 2. Scales 13-140, 31. L. 7 inches.
Gulf Stream, latitude 32°, in deep water. (Goode <^- Bean.)
(Lcemonema harhatula Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoul., XIX, 204.)
^ Haloporphiirus viola belongs to the subgenus Antimora (GUnther, Ann. Mag. Nat.
Hist., 1878, 2; type Haloporphyrus rot<tratus Giinther). This group differs from Halo-
porphyrus "in the form of the snout, the backward position of the vent, the imperfect
division of the anal, in which latter respect it approaches Mora." In Haloporphyrus
the snout is subconical, obtusely rounded ; in Antimora it forms a flat, triangular
.lamina, sharply keeled at the sides, resembling the snout of Macrurus. The diagnosis
of Haloporphyrus given in ^ihe Synopsis (p. 800) applies to Antimora and not to Halo-
2)orphyrtis.
In the very brief description of Haloporphyrus rostratus Giinther, 1. c. (from the mid-
Atlantic east of Rio de la Plata), there is nothing by which our species can be
^iistinguished from it. It is probable that the two will jirove identical. A. rostrata
lias five months' priority in date over A. viola.
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526.— PHYSICULUS* Kaup. (439)
1551- Physiculus fulvua Bean. B.
527.— LOTELLA2 Kaup.
1552. Lotella mazllleiris Beau. B.
528.— MOLVA Nilsson. (440)
1553. Molva molva Linuaius. G. Eii. (123G)
529.-BROSMIUS Cuvier.
1554. Brosmiua brosme Miiller. N. G. En. (1237)
530.— MELANOGRAMMUS3 Gill.
1555. Melanogrammus aeglefinus Linna-us. N. G. Eu. (1238)
531.— GADUS Linnaeus. (443)
1556. Gadua callarias Linn;eus. N. G. A.En. (1239)
1557. Gadua ogac * Richardson. G.
532.— PLEUROGADUS* Bean.
1558. Pleiirogadua navaga Kolrenter. A. (1240)
533— MICROGADUS Gill.
1559. Microgadua proximua Girard. C. (1241)
1560. Microgadua tomcod Walbaum. N. (1242)
534.— POLLACHIUS Nilsson.
$ PoUachius.
1561. Pollachiua virena Linnseus. N. Eu. (1243)
1562. Pollachiua chcdcogrammua Pallas. A. (1244)
$ Boreogadua Giinther.
1563. Pollachiua aaida Lepechin. G. A. Eu. (1245)
' Phy$iculu8 daltvigkii was included in the Synopsis on the basis of an erroneous
identification. It should be omitted. A species of Physiculus has, however, been
recently found. Physiculus fulvus Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 240. Gulf
Stream, latitude 40,° in 76 fathoms.
'Lotella Kaup.
(Kaup, Wiegmaun's Archiv, 1858, 88; type Lotella schlegeli Kaup.)
This genus differs from PhyniculuH chiefly in the ])resenee in both jaws of an outer
TOW of large teeth. Deep .sea. (Name, a diuiinntive of Lota.)
Lotella viaxillaris Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 241. Gulf Stream, latitude 40°.
^It seems best to regard the different sectious of Gadns, as given in the Synopsis,
as distinct genera. Melanogrammua, especially, is well distinguished by the swollen
form of the bones of the shoulder girdle.
*For description of Gadus ogac, which is regarded by Mr. Dresel as a valid species,
see Dresel, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 24fi.
{Gadus ogac Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., Ill, 183G, 246. Greenland.
" Pleurogadus Bean, uom. gen. no v. to be substituted for T(7e.sia, preoccupied. Type
Gadus navaga Kolreuter= Gadus gracilis Tilesius. (Bean.)
[131 "I CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
535.— HYPSICOMETES Gooilo. B. (444)
1564. Hypsicometes gobioides Goode. B. (1240)
• 536. -MERLUCIUS Rafinesqne. (445)
1565. Merlucius bilinearis Mitchill. N. (1247)
1566. Merlucius merlucius LiuniBus. G. Eu. (1248)
1567. Merlucius productus Ayres. C. (1249)
Family CXLYI.— MACRURID^. (121)
537.— MACRURUS 'Bloch. (447)
1568. Macrurus berglax ' Lac^pedo. G. Eu. B. (1251)
1569. Macnirus acrolepis ^ Bean. A.
1570. Macrurus carminatus Goode. B. (1252)
1571. Macrurus bairdii Goode «& Beau. B. (1253)
1572. Macrurua asper^ Goode & Bean. B.
538.— CORYPHiENOIDES Gunner (448)
1573. Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunner. G. B. (1254)
1574. CoryphaenoideB carapinus^ Goode & Bean. B.
' Macrurus bt;r g lax ha,c6pMe = Macrurua fabridi Sundevall. To the synonymy add :
(Macrurus berglar Lac6p^de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., based on Macrurus rupestris Bloch, not
of Gunner; the synonymy confused with that of Voryphtenoide^ rupestris, which is-
called " Berglax" ("Rock-Salmon") by Strom.
^ Macrurus acrolepis Bean.
Form of M. berglax ; width of head J its height ; interorbital width f eye, which is
equal to length of snout, and nearly 4 in head ; snout moderate, pointed; maxillary
a little more than ^ head ; second ray of dorsal serrated ; distance of anal from snout
2i in body ; pectoral nearly half head ; ventral 8 in total length. Head, 4|. Depth, 7.
D. II, 11, III +. A. 94 + ; 7 rows of scales between lateral line and front of dorsal.
L. 2i feet. Straits of Juan de Fuca. A specimen obtained from the stomach of a.
seal by Mr. J. G. Swan. (Bean.)
(Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 362.)
^Macrurus asper Goode & Bean.
Dark reddish brown, the spinules with a metallic luster ; stouter than in M. bairdii;
jcales small, strong, their free portions covered with vitreous spines in about 7 rows^
ihe middle row not forming a keel, though projecting backward most strongly; in-
terorbital with a little more than length of eye, 4| in head ; snout triangular, de-
pressed ; upper ridge prominent anteriorly, ending in advance of concavity of inter-
orbital space ; lateral ridges prominent, continued behind the eye ; barbel shorter
than eye; cleft of mouth reaching to below posterior margin of orbit; second spine
of dorsal nearly two-thirds head, not reaching front of soft dorsal when depressed j
anal three times as high as second dorsal ; vent at a distance from ventral muck
greater than length of ventral. D. II, H-IO.S. A. 110. P. 20. V. 10. Scales 7-150-18.
Gulf Stre;im, south of New England.
(Goode «fe Bean, Bull. Mus. Coinp. Zoiil., Vol. X, No. 5, 1883, 196.)
*Coriiph(xnoides carapinus Goode &, Beau.
Scales oval, membranous, without armature, rather large, 22 to 24 in a transverse
series. Second ray of dorsal couipressed and serrate, as long as head ; soft dorsal
inserted on a lump-like elevation of the back. Vent nearly below end of first dorsal.
Snout acute, projecting beyond the mouth a distance equal to diameter of eye, which
is about 4 in head. Bones of head very soft and flexible ; surface of head very irreg-
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539.— CHALINURA' Goode & Bean.
1575. Chalinura Simula Goodc & H(!aii. B.
Order AA.— HP7rER0S0MATA. (U)
Family CXLVIL— PLEURONEOTID^. (122)
540.— BOTHUS Ralinesque. (449)
1576. Bothus maculatus -Mitchill. N. (1255)
541.— PLATOPHRYS-^ Swaiuson.
1577. Platophrys leopardinuB^ Giiutbor. P.
1578. Platophrys nebularis* Jordau & Gilbert. S.
ular; a very promiueiit snbocular ridge; a promiiieut ridge from tip of enont to
middle of interorbital space ; a curved ridge from front of eye above to a point on
side of snont just bebind its tip. Maxillary extending to opposite posterior margin
of pupil, its lengtb balf bead witbout snout. luterorbital space equal to lengtb of
upper jaw. Head (J. D. 11,8-100. A. 117. V. 10. Gulf Stream, lat. 40°, in deep
water, ( Goode <f" Bea n . )
(Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. X, No. 5, 197, 1883.)
' Chalinura Goode & Bean.
(Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. X, No. 5, 1883, 198; type, Chalinura
Simula.)
Scales cycloid, fluted longitudinally, -witb slightly radiating stride. Snout long,
liroad, truncate, not much produced. Mouth lateral, subterminal, very large. Head
•witbout prominent ridges except the snbocular ones and those upon the snout. Sub-
orbital ridge not reaching angle of preopercle. Teeth in the upper jaw in a villiform
band, those of the outer series much enlarged, those of the lower jaw uniserial, large.
No teeth on vomer or palatines; small pseudobranchiaj present. Gill-rakers spiny,
strong, depre8sible,in double series on anterior arch. Gill membranes apparentlj' free
from the isthmus. Ventrals below the pectorals; chin with a l)arbel. Vertical tins
an \n Coryphcenoides. Deep-sea fishes. (XaAfi'o?, rein ; 6f pa, tail.)
Chalinura Simula Goode & Bean.
Form of Coryphoenoides. Snout broad, obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the
month; its width at the tip nearly equal to its own length or to the interorbital
width. Eye 5 in head, as long as snout ; preoijercle emarglnate behind. Second
spine of dorsal serrate; ventral prolonged in a filament which reaches 18th ray of
anal. Head 5^; depth Of. D. 11.9-11:5. A. 118. P. 20. V.9. Gulf Stream, about
latitude 40". {Goode ^- Bean.)
(Goode & Bean, 1. c, 1883, 199.)
"Platopiirvs Swainsou.
(Bhomioidichthyft Bleeker).
(Swainsou, Nat. Hist. Class'n Fishes, etc., 1839, 11, 30*2; type Bhombus ocellafus
Agassiz.)
Eyes and color on the left side. Body ovate, strongly compressed ; mouth of the
large type, but comparatively small; the maxillary (mc-tbird or less of tbe lengtb of the
hcail ; teeth small, subequal, in one or two series; no teeth on vomer or palatines.
Interorbital space broad and concave, usually bro.adest in adult males. Gill-rakers
moderate. Dorsal fin beginning in front of eye; all its rays simple ; ventral of col-
ored side on ridge of abdomen; caudal convex behind; pectoral of left side usually
with one or more filamentous rays, longest in the male. Scales very small (in Amer-
ican species) ; lateral line with a strong arch in front. Coloration usually variegated.
Sjtecies numerous in warm seas. (UXarv?, broad ; oj<ppu?, eyebrow.)
^ niiomhoidichthi/H leopardinitH Giiutbor. IV, 34; Parophrys leopardinus Jordan & Gil
bert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 260. Giiaymas.
' Platophrys nehulai-ia Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884,31. Key West,
(Jordau); Long Island (Bean).
[133] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
542.— CITHARICHTHYS Bleeker.
^ Aramacii^ Jordan & Goss.
1579. Citharichthysocellatus Poey. W. (1256 6.)
1580. Citharichthys paetulus Gooile «fc Bean. W. (1256)
§ Ilemiihomhua Bleeker.
1581. Citharichthys ovalis - Gunther. P.
^ Citharichthys.
1582. Citharichthys panamensis'' Steindachner. P.
1583. Citharichthys sordidus Girard. C (1257)
1584. Citharichthys stigmaeus Jordan «fc Gilbert. C. (1257 6.)
1585. Citharichthys spiloptenis Giinther. S. W. P. (1258)
1586. Citharichthys macrops Diesel. S.
1587. Citharichthys arctifrons Goode. B. (1259)
•1588. Citharichthys unicornis Goode. B. (1260)
1589. Citharichthys microstomus^ Gill. X. (1261)
543.— ETROPUS Jordan & Gilbert. (461)
1590. Etropuscrossotus Jordan & Gilbert. S. P. (1296)
544.— HIPPOGLOSSUS Cuvier. (451)
1591. HippogloBSUs hlppoglossus Linua'us. N. G. A. Eu. (1261)
545.— REINHARDTIUS* Gill. (452)
1592. Reinhardtius hippoglossoides Walbanm. G. (1262)
546.— ATHERESTHES Jordan & Gilbert. (453)
1593. Atheresthes stomias Jordan & Gilbert. C. A. (1263)
547.— PARALICHTHYS Girard. (454)
1594. Paralichthys adspersus" Stein dacbner. P.
1595. Paralichthys californicus Ayres. C. (1264)
^Aramaca Jordan &Go8s,snh-geunsnoYa,ty])eHemirhomlusp(etulu8Bean. Thisgroup
includes species which have the broad, concave iuterorbital space, elongate pectorals,
and other characters of Platophrys, but are without arch in the lateral line, as in
Memirhomhus and Citharichthys.
~ Hemirhomhus oralia Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 154 ; Gunther, Fishea
Ceutr. Amer., 1869, 472. Mazatlan to Panama.
3 Cii/iflnc/iffti/s 2)«)mwie«.'si8 Steindachner, Ichth. Beitriige, 111,62,1875. Mazatlan to
Panama.
* Citharichthys microstomus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 223. Atlantic coast.
This species, lately rediscovered hy Dr. Bean, is distinct from C, spilopterus, having
a considerably smaller mouth. It aj^proaches E. crossotns, but the latter species has
the mouth still smaller and the body deeper.
^ Reinhardtius Gill, has priority over Platysomatichthys, but was proposed without
definition or explanation.
^ Paralichthys adspersus Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen. V. 1867-9. Mazatlan to Peru.
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1596. Paralichthys dentatus ' Linnams. N. S. (1205)
1597. Paralichthys lethostigma - Jordan & Gilbert. N. S. (1266)
2590. Paralichthys albigutta Jordan & Gilbert. S. (1267)
1599. Paralichthys squamilentus JordaJi & Gilbert. S. (1268)
1600. Paralichthys oblongus Mitchill. N. (1269)
548.— ANCYLOPSETTA^ Gill.
1601. Aiicylopsetta quadrocellata Gill. S. (1270)
1602. Ancylopsetta dilecta * Goode & Bean. B.
' Paralichthys denlatiis (L.) Common Spotted Flounder, Xorthern Flounder.
Cape Cod to Florida, most abundant Jiorthward. The description in the synopsis
(p. 822) of P. ophryaa, belongs here. From P. lethostigma, it is especially distinguished
Ly the more numerous (5 + 14) gill-rakers, and by the much more spotted coloration.
The interorbital space is also narrower in specimens of the same size.
{Plcnronectes dentatus L., Syst., Nat., Ed. XII, 1766, 4.')S, from a specimen from Dr.
Garden ; this specimen has been examined by Dr. Bean ; it belongs to the present speciesf
Pleiironectes mdanogaster Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y., 181.5, 1, 390; Pla-
iessa ocellaris DeKay, New York Fauna, Fishes. 1842, 300 ; Paralichthijs ophryas Jor. •&
Gill)., Syn. Fish. N. A., 822; Paralichthys ocellaris Jor. &. Gilb., 1. c, 972, and Proc. U. S.
Nat. Mus. 1882, 617; Pseudorhomhus ocellaris Giinther, IV, 430.)
2 Paralichthys lethostigma Jordan and Gilbert.
Cape Cod to Florida and Texas, most abundant southward. Darker and more uni-
form in color than the true dentatus, the gill-rakers smaller and fewer (2 -|- 10) and
the interorbital space broader.
{Platessa ohlonga DeKay, New York, Fauna, Fi.sh., 1842, 299, not Pleuronectes oblongus
Mitchill; P.-teudorhomhns dentatus and oblongus Giinther, IV, 425, 426, Paralichthys
dentatus Jot. & Gilb., Synopsis 822, and Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 617; Paralichthys
lethostigma Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1884, 237. The original type
of P. dentatus examined by Dr. Bean in London proves to belong to the species hav-
ing numerous gill-rakers.
^ It .seems more natural to regard Ancylopsetta and Xystreurys as genera distinct from
Paralichthys. Notosema Goode «5b Bean (dilecta) seems scarcely different from Ancy-
lopsetta.
■* Ancylopsetta dilecta (Goode & Bean).
Dark brown, speckled with darker; three large, subcircular ocellated spo's, nearly
as large as eye, with white center, dark iris, narrow dark margin, and a brown en-
circling outline. The.se spots arranged in an i.sosceles triangle, the apex on the lat-
eral line, the others distant from the lateral line a distance eqnal to their own di-
ameter; the lower near tip of ventral. Fins' blotched with darker brown. Right
side white. Body elliptical, the caudal fin pedunculate ; mouth moderate, the max-
illary 2^ in head ; teeth uniserial, those in front much largest. Eye large, 3 in head,
the interorbital space very narrow. Gill-rakers snbtriangular, moderately numer-
ous. Pectoral fins unequal, the left 5^ in body. Ventral of colored side much pro-
iluccd. more than three times length of right ventral. First eight rays of dorsal ex-
serted. forming a somewhat separate division, the second and third longest half
^reate>t depth of body. Scales small, highly ctenoid. Head 3^; dei)th 2. D. 69;
A. •'(■,: P. 11; V. 6; lat. 1. 48 (in straight portion). Gulf Stream, oft" the Carolina
coast. (Goode & Bean.)
(Notosema dilecta Goode & Bean, Bull. Mns. Comp. Zocil., XIX, 193.)
The genus Xotosema is distiTiguished from Paralichthys "on account of its elonga-
ted ventral fin, the triangular eiongaticm of the anterior rays of the dorsal and the
highly ctenoid character of the scales on the colored side of the body." These char-
acters are all, however, of degree only, an<l all exist in Ancylopsetta quadrocellata.
[135] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
549.— XYSTREURYS Jordan & Gilbert.
1603. Xystreurys liolepis Jordan vt Gilbert. C. (1271)
550.— HIPPOGLOSSINA' Steindachner. (455)
1604. Hippoglossina macrops Steindachner. P.
551.— HIPPOGLOSSOIDES Gottsche. (456)
^ Eopsetta- Jordan & Goss.
1605. Hippoglossoides jordani Lockington. C. (1274)
^ IlippogloHsoidea.
1606. Hippoglossoides platessoides Fabricius. N. G. Eu. (1272)
1607. Hippoglossoides elassodon Jordan & Gilbert. C. A. (1273)
^ Lyopscita ^ Jordan & Goss.
1608. Hippoglossoides ezilis Jordan & Gilbert. C. A. (1275)
552.— PSETTICHTHYS Girard.
1609. Psettichthys melanostictus Gijard. C. (1276)
553.— PLEURONICHTHYS Girard. (456)
1610. Pleuronichthys decurrens Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1277)
1611. Pleuronichthys verticalis Jordan & Gilbert. C. (1278)
1612. Pleuronichthys ccjenosus Girard. C. A. (1279)
554.— HYPSOPSETTA Gill. (457)
1613. Hypsopsetta guttulata Girard. C. (1280)
555.— PAROPHRYS Girard.
1614. Parophrys vettilus Girard. C. A. (1281)
556.— ISOPSETTA Lockington.
$ Isopsetta.
i615. Isopsetta isolepis Lockington. C. (1282)
I Hippoglossina Steindachner.
(Steiudachuer, Ichth. Beitr. V, 13, 1876; type HippoglossMa macrops Steindachner.)
This genus is very close to Faralichthys, differing chiefly in the dentition, the teeth
eing small and uniform in size, arranged in a single row. The scales are ctenoid.
'a he eyes are unusually large iu the single known species, which bears a remarkable
i\ semblance to Hippoglossoides jordani. The lateral line is however anteriorly arched
iii Hippoglossina, but straight in the latter species. (Name a diminutive of Hippo-
gloss us. )
Hippoglossina macrops SteindacLner, 1. c. Mazatlan, probably from rather deep water.
2 Eopsetta Jordan & Goss, subgenus nova, for Hippoglossoides jordani Lockington
[rfv?, excellent ; jpijrra, flounder), characterized by the biserial upper teeth and by
other peculiarities. ^
^ Lijopseita Jordan &■ Goss, subgenus nova, for Hippoglossoides exilis Jordan & Gilbert
(XvGo, to loosen; 2p7jrra, flounder), characterized by the large, loose scales, biserial
upper teeth, and feeble structure.
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$ TitopKCtla ' Jordan & Goss.
1616. Isopsetta ischyra Jonliin & Gilbert. A. (1283)
557.— LEPIDOPSETTA Gill.
1617. Lepidopsetta biliueata Ayre.s. C. A. (1284)
558.— LIMANDA Gottscbe.
1618. Limanda ferruginea Storer. N. (1285)
1619. Limanda aspera Pallas. A. (128G)
1620. Limanda beani Goodc. B. (1287)
559.— PLEURONECTES- Linuteus. (458)
^ Platichthys Girard.
1621. Pleuronectes Btellatus Tall ;is. A. C. (1288)
§ Pleuronectes.
1622. Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus Pallas. A. (1289)
1623. Pleuronectes glaber Storer. N. (1290)
1624. Pleuronectes glacialis Pallas. A. (1291)
^ Pseudopleiirovectes Bleeker.
1625. Pleuronectes americanus Walbaum. N. (1292)
560.— GLYPTOCEPHALUS Gottscbe. (459)
1626. Glyptocephalus cynoglossus Linnscns. N. Eu. B. (1293)
1627. Glyptocephalus zachirus Lockiugton. C. (1294)
561.— CYNICOGLOSSUS Bonaparte. (460)
1628. Cynicoglossus pacificus Lockiugton. C. A. (1295)
562.— DELOTHYRIS3 Goode. (4G2)
1629. Delothyris pellucidus Goode. B. (1296)
563.— MONOLENE Goode. ^46:5)
1630. Monolene sessilicauda Goode. B. (1298)
' In opsetta Jot Aan & Goss, subgenus nova, type raroplirijs iachyr us Jordan & Gilbert.
('/5, sinew; ^/7rra, flounder.) Tbis fisb is allied to Pleitronecies atcllat us, hut hm au
accessory dorsal brancb totbe lateral line as in Isoptctta inoJcpis, from wbicb it differs
in form, and in tbe rougli, loosely imbricated scales.
*Tbe genus PleuronedeH • &% retained in tbe Synopsis, is uniiatnral, species very
diverse in Ibcir cbaracters being retained in it. I bave, therefore, bere recognized
its cbief constituents as distinct genera. Parophrys, Isopsetta, Lepidopsetta, and
Limanda seem Certainly woifby of sncb recognition. Possibly Platichihys, Inopsetta
and Pseudopleuroncctex, also, are wortby of sucb retention.
'Delothyris Goode.
(Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 110; type Thyria peUucidus Goode; name a
substitute for r/i.t/ns, ])reoccupied; diJXo?, clear; Ovpi?, window.) Webave nodoubt
that tbis is a larval f()rm4|)ossibly of some fi.sli as yet unknown, allied to Citharichthya.
Small transpa,rent flounders liaA'ing all tbe cbaracters of Delothyris, but less elongate
than D. pellucidus, have been taken by tbe writer at Ke.jr West. These are thought
to be larvfe of some Platophrya or Citharichthya.
[137] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Family CXLVIII.— SOLEID^. (123)
564.— ACHIRUS Lac^p^de. (4G4)
^ lia'ostoma ' Beaa.
1631. Achirus brachialis Beau. S. (1299 c.)
1632. Achinis comifer- Jordan &, Gilbert. W.
1633. Achirus mazatlanus ' Steindacbner. P.
1634. Achirus iuscriptus ' Gosse. \V.
V^ Achirus.
1635. Achirus achirus 5 Linnaeus. W. S. (12996.)
1635b. Jchinm achirus mollis Mitcbill. X. (1'299)
565.— APHORISTIA Kaup. (465)
1636. Aphoristia atricauda Jordau & Gilbert. C. (1300)
1637. Aphoristia plagiusa Linn:eu8. S. (1301)
1638. Aphoristia uebulosa '• Goodo & Beau, B.
' BcFostoma should probably be re^^arded as a subgenus of Achirus rather than as a
distinct genus. Auioug the numerous species, the pectoral of the right side is found
in every degree of development. In some species, a small pectoral is found on tRe
left side in some specimens, while it is wanting in others. Still other species have
also two pectorals developed.
2 Achirus comifer Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , 1884, 31 . Key West.
3 Solea mazatlana Steindacbner, Iclith. Notizen. IX, 1869, 23 (July) = Solea (Monochiry
pilosa Peters, Berliuer Monatsber. , 1%9, 709 (August). Mazatlan, southward.
■* Achirus iuscriptus Gosse.
Olivaceous, covered with an irregular network of blackish lines; this network
rather finer on the head ; some specimens crossed by irregular but nearly straight
vertical lines ; others without traces of these ; dorsal and anal colored like the body^
rather darker, with a paler edge; caudal abriaptly whitish, innnaculate; blind side
immaculate, darker on the fins ; hair-like appendages whitish ; scales about head
enlarged and fringed, especially on blind side ; lip of eyed side nnich fringed ; inter-
orbital width less than eye ; upper eye slightly in advance of lower ; right pectoral
of three rays, the middle one somewhat longer than the others ; left ventral of one or
two very small rays often entirely absent ; right side with scattered cilia, which are
mostly whitish ; ventrals .5- rayed, the right ventral joined to the anal; head, 3f;
depth, If ; D., 54 ; A., 40 ; lat. 1., 75 to 80. West Indies, north to Key West.
(Achirus iuscriptus Go.sse, Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica, 52; Solea inscripta Glinther,
IV, 473 ; Monochir reticulatus Poey, Memorias Cuba, II, 1861, 317 ; Solea reticulata Giiu-
ther, IV, 472 ; Achirus inscriptus Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 143*)
5 The name Pleuronec>es achirus L. (Achirus fasciatus Lac.) was based on specimens
from Surinam ; the name Pleuronectes Imeatus on the figures of Brown and Sloane of
fishes from Jamaica. If, therefore, the West Indian form is considered distinct from
the northern one, the former must be Achirus achirus or Achirus lineatus, and the latter
must take Mitchill's name, ^'mollis." If considered as varieties of one species, the
West Indian form has the prior names.
^Aphoristia uebulosa Goode & Bean.
Grayish, everywhere mottled with brown ; median keel on each scale dark and
prominent. Body comparatively slender ; scales small, rough ; jaws and snout naked ;
interorbital space with one row of scales. Teeth small, apparently equally developed
on both sides. Ventral well separated from anal, its longest ray 3 in head. Head of;
depth 4|, D. 119, A.107, P. 0. V. 5. Scales 120-50. L. 3i inches. Gulf Stream, oflf
the coast of Carolina. (Goode tf- Bean.)
(Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. ZooL, XIX, 1883, 192).
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Order BB.— PEDICULATI. (V.)
Family CXLIX.— LOPHIIDJ^. (124)
566.— LOPHIUS Limia'us. (466)^
1639. Lophius piscatorius Linua-us. N. Eu. (1302)
Family CL.— ANTENNARIID^. (125a.)
567.— PTEROPHRYNOIDES Gill. (466 &.)
1640. Pterophrynoides histrio Limueus. S. O. (1303)
568.— ANTENNARIUS Lac^pfede. (467)
1641. Antennarius annulatus Gill. VV. (1304)
1642. Antennarius ocellatusi Bloch & Schneider. W. (1305)
1643. Antennarius sanguineus- Gill. P.
1644. Antennarius atrigatus Gill.' P.
569.— CHAUNAX Lowe. (468)
1645. Chaunaxpictus Lowe. B. (130{;)
Family CLT.— GERATIID^. (125 &.)
570.— CERATIAS Kroyer. (469)
1646. Ceratias holbolli Kroyer. B. G. (1307)
•571.— MANCALIAS^ Gill. (470)
1647. Mancalias uranoscopus Murray. B. (1308)
' Lophiua vcxperliUo Var. ocellaius Blocli & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., IfeOl, 142, based
on the Pescador of Parra = Jidetniarius ocellatus Poey, Syn. Pise. Cub., 1868, 105 = Jn-
ienuar'iHH plettrophthalmun Gill.
■^Jntenvarius sanf/uitieus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 91 = Antennarius
leopardinus Giinther, Proc. Zool. See, London, 1864, 151. Cape San Lucas to Panama.
^Antennarius strigatus Gill, 1. c. 92 = Antennarius tfnuifiUs Giinther, Fish Ceutr
Amer. 1869, 440 = jH/c«nan«s s/rij/aiws Jordan «fc Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882,
630. Cape San Lucas to Panama.
■♦The following notes on fishes similar to Mancalias wcvq published in Forest and
Stream of Nov. i", 1883, by Dr. Theodore Gill:
•• Tiiphlopsarax. — Ceratiines with au elon;j;at('d trunk, rectilinear back, obsolete or
no eyes, far exserted basal joint of the anterior spine and shortened terminal joint,
a. small intermediate and a pair of pedunculated dorsal ai>pen(hi<;es some distance in
advance of the dorsal fin, and reduced pectoral fin with about 5 or or 6 rays.
'• Tiiphlopnarax nhufehlli. — The tir.st joint of the rod-like si)ine reaches to the axil of
the dorsal lin, and the bulb to the base of the caudal liii, when the spine is bent back-
ward ; the bull) is pear-shaped and without any appendages ; the dorsal has 4 rays, the
anal 4, the candal 8 (the median, 4 of which are forked), and there are 4 or 5 pectoral
rays. A single specimen was found. I have dedicated the species to my esteemed
friend, Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. A., the well-known ornithotomist.
"The name Tuphlopsaraa is a compound from the Greek tupliloa (blind) and psaras
(angler), meaning 'blind angler.'
'• Criiptopsaras. — Ceratiines with shortened trunk, longitudinally convex back, small
but conspicuous eyes, concealed basal joint of the anterior spine and elongated ter-
[139 J CAiALoori-: of the risiiLs of nortu America.
572.— ONEIRODES Liitken. (471)
1648. Oneirodea eschrichti Liitkoii. B. G. (IIJOU)
573.— HIMANTOLOPHUS ReinharcU. (472)
1649. Himantolophus groenlandicus Reiuhanlt. B. G. (1310)
1650. Himantolophus reinhardti Liitkeu. B. G. (1311)
Family CLII.— MALTHID.E. (126)
574.— MALTHE Cuvier. (473)
1651. Malthe vespertilio LinnaMis. S. W. (1312)
1651b. Malthe vet^pertiVto racUata^ 'SWtchiU. S. (1313)
1652. Malthe elater- Jordan & Gilbert, P.
575.— HALIEUTICHTHYS Poey. (474)
1653. Halieutichthys acxxleatus Mitchill. W. (1314)
576.— HALIEUT-SJA Cuvier & Valenciennes. (475)
1654. Halieutaea senticosa Goocle. B. (1315)
Order CC.-PLECTOGNATHI. (W.)
Family CLIII.— OSTRACIID^. (47C)
577.— OSTRACION Linnajus. (476)
^Lactophrys. Swainson.
1655. Ostracion triquetrnm Linnaeus. W. (1316 6.)
1656. Ostracion trigonum Linnaeus. W. (131G)
1657. Ostracion tricorne^ Linnaeus. W. S. (1317)
minal joint, a large intermediate globular and a pair of sub-peduuculated lateral
dorsal appendages near the front of the dorsal tin, and well-developed pectorals of
about 15 rays.
" Crypiopsaras couesii. — The basal joint of the rod-like spine is almost entirely con-
cealed and procumbent, and the distal joint alone free, reaching backward to the
dorsal tubercles; the bulb is pyriform and surmounted by a long whitish filament;
the dorsal and anal have each 4 spines, the caudal 8 (the 4 middle dichotomous), and
the pectorals each about 15 rays. The species has been named after the eminent orni-
thologist, Dr. Elliott Coues. The name is derived from the Greek cruptos (concealed,)
and nsaras (fisherman), and has reference to the concealed 'rod' or basal joint of the
anterior spine or lishiug apparatus."
' Midihe cubifrons Rich., seems to he only an extreme variety of Malthe vespertilio.
Every gradation in size and form of the rostral process exists between the very long-
nosed var. longirosiris, to the button-nosed cubifrons, and thus far I am unable to
show any dividing lines. The original record of Malthe cubifrons as from Labrador
was nn error. It is not certainly known from any point north of Florida. The name
Lophius radiatus Mitchill, Amer. Monthly Mag., March, 1818, 326, is prior to that of
culiifrons. The short-snouted form may therefore stand as —
Malthe vespertilio ramata. (See Jordan & Swaiu, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 234.)
2 M<. Ithe elater Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 365. Mazatlan.
■' OsU-acion /ricor/fisLinnieiis. Syst, Nat, X, 1758, 331 = Ostracion quadricornis Linnteus,
(lower down on the same page.)
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Family CLIV.— BALISTID^.
578.— BALISTES Liunteus. (477)
1658. Balistes vetula Liniiieus. W. (l:}18)
1659. Balistes carolinensis' Giuelin. S. W. Eu. (1319)
1660. Balistes powelli Cope. Ace. (i:}20)
1661. Balistes polylepis- Steindacbuer. P.
1662. Balistes capistratus^ Shaw. P.
579.— MONACANTHUS Cuvier. (478)
$ Monacanthvs.
1663. Monacanthus ciliatus* Mitchill. W. (1321,1323)
1664. Monacanthus hispidus Linnajus. S.N. (1322)
1665. Monacanthus spilonotus Cope. W. (1324)
$ Cantherhines Swainson.
1666. Monacanthus pullus Ranzani. W. (1325)
580.— ALUTERA Cuvier. (479)
1667. Alutera schoepfi Walbaum. N. S. (1326)
1668. Alutera scripta Osbeck, W. (1327)
Family CLV.— TETRODONTI])^.
581.— LAGOCEPHALUS Swainson. (480)
1669. Lagocephalus laevigatus Linmens. W. S. (1328)
582.— TETRODON6 Linnjeus, (481)
1670. Tetrodon poUtus Girard. C.P. (1329)
1671. Tetrodon testudineus Liuuajus. W. (1330.)
^Balistes caroUnensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, 1468 (as variety of B. vetula). Balistes
capriacua Gmelin occurs fir.st on page 1171, and i.-< based on a confusion of several
species. Baliatea poivelli is possibly tbe young of tbis species.
"^Baliatea pohjhpxs Steindacbuer, Icbtb. Beitr., V, 21, 1876. Mazatlan to Panama.
^Baliatea capistratua Sbaw, Gen. Zool., V, 417, 1804 (based on Baliate &ride Lac6pede)=
Balistes viitis licnnett = Balistes frenatus Kicbardson. Mazatlan to Panama.
*Balisite8 ciliatns Mitcbill, Amer. Montbly Mag., 181H, 326= Monacanthtta occidrntalia
OWwihev ^= Monacanthus davidsoni Cope. See Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1884, 145.
^Tbe earliest attempt at subdivisi<m of tbe genus Tetrodon as left by Cuvier seems
to be that of Swainson. In bis restricted genus Tetrodon no Linujean species are
retained, liis ^^Telrodon lestudineua" being tbat of Blocb, not of LiuntEus. Tbe next
attempt is tbat of Miiller, who did not retain the name Tetrodon for any of bis sub-
divisions. Tbe next attempt at subdivision seems to be that of Bleeker, who retained
the name Tetrodon, in accordance with bis custom, for the lirst species mentioned by
Linnaus, T. teatndineus. Tbis seems to me the earliest use of the restricted name
Tetrodon which can stand.
In a recent paper, Dr. Gill (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884,420) has adopted a different
view. The Tetrodon of Swainson contains three species congeneric with one of the
Liunaian species {lincatus). This species belongs to Miiller's genus Arothron, and to
Arothron Dr. Gill transfers the name Tetrodon, reserving for the Tetrodon of Bleeker
and of our Synopsis the name Cirrhisomui of Swainson.
[141]
CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
1671b. TelrodoH tc.sliidhiriis annitlatua^ Jouyue. P.
1672. Tetrodon spengleri Hloch. W. (13:51)
1673. Tetrodon nephelus- Goode »& Bean. S. W. (1332 b.)
1674. Tetrodon turgidus Mitcbill. N. (1332)
1675. Tetrodon trichocephalus Cope. Ace. (1333).
583.— PSILONOTUS^ Swaiuson.
1676. Psilonotus punctatissimus Giinther. P.
'«
Family CLVI.— DIODONTID^.
584.— TRICHODIODON Bleeker. (482)
1677. Trichodiodon pilosus Mitcbill. O. (1334)
585.— DIODON Liimuius. (483)
1678. Diodon hystrix Liuiii«ns. W. P. (1335)
1679. Diodon liturosus Shaw. W. P. (1136)
586.— CHILOMYCTERUS (Bibron) Kaup. (484)
1680. Chilomycterus geometricus Mitcbill. N. S. (1337)
1681. Chilomycterus fuliginosus DeKay. N. (1337 ft.)
1682. Chilomycterus reticulatus Linniens. W. (1337 c.)
Family CLVII.— OETHAGOKISCID^. (130)
587.— MOLA^ Cnvier. (485,486)
1683. Mola mola Linn aius. N. S. W. O. C.En.P. (1.338,1339)
' Tetrodon annulahis Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, 1842, 15.3:= Tetrodon heraldi Giinther, VIII,
*283. Gulf of California to Peru. This species is little, if at all, ditferent from T. tes-
iudirieus.
- Tetrodon nephelus is extremely variable in regard to its spinous armature. Specimens
from Key West show all gradations from entire smootbness above and below to the
-condition described in the text (page 966). Older specimens are generally less prickly
than young ones.
3 Psilonotus Swaiu.sou.
(4no8mi«8 Peters; Tropidichthiis and Canthogaster Bleeker ; ^Hc/fisomus Richardson.)
(Swain8on,Nat. Hist. Classn. Anim., II, 1839, 328 ; type Tetrodon rostratus Bloch.)
This genus difiers externally from Tetrodon in having the nostrils obsolete, and the
Taack compressed to a keel. The skeleton differs so widely from that of Tetrodon that
Dr. Gill (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884,422) has propo.sed to regard it as forming a dis-
tinct family, Psilonotidce. Species rather numerous in the tropics. CPiXo?, bare;
j'(5roS, back.)
Psilonotus punctatissimus Giinther. Tetrodon punctatissimus Giinther, VIII, 302=
Tetrodon oxyrhynchus Lockington, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1881, 116. Gulf of Cali-
fornia to Panama.
^The generic name Mola first appears in Cuvier, Tableau Elementaire, 1798, p. 423,
thus having three years priority over Orthagoriscus (1801).
The recent researches of Mr. John A. Ryder render it very probable that the small
fishes known as Molacantlius are, after all, young forms of ilfoZa. I therefore omit
Molacanth'ns nummularis.
Ranzania truncata (No. 1139 ft) should not be included in the present list, as it has
mot been taken nearer our coast than the Bermuda Islands.
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RECAPITULATION.
The following is an approximate statement of the number of species
and subspecies, now known, belonging to each of the principal faunal
areas. No species is counted twice, but in case of the numerous species
which range over several faunal areas each is referred to that area
which is supposed to be most properly its home, or to that in which its
occurrence has been longest known. In regard to many species such
an assignment is simply arbitrary, and in this fact lies the chief ele-
ment of error in the following list. Thus many Arctic shore fishes
belong to the Bassaliau fauna of New England, while many West In-
dian species occur northward more or less frequently as far as Cape
Cod. No faunal region on our coast is bounded by sharp lines:
Species.
Bassalian or deep-sea fanua of the Atlantic 105
Arctic (Greenlaud) fauna 65
New England (Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras) 95
Soutb Atlantic and Gulf coast (shore fauna) 140
West Indian fauna (including Florida Keys and "Snapper Banks" of Pensa-
cola) 290
Tropical fauna of the Pacific (Gulf of California, southward) 240
Californian fauna (Cape Flattery to Cerros Island) 220
Alaska (Cape Flattery to Bering's Straits) 90
Pelagic species 35
Fresh waters: East of Rocky Mountains 465
Fresh waters : Between Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada (Great Basin, &c. ). 75
Fresh waters : West of Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range 50
Total 1,870
Indiana University,
January 1, 1885.
INDEX.
[KOTB. — Fignres in parenthesis refer to the consecutive numbers assigned the genera in their natural
order ; the page references are to figures in brackets on the inside of the page.]
Page.
12
96
abbreviata, Chimera
Abeona ahrora (1134)
minima (1133) 96
abildgaardii, Spams 101
Acantharchus pomotis (847) 76
acanthias, Squalus (19) 5
Acanthocvbium petus 68
solandri (770) 68
Acan thopteri 58
AcanthuridsB (Family cxvii) 103
Acanthurus ehirurgus 103
phlebotomas 103
Achii-us achirus (1635) 137
mollis (1635 6) 137
brachialis (1631) 137
comifer (1632) 137
fasciatus 137
inscriptus (1634) 137
lineatus 137
mazatlanus (1633) 137
achirus, A chii-us (1635) 137
Plenronectes 137
Acipenser brevirostris (105) 13
medirostris (103) 13
mbicundns (104) 13
sturio oxyrhynchus (101) 13
transmont^nus (102) 13
Acipenserida ( Family xxvii) 13
acipenserinus, Podothecua (1381) 114
ackleyi, Raia (67) 11
Acrochilus alutacens (199) 20
acrolepis, Macnirus (1569) 131
Actiuuchir 115
Actinopteri 13
aculeatus var. (1063 6) 91
Gasterosteua (713> 63
Halieutichthys (1653) 139
Stenotomus 91
acuminata, Sciaena 94
acuminatus, Clinus 120
Eques (1093) 94
Ophisurus (617) 53
acuta, Dussumieria 35
acutirostris, Ichthyapus 52
acutam, Haemulon (1051) 90
Adinia multifasciata (556) 48
adiuia, Fundulus (565) 49
adsperaus, Ctenolabrus (1150) 97
Paralichthys (1594) 133
adustus, Gobieaox (1415) 116
segleflnua, Melanogrammua (1555) 130
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16
16
16
16
.Slurichthys marinus (141) ,
uuchalis
panamensis (142)
pinniraaculatus (143)
aeneus, Cottus (1334) Ill
senigmaticus, Icosteus (825) 73
ajpypterus, Amraocobtes (7) 4
aequidena, Culius 105
Eleotiis (12-.'2) 105
sscnlapius, Plagyodns (473) 38
jBsopus var. (885^) 78
aestivalis, Clupea (445) 36
Gobio 29
Hybopsis (340) 29
tethalorus, Carcharhinus (34) 7
Aetobatis latict'ps 12
afer, Epinephelua 84
Gymnothorax 52
aflfine, Siphostoma (690) 61,62
affinis, Atherinops (737) 65
Chima)ra(98) 12
Cremnobates (1467) 121
Exocoetus 61
Gambusia (588) 50
Gila (361) 30
afra, Mureena 52
agassizii, Alepocephalus (427) 34
Bathysaurus (483) 39,40
Chologaster (542) 47
Holconotus (1140) 96
aggregatna, Micrometms (1137) 96
Agnus anoplus 118
Agonidae (Family cxxv) 113
Agonostomus nasntus (722) 64
telfairi 64
AgODUS 113
Agosia carringtoni (325) 28
chrysogaster (322) 28
metallica (323) 28
novemradiata (324) 28
nubila (326) 28
oscula (327) 28
alabamas, Notropia 27
alalonga, Orcynns (773) 69
alascanus, Ammody tea (748) 66
alatua, Prionotus (1386) 114
albescens, Echeneis 66
Reniora (754) 66
albidua, Araiurua (129) 15
Ptychostomus 19
Tetraptnrus (758) 67
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albigutta, Paralichthys (1598) 134
Albula vulpes (429) 34
albula, Mugil 6*
Albiilidaj (Family XXXV) 34
albuluR, Leporais (872) 77
album, Muxostoma (182) 19
Albiirn«>llus jemezanns 27
megalopa 26
percobromus 27
umbratilis 26
Albumops 23
bleDDius 24, 26
illecebroBus 23
saludanns 24
shumardi 23
tanrocephaluB 22
Alburnus nibellus 27
zonatua 26
alburnns, Menticirrus (1109) 94
alectrolophne, Auoplarcbus 122
Alepidosauridie (Family XUI) 38
Alepidoeaurus 38
Alepocephalidaj (Family XXXIV) 34
Alepocepbalus agassizii (427) 34
bairdii(426) 34
product us (428) 34
Alganeea antica (411) 32
bicolor (408) 32
dimidiata (413) 32
fomiosa 32
obeea (40G) 32
olivacea (412) 32
parovana (409) 32
symmetrica (407) 32
tbalassiua (410) 32
vittata (414) 32
^aliciae, Phoxiuus (390) 31
aliciiila, Seriola 72
•aliciolus, Trachunis 72
alliteratus, Eutbynnns (775) 69
Allosnmus 43
Alopias vulpes (48) 9
Alopiidte (Family XII) 9
Alosa 36
•alosoides, Ilyodon (430) 34
AlphfStes iiiuUiguttatua (991) 84
.alticus, Salarias 120
altipinniH, Notropis (291) 26
ialtivelis, Cremnobates (1464) 121
Trachyptenis (1212) 104
altuH, Chorint-inus 72
01ig<iplit«s (812) 72
Pseudopriacanthus (1001) 86
alutaoeus, Arrochilus (199) 20
Alutura schflppft (1667) 140
scripta (1668) 140
Alutus, Apo;;ou (1076) 92
Alvariiis fonticola (946) 81
lateralis (943) 81
pid-liaris (944) 81
puuctulatus (945) 81
alvordi var. (1320 e) Ill
Alvordius crassus 79
maculatus 79
voriatUB 79
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amabilis, Notropi.-* (292) 20
amara, Diouda (209) 21
amaruH var. (246 b) 24
Notropis 24, 28
Ambloplites rupestris (845) 76
amblops, Ceraticbthys 28
Hybopsis (331) 29
Amblyopsidaj (Family i.iii) 47
amblyopais, Eleotri.s (1221) 105
Amblyopais, spelajns (539) 47
amblyrhyiK'bus, Caranx (782) 70
americanus, Ammodytes (747) C6
Amphiprion 83
Apogon 92
Cyprinus 33
Esox (.597) 50
Heraitripterus (1300) 109
Histiopboms 67
Istiophorus (759) 67
Pleui onectes ( 1625) 136
Polyprion (974) 83
Roccus (957) 82
Amia calva (110) 13
retrosella 92
Amiidaj (Family XXIX) 13
Amitra lipaiina 115
Amitrus 115
Amiurus albidus (129) 15
brachyacanthus 14
bruimpu8(122) 14
cragini 14
erebennua (128) 15
lophius 15
lupus (130) 15
marmoratus 15
melas (124) 14
natalis (127) 15
bolli(127c) 15
lividua (127 6) 15
nebuloaus (125) 14
catulna (125 6) 14,15
marmoratus (125 c) 15
nigiicans (132) 15
niveiventris (131 ) 15
obesus 14
platycephalus (123) 14
poiiderosus (133) 15
proatlii,<<tiHs 15
vulgaris (120) 15
xantbocephalus 14
AmmocoBtes iepypterus (7) 4
aureus (6) 4
borealis 4
cibariu s (5) 4
concolor 4
tridentatus (4) 3
Ammocrypta 78
beani (878) 77
Clara (879) 77
pellucida (880) 77
vivax(881) 77
Ammodytes alascanus (748) 66
americanus (747) 66
personatuB (747 b) . 66
dubius (749) ««
[145] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
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AmmodytidaB (Family lxxix) 66
Anipbiprion americanua 83
niatejuelo 75
Ainjiliistii-hus argeutous (1142) 96
anipullaceus, Saccopharynx (648) 57
analigutta, Pomacentrus 102
analis, Holconotus (1138) 96
Lutjanns (1014) 87
Notacanthus (653) 58
Oligocottus (1362) 113
Umbrina 94
analogus, Epinephelus (990) 84
Kyphosus (1070) 92
Pimelepterus 92
analostaDUS, Notropis 25
AnaiThicbadidiB (Family cxxxvin) 123
Auarrhicbas latifrons (1500) 123
leptunid (1501) 123
lupus (1498) 123
minor(1499) 123
Anarrhichthys ocellatua (1502) 123
Ancbisomua 141
ancipitiroatris, Histiophoroa 67
Ancylopaetta dilecta (1602) 134
quadrocellata (1601) 134
Ansnilla 52
anguilla roatrata (638) 55
cabana 55
roatrata 55
texana 55
tyrannua 55
anguilla, Anguilla (638) 55
angnillaria, Lumpenus (1490) 123
Zoarces (1503) 124
Anguillidje (Family LX) 52,55
anguilliformis, Pholidichthya (1495) 123
Anisotremus 88
bilineatna (1037) 89
cseaius (1035) ... 89
davidaoni (1038) 89
dovii (1034) 89
interraptus (1036) 89
modestua 89
tseniatus 89
virginicua (1039) 89
tffiniatua (10396) ... 89
anisurum, Moxostoma (190) 20
anunlaris, Pomoxya (842) 76
auDulatna vat. (1671 6) 141
Antennarius (1641) 138
Tetrodon 141
anogenua, Notropis (227) 23
anolia, Sanrns 39
Synodua (481) 39
anomalum, Campoatoma (196) 20
Anoplarcbus alectrolophus 122
atropurpureua (1479) 122
Anoplogaater 74
Anoplopoma fimbria (1261) 107
anoplos, TJranoscopus 118
auoplus, Agnus 118
Astroscopua (1430) 117, 118
Anosmias 141
AntennariidaB (Family CL) 138
Antennarius annalataa (1641) 138
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Antennarina leopardinua 138
oceUatua (1642) 138
plearopbthalmua 138
aanguiuoua (1643) 138
atrigatus (1644) 138
tenuifllis 138
Anthias caballerote 87
macropht balmua 86
multifaaeiatua (971) 83
sacer 83
aaponaceua 85
vivanua (972) 83
antbias, Labrua 83
antica, Alganaea (411) 32
Antimora roatrata 129
viola (1550) 129
antiqaorara, Hippocampus 62
antiatiua var. (846 6) 76
Apeltea qaadracas (714) 63
Apheriatia atricauda (1636) 137
nebulosa (1638) 137
plagiuaa (1637) 137
AphredoderidiB (Family xcvi) 76
Apbredoderus aayanas (838) 76
Aplodinotns grnnniens (1083) 93
Apocope hensbavii 28
nubila 28
ventricoaa 28
vulnerata 28
Apodichtbya flavidne (1476) 122
fucorum (1477) 122
nnivittatns (1478) 122
Apogonalatua (1076) 92
americanaa 92
imberbia (1073) 92
maculataa (1074) , 92
pandionis (1077) 92
retroaella (1075) 92
Apogonichtbya 92
Apogonidse (Family cvii) 92
Apomotia 77
approximana, Polynemua (744) 66
Aprion 87
aprion, Gerres 95
Aprionodon 7
panctatua 8
Aptericbtby a selachopa 52
apua, Epinephelus (988) 84
aqaileiisis, Lepomia (867) 77
Pomotia 77
arabicaa, Chanoa 35
areea, Atherina (726) 65
araeopus, Catostomua (154) 17
Aramaca 133
arara. Serranus 84
aratus, Lutjanus (1016) 87
arcansanum var. (916 6) 80
Archoplites interruptua (844) 76
Archosargus 91
arctica var. (14016) 115
arctifrons, Calamus (1061) 91
Citharichthya (1587) 133
Arctozenua 38
arcturua, Salvelinua (528) 44
arcuatus, Pomacanthas 103
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ardens, Catostomus (166) 18
Kotropis (296) 26
ardeaiacus, Phoxinim (370) 31
arenatns, Priacaiithus 86
arenicola, Fierasfer 126
nrgentatus, Tetragonopterus (425) 34
argentea, Sphyiasua (738) 65
argenU'us, Amphi.stichus (1142) 06
Holconotaa (1130) 06
Petromyzon 4
Trachyuotus (797) 71
Argentina syrtenBium (502) 42
Argentinidai (Family xlviii) 42
argeutiseima, Meda (424) 33
argentiventris, Lutjauus (1006) 87
Mesoprion 87
argentosa, Uionda 21
Argyrens notabilis 28
oscnluB 28
rabripinnis 27
argjriosus, Pogonichthya 30
Symmetrunia 30
argyritie, Hybognathus (215) 21, 22
Ajgyropelecua 46
hemigymnna (533) 45
olfersi (534) 45
argyropa, Sparua 91
Argyrosomua 43
argyrosomus, Damalichthya (1149 97
arionamna, Notropia (286) 26
Ariopaia 16
Ariua aaaimilia 15
brandti 15, 16
daaycepbalus 15
gnatemalenais 15
platypogon 16
aeemaDni 15
arllngtonia, Gambuaia (587) 50
ariuataB, Leptocottua (1356) 112
Arothron 140
Artedi 4
artedi, Coregonua (513) 43
Artediellas nnoiiiataa (1 312) 110
Artediua fenestralis (1307) 110
lateralia (1305) 110
notospilotua (1306) 110
arteaisB, Etheostoma (924) 80
Aacelichthya rhodorna (1301) 109
aaoeuaiune, Holocentrum (834) 75
aecenaionia, Epinephelua (989) 84
Porca 75
aaper, Hexagrammua (1253) 106
Macruru8(I572) 131
aspera, Limanda (1619) 136
Uranidea (1314) 110
Aapidophoroidea giintheri (1372) 113
inennia (1370) 113
monopterygiua (1369) 113
olriki (1371) 113
aaprolla, Cryatallaria (882) 78
aaprellus, Pleurolepia 78
aaprigenia, Poecilichthya 81
aspro, Hadiopterna- (902) 79
asaimilia, Arina 15
aeteriaa, Blenniua (1452) 119
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aateriaa, Urolophus (81) 11
Aatornopteryi gunoUifonnia 122
Aatronesthea niger (493) 42
Aatroscopua anoplua (1430) 117,118
Astyanax 34
Athereathea stomiaa (1593) 133
Athnriua ara;a (726) 65
Carolina (724) 65
uriarcba (723) 65
laticepa 65
stipes (725) 65
velieana 65
Atherinella oriarcba 65
Athciiiiida; (Family LXXVl) 65
atheriuoides, C hriodorus (670) 00
Notropia (308) 27
Atheriuoi)8 afflnis (737) 65
Atherinopsia californiensis (736) 65
atkinai, Gasteroateua (712) 63
atlanticua, Megalopa (434) 34
Rupiscartea (1455) 120
Salarias 120
Atractoscion 95
Atractoateua 13
atrarina, Phoxinna (395) 31
Serranua (958) 82
atricauda, Aphoriatia (1636) 137
atrUatua, Zygonectea 50
atrilobatua, Cbromia (1194) 102
atripea var. (276 c) 26
Ditrema (1146) 97
atripinnia, Ulocentra 78
atromacnlatam var. (885 b) 78
atromaculatna, Semotilua (347) 29
atronaaua, Rhinichtbya (321) 28
atropurpureua, Anoplarchus (1479) 122
atrovirena, Sebaatichthya (1272) 1 07
att«naatafl, Oamerua 42
andena, Menidia (732) 65
auliacas, Sipbostoma (685) 61
AulorbynchidsB (FamUy LXXin) 63
Anlorhyncbua flavidua (706) 63
Anlostoma maculatam (705) 03
Anloatomidffi (Family Lxxn) 63
aurantiacua, Hadropterua (908) 79
anrata, Moniana 25
auratnavar. (1078) 92
aureolam, Moxoatoma (186) 19, 20
aareus, Ammoccetes (6) 4
Chsetotlon 103
Pomacanthus (1207) 103
auriculatus, Sebasticbthya (1284) 108
auritua, Lepomia (863) 77
aurolineatum, Hsemiilon (1042) 89
aurora, Abeona (1134) 96
aarorubens, Rbomboplitea (1019) 88
Auxis thazard (765) 68
avocetta, Xeiuiehthys (643) 56
axillaris, Cottus (1342) HI
Pomatlaaya (1030) 88
Baeoatoma 137
Bagropsis 15
baiidi var. (1320 6) HI
Pomatoprion 102
bairdiauuni, Siphostoma (687) 61
["147] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMARICA.
bairdinuns, Sjiipnathna
Bairdiella
bnirdii, Alepocepbalna (426) ,
Bathyrayzon (12) —
Gaatroatomus (649). .
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61
93
34
4
58
Macrurua (1571) 131
Petromyzon 4
bajonado, Calamus (1057) 90
Balisites ciliatus 140
Bali8t«8 capistratQS (1662) 140
capriscua 140
carolineDsis (1659) 140
frenatna 140
niitia 140
polylepis (1661) 140
powelli (1660) 140
vetnla (1658/ 140
Baliatidas (Family cliv) 140
balteatua, Pomacanthus 103
Richardaonius (419) 33
Upeneua 93
banana, Goblna (1227) 105
Barathrodemna nianatinua (1534) 127
barbarse, Siphoatoma (686) 61
bsrbatala, Lsemonema (1549) 129
barbatam, Echiostoma (491) 42
barbatua. Mnllus (1078) 92
Siphagonna (1373) 113
bardua, Pantoatena 17
barrat ti, Boleoaotna 81
bartholomaei, Caranx (784) 70
bascaniuni, Caecula 53
Callechelys (616) 52
Baesozetna normalis (1536) 128
Bathymaater 73
aignatus (1213) 104
BathymaateridsB (Family cxrx) 104
Bathymyzon bairdii (12) 4
Bathyaanrus agaaaizii (483) 39, 40
ferox — 39
Bathyatoma 89
Batrachidae (Family CXXX) 116
Batrachus tau (1419) 116
pardua (1419 6) 116
bdellium, Petromyzon (8) 4
Bdelloatomidie (Family in) 3
beanl, Ammocrypta (878) 77
Caranx 70
Limanda (1620) 136
Ophidion (1527) 126
Poecilichthya 78
Serrivomer (647) 57
bellua, Notropis (300) 27
Belone crasaa 59
jonesi 59
stolzmanni 59
Belonidffi (Family Lxvin) 59
bendirei, Uranidea (1319) Ill
Benthodesmna elongatna (761) 67
berglax, Macrurus (1568) 131
bemardini, Catostomua (165) 18
Berycidae (Family xciv) 74
beryllina, Menidia (733) 65
beryllinna, Cryptotomus (1173) 100
betaurua, Cirrhites 92
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bioolor, Alganaea (408) 32
Phoxinna (385) 31
bicornia, Cottus 110
Icelua (1308) 110
bifrenatua, Notropis (224) 22
biguttataa, Cochlognathua (222) 22
Hybopsia (328) 28
bilinearia, Merlncius (1565) 131
bilineata, Lepidopaetta (1617) 136
bilineatua, Anisotremua (1037) 89
billingaiana, Cyprinella 24
bilobua, Blepaias (1366) 113
biaiacnlatua, Chietodon 102
binocnlata, Raia (74) 11
biiostria, Manta (97) 12
biaon var. (148 b) 16
Enophrya (1351) 112
biatriapinua, Bodianua 86
Rhypticua (908) 86
blTittatua, Notropia (295) 26
PlatygU)e8U8 (1159) 98
blackfordi, Lutjanus 87
blanchardi, Neoclinos (1458) 120
Blennicottna 113
Blenniidse (Family cxxxvi) 119, 123
blennioides, Dipleaion (894) 78
Blennina 120
aateriaa (1452) 119
brevipinnis 119
carolinua (1453) 119
favosna (1451) 119
fucomm 119
polyactocephalaa 122
steamai (1450) 119
striatus 119
tripteronotns 121
blennius, Albumopa 24, 26
Etbeostoma 78
Notropia (244) 23,24
Ulocentra (893) 78
Blepbaria 70
Blepaias bilobua (1366) 113
cirrhosus (1365) 113
Bodianua 85,98
bistriapinns 86
bodianua 97
diplotsenia (1154) 97
pectoralia (1155) 97
rufus (1153) 97
bodianua, Bodianua 97
Boleichthya 81
elegana 80
warreni 81
boleoidea, Uranidea (1329) Ill
Boleoaoma barratti 81
camurum (888) 78
fuaiformis 81
gracile 81
maculatum 78
olmstedi (885) 78
SBSopua (885 g) 78
atromaculatum (885 b) . 78
effulgens (885 c) 78
maculatum (885 d) 78
meacenm (885/) 78
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Bolposoma olinstedi ozaicanum 885e) 78
8U8auu3(887) 78
vexillare (886) 78
boleoaoma, Gobiiis ( 1230) 105
l>olIi van (127 c) 15
■hombifrons, LepomiH 77
bonaci, Mycteroperca (980) 84
Serrauiis .'. 84
boop8, Myctophuiu (486) 40
Notropis (243) 24
Scopclus 40
boreale, Etheostoma (932) 1 80
borealiB, Ammcootes 4
Maiirolicus (487) 40
Plapyodus (474) 38
PcBcilichthys 80
Sphyrsena (739) 65
Sudi8(476) 38
Boreogadns 130
bnream var. (949 c) 81
bosci var. (418 6) 33
Gobiosoma (1243) 106
Meuidia 65
Piraeleptems 92
bosquianna, Chasmodes (1439) 119
Botbragonus HwaDi (1377) 114
Botbus niaculatus (1576) 132
bouvieri var. (525 b) 44
bovinus, Cyi)rinodon (547) 47
bra<hialis, Achiras (1631) 137
bracbyacant bus, Amiurus 14
Bra<;hygeny8 90
Bracbyistius frenatus (1135) 96
rosaceus (1136) 96
Brachyopais rostratus (1374) 113
verrucoans (1375) 114
xyosternua (1376) 114
brachypoda var. (707 c) 63
brachy ptera, Reniora (7.'53) 66
brachypterua, Zj'gonectes 50
brac-bysomus, Calamus (1058) 90
Brama raji (824) 73
Braiuida- ( Family XCI) 73, 104
Brancbiuatoraa lanceolatam (1) 3
Brancbiostomida^ (Family I) 3
brandti, Ariua 15, 16
Galeicbtbys (140) 16
brauicki, Pomada.sy s (1032) 89
braeiliensis, Herairbamphus 60
Mugil 64
Narcine (78) 11
Srorpjena (1297) 109
breviiepa, Larimus (1097) 94
brevipinne, Pristipoma 88
bre vipinnia, Blennius 119
Hypsoblennius (1442) 119
Ortbopristis (1023) 88
brevirostris, Acipeuser (105) 13
Carcbarhinus (40) 8
Cbapjiiistea (173) 18
Scombereaox (664) 60
brevispinia var 107
Sebasticbthys (1271) 107
Brevoortia tyrannus (453) 37
patronaa (453 6) 37
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broame, Broamiua (1554) 130
Brosmiua brosrae (1554) 130
BroHiiHipbycis vcntralis 127
Brot ulicl.T ( Family rxi.iv) 125, 126
brouasoneti, Umbriua (1104) 94
browni, Stolepboius (460) 37,38
bi-uniieua, Amiiiius (122) 14
Serranua 84
bryoporus, Spratelloidcs 35
bubalinufj, Leuciacus 25
Notropia (253) 25
bubalis, Cottua Ill
bnbalua, Ictiobua (146) 10
baccata, Eiicymba (314) 27
bucco, Moxoatoroa 19
bufo, Scorpa.'na 8
buUari.s, Semotilua (349) 29
butlerianus, Poecilichthys 81
Bytbitea fn.scus (1531) 126
caballerote, Antbiaa 87
caballua var. (785 6) 70
Caecula baacauium 53
Cseaioaoma californiense (1071) 92
caesina, Anisotremua (1035) 89
Pomadaaya 89
Calamus arctifrona (1061) 91
bajonado (1057) 90
bracbysomus (1058) 90
calamua (1050) 90
leucoateus (1059) 91
penna(1061) 91
pennatula 90
proridena (1055) 90
calamua, Calamua (1056) 90
calcarata, Scorpasua 109
californica, Torpedo (77) 11
califomicua, Exocnetns (679) 61
Galeua (27) 6,7
Myliobatia (95) 12
Paralichtbys (1595) 133
californiense, Caesioaoma (1071) 92
Sipbostoma (683) 61
califomiensis, Atberinopaia (736) 65
Cyprinodon (551) 47
Doryicbthya 62
Doiyrhampbua (695) 62
Gerrea (1127) 95
Scorpia 92
Typhlogobius (1248) 106
Xeniatiua (1004) 86
callariaa, Gadaa (1.556) 130
Callecbelya baacanium (616) 52
scutieai'is (614) 52
teres (615) 52, 53
Calliodon 100
calliodon, Liparia (1404) 115
callisema, Notropia (252) 25
callistius, Notropia (260) 25
calliura, Cyprinella 25
calliurua, logloaaus (1250) 106
callosoma, Novaculielitbys 100
calopteryx, Serranua (965) 83
calva, .\mia (110) 13
campccbanu a. Meaoprion 87
Campostoma anomaiam (196) 20
[149] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA,
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Campostoma anuuialum prulixum (196 b) . .. 20
formosnlura (197) 20
omatnm (195) 20
camnra, Cliola 25
camurum, Boleosoina (888) 78
Etheostoma (920) 80
catnams, Notropis (263) 25
Poecilichthys 80
Canada, Elacat* (756) 67
cauadense, Stizostedion (949) 81
tanis, Galeus (26) 6, 7
Squalus 6
cantharinus, Orthopristis (1024) 88
Pomadasys 88
Cantberliines 140
Canthogaster 141
capistiatus, Balistes (1 662) 140
Chffitodon (1201) 102
capito, Poromitra (832) 75
capreolus, Epineplielus 84
caprinns, Stenotomus (1062) 91
caprisous, Balistes 140
caprodes, Percina (899) 79
Cai angidai (Family lxxxv) 69
Caranginae 70
Carangoides dorsalis 70
Caranx 69
amblyihyncbus (782) 70
bartholomaei (784) 70
beani ^ 70
chrysus (785)- 70
caballns (785 b) 70
cibi 70
crinitus (790) 70
dorsalis (789) 70
dum6rili 72
fallax 70
hippos (787) 70
latus (786) 70
otrynter 70
panamensis 70
speciosus (788) 70
vinctns (783) 70
carapinus, Coryphasnoides (1574) 131
Carcharhinns 6, 7
iethalorus (34) 7
brevirostris (40) 8
candatus (37) 8
coerulens 8
fronto (35) 7
glaucus (32) 7,8
isodon (42) 8
lamia (38) 8
lamiella (39) 8
limbatus (41) 8
longario (43) 8
obscurus (33) 7
platyodon (36) 7
terrae-novaB (44) 8
Carcharias 6
fronto 7
glaacus 7
lamia 8
littoralis (49) 9
longario 8
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Carcharias taurus 9
carcharias, Carcharodon (52) 9
Squalus 8
Carcharodon carcharias (52) 9
Careproctus gelatiuosus (1395) 115
reinhardti (1396) 116
caribaeus, Sargus 91
Tylosuras (657) 59
cai'iuatus. Labichtys (644) 56
Placopharynx (193) 20
carrainale, Tripterygion (1461) 121
carminatus, Macrurus (1570) 131
carnatus, Sebastiuht hys (1288) 108
Carolina, Atherina (724) 65
Carolina? var. (1320 A) lU
carolinensis var. (804 6) 71
Balistes (1659) 140
carolinus, Blennius (1453) 119
Pteraclis (823) 73
Trachynotns (796) 71
carpio, Catostorans 19
Cyprinodon (554) 47
Ictiobus (147) 16
Carpiodes 16,17
carringtoni, Agosia (325) 28
carutta, Jobnius 93
caryi, Hypaurus (1143) 96
castanea, Sidera (606) 51
castaneus, Petromyzon (10) 4
Catalufa 86
catalufa, Priacanthus (1000) 86
cataphractus var. (713 b) 63
cataractae, Rhinicbthy.s (320) 27, 28
catastomus, Phenacobius (317) 27
catenatus, Fundulus (569) 49
Cathorops 15
Catostomidae (Faaiily xxxi) 16
Catoatominse 18, 19
Catostomu.s arasopus (154) 17
ardens (166) 18
bemardini (165) 18
carpio 19
catostomuB (160) 17
clarki (155) 17,18
commersoni 18
congestas 19
cypho (168) 18
discobolus (156) 17
fecuEdus (IMT) 18
guzmaniensis 17
insignis (169) 18
labiatus (162) 17
latipinnis (157) 17
longiiostris 17
macrochilus (163) 17
nanomyzon 17
nebulifer (158) 17
nigiicans 18
occiden talis (164) 17, 18
- retropinnis (159) 17
sncetta 19
tahoensis (161) 17
teres (170) 18
utawana 18
catostomus, Catostomns (160) 17
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OP PISH AND FISHERIES. [150]
Pftge.
t'atulus 5
catulas 6
var.(1256) 14
Pimelodus 14
cat us, Siluriia 14
<aii(lali8, Plat.vgl088U8 (1160) 98
Pomacentrus (1186) 101
caudiita, Lamna 8
caudatas, Carcharhinus (37) 8
Lepidopus (762) 67,68
Trichiuras * 67
caudicula, Conger (637) 55
Caiilolatiliis chrysops 104
cyanops 104
iiiicrops (1216) 104
princeps (1215) 104
Caulolepis longiduu8 (829) 74
caurinus, Mylochilus (352) 30
Sebastichthys (1286) 108
Cii valla, Cy bium 68
Scorn beromorns (769) 68
ca'ifion8vai. (1300 6) 109
Heniitripterus 109
caxis, Lutjauus (1007) 87
Spanis 87
cay uga var. (708 b) 63
CfbedichthyM violaceus (1183) 122
Centrarchidae (Family xcviii) 76
Ceutrarch'iS macropterua (841) 76
Oentriderniichthys 110
CeutiiscuB scutatus 62
C«'ntropomida) (Family c) 81
Centropomus medics 82
niRreacens (951) 82
pedimacula (952) 82
robalito (953) 82
undocimalis (950) 81
Ceiuropristis macropoma 82
pbcBbe 83
radialia 82
Centroscy Ilium fabricii (18) 5
Ceutioscymnua cojlolepis (20) 5
cenlrura, Trygon (85) 12
cepediauum, Doroaoma (455) 36, 37
Cepbalacantbns volitans (1393) 115
Cephalocassis 15
Cepbalopteridae (Family xxiv) 12
cephalus, Mugil (715) 64
Ceratias holbolli (1646) 138
Ceratichthys amblopa 28
lucena 24-28
micropogon 28
prosthemias 29
8terletu8 29
Ceratiidffi (Family cu) 138
cercostigma, Cy priuella 25
Noti-opis (260) 25
Cfidalo 125
ionthas 126
ceidale, Scytaliscus (1523) 126
Cerdalidaea (Family CXL) 125
oerviuiim, Moxostoraa (192) 20
Ccatiaciidoe (Family vi) 6
Cestiacion fraucisci (15) 5
philippi 5
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Ceetrseus 64
CetorbinidsB (Family xv) 9
Cetoi hinus maximus (53) 9
ceutbcBcxm, Gobiosoma (1242) 106
Cba,'nob''yttu8 gulosua (846) 75
antiatiuB (846 b) 76
Cbsenomugil proboacideus (719) 64
Chaetodipterns faber (1197) 102
zonatus (1198) 102
CbsBtodon aureua 103
bimaculatua 102
capistratus (1201) 102
bumeralis (1202) 102
maculocinctiis (1199) 102
nigriroatris (1203) 102
ocellatua (1200) 102
(•bail odon, Mesogoniatina (852) 76
Cliaetodontidae (Family cxvi) 102
chalceua, Ortbopristia (1025) 88
chalcogrammua, Pollacbiua (1562) 130
Cbalinura aimula (1575) 132
chalyba;u8, Xotropis (282) 26
chalybeius, Hyphalonedrua (503) 42
chamffileonticepa, Lopbolatilua (1214) 104
Chanidte (Family xxxviu) 35
Cbauos arabicus 35
chanos (435) 35
aalmoneiia 35
chanoa, Cbanoa (435) 35
Mugil 35
Characinido! (Family xxxin) 34, 80
Cbaracodon furcidena (555) 48
lateralia 48
Cbaamiatea breviroatria (173) 18
cnjus (175) 18,19
liorus(172) 18
luxatus (174) 18
Cbaamodes bosquianus (1439) 119
quadiilasciatua (1440) 119
saburra; (1441) llfl
Chatoeaaus sigiiifer 36
Cbauliodontidaj ( Family ui) 45, 46
Chauliodus aloani (536) 46
Channax pictua (1645) 138
cbcmnitzi, Is'otacanthus (651) 58
Cheouda 31
choateri, Pbycia (1548) 129
Cbiaamodon niger (1437) 119
Cbiasmodontidai (Family cxxxv) 119
cbickaaavenaia, Luxilus 25
cbilensis, Sarda (772) 69
cbiliticua, Xotropia (281 ) 26
Cbilomyctema fuliginoaua (1681) 141
geometriciis (1680) 141
reticulatua (1682) 141
Chimsra abbreviata 12
affinia (98) 12
colliei (99) 12
plumbea 12
ChimaeridsB (Family xxv) 12
chiostictns, Eupiacartes (1454) 120
Salarias 120
Chiridas (Family cxxii) 106
Chirolophua polyactocephalua (1470) 122
chirur;;u8, Acanthurua 103
[151] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
I'age.
ohirua, Xiphister (1480) 122
< hitonotas meeacepbalus (1310) 110
pugetensis (1311) 110
chloriBtius, Notropia (269) 25
chliirocephalus, Notropis (280) 26
< "hloroscombrus 69
chrysnrns (794) 71
orqueta (795) 71
chlorostictus, Sebastichthys (1281) 108
ohlorus, Xotropia (239) 24
Chologaster agassi/.ii (542) 47
cornutiis (541) 47
papillifpr (543) 47
Chorinemus altus 72
Chriodorus atherinoides (670) 60
Chioinisatrilobatua (1194) 102
enchryaurua (1196) 102
insolatus (1195) 102
punctipinnia (1193) 102
chioinia, Pogoniaa (1084) 93
Chroaomus eoa 20
erythrogaster (202) 20
oreas (203) 20
chroaomaa, Notropis (283) 26
chrysitia, Dionda 21
chryaochloria, Clnpea (442) 36
cbrj-aogaater, Agosia (322) 28
chrysoleucua, Notemigonna (418) 33
Chiysonielaa var. (1288 6) 108
chryaops, Canlolatilns 104
Ophichthya (624) 53
Koccua (955) 82
Spams : 91
Stenotomns (1063) 91
chryaoptera, Perca ^88
chrysoptprnm, Hsemulon 89
chryaopterus, Orthopriatis (1026) 88
cbrysotns, Haplochilua 49
Zygonectea (580) 49
chrysnra, Sciaena (1087) 93
chrysurus, Chloroacombms (794) 71
Ocyurns (1018) 87
chi y sua, Caranx (785) 70
clnisa. Phycia (1546) 129
cibariua, Ammoccbtes (5) 4
cibi. Caranx 70
Cicblidae (Family cxiii) 101
ciliaris, Holacanthus (1205) 103
ciliatua, Baliaites 140
Monacantbus (1663) 140
• Sebaatichthys (1266) 107
cimbrius, Rbinonemns (1537) 128
cinureua; Geirea (1126) 95
Hadropteras (915) 79
cingtilatua, Frindulaa 49
Zygonectea 49
cirratum, Ginglymoatonia (24) 6
Cinliisomua 140
■Ciirhites betaurus 92
rivulatua (1072) 92
Cirrhitichthys rivulatua 92
Cirrhitidse (Family cvi) 92
cirrhosus, Blepaias (1365) 113
Cirrostomi 3
Citharichthys 136
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Cithariohtbys arctifrona (1 587) 133
macropa (1586) 135
microatomus (1589) 133
ocellatus (1579) 133
ovali8(1581) 133
psetulna (1580) 133
panamensia (1582) 133
. aordidua (1583) 133
apilopterua (1585) 133
stigmaeus (1584) 133
nnicornis (1588) 133
Citula 70
clara, Ammocrypta (879) 77
clarki, Catostonius (155) 17,18
clathratua, Serranus (966) 83
claviformis, Moxoatonia 19
claviger, Enophi-ys 112
Clininas 123
Clinocottua 113
Clinoatomns 30
Clinus acaiuinatua 120
evides (1462) 121
xanti 120
zonifor 120
Cliola camura 25
mieaariensis 23
nnbila 21
topeka 24
arostigraa 25
velox 22
Tigilas (223) 22
vivax 22
zonata 24
Clupea seativalis (445) . : 36
chryaochloria (442) 36
harengus (438) 35
hudaonia 24
humeralia 36
libeitatia 37
macrophthalma 36
mediocria (443) 36
mirabilia (439) 35
penaacolse (449) 36
paeudohiapanica (44r) 36
sagax (440) 36
aapidisaima (446) 36
sardina (447) 36
atolifera (450) 36
thriasa 36
thrissina (448) 36
thryza 36
vernalis (444) 36
Clupeidae (Family xxxix) 35
clupeiformia, Coregonua (508) 43
cobitia, Tiarbga (319) 27
coccineus, Lycodes (1515) 124
coccogenis, Notropia (274) 24, 26
Cochlognathua biguttatus (222) 22
omatua (221) 22
Codoma 24
Coecula 52
coelolepia, Centroscymnua (20) 5
ccEDOsua, Pleuronichthys (1 612) 135
coemleum, Etheoatoma (936) 81
coeruleua, Carcharhinua 8
RKPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [152]
coemleas, Notropis (268) 25
Phoxiniis (398) 31
Scaius (1179) 101
Squalus 8
Teuthis (1210) 103
copnata, Uranidoa (13'^1) Ill
coliaa, Scomber (763) 68
Coliscns parietalis 22
tollifi, Chiiua?ra (99) 12
Colocephali 51
Colorado, Lut.janus (1015) 87
comalis, Kotroi)is (240) 24
ooinifor, Achirns (1632) 137
comniprsoni, Catostomus 18
uoiuplauata, Moniana. 24
compressua, Stolephorus (471) 38
concinnus var. (707 6) 63
concolor, AminoccBtes 4
Scomheromorus (766) 68
confertus var. (218 6) 22
Ilyborhynchns 22
conflnentus, Fniidulus (564) 49
conformis, Phoxinus (384) 31
CoDKer caudiciila (637) 55
conger (636) 55
ctiDger, Conger (636) 55
ronpestum, Moxostoma (188) 19
congestns. Catoatonius , 19
Congridfe (Fiiniily ux) 52
Congrogadidje (Family CXU) 125, 126
Congrogadus 126
coniccps, Mura'uesox (635) 55
conocephalus, Mylopharodon (353) 30
Conodon nobilia (1020) 88
serrifer (1021) 88
conspersus, Phoxinus (393) 31
constellatus, Sebastichthys (1278) 108
conuB, Moxostonia (189) 20
cooperi, Phoxinus (399) 31
roi)ei, Phoxinns (391) 31
copelandi, Cottogaster (895) 78
corallina var. (78 6) 11
Coregonas artedi (513) 43
clupeiformis (508) 43
hoyi (510) 43
kennicotti^(506) 43
labradoricns (509) 43
laurettw (512) 43
merki (511) 43
nelsoni (507) 43
nigripinnis (514) 43
quadrilateraiis (505) 43
tnllibee (515) 43
williauHoni (504) 43
coregonus, Moxostonia (181) 19
coriaceus, Eleuthcractis 85
corinus, Hexanchus (14) 4
Coiis 99
cornubica, Lamna (51) 9
cornutiis, Chologaster (541) 47
Cyprinus 26
toronatus var. (992) 85
corporalis, Cyprinns 29
coruseans, Sudis 38
Cor vina 93
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Coryph»na dora<lo 73
equisetis 73
globiceps 73
guttata 73
hippurus (822) 73
lineata 100
nigrescenti 82
psittacus 100-
punctata 73
sueuri 73
Coryphienidas (Family xc) 73
Cory phsenoides 132
carapinns (1574) 131
rupestria (1573) 131
Coryphoptenis 105
Cossypbns puellaris 98
Cottidaj (Family cxxiv) 109
Cottogaster copelandi (895) 78
putnami (896) 78
shumardi (8!)8) 79
uranidea (897) 79
Cottopsis 110
Cottunculus microps (1303) 110
torvus (1304) lift
Cottnaajneus (13.S4) Ill
axillaris (1342) Ill
bicoiTjis 110
bubalis Ill
bumilis (1341) Ill
jaok Ill
labrodoricus (1338) 111-
niger (1345) Ill
octodeciraspinosas (1333) Ill
platycephalns (1343) Ill
polaris 110
' polyacanlhocepbalas (1337) Ill
quadricomis (1340) Ill
quadrifilis (1346) Ill
scorpioides (1335) Ill
scorpius (1336) Ill
groulandicus (1336 6) Ill
taenioptcrns (13.39) Ill
nucinatus 110
verrucosus (1344) Ill
couchi, Moniana 24
coucbiana, Pa-cilia (592) 50
conesii, Cryptopsaras 139
Couesius dissiniilis (343) 29
physignathus (345) 29
plumbeus (344) 29
squamilentus (342) 2&
cragini, Amiurus 14
crassa, Belone 59
crassioauda, Pboxinus (394) 31
crassiceps, Plectroniua (831) "4
crasailabre, Moxostoma (187) 19
crassus, Alvordiua 79-
Phoxinus (397) 31
TylosuniM (656) 59
craticula, Zygonectes (578) 49
crebripunctata, Pteroplatoa (82) 11
Cremnobatesaffinis (1467) 121
altivclis (1464) 121
faaciatus (1466) 121
integripinniB (14«8) 121, 122
[153] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
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Cremnobates niarmoratns (1465) 121
nox (1469) 121, 122
crenulavu, Myctopbam (484) 39
uresceutaliii, Pomacanthus 103
crinij;eruiu, Siphostoma (694) 62
crinitus, Caranx (790) 70
Cristivomef 44
cioicen8i8, Scarus (1178) 101
crossotus, Etropus (1590) 133
Crotalopsis niordax 53
cruiiienopbtbalmus, Trachnropa (781) 70
* Tiiori'uni, Xiphidium 122
cnioroiis, Phoxiuus (375) 31
Cryplacantbodes luaculatus (1497) 123
Cr.vptacanthodirtaB (Family cxxxvii) 123
Cry ptopsaras 138
coucsii 139
Crypt otoiuus beryllinus (1173) 100
roseiis 100
ustus (1172) 100
Orystallaria asprella (882) 78
Cteiiolabi-iia adspersus (1150) 97
cubaua, Auguilla 55
cubanus, Synodus 39
cubil'rons, Malthe 8, 139
fujus, Cbasmistes (175) 18,19
Cului8 ffiquidens 105
curaberlandicum var. (923 b) 80
Etbeostoma 80
cn-ningi, Hybopsis (329) 28
curenia, Mugil (717) 64
curtus, Stolepborus (465) 38
cnvieri var. (711) 63
cyanellus, Lepomis (853) 77
cyaneus var. (273 c) 26
cyanocephalus var. (276 d) 26
cyaiioguttatu.s, Heros (1182) 101
cyanolene, Sparisoma (1170) 101
cyanop.s, Caiilolatilus J 104
Oybium ca valla 68
petus 68
sara 68
solandri 68
veranyi 68
Cycleptus elongatus (150) 17
Cyclopterichthys stelleri (1408) 116
V entricosns ( 1407) 116
Cyclopteridas (Family cxxviii) 116
Cyclopterus lumpus (1410) 116
cyclopus, Liparis (1405) 115
Cyclothone lusca (537) 46
(jylindrosteus 13
cymatotaenia, Hadropterns (910) 79
Oynicoglossus paciflcus (1628) 136
cynoglossua, Glyptocephalus (1626) 136
Cynoponticus 55
Cynoscion maculatum (1120) 95
nobile (1112) 95
nothum (1115) 95
othonopterum (1116) 95
parvipinne (1117) 95
regale (1113) 95
reticnlatnm (1119) 95
thalassinum (1114) 95
xanthulum (1118) 95
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oypho, Catostomus (168) 18
Cyprinella 25
billingsiana 24
calliura 25
cercostigma 25
forbesi 24
giinuisoni 25
notata 25
i-ubripinaa 25
suavi.s 24
uuibrosa 25
cyprLnella, Ictiobus (144) 16
Cyprinidae (Family xxxn) 19, 20. 29
Cyprinodon 48
bovinus (547) 47
californiensis (551) 47
carpio (554) 47
elegans (550) 47
eximius (548) 47
gibbosus 47
latifasciatus (549) 47
macularius (552) 47
mydrus (553) 47
riverendi (546) 47
variegatus (545) 47
gibbo8U8 (545 6) 47
Cyprinodontidae (Family i,iv) 47
Cyprinus americauus 33
cornutus 26
corporalia 29
megalops 26
cyprinus, Ictiobua (149) 17
Cypselurus 61
dactylopterus, Sebastoplns (1293) 1 08
Dactyloscopns mundua (1424) 117
pectoralis (1425) 117
tridigitatua ( 1426) 117
Dajaus 64
Dallia pectoralia (60.) 51
Dalliidas (Family LVii» 51
dalwigkii, Phyaiculua ; 130
Damalichthys argyroaomus (1149) 97
damalia var 16
dasycephalaa, Ariua 15
davidsoni, Anisotremus (1038) 89
Monacantbus . . -■ 140
decagonna, Leptagonna 113
Podotbecua (1379) 114
decagrammua, Hexagrammua (1256) 107
Decapterua bypodus 70
macarellua (778) 70
hypodas (778 6) 70
pnnctatus (777) 69
declivifrona, Glyphidodon (1191) 102
Decodon puellaria (1156) 98
decoratua, Promicropterua 86
decurrens, Pleuronichthya (1610) 135
dekayi, Isnrua (50) 9
delicatiasimus, Stolephorua (469) 38
delicioaa, Moniana 23
deliciosus, Notropis (233) 23
Delolepis virgatua (1496) 123
Delothyria pellucidus (1629) 136
delpbinua, Pantosteua 17
dentatas, Paralichthya (1596) 134
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dentatua, Plenronect«8 124
PHi'iidorhdmbua 134
TJpeuKUS (1082) 93
tieutex, Osmerus (499) 42
dcpresea, Fistularia (704) 63
Dermatolepis punctatus (995) 85
Biabasis 89
lateralis 90
steiudacbunri 90
diaphana, Stemoptyx (535) 45, 46
diaplianu8, Fundulus (5f3) 49
Piapterus 95
gracilis 95
barengulus 95
lefroyi 96
diceraas, Enophrys (1352) 112
Dicrolene intronigra (1535) 127
difforniis var. (148 d) 16, 17
dilecta, Ancylopsetta (1602) 134
Nutosema 134
dilectus, Notropis (309) 27
Dimalacocentrus 100
dimidiata, Algansea (413) 32
dimidiatas, Leuciis • 32
Dinematichthya 126
marginatas (1532) 127
ventralis (1533) 127
diuemas, Minnilus 27
Diodon liystrix (1678) 141
litiiTosus (1679) 141
Diodoutidaj (Family CLVI) 141
Dionda amara (209) 21
argentosa 21
cbrysitis 21
episcopa (210) 21
fluviatilis (208) 21
hseinatura (213) 21
melanops (206) 21
nnbila(212) 21
punctifera (207) 21
sereua (211) 21
texensis 21
dipleemius, Minnilus 26
Seiuotilus 26'
I)iplectruin 82
Diplesion blennioides* (894) 78
simoternm 78
Diplodus holbrooki (1067) 91
prob.itocephaluB (1066) 91
rhomboides (1064) 91
unimaculatas (1065) 91
diplotaenia, Bodianus (1154) 97
Harpe 97
dipterura, Trygon (89) 12
dipus, Microdesmus (1522) 125, 126
iliscoboluH, Catostomus (156) 17
Discocephiili 66
dispar, Zy gonectes (577) 49
dispilus, Platyglossus (1163) 99
dissimills, Couesius (343) 29
Hybopsia (333) 29
Ditrema atripes (1146) 97
furcatum (1147) 97
jacksoni (1145) 97
laterale (1144) 96
dolichogaster, Mnraenoidea (1475) 122
dolomiei, Micropterus (877) 77
dombeyi, Polistotrema (3) 3
doraninus, Notropis (312) 27
dorado, Coryphsena 73
Uonatonot us megalepis 99
thalassinns (1167) 99
DormitiitorlatifroDS (1224) 105
maculatus (1223) 105
micropbthaluius 105
dormitator, Gobioiiiorus (1217) 104
Dorosoma cepediauum (455) 36, 37
iTiexicanum (456) 37
DorosomidsB (Family XL) 37
dorsalis, Carangoides 70
Caranx (789) 70
Galeus 6
Hypsypops 102
Seriola (807) 72
Umbrina (1103) 94
dorsatus var. (11) 4
Doryicbtbys californiensis 62
Doryrbampbus californiensis (695) 62
excisus 62
dovii, Anisotremns (1034) 89
Mnrsena 51
Sidera (608) 61
drummond-bayi, Epiuepbelus (987) 84
dubius, Ammodytes (749) 66
Fierasfer (1.524) 126
ductor, N'aucratea (803) 71
dulcis var. (320 6) 27
Rbinichthya 28
dumerili, Caranx 72
Seriola (805) 71,72
duqaesnei var. (185 &) 19
Duaaumieria acuta 35
stolifera (436) 35
earlli, Pbycis (1545) 129
Ecbelua 55
EcbeneididsB (Family LXXX) 66
Echeneis albescens 66
naucrates (750) 66
Ecbinorhinua apinoaus (16) 5
Ecbiopais intertinctus 54
Echiostoma barbatum (491) 42
ectenea, Micropogon (1100) 94
effulgens var. (885 c) 78
eglanteria, Raia (66) 11
egmontis, Myrophis (632) 64
egregius, Phoxinua (381) 31
Elacato Canada (756) 67
Elacatidae (Family LXXXI) BT
Elagatia 69
pinnulatua (810) 72
Elasmobranchii 4
elassocbir, Noturus 14
elassodon, Hippoglosaoides (1607) 135
Elassoma evergladei (840) 76
zonatum (839) 76
ElassomidsB (Family xcvii) 76
elater, Maltbe (1652) 139
elegans, Boleicbtbys 80
Cyprinodon (550) 47
Gila (358) k 30
[155] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
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elegans, Hsemnlon 90
NanoHtoma 80
£U otridinae 105
Eleotris ffiquidens (1222; 105
amblyopsia (1221) 105
latifions 105
pisonla (1220) 105
smaragdas 104
iilt iitberactis coriaceus 85
f icuiherus, Noturus 14
elougata, Umbrina 94
f iougatus var '. 88
Benthodesmns (761) 67
Cycleptus (150) 17
Labichthy8 (645) 56
Lepomis (859) 77
Menticirnis (1106) 94
Ophiodon (1257) 107
PhoxiDUS (366) 30
Pomadasys (1028) 88
Sebastichthys (1282) 108
Elopidic (Family XXXVII) 34
Elopsaaunis (433) 34
Embiotoca 97
Enibiotocidfe (Family CXI) 96
Eniblemarianivipes (1456) 120
eiuiliie, Opsopoeodus (415) 33
emorii, Gila (363) 30
ent:Pomu8. Gobius (1226) 105
Eu'helycephali 52
(.•iichiyaurus, Chromis (1196) 102
Enm-aulidae (Family XLi) 37
Engranlis macrolepidotua 37
perfasciatus 38
Enueacanthns eriarchus (848) 76
glorio8U8 (850) 76
obe9U8(849) 76
simulaDs (851) 76
pJDDiger (851 b) 76
Ennoacentrn8 fnlvus ruber (994) 85
gattatus coronatns (992) 85
ta-niops (993) 85
Enophrya bison (1351) 112
claviger 112
diceraus (1352) 112
ensis, Onos (1539) 128
Sphyraena (742) 65
entomelas, Sebastichthys (1268) 107
Entosphenus 3
Eopsetta 135
eos var. (941 b) 81
Ohrosomus 20
Gobieaox (1418) 116
Poecilichthys 81
Ephippidae (Family cxv) 102
Epiiippus zonatus , 102
84
84-
84
84
84
84
... • 85
84
84
Epinephelua afer
analogus (990)
apna (988)
ascensionis (989)
capreolus
drummond-hayi (987)
fiilvus punctatus
guttaius
morio (983)
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Epinephelos nigritus (982) 84
niveatus (986) 84
oxygenenios 88
eellicauda (985) 84
striatua (984) 84
episcopa, Dionda (210) 21
Equea acaminatns (1093) 94
lanceolatua (1094) 94
equisetis, Covyphajna 73
erebennua, Amiurua (128) 15
eriavcha, Atherina (723) 65
Atherinella 65
eriarchus, Enneacauthus (848) 76
Ericosma 79
Ericymba buccata (314) 27
Erimyzon goodei 19
aucetta (176) 19
oblongus (176 6) 19
erinacea, Raia (63) 11
Erinemua 29
erocbroiis, Ilololepis 81
Erotelis amaragdas (1219) 104
valenCiennesi 105
erythrogastcr, Chroaomua (202) 20
erythropa, Gobieaox (1417) 116
eschrichti, Oneirodea (1648) 139
eamarki, Lycodea (1511) 124
Esmeralda negra 104
50
50
50
51
50
51
50
50
50
50
49
30
87
80
78
80
80
81
81
80
88.
80
80
80
81
81
78
80
81
81
81
80
80
80
79
78
80
Esocid.TJ (Family l.\i)
Esox americanua (597)
lineatns
iuciua (600)
Ingubroaus
nobilior (601)
reticulataa (599)
aalmonens
umbroaua
vermiculatus (598)
zonatns
estor, Phoxinus (368)
Etelia
Etheostoma arteaise (924)
blenniua
boreale (932)
caniurum (920)
cceruleum (936)
spectabile (936 b)
cumberlandicum
exile (942;
flabellare (923)
cumberlandicum (923 6)
lineolatum (923 c)
fu8iforme (941)
eos (941 6)
histrio
inscriptum (919)
iowae (938)
jessise (937)
lepiduiu (935) ;
luteovinctum (930)
lynceum (917)
maculatum (921 )
nevisense
nigra
parvipinne (931)
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KtheoBtoma peltatum 79
punctulatum (933) 80
quicfcens (940) 81
nifoliueatum (922) 80
rupeatro (9-29) 80
Bagitta (927) 80
saxatile (928) 80
sqnaniicepa (925) 80
thalassiuniii (918) 80
tnscnmbia (939) 81
variatum 79
virgatum (926) 80
Whipple! (934) 81
zonale (916) 80
arcansanutn (916 b) 80
Etropus ciossotns (1590) 133
Etruraeus micropus 35
teres (437) 35
Eucalia incoustaus (708) 63
cayuga (708 6) 63
Eucinostomua lefroyi 96
prodnctna 96
pseudogula 9b
Eiictenogobius sagittula 105
Encyclogobias 106
Engomphodus 9
Eulamia 7
lamia 8
longimana 8
Euleptorliarnphus longirostris (669) 60
Eumesogrammus priecisns (1484) 122
aubbifurcatus (1485) 122
Eumicrotremna apinosus (1409) 116
Eupomotia 77
enryopa, Hndsoniiia 24
eury orus, Lepoiiiis (871 ) 77
Euryphai yngidfe (Faniily lxv) 57, 58
Eurypbarynx pelocanoides 58
euryatolo, Stolephonia (464) 38
enryatomua, Notropis (264)... 25
Euthynnus alliteratua (775) 69
pelamys (776) 69
evanai, Hybognatbus 21
Eventognathi 16
evergladei, Elaasonia (840) 76
evidea, Clinua (1462) 121
Hadropterua (905) 79
evolana, Halocypaelua (672) 60
Prionotua (1390) 115
Trigla 115
exaaperatus, Rhinobatua (61) 10
exciaua, Doryrhamphna 62
esignua, Stolephorua (467) 38
exile, Etheoatonia (942) 81
exilicauda, Lavioia (201) 20
exilifna, Exoctetua (073) 61
exilia, Hippogloasoidea ( 1608) 135
Notnrna (117) 14
Tyloanrua (661) 59
eximlns, Cyprinodon (548) 47
Exocoetua affinia 61
califoi-nicua (679) 61
exiliens (673) 61
furcatus (678) 61
gibbifrona (680) 61
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Exocoetua heterurua (077) 61
hillianua! 60
mclannrua 61
meaogaater 60, 61
obtuairostria 60
roberti 61
rondeleti (674) 61
vincignerraj (675) 61
volador 61
volitana (676) 61
Exogloasnm maxillingua (220) 22
extensus, Fundiilua (562) 49
faber, CbjEtodipteru'a (1197) 102
fabricii, Centroacyllium (18) 5
Macnirua 131
falcata, My cteroperca (978) 84
Seriola 72
falcatua, Labrua 97
Lacbnolsemua 97
fallax, Caranx 70
Fario 44
faaciata, Seriola (808) 72
faaciatum, Priatipoma 88
faaciataa, Achirua 137
Cremnobatea (1466) 121
Hadroptenia (906) 79
HeniiihanipLua 60
Larimua (1096) 94
Mnrffinoidea (1472) 122
Prionodea 83
Trachurua 72
Tracbynotua (802) 71
favoaua, Bleiiuiiis (1451) 119
fecundua, Catostonnia (167) 18
felicepf), Galeicbthya 15
felis, Galeicbthya (138) 16
feneatralia, Artediua (1307) 110
ferox, Bathyfaurua 39
Plagyodua (472) 38
Stomiaa (489) 41
ferruginea, Linianda (1618) 136
Fieraafer arenicola 126
dubiua (1524) 126
Fieraaferida; (Family CXLII) 126
flmbiia, Anoploporaa (1261) 107
Fiatularia depreasa (704) 63
sen ata (703) 63
tabaccaria (702) 63
Fiatulariida; ( Family LXXI) 63
tlabellare, Etheoatoma (923) 80
flageilaui, Saccopharynx 57
flammeua, Phoxiaua (403) 31
flaveacena, Sparisoma (1177) 101
flavidus, Apodichthya (1476) 122
Auloihynchua (706) 63
Sebaatichthya (1264) 107
flaviguttatum, Ha;mulon (1041) 89
flavilatua, Pomacentnia (1188) 102
■ flavipinnia, Hybognathua 21
flavolineatnm, Hsemulon (1045) 90
flavovittatua, Mnlloidea 93
Upeneua 93
flavua, Notnrua (119) 14
florealia, Platygloaaus 98
floridic, Jordanellii (544) 47
[157] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
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floridte, Siphoatoma (689) 62
floritlanus, Phycis (1544) 129
floripiuuis, Zygonectes (573) 49
fluviatilis, Dionda (208) 21
Hudsunius 24
fodiator, Tylosurus (055) 59
foetens, Syiiodus (477) 39
foiitioola. A.lvariu8 (946) 81
Microperca 81
fontinalis, Salvelinus (530) 44
foibesi, Cyprinella 24
foiniosa, Algansea 32
Heterandria (593) 50
Uranidea (1331) Ill
foiinosnluni, Campostoma (197) 20
formosus, Notiopis (251) 25
Serranua (961) 82
foisteri, Sphyrsena 65
francisci, Cestracion (15) 5
franklini, Uranidea (1330) Ill
frenicbundnni, Ilffiinulon (1049) 90
freniiiivillei, Myliobatis (94) 12
frenatiis, Balistes 140
Bracbyistius (1135) 96
fietensis.Xotiopis (230) 23
frigida, Muniana 24
frontalis var. (273?;) 26
fronto, Carcbarhinns (35) 7
Caicbarias 7
fncorum, Apodicbthys (1477) 122
Bleuuius 119
fulgida, Meda (423) 33
faliginosus, Cbilomycterus (1681) 141
fulvoniaculatum, Pristipoma 88
fulvus var 85
Enueacentrua (994) 85
Epinephelus 85
Labrus 85
Physiculns (1551) 130
fnnduloides, Pbosinus (369) Sfr
Fnndnlus adinia (565) 49
catenatus (569) 49
cingulatus 49
confluentus (564) 49
diapbanus (563) 49
extensua (562) 49
heteroclitua (566) 49
grandis (566 6) 49
majalia (557) 48
menona 49
nigrofasciatua 49
ocellaris (567) 49
parvipinnia (559) 48
aeminolis (561) 49
similia (558) 48
stellifer (570) 49
awampina 48
vinctaa (568) 49
xenicaa 48
zebrinus (560) 48
funebria, Gymnothorax 52
Murasna 52
Noturua (114) 14
Sidera (610) 5^
foTcatum, Ditrema (1147) 97
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furcataa, Exocoetus (078) 61
Tctalurua (135) 15
furcidens, C haracodon (555) 48
furcifer, Paranthiaa (973) 83
furva, Perca 82
furvus, Serranua (939) 82
fiiscuuj, Sipboatoma (092) 62
luscus, Bytbitea (1531) 126
fuaiionue, Etbeostonia (941) 81
fusiforniia, Buleusuma 81
Gadidas (Family cxi.v) 126, 128
Gadua callariaa (1556) 130
gracilis 130
navaga 130
ogac ( 1557) 130
gaiiuardianus, Mugil (716) 64
gairdneri, Salmo (524) 44
galacttirua, Notropia (262) 25
galeatua, Gyninacanthus (1349) 112
Galeichthya brandti (140) 16
lelicepa 15
felis (138) 16
guatemaleus'a (136) 15
platypogou (139) 16
aeemanni (137) 15
Galeocerdo maculatus (31) 7
tigrinua 7
Galeorbinidie (Family x) 6
Galeorhinua 6
zyopterus (30) 7
Galena 9
californicua (27) 6, 7
cania (20) 6, 7
doraalia 6
lanalatua (25) 6
maculatua 7
mnstelua 6
galena, Squalua 6
galtiaB, Phoxinua (374) . 31
Squaliua 31
Gambuaia affinia (588) 50
arlingtonia (587) 50
holbrooki 50
humilis (586) 50
nobilia (589) 50
patruelia (585) 50
aenilia (590) 50
gardoneua, Notemigonua (417) 33
ganuani, Lepomia (865) 77
Notropia (256) 25
Gaateroateidae ( Family lxxiv) 63
Gaaterostens aculeatns (713) 63
cataphractua (713 b) 63
atkinai(712) 63
(cuvieri?) wheatlandi (711 b). 63
(gymnurua ?) cuvieri (711) ... 63
microcephalus (710) 63
williamaoni (709) 63
Gastroatomna bairdii (649) 58
gelatinoanm, Melanoatigma (1521) 125
gelatinosua, Careproctua (1395) 115
gelidua, Hybopsia (341 ) 29
geminatua, Hypleurochilua (1449) 119
gemma, Hypoplectrua (970) 38
generosua, Pantoateaa (152) 17
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gentilis, Hypuoblounias (1443) 119
Genyonemns lineatiis (1098) 94
Qenypterus omoatijiraa 126
geonietricuH, Chilomycterus (1680) 141
};eorgianus, Scorpis 92
Genes aprion 95
caliiorniensis (1127) 95
cinereus (1126) 95
gracilis (1129) 95,96
pula (1128) 95
hoiuonymus 95
jonosi (1130) 95
lefroyi (1131) 95
lineatua (1123) 95
olisthostoma (1124) 95,96
peruvianns (1125) 95
plumieri (1122) 95
rbonibcus 96
Gerridze (Family cx) 95
pibba, Liparis (1399) . 115
gibbifrons, Exocoetus (680) 61
(ribbonsia 121
gibbosa 90
Mouiana 24
Perca 90
Kibbosum, Haemulon (1052) 90
gibboBus var. (545 b) 47
Cyprinodon 47
Lepomis (875) 77
Leuciscns 31
gigas, Stereolepis (975) 83
Gila affinis (361) 30
elegan8(358) 30
emorii (363) 30
gracilis (362) 30
grahami (360) 30
nacrea (364) 30
robusta (359) 30
seminuda (366) (365) 30
gilberti, Hy psoblennias ( 1444) 119
Kotropis (235) 23
Gillichthys mirabilis (1237) 106
Ginglymodi 13
Ginglymostoma 8
cirratnm (24) 6
Girardinns 50
Girella 92
nigricans (1068) 91
glaber, Pleuronectea ( 1623) 136
glaciale, M vctophum 40
glacialis, Plenronectes (1624) 136
gladins, latiophonis 67
Tyloaurua 59
Xipbias (757) 67
GlanioHtomi 13
glaucofijenum, Gobins (1234) 105
gliuicoatignia, Khinobatua (59) 10
glaucna, Carcbarhinus (32) 7, 8
Carcharias 7
Trachynotns (801) 71
globiceps, Coryphajna 73
Oligocottus (1364) 113
gloriosiis, Enneacantbna (850) 76
Glossaniia 92
glutinoaa, Myxine (2) 3
PftgO.
Glyphidodon declivifrons (1191) 102
saxatilis (1192) 102
troacheli (1192 6) 102
troscheli 102
Glyptocephalus cyi^oglosaas (1626) 136
zacliirus (1627) 136
Gnatbanodon 70
Gnathypopa maxillosua (1433) 118
mystacinus (1432) 118
rhoipalena (1431) 118
GrobiesocidsB (Family cxxix) 116
Gobiesox aduatus (1415) 116
eos (1418) 116
erythrops (1417) 116
mieandricns (1411) 116
rhessodon (1414) 116
strumoaua (1412) 116
virgatulus (1413) 116
zebra (1416) 116
Gobiidie (Family cxxi) 104
Gobio a^ativalia 29
plumbeua 29
gobioidea, Uypaicometes (1564) 131
Uranidea (1328) Ill
Gobiomorua dormitator (1217) 104
lateralis (1218) 104
Gobionellas 105
oceanicua (1235) 104, 106
atigmaticua (1236) 106
Gobiosoraa bosci (1243) 106
ceutbcBCum (1242) 106
histrio (1244) 106
io9 (1247) 100
longipinno (1246) 106
zosterurum (1245) 106
Gobins banana (1227) i05
boleesoma (1230) 105
encsBomus (1226) 105
glaucofrsenum (1234) 105
lyricus (1225) 105
nicbolai (1233) 105
sagittula (1229) 105
soporator (1228) 105
stigmalnrua (1231) 105
■wiirdemanni (1232) 105
goodei, Erimyzon 19
Halosaurua 41
Lncania (584) 49
Ptilichthys (650) 56
Spinivomrr (646) 57
gorbuacba, On< orhynchua (518) 43
goreensis, Trachynotns 71
gonani, LcpidojJKs 67
pracile, Boleoaoma 81
gracUiroatria, H istiophoms 67
gracilis, Diapterus 95
Gadua 130
Gerros (1129) 95,96
Gila(362) 30
Ilybopsis 28
Moniana 24
Phoxinua (383) 31
Platygobio (346) 29
Uranidea (1327) Ill
graellai, Ophidinm 126
[159] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
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grahami, GUa (360) 30
grandicomis, Scorpsena (1296) 109
graudis var. (566 b) 49
grandisquamia, Platy^lossiis 98
Upeneus (1081) 93
granalata, Kaia (C9) 11
grayi var 16
griReolineatnin, Siphostoma (684 ) 61
griseum var. (949 b) 81
griseus, Labnia 87
Lutjanus (1009) 87
gioenlaiidicura. Microstoma (494) 42
groenlandicus, Himantolophna (1649) 139
Gronias nigrilabris (121) 14
gi oulandicus var. (13.'i6 6) Ill
tronovii, Nomeua (815) 72
grnnniena, Aplodinotus (1083) 93
gnacamaia, Scarus (1180) 101
gnaguanche, Sphyraena (740) 65
guasa, Promicropa 84
gnatemalensia, Ariua 15
Ga]eichthy8(136)... 15
gula, Gerrea (1128) 95
Phoxinua (379) 31
golosa, Uranidea (1317) Ill
gnloeua, Chaenobry ttua (846) 76, 77
Lepidogobiua (1240) 106
gunelUfonnia, iluraenoidea 122
gannellns, Muraenoidea (1471) 122
gunnisoni, Cyprinella 25
gnntheri, Aapidopboroides (1372) 113
Hoplopagrus (1005) 86, 87
guttata, Coryphsena 73
Scorpsena (1294) 109
gattatna, Enneacentrus (992) 85
Epinephelua 84
Lampria (821) 73
Lntjann8(1011) 87
Percopsia (532) 44
TJpailonphoma (1429) 117
gnttifer, Ophichtbya (622) 53
gnttulata, Hypaopaetta (1613) 135
gazmanienais, Catoatomaa 17
Pantoatena (153) 17
Gymnacanthua galeatna (1349) 112
piatilliger (1348) 112
trlcnapia (1347) 112
Gynmelis stigma 125
viridia (1519) 125
GymnomurEena nectnra 51
Gymnotborax afer 52
f nnebris 52
gymnotborax, Thymallna 43
gyrans, Querimana (721) 64
gyrinns, NotTirus (111) 14
Gyroplenrodua 5
Hadropterua aapro (902) 79
anrantiacna (908) 79
cinereua (915) 79
cymatotsenia (910) 79
evidea (905) 79
faaciatna (906) 79
macrocephalns (900) 79
maculatua 79
niangaK) (911) 79
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Hadroptema nigrofaaciatns (907) 79
onachitsB (903) 79
peltatua (904) 79
pboxocephalna (901) 79
aciema (913) 79
aquamatus (909) 79
teaaellatna (914) .. 79
variatna (91:;) 79
haematura, Dionda (213) 21
Hsemulon acutum (1051) 90
aurolim atom (1042) 89
chryaopternm 89
elegana 90
flavignttatum (1041) 89
flavoliueatnm (1045) 90
fremebundum (1049) 90
gibbosum (1052) 90
jeniguano 89
maculicauda (1040) 89
plnmieri (1046) 90
rimator (1043) 89
scinma (1047) 90
acudderi (1050) 90
aexfaeciatnm (1053) 90
ateindacbneri (1048) 90
tseniatum (1044) 90
Haemulopsia 88
Halecomorpbi 13
Halieutipa aenticoaa (1654) 139
Halieuticbthy 8 aculeatua (1653) 139
Haliperct phcebe 83
halleri, TJrolophna (80) 11
Halocypselaa evolana (672) 60
Haloporphyrns roatratns 129
viola 129
Halosauridae (Family XLVI) 41
Haloaaurua goodei 41
macrochir (488) 41
oweni 41
hamatus, Icelua 110
Haplochilna chryaotna 49
melanopa 50
Haplomi 47
Harengula sardina 36
harengulua, Di.Tptenis 95
harengna, Clnpea (438) 35
Myxua 64
Qnerimana (720) 64
harfordi, PtychocMlus (356) 30
Harpe 97,98
diplotsenia 97
pectoralia 97
Harpodon 39
haatata, Trygon (86) 12
hayi, HybognathuB (217) 22
Hemiariua 15
Hemibranchii 62
Hemicaranx 70
hemigymnua, Argyropelecns (5.33) 45
Hemilepidotna hemilepidotna (1359) 112
jordani (1358) 112
spinoaus (1357) 112
hemilepidotna, Hemilepidotna (1359) 112
Hemirhamphns braailienaia 90
fasciatas 60
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Hemirhamphus picarti 60
pleci (668) 60
poeyi 60
richardi 60
robeiti(66C) 60
rosaiiCC?) 60
nnifasciatus (665) 60
HcmirhombuB ovalis 133
pwtuliiH 133
Hi'tuistoiua 100
llciiiilreniia vittata 22
Heniitripteru8ainericann8(1300) 109
cavifrons (1300 6) 109
cavifrona 109
henlei, Triacia (29) 7
beiislinlli, Zyironectes (572) 49
iii-iiHbavii, Apocope 28
beiisha wi, var. (525 d) 44
heiitzi, llysoblennius 119
Isosthes 119
hep.atus, Teuthi8 (1208) 103
heptagoiiHs, Hippocampus 62
Heptrancbias niacnlatus (13) 4
heraldi, Tefrodon 141
Heroscyanoguttatua (1182) 101
pavunaceus (1183) 101
lieios, Lepoiiiis (870) 77
Heterandiia fonuoaa (593) 50
occidentalia (594) 50
oramata (595) 50
heteroclituH, Fundiilus (566) 49
Hetenidon 5
heterodon, Notropia (226) 22
Heterodontua 5
Ilctprosomata 132
Hetcrost icbus 120
roatmtus (1463) 121
bctMurus, Exocoetiis (677) 61
Hrxapramniua aaper (1253) 106
decagrammns (1256) 107
oidinatus (1252) 106
8c;iber (1254) 107
snpcicilioaua (1255) 107
Uexaucbua coiimis (14) 4
Hexaneraatifhtbya 15
biana, Tyloauma (654) 59
Hiatulaonitia (1151) 97
billi.anuH, Exoccetna GO
Himantolophaa grrenlandicus (1649) 139
reiub.irdti (1650) 139
Hippocanipidse 62
Hippocanipua auti(|iiorum 62
heptagonna 62
hippocampus 62
hud&onius (698) 62
ingena (696) 62
pnnctulatua (697) 62
atyliier (699) 62
zostei SB (700) 62
bippocampns, Hippoc.impua 62
Hippogloasina macropa (1604) 135
Eippoglosaoides elaaaodon (1607) 135
exili8(1608) 135
jordani (1605) 135
plAteeaoidea ( 1606) 135
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hippogloasoidoa, Reinhardtins (1592) 133
Hippoglossua 135
hippoglossua (1591) 133
hippoglossua, Hippoglosaua (1591) 133
bippoa, Caranx (787) 70
hippurus, Corypbajna (822) 73
hirudo, PotromyzoD (9) 4
hinindo, Liocottua (1353) 112
biapidua, Mouacantbua (1664) 140
Ilistiobraiichua infernalis (041) 56
Uistiopboi'ua americanua 67
ancipitiTostris 67
gracilirostria 67
hiatrio, Etbeoatoma 78
Gobioaoma (1244) 106
Pterophrynoides (1640) 138
Ulocenti a (892) ... 78
Holacanthua ciliaiia (1205) 103
atiig-itus (1204) 103
tricolor 103
holbolli, Ceratiaa (1646) 138
holbrooki, Diplodua (1067) 91
Gambusia 50
Lepomia (873) 77
OphidioD (1526) 126
Holconotua agaaaizii (1140) 91
analis (1138) 96
•argenteus (1139) 96
ihodoterua (1141) 96
Holocentrida) (Family xcv) 75
Holocentruni ascenaione (834) 75
matejuelo 75
peutacauthum 75
auboTbitale (835) 75
Holocephali 12
Hololepia erocbrous 81
homonymus, Gerrca 95
Uoplopagrus giintbei i ( 1005) 86, 87
Hoploatetbua mediterraneua (833) 75
hoyi, Coiegonua(510) 43
TJranidea (1332) Ill
hud.sonia, Clupea 24
Hudsoniua euryopa 24
fluviatilis 24
hudaonina, Hippocampua (698) 62
Notiopia (246) 24
bumboldti, Pboxinus (373) 30
humeralis, Cbictodon (1202) 102
Chipca 36
Plat yglo.sans 98
humilis, Cottus (1341) Ill
Gambusia (586) 50
Lepomia (868) 77
Hybognathns argyritis (215) 21, 22
evansi 21
llavipinnis 21
bayi (217) 22
mei'ki (214) 21
nigrotaeniatns 21
nncbalia (216) 21
placita (216 6) 21
regia(216o) 22
osmerinus 21
placita 21
regiua 21
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H ybopsie 24
iBstivalia (340) 29
amblopd (331) 29
nibrifrons (331 b) 29
bifirattatus (328) 28
curuiDfci (329) 28
dissimilis (333) 29
fielidus (341) 29
gracilis 28
byostomus (337) 29
hypsinotns (332) 29
labrosus (336) 29
longiceps 23
marconis (339) 29
niouachus (334) 29
niontanus (338) 29
plumbeolus 26
storerianus (330) 28
tuditanus 22
volucellus 23
zaneiQiis (335) 29
Hyborbynchus confertus 22
superciliosus 22
Hydrargyra 48
Hydrolagus 12
Hy dropblox 26
Lydropblox, Tboxinus (370) 30
Hyodon aloHoides (430) 34
selenops (432) 34
tergisus (431) 34
HyodonlidsE (Family XXXVI) 34
Hyoprorns 54
lyostomus, Hybopsis (337) 29
Koconiis 29
JHypargynis tuditanus 22
Hypeuti'lium nigricana (171) 18
Hypetchoristus tanneri (490) 41, 42
E vptTotreta 3
Hy perprosopon 96
Byphalonedrus cha'ybeius (503) 42
Hypleurochilus geminatus ( 1449) 119
multifllis (1448) 119
Hy pocritichtbya 96
lypodus var. (778 b) 70
Decapterus 70
IHyponiesus olidus (501) 42
pretiosus (500) 42
Hypoplectrns gemma (970) 83
nigricaua (969) 83
HypoprioD 7,8
Jiypselopterus, Notropis (272) 25
Hypsicometes gobioides (1564) 131
Hypsilepis iiis 24
hypsinotus, Hybopsis (332) 29
-Hypsoblennius brevipinnis (1442) 119
gentilis (1443) 119
gilberti (1444) 119
hentzi 119
iouthas (1446) 119
punctatus (1445) 119
scrutator (1447) 119
Hypsopsetta guttulata (1613) 135
Hypsurua caryi (1143) 96
Hy psypopa dorsalia 102
-Hysterocarpns traski (1132) 96
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hystrix, Diodon (1678) 141
Icelinus qnadriacriatns (1309) 110
Icelus bicornia (1308) 110
bamatus 110
Ichtbyapua acutiroatris 52
aelachopa (612) 52
Icbtbyoniy zon 4
Icichtbys 104
lockingtoni (826) 73
Icistia, ScisEna (1088) 93
IcosteidjE. (Family xcii) 73, 104
Icosteua 104
a3Digmaticaa (825) 73
Ictalurua fnrcntua (135) 15
punctatus (134) 15
Ictiobua bubalna (146) 16
carpio (147) 16
cyprinella (144) 16
cyprinua (149) 17
urua (145) 16
velifcr(148) 16,17
biaon (148 6) 16
difformia (148 d) 17
tumidua (148 c) 16
illecebrosua, Alburnopa 23
Notiopia (229) 23,24
imberbe, Peristedinm (1383) 114
imberbis, Apogon (1073) 92
immaculfttna var. (530 b) 44
inconatana, Eucalia (708) 63
inermia var. (72 6) 11
Aapidopboroides (1370) 113
Lutjanus (1017) 87
infem.ili.'*, Hiatiobrancbua (641) 56
Murtena 52
ingena, Hippocampus (696) 62
Iniistius 100
mnndicorpua 100
Iniomi 45
Inopaetta 136
inornata, Raia(72) 11
inornatua, Microlepidotua 88
Orthopristis (1022) 88
Pomadasys 88
inscripta, Solea 137
inscriptum, Etbeostoma (919) 80
inscriptus, Achirus (1634) 137
insignis, Catostomus (169) 18
Noturus (118) 14
insolatus, Chromis (1195) 102
integripinnis, Cremnobatea (1468) 121,122
interraedias, Phosinns (389) 31
Sanrus 39
Synodus 39
interruptus, Aniaotromus (1036) 89
Arcboplitea (844) 76
Roccus (956) 82
intertinctus, Echiopsia 54
Ophichtbya (627) 53
Ophiaurua 54
intronigra, Dicrolene (1535) 127
inurus, Zygouectea 50
loa vigilis (884) 78
vitrea (883) 78
loglossas calliaras (1250) 106
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ionthas, Crrdale 126
nypsoblenniiifl (1446) 110
io8, Gubiusuuia (1247) 106
iowa;, Etheostoma (938) 81-
irideus var. (524 6) 44
Salnio 44
iris, Uypsilopis 24
isctinons, Stolephonis (462) 38
ischjra, IsopsutU (1C16) 136
ischyrns, Lepomia (856) 77
Paiopbrys 136
Isesthea hentzi 119
puDctatus 119
iaodou, Carcliaihinus (42) 8
IsoKomphodou 8
isoli^pia, laopsetta (1615) 135, 136
Isopaetta iacbyra (1616) 136
isolcpia (1615) 135,136
lao.spondy li 34, 45
Istiopborua arnerioanua (759) 67
gladiua 67
laiiropaia 9
Isnrua dekayi (50) 9
itaiara, Promicropa (976) 84
Serranua 84
Jackaoni, Ditrema (1145) 97
jacobi, Scuena (1089) 93
jacobua, My ripriatis 75
jack, Cottua Ill
japonicua, Tnchodon (1423) 117
jarrovii, Lepidomeda (422) 33
jejiinna, Notiopia (288) 26
jeinczauuH, Alburnellua 27
jenipuano, Hitiuulon 89
jesaise, Etbeostoraa (937) 81
Pdjcilichfhya 81
jocn. Lutjanua (1008) 87
Jubiiiua carutta 93
aatuinua (1092) 93
aaxalilia 94
joncal, Belono 59
Gerrea (1130) 95
Jordanella lioridse (544) 47
jordani, Heniilepidotus (1358) 112
Hilipo;;lossoidc8 (1605) 135
jospphi, Opbidium 126
jii^alia, Moniana 24
Julia lucaaaua 99
niaculipinna 99
purpurcua 99
julis, Labma 99
kennedy i. Trai-hynotna (799) 71
keniu'ilyi, Muxoatonia 19
kruuicDtti. CoreKonus (506) 43
kfta, Oucorbj ncbua (510) 44
kisutcb, Oufoibyuchua (521) 44
knbli, Sebasfea 108
ktinilieni var. (1320c) Ill
Kyphoaua analosua (1070) 92
sictatiix (1069) 92
labiatus, Catostouiua (1C2) 17
Labichtkya carinatna (644) 5C
elongatiia (645) 56
Labidfstbca aicciilua (728) 65
labraduricus, Curcgonua (509) 431
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labradoricua, Cottua (1338) Ill
Labridaj (Family cxii) 97
Labroaoruus nucbipinnia (1459) 120
xanti(1459 6) 120
xanti 120
zonifer (1460) 120
labroatia, Hybopaia (336) 29
Labrus antbiaa 83
falcatua 97
fulvua 85
priseua 87
)ulia 99
maximas 97
radiatna 98
I ufu» 97
lacera, Qn:<aailabia (194) 20
lacertosus, Notropia (285) 26
Lachuolamua falcatua 97
maximua (1152) 97
suillua 97
laciniata, Menidia (729) 65
Lactophrya 139
Lwmonema barbatula (1549) 129
lajtabilia, Moniana 24
laevipatna, Lagocepbalna (1669) 140
Isevia, Kaia (75) 11
Lagocepbalua Itevigatna (1669) 140
Lagodon 91
lalandi var. (805 6) 71
Seriola 71, 72
lampetrfeforniia, Leptoblennins (1494) 123
lamia, Carcharbinua (38) 8
Carchariaa 8
Eulamia 8
lamiella, Carcharhinaa (39) 8
Lamna caudata 8
cornubica (51) 9
Lamnidte (Family XIV) 9
Lampetra 4
I.ampvididiP (Family Lxxxix) 73
Larapria guttatua (821) 73
lanccolata, Sciiena (1080) 93
lanccolatum, Brancbioatoma (1) 3
lanceolatua, Equea (1094) 94
Lai'imua brevicepa (1097) 94
faaciatua (1096) 94
lat«!ral«', Ditrema (1144) 96
lateralia, Alvariua (913) 81
Artediua (1305) 110
Cbaracodon 48
Diabasis 90
Gobiomorua (1218) 104
Pbilypiiua 104
Ilicbardsoniua (420) 33
laticeps, Ai'tobatia 12
Atbcrina 65
Stoa.-^odon (93) 12
latifaaciatua, Cyjuinodon (549) 47
latifrona, Anarrhicbaa (1500) 123
Dormitator (1224) 105
Elcotria 105
Noturus (115) 14
Latili.bc 104
Lutilu.s 104
atiiiiBDa. MuUieneaia (591 ) 50
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latipinnis, Catostomng (157) 17
Zauiolepis (1258) 107
latu8, Caraux (786) 70
lauit-tta;, Coregouus (r)l2) . 43
Lavinia f xilitauda (201) 20
lefroyi, Diapterus 96
Encinostomus 96
Gerres (1131) 95
Leiins percifoiniis (820) 73
letumoui, Squalius 31
lentipinosiis, Khinobatus (60) 10
leuniiia. Moniana 24
leoninus, Notropis (248) 24
leopardiuus, Antennarina 138
Platophrys (1577) 132
Rhouiboidiihthys 132
Lepidogobins guloaus ( 1 240) 106
lepidna (1238) 106
newbeiT.vi (1239) 100
thalassinus (1241) 106
Lepidomeda jarrovii (422) . : 33
vittata (421) 33
Lepidopsetta bilineata (1617) 136
Lepidopus candatus (762) 67,68
gouani 67
Lepidostcida' (Family xxviii) 13
Lepidosteus 0886118 (107) 13
platystomus (108) 13
spatula. 13
tristccchua (109) 13
lepidum, Etheostoma (935) 81
lepidus, Lepidopobius (1238) 106
Notropis (254) 25
Lepomis albnlus (872) 77
aquilensis (867) 77
auritus (863) 77
bombifrons 77
cynnellus (853) 77
elongatua (859) 77
euryorus (871) 77
garmani (865) 77
gibbosus (875) 77
beros (870) 77
bolbiooki (873) 77
huinilis (868) 77
ischyrus (856) 77
lirus 77
macrochirus (857) 77
marginatus (866) 77
megalotis (864) 77
miniatus (862) 77
murinus (860) 77
mystacalis (858) 77
notatus (874) 77
pallidus (869) 77
pheDax (855) 77
pnnctatus (861) 77
symmetricus (854) 77
leptacantbns, iXoturus (112) 14
Leptagonus 114
decagonns 113
Leptarius 15
Leptoblennius lanipetncformis (1494) 123
nubilus (1492) 123
serpentinna (1493) 123
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Leptocardii 3
Leptocephalns morrisi 55
Leptocliuus maculatus (1488) 123
Leptocoitus armafus (1356) 112
Leptopliidium profuudorum (1530) 126
Leptops olivaiis (120) 14
leptorhyncbuiu, Siphostoma (688) 62
Leptoacopida; (Family cxxxil) 117
lepturua, AnaiTbichaa (1501) 123
Trichiurus (760) 67
Letharchus velifei (613) 52
letbostigma, Parnlichtbys (1597) 134
leucichtbys, Stenodua 43
leuciodus, Notropis (289) 26
Leuciacua bubalinus 25
gibbosus 31
lutreDsis 24
leuciacua. Poinadasys (1027) 88
leucopua, Rhamphoberyx 76
Leucos 32
leucoateus, Calamiis (1059) 91
leucoatictus, Pomaoentma (1185) 101
leucota'nia, Pholidichthya 123
Lencua dimidiatus 32
oli vaceus 52
Leurostbes tenuis (727) 65
libertate, Opistbonema (452) 37
libertatis, Clupea 37
Meletta 37
Limanda aspera (1619) 136
beani (1620) 136
ff riugiiica (1618) 136
liinbat us, CaicbarbinHS (41) 8
limi, Umbra (596) 50
lineata, Coryphaina lOO
Scia;ua 82
Trigla 115
lineatua var 115
Achirus 137
Esox 50
Genyonenius (1098) 94
Gerres (1123) 95
Phoxinus (382) 31
Pbtheiricbthys (751) 66
Pleurouectes 137
Roccns 82
Tetrodon 140
Sy richt hys 1 00
Zygonectes (574) 49
lineolata, MollieDesia 50
lineolatum var. (923 c) 80
lineopinnis, Mura^na 52
Liocottus bii undo (1353) 112
liolepis, X\streury8 (1603) 135
Lioperca 85
liorus, Chasmiste.s (172) 18
Liostomus santbiirus (1095) 94
Liparidae (Family cxxvii) 115
liparina, Amitra 115
Monomitra (1394) 115
Liparis calliodon (1404) 115
cyolopns (1405) 115
gibba (1390) 115
liparis (1401) 115
arctica (1401 6) 115
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Lipiiiis major (1397) 115
montaguei (1403) 115
mucosa (1406) 115
pukb.-lla (1398) 115
ranula (1402) 115
tunicata (1400) 115
liparis, Liparis (1401) 115
linis. Lepouiis 77
Xotropis (302) 27
Httoralis, Carcharias (49) 9
Menticirrus (1105) 94
lifmosus, Diodon (1679) 141
3ivi(ltis var. (127 b) 15
liza, Miigil 64
Lobotcs surinamenais (1002) 80
Loliotidaj (Family civ) 86
lo.Uin;:toni, Icichthys (826) 73
loiichiira, OpisthoRnathus (1435) 118
loD^a, Trygon (88) 12
loiifiiceps var. (233c) 23
Hy bopsis 23
lon^rieolli.s. Myrophia 54
longidens, Caulolepis (829) 74
longiiiiana, Eulamia 8
lougimanus, Squalus 8
Hongipinne, Gobiosoma (1246) 106
longirostria, Catostomns 17
Enleptorhamphus (669) 60
Maltbo 139
Notropis (231) 23
longurio, Carcharhinua (43) 8
Carcharias 8
loiipus. Ophisurna 53
Lophiidee (Family CXLIX) 138
lophins piecatorius (1 639) 138
radiatus 139
vespertilio 138
.1ophiu8, Amiarus 15
X.opliobranchii 61
■Lopbolatilus chamjeleonticeps (1214) 104
lota lota maculosa (1542) 129
Jlotn, Lota(1.542) 129
I^oti-IlaraaxilIari8(]552) 130
schlegeli 130
T.otin?e 128
louisianae, Siphostoma (691) 62
Lucanta goodei (584) 49
parva (583) 49
venu8ta(582) 49
luca.sana, Julia 99
lucasanum, Tbalaasoma (1166) 99
hu'fna, Ceraticbthys 24, 48
lucin'. Zyponectea (581) 49
liH-idus, Luxilua 26
Stolcpborus (470) 38
hiciofops, Synodus (480) 39
lucius. Eaox (600) 51
Ptycbncbilua (357) 30
ludiliundus. Notropis (255) 25
lugubrosua, Esox 50
lumbricua, Myropbia (629) 54
LumpcnuH anguillaris (1490) 123
lumpenus (1491) 123
modiua (1489) 123
lumpenus, Lumpenus (1491) 123
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lumpua, CycloptLTus (1410) 116
luniilatus, Galeus (25) 6
Mubtelus 6
lupus, Amiurua (130) 15
* Auarrbicbas (1498) 123
lusca, Cy clotbono (537) 46
lutea, Perca (947) 81
luteovinctum, Etbeostoma (930) 80
Intipinnis, ^Notropis (279) 26
Opistbopterus (454) 37
Pristigaster 37
Lutjanua 86
analia (1014) 87
aratus (1016) 87
argeutiventris (1006) 87
blackfordi 87
caxia(]007) 87
Colorado (1015) 87
griseus (1009) 87
gnttatua (1011) 87
inermis (1017) 87
jocii (1008) 87
novemfasciatas (1010) 87
prieto 87
steamsi 87
synagria (1012) 87
vivanas (1013) 87
Lutodeira 35
lutrensia, Leuciscus 24
Notropis (249) 24
luxatua, Chasmistes (174). 18
Luxilinus occidentalis (416) 33
Lnxilus 26, 33
chickaaavensis 25
lucidus 26
selene 24
Lycencbelya paxilloides (1508) 124
paxillus (1507) 124
verrilli (1509) 124
Lycocara parrii (1520) 125
Lycodalepis mucoaua (1516) 125
polaris (1,'318) 125
turner! (1517) 125
Ly codes 125
coccineus (1515) 124
esmarki (1511) 124
murajna 124
nobulosua (1.314) 124
paxillua 124
reliculatns (1512) 124
8cminudu8(1513) 124
vabli (1510) 124
Lycodidiii (Family fxxxix) 124,125,126
Lycodonus miraliili,-* (1506) 124
Lycodopsis paciflcua (1504) 124
paucidcna (1505) 124
lyiiceum, Etbeostoma (917) 80
Lyomeri 57
Lyopaetta 135
lyricus, Gobius (1225) 105
Lythrulou 89
Ly tbrunis 26
lythrurus var. (276 6) 26
Notropis 26
macarellas, Decaptenis (778) 70
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roacollus, Prionistius (1355) 112
maokayi, Siphostoma (693) 62
niackenzici, Steuoilus (517) 43
niaclura, Pteroplatea (83) H
macracanthus, Pouiadasys (1033) 89
niaci'oceph;jlua, Hadi-optenis (900) 79
luacrochilua, Catostoninsi (163) 17
niaeiochir, Ualosaurus (4s8) 41
niacrocliinis, Leponiia (857) 77
ilacrodouopbis mordax 53
macrolepidotHin, Moxostoma (185) 19
macrolepidotus, Engiaulis 37
Notropis 26
Pogonicbthys (350) 30
Stolephorus (458) 37
niacrophthaluia, (Hnpea 36
luaciophthalmus, Anthias 86
Priacanthna 86
maciopoma, Centropristis 82
iiiacrops, Citbarichthys (1586) 133
HippoKlo.ssiua (1604) 135
macroptoras, CcDtraichna (841) 76
Macrorbampboaidas (Family LXX) 62
Macrorbaniphoaus scolopax (701) 62
macrostoniua, Xotropis (257) 25
Maciuridse (Family CXLVI) 131
Macrurus 129
acrolepis (1569) 131
asper(1572) 131
bairdii (1571) 131
berglax (1568) 131
carminatus (1570) 131
fabricii 131
rupestris 131
macrums, Opbicbthj's (623) 53
maculaiius, Cyprinodon (552) 47
maculatum var. (885 d) 78
Aulo3toma(705) 63
Boleosoma 78
Cynoscion (1120) 95
Etheostoma (921) 80
maculatns, Alvordius 79
Apogon (1074) 92
Bothus (1576) 132
Cryptacantbodes (1497) 123
Dormitator (1223) 105
Galeocerdo (31) 7
Galeus 7
Hadropterus 79
Heptrancbias (13) 4
Leptoclinus (148S) 123
JJotropis (225) 22
Ehypticus 86
Scomberomorus (767) 68
Upeneiis (1079) 93
macalicauda, Htemulon (1040) 89
maculipinna, Julis 99
Platyjilossus (1161) 99
maculocinctus, Cbsetodon (1199) 102
maculofasciatus, Serranus (967) 83
maculosa var. (1542) 129
maculosus, Oligocottus (1363) 113
mseandiicns, Gobieeox (1411) 116
majalis, Fundulus (557) 48
major, Liparis (1397) 115
I Makaira nigricans
Malaoautbidii' (Family cxx).
Malacaut bus
Malacosteus niger (49'J)
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67
104
104
42
nialigcr, Sebasticbtbys (1287) 108
Mallotus villosus (405) 42
malma, Salvclinua (529) 44
Maltbo cubifrons 8, 139
clatei(1652) 139
longiiostris 139>
radiata 8
vespeitilio (1G51) 139
radiata (1651 6) 13»
Maltbidc-e (Family CLii) 139
mauatinua, Barathrodemus (1534) 127
Mancalias uranoscopus (1647) 138
manitou, Pcrciua 79
Manta biroslria (97) 12
marconia, Hybopais (339) 29
margaritatua, Poricbtbys (1420) 116
margaiitna, Pboxiiius (378) 31
marginata, Uranidea (1325) Ill
marginatum, Opbidiou ( 152.3) 12t>
marginatus, Dinomaticbthys (1532) 127
Lpponiia (K6P) 77
marinus, ^lurichtbys (141) IG
Petromyzon (11) 3,4
Sebastea ( 1 262) 107
Tylosuiua (OGO) 59
marmorata, Pteroplatea (84) H
marmoratus var. (125 c) 15
Amiurus 15
Ciemuobates (1465) 121
Scorpainicbthys (1361) 112
Marsipobrancbii S
martinicus, Upeneus ( 1080) 93
Mascalougus 51
Mastacembelida) ... 58
matejuelo, Ampbiprion. — 75
Holocentrum 75
matotinus, Notropia (301) 27
matzubara;, Sebastichtbya (1275) 107,108
Maurolicus boreiilis (487) 40
maxillaria, Lotella (1552) 139
Mura'Doides (1474) 122
maxillingua, Exoglossura (220) 22
maxillosus, Gnatbypops (1433) .. 118
maximus, Cetorbiuus (53) 9
Labrus 97
Lacbnolaemus (1152) 97
Maynea 125
mazatlana, Seriola (806) 72
Solea 137
mazatlanna, Achims (1633) 137
Meda argentiaaima (424) 33
fulgida(423) 33
medlocris, Clupea (443) 36
mediroatris, Acipenser (103) 13
mediterraneua, Hoplostetbus (833) 75
medius, Centropomua 82
Lumpenus (1489) 123
Stromateus (817) 73
meeki, Hybognatbus (214) 21
megacephalua, Chitonotua (1310) 110
megalepis, Doratonotns 99
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [166]
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Me^alopB atlanticuR (434) 34
notata 36
o^lina 36
niegalops, Albumcllus 26
Cyprinas 26
Notropifl (273) 26,27
Trychero'lon 33
Jiiepalotis, Loporaia (864) 77
>loHniphac8 74
iii(laiii>;;astcr, Pleuronectes 134
Mflanoiiiaiiinius a^gleflnus (1555) 130
melaiiopoiiia, Polynenius 66
nielauopa, Dionda (206) 21
Ilaplocbilus 50
Minytvema (177) 10
Sphasticblhys (1265) 107
ni.li-nostictus. Psettichthye (1609) 135
Melanostisnia gelantinoanm (1521) 125
inilaimra, Notta.stoma 54
nielaniiriini, Nettastoma 55
niclanunis, Exocoetus 61
Tiiela.s, Aniiiirus (124) 14
nielastoinus 6
Mclctlalibprtatis 37
:M.llit..spapilio (1360) 112
Mt-nidia audens (732) 65
beryllina (733) 65
bosci 65
l;iciniata (729) 65
niouidia (734) 65
notato (731) 65
ppninsuloe (735) 65
vagrau.s (730) 65
menidia, Menidia (734) 65
ruenona, Fundulus 49
Mentioirrus 33
alburnus (1109) 04
elongatus (1106) 94
littoralis (1105) 94
nasus(llll) 94
nrbiilosus 94
panamensis (1110) 94
saxafilis (1108) 94
imdiilatud (1107) 04
iiK'iidionalis var. (1320/) Ill
iiieiki. Coregonus (511) 43
MpiIuc iu8 biliueaiis (1505) 131
nierlucius (1566) 131
productus (1567) 131
ni(']Ui<i>is, Merlncins (1566) 131
iiieHoniin var. (885/) 78
iiies(>gai>ter, Exdca-tiis 60, 61
Paiexocopt ns (671) 60
MpBogiiiiistiHs cba^todon (852) 76
WcMoiniou argcntivcutris 87
canipecbanus 87
vi vanns 87
nictallica, Agosia (323) 28
nictallicns, Notropis (303) 27
mfxicrinmn, Dorosonia (456) 37
Tiiiircliiis, Stolopbonis (468) 38
MiiTis!cidu8 punctatu.s (54) 10
niicrocephalus, Gasteiosteus (710) 63
Somuiosus (17) 5
Miciodesmus dipuB (1522) 125. 126
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Microdesmus retropinnis 126
microdon, Pseudotriacls (23) 6
Paondotrakis 6
Microgadua proximus (1559) 130
toincod (1560) 130
Microlepidotus inornatua 88
microlepidotus, Orthodon (200) 20
Piionurua 103
microlepia, Mycteroperca (979) 84
Micronietrus aggrcgatua (1137) 96
microneraus, Periatedion 114
Microperca fouticola 81
micropbthaluiii.s, Dormitator 105
Micropogon ectenea (1100) 94
undulatua (1099) 94
micropogon, Ceraticbthys 28
microp.s, Caulolatilua (1216) 104
Cottnnculua (1303) 110
Microptema doloiuiei (877) 77
aalmoidea (876) 77
micropteryx, Xotropia (311) 27
micropua, Etrurueua 35
microstlginius, Myropbia 54
Micrcstorna groenlandicum (494) 42
microstomus, Citharichthys (1589) 133
Minuilua 23
niilneri, Nocoinis 29
Pagellua 91
luilnerianus, Pboxinua (404) 31
miniatum, Periatedium (1382) 114
miniatiia, Leponiia (862) 77
Sebaaticbthys (1274) 108
Miiiiellns 26
rulnima, Abeona(1133) 96
Minnilua 22
dinemna 27
diplasmiua 26
microatomua 23
nigripinnia 26
rubiipiuuis 27
minur, Auarrhicbas (1499) 123
minuta, Urauidea (1322) Ill
Miny tieuia luelanopa (177) 19
niiiabilis, Clupea (439) 35
Gillicl.thya (1237) 106
Lvcodonus (1506) 124
Pbenacobiua (316) 27
niiasuiicnaia, Cliola 23
mitchilli, Stolopborus (466) 38
mitia, Bali.stes 140
niitinia, Xotiinis (116) 14
Opbicbtbys (019) 53
modestua, Aiiisotremua 89
Pboxinua (401) 31
Paeudnjulia (1165) 99
Mola mola (1683) 141
uiola, Mola (1683) 141
Molacantbus iiiiniinidaria 141
ilollienesia latipinna (591) 50
lineolata 50
mollis var. (1635 b) 137
Molva iiiolva (l.')53) 130
molva, Molva (l.')53) 130
Monacanthua ciliatua ( 1663) 140
davidaoni 140
[167] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
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Monacanttans hispidus (1664) 14o
occideutalis 140
puUus (IGG6) 140
splloDOtus {1665) 140
mouacbns, Hybopsis (334) 29
luome, Stepbanoberyx (828) 74
Mouiana 24
aurata 25
complanata 24
couchi 24
delicioaa 23
frigida 24
gibbosa 24
gracilis 24
lajtabilia 24
leonina 24
nitida 23
proserpina 25
puk'hella 24
rutila 24
Monochir pilosus 1 37
reticulatus 137
Mouolene sessilicaiida (1630) 136
ilononiitra liparina (1394) 115
monopterygius, Aspidophoroides (1369) 113
rieuro<Traramu8 (1251) 106
montagaei, Liparis (1403) 115
moutauus, Hybopsis (338) 29
Pboxinus (372) 30
Mora 129
loordax, Crotalopsis 53
Macrodonopbis 53
Ophicbtbys 53
Oamerns (498) 42
Sidera (607) 51
nioringa, Sidera (611) 52
morio, Epiuepbelus (983) 84
Moroue 82
moiTisi, Leptocepbalas 55
Motella septentrionalis 128
Moxostoma album (182) 19
anisurum (190) 19,20
aureolum (186) 19,20
bucco 19
cei-vinum (192) 20
claviformis 19
congestum (188) 19
conus (189) 20
core;:onus (181) 19
crassilabre (187) 19
kennerlyi 19
macrolepidotum (185) 19
duquesnei (185 b) 1 9
papillosum (178) 19
pidienae (180) 19
pcecilurum (191) 20
tbalassinum (183) 19
valenciennesi (184) 19
velatum (179) 19
mucosa, Liparis (140(5) 115
mucosus, Lycodalepis (1516) 125
Xipbister (1481 ) 122
mucronatus, Xeocouger (033) 54
Mugil albula 64
brasiliensis 64
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Mugil cepbalus (715) 64
cbauos 35
curema (717) 64
gaimardianus (716) 64
liza 64
saliuoueus 35
trichodon (718) 64
Mugilidas (Family lxxv) 64
miilleri, Myctopbum (485) • 40
Salmo 40
Scopelns 40
MuUidif. (Family CVIII) 92
Mulloidea flavovittatna 93
MuUus barbatus auratus (1078) 92
multifasciata, Adiuia (556) 48
multifasciatus, Antbiaa (971) 83
Prouotogrammua 83
multifilia, Hypleurochilus (1448) 119
mult iguttatum, Plectropoma 84
multiguttatna, Alpbestes (991) 84
niundicepa, Xyricbtbys (1169) 100
mnndicorpua, Iniiatius 100
Kovacula 100
Xj'ricbthys (1170) 100
mnndua, Dactyloscopns (1424) 117
Muraina afra 52
dovii 51
funebris 52
inferDalis 52
lineopinnia 52
pinia (605) 51
pintita 51
retifera (604) 51
muroona, Lycodes 124
Muranesox conicepa (635) 55
Muricnida? (Family l.vill) 51
Mura;noblenna nectura (603) 51
olivacea 51
Mura-noides dolichogaater (1475) 122
faaciatua (1472) 122
guntjlliformia 122
gunnellus (1471) 122
maxillaris (1474) 122
ornatna (1473) 122
murinus, Lepomia (860) 77
Muatelus lunulatns 6
mnatelus. Galena 6
Squahis 6
Mycteroperca bonaci (980) 84
xanthosticta (980 6) . . 84
falcata pbenax (978) 84
microlepis (979) 84
rosacea. (977) 84
venenosa (981) 84
Mj-ctophum boopa (486) 40
crennlare (484) 39
miilleri (485) 40
my drua, Cyprinodon (553) 47
MyUobatidse (Family xxiii) 12
My liobatis californicns (95) 12
fremiuvillei (94) 12
Mylochilua caurinus (352) 30
Myloleucus 32
parovanus 32
thalasainus 32
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [168]
Pago.
Mylopharodon conocephalus (353) 30
myojjs, Synoilus (48J) 39
Myricbthys tifrriinis (628) 54
MyiiolcpiszoTiiiVr (12G0) 107
Myriopristis occiilcutalis 76
poucilopus 76
Myriprist is Jacobus 75
occidentalis (836) 75
poDcilopua (837) 75
Myropbis egniontia (062) 54
longicollis 54
lunibricua (629) 54
microst igmius 54
pnnctatus (630) 54
rafer (631) 54
iiiystacalia, Leporais (858) 77
mystacinus, Gnatbypops (1432) 118
iiiystinus, Sebasticbtbya (1267) 107
Myxine glutinosa (2) 3
Myxinifla; (Family ii) 3
Myxodagnus opercularis (1427) 117
Myxodes 117
Myxus barengua 64
nacrea, Gila (364) 30
uamaycusb, Salvolinus (526) 44
Nanno8toinus 80
nanoniyzoD, Catostomns 17
Nanostomaelogans 80
Narcine brasiliensia (78) 11
corallina(786) 11
nmbrosa (79) 11
naresi, Salvelinus 44
uai'iDari, Stoasodon (92) 12
nasus, Menticinus (1111) 94
Umbrina 94
nasutxis, Agonostomus (722) 64
Tracbynotus 71
natiilis, Aiuiurus (127) 15
Naucrates 69
ductor (803) 71
Echeiieis (750) 66
Nanticbtby 8 oculofasoiatus (1367) 113
Davaga, Gadus 130
Pleurogadus (1558) 130
nebularis, riatopbiya (1578) 132
nebulifer, Catoatoiuua (158) 17
Serranna (968) 83
nebulosa, Apboriatia (1638) 137
nebnlosus, Amiiirua (125) 14, 15
Lycodes (1514) 124
Menticirnis 94
Scbastichthys (1289) 108
nectnra, Gyrunouiui ffsua 51
Mnrwnobleiina (603) 51
nelaoni, Coregonus (507) 43
Nematistius 69
pectoralis (811) 72
Numatognatbi 14
Neiiiichthyida3 (Family I-Xlii) 56
Nomicbthys avocetta (643) 56
scolopacens (642) 56
Neoclinus blancbardi (1458) 120
satiricus (1457) 120
Neoconger mucronatua (633) 54
neogaeus, PboxinuB (402) 31
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Neoliparia 115
nepbelus, Tetrodon (1673) 141
nerka, Oucorbynchua (522) 44
Nestis 64
Nettaatoma molaniira 5
raolanurum 55
proccrum (634) 54, 55
Netuma 15
novisenae, Etbeostoma 79
uewberryi, Lepidogobius (1239) 106
niangua;, Hadropterua (911) 79
nicbolai, Gobina (1233) 105
niger, Aatroneatbes (493) 42
Cbiaamodon (1437) 119
Cottua (1345) Ill
Malacosteus (492) 42
Petromyzon 4
Pboxinus (392) 31
nigra, Etbeoatoma 78
nigrescens, Centropomua (951) 82
Corypbaena 82
Phoxinua (400) 31
Tigoma 31
nigricans, Amiurna (132) 15
Catostomus 18
Giiella (1068) 91
Hypentelium (171) 18
Hy poplectrus (909) 83
Makaira 67
nigrilabris, Gioiiiaa (121) 14
nigripinnia, Coregonua (514) 43
Minnilna 26
Rbypticua (999) 86
nigrirostris, Cbietodon (1203) 102
Sarotbrodiia 102
nigritua, Epineplit-liis (982) 84
nigrocinctua, Sebasticbtbya (1291) 108
nigrofaaciatus, Fiindulun 49
Hadrojiterua (907) 79
nigrotaeniatua, Hybognatbua 21
nitida, Moniana 23
nitidus, Notropla (232) 23
Pomadaaya (1029) 88
Salvelinus 44
nivcatus, Epinepbi'lus (986) 84
niveiventria, Amiurna (131) 15
nivcus, Notropis (265) 25
nivipea, Embleiuaria (1456) 120
nobile, Cynoaciou (1112) 95
nobilior, Esox (601) 51
nobilis, Conorton (1020) 88
Gambusia (589) 50
K'ocomis 28
byoatomiia 29
niilnpri 29
nocomis, Notropia (237) 24
noctnrnua, Noturua (113) 14
Nomeidaj (Family LXXXVII) 72
Nomena gronovii (815) 72
nonnalis, Basaozetus (1536) 128
notabilis, Argv reua 28
NotacautbidiO ( Family LXVII) 58
Notacantbua analia (053) 58
cbemnitzi (651) 58
phaaganorua (652) 58
[16yJ CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
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Notarius 15
notata, Cyprinella 25
Megalopa 36
Menidia (731) 65
iiotatum, I'nstipoma 89
notatus, Lepomis (874) 77
Notropis (258) 25
rimephales (219) 22
Porichthys 116
Tylosui ua (658) 59
Zygonectes (576) 49
^otcniigonus cbrysolencns (418) 33
bosci (418 b) 33
gardoneus (417) 33
■Nothouotus 80
iiotlium, Oynoscion (1115) 95
Notidauidas (Family v) 4
Notogranijuus rothrocki (1487) 123
Notoilij'uchus 4
Notosema dilecta 134
notospilot us, Artedius (1306) 110
notospilus. Pseudojnlis (1164) 99
Notropis 21
alabaniie 27
altipinnis (291) 26
amabilis (292) 26
amarus 24, 28
analostanus 25
anogenus (227) 23
ardens (296) 26
atiipes (296 c) 26
cyanocephalus (296 d) 26
lythmrus (296 6) 26
ariouiiuus (286) 26
atherinoides (308) 27
bellus (300) 27
bitVenatus (224) 22
bivittatus (295) 26
blennius (244) 23,24
boops (243) 24
bubalinus (253) 25
callisema (2.J2) 25
callistius (266) 25
camurus (263) 25
cercostigma (260) 25
stigmaturus (260 b) .. 25
chalybeeus (282) 26
chiliticus (281) 26
chloristius (269) 25
chlorocephalus (280) 26
chlorus (239) 24
chrosomus (283) 26
coccogenis (274) 24,26
coeruleus (268) 25
comalis (240) 24
deliciosus (233) 23
longiceps (233 c) 23
stramineus (233 6) 23
volucellus (233 d) 23
dilectus (309) 27
domuinus (312) 27
eurystomus (264) 25
formosns (251) 25
fretensia (230) 23
galacturus (262) 25
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Notropis ganiiani (256) 25
gilberti (235) 23
heterodon (226) 22
hudaonius (246) 24
amarus (246 6) 24
hypselopterus (272) 25
illecebro.sns (229) 23,24
jejunua (288) 26
lacertosna (285) 26
leoninus (248) 24
lepidus (254) 25
lenciodus (289) 26
lirua (302) 27
longirostris (231) 23
ludibuudus (255) 25
Intipinnis (279) 26
lutrensis (249) 24
lytbrunis 26
macrolepidotus , 26
macrostomus (257) 25
maculatiis (225) 22
matntimis (301) 27
megalopa (273) 26, 27
cyaneus (273 c) 26
frontalis (273 6) 26
metallicus (303) ^ 27
micropteryx (311) 27
nitidus (232) 23
niveua (265) 25
nocomis (237) 24
notatus (258) 25
ornatus (247) 24
pheiiat'obius (238) 24
photogenis (305) 27
piptolepis (241) 24
procne (234) 23
proserpina (250) 25
punctulatua (298) 27
pyrrhomelas (271) 25
roseipinnis (299) 27
rosoua (277) 26
rubricvoceua (278) 26
rubrifrons (310) 27
scabriceps (287) 26
scepticua (304) 27
8cylla(236) 24
simus (245) 24
socius (293) 26
spectninculus (229) 23
spilui-us (290) 26
stilbius (307) 27
stramineus 23
swaini (294) 26
telescopua (306) 27
timpanogensis (313) 27
topeka (242) 24
trichroistius (267) 25
umbratilis (297) 27
venustus (259) 25
•whipplei (261) 25
xaenocephalus (284) 26
xaiDurus (270) 25
zonatus (275) 26
zonistius (276) 2&
Noturua elassochir 14
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [170]
Pftge.
Noturns eleu'tberjis 14
exilis (117) 14
flavus ai9) 14
funebriH (114) 14
pyrinns (111) 14
insisnis (ll^") 14
latifrons (115) 14
leptaciintlins (112) 14
niiuruK (IIB) 14
nocturnus (113) 14
Novactila nnindicori>u8 100
Xovaciiliibt h ys calloaoma 100
uoveiiifasciatus, Lutjanus (1010) 87
noveiiiiniliata, Agosia (324) 28
BOX, Civmnobates (14C9) 121,122
nnbila, Agosia (326) 28
Apocope 28
Cliola 21
Dionda (212) 21
uubiliiH, Leptoblennins (1497.) 123
nucliali.s, .Khirichtbya 16
JIvb.)giiiithu8 (216) 21
nucliipinnis, Labrosomus (1459) 120
uumniiilai'is, Molacanthus 141
obesa. Alganaea (40C) 32
obesus, A uiiurus 14
Enneacautluis (849) 76
Phiixinus (386) 31
oblon^ra, Platessa 134
oblongiis var. (1766) 19
Paralichthys (ICOO) 134
Pleuroueotes 134
Pseudorhombua 134
obscuratim, Poniacentrns (1184) 101
obscunis, Carcbaihinns (33) 7
©btuairoatris, Exocoetus 60
occideutalis, Catostonma (164) 17,18
Heteraudria (594) 50
Luxilinna (416) 33
Luxilus 33
Monacautbus 140
Myriopriatia 76
My ripi iat is (836) 75
Torpedo (76) 11
occipitalia. Scorpa-Da (1298) 109
oceaiiicna. GobionoUns (1235) 104, 100
occllaris, Funduhia (567) 49
Platcaaa 134
Pseudoihonibus 134
ocellita, i::iia (64) 11
Sciajna (1091) 93
Sidcra (609) 51
ooellatus var 138
Auarrbiclitbj'8 (1502) 123
Antennaiiii.s (1G42) • 138
C'ba;todoii (1200) 102
Citbarichthys (1579) 133
Opbicbthya (021) 53
llhombua 132
Zcuopsis (827) 74
•octodecimsi)inoau8, Cottua (1333) Ill
tictofilia, Polyneraus 66
•octoucniua, Polyncmna (746) 66
oculdfaseiatus, Nauticbthya (1367) 113
Ocynrua cbryaunis (1018) 87
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Odontaapididaj (Family xiii) 9
Odontaapia 9
taurus 7
Odontopyxis triapinoaus (1378) 114
oeratedi, Selene (792) 71
ogac, Gadua (1557) 130
oglina, Megalopa 36
oglinuin, Opiathoncma (451) 36
olferai, Argyropelecua (534) 45
Pleurotby ria 45
olidus, Hypomeaua (501) 42
Oligocottua analis (1362) 113
globicepa (1364) 113
maciiloaua (1363) 113
Oligoplites 70
altna (812) 72
saunis (813) 72
oliatboatoma, Gerres (1124) 95,96
olivacea, Alganaea (412) 32
Muraenoblenna 51
olivaceus, Leucua 32
olivaria, Leptopa (120) 14
olmatedi, Boleoaoma (885) 78
olriki, Aspidophoroidea (1371) 113
onimata, Heterandria (595) 50
onioatigma, Genypterua 126
Otopbidium (1529) 126
Oncorhy nchua gorbuacha (518) 43
keta (519) 44
kiantcb (521) 44
nerka(522) 44
tcbawy tcba (520) 44
Oneirodes eschrichti (1648) 139
Oniuae 128
onitia, Hiatula (1151) 97
Onosenais (1539) 128
reinbardti (15^8) 128
rufua (1540) 128
septentrionalia (1541) 128
ontariensia var. (516 {)) 43
Tbyniallua 43
opercularia, My xodagnna (1427) 117
Polynenius (745) 66
Stolepbonis (459) 37
Ophichthya 52
chryaopa (624) 53
giittifer (022) 63
intertiiictus (627) 53
macrurua (623) 53
miurus (619) 53
mordax 53
ocellatus (021) 53
pnnctifer 53
schneideri (626) 53
tiiserialis (620) 53
xystunis 53
zoi)lioibir (G25) 53
Opbidiidaj (Family rxi.iii) 126
Opbidion beani (1527) 126
holbrooki (1526) 126
marginatum (1525) 126
Opbidium graellai 126
joscpbi 126
pairii 125
Opbioblenniua webbi ( 1438) 119
[171] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Opbiodon elongatus (I'.'oT)
Ophisuniphia
Opiiisurus acuuiinatua (617)
intertinctus
longn8
xystums (618)
opbryas, Paralichthys
Prionotns (1387)
Opisthiiitbri
Opitstliognthidas (Family cxxxiv)
Opisthognathus
lonchnra (1435)...
punctata (1436)...
rhonialenb
scaphiura (1434). .
0])istlioiui
Opi.sthonema libertate (452)
oglimini (451)
Opistlinptorus Intipinnis (454)
OpsoiiU'odus eiuilia' (415)
oqua-i.sii, Salvelinus (527)
Orc>iins alalonga (773)
thjTinus (774)
oriT.nntu8, Hesngramiuus (1252) ..
oriMs, Chiosonius (203)
orugDuen.'iis, Ptycbochilus (354) . .
ornata var. (67)
O'natuui, Campostoma Q95)
oiiiatiis. Cocblognatbu8 (221)
MursBuoitles (1473)
Notropis (247)
Orniclithys
orqueta, Cbloroacombrus (795) . . .
Oitbagoriacida) (Family CLVii)
Oitbagoiiseus
Ortbodon microlepidotus (200) ...
Oiibopristis brevipiuuis (1023). ..
cantbarinus (1024) ..
chalceus (1025)
cbrysopterus (1026) . .
inomatus (1022)
Ortbostoecbus
osculii, Agosa (327)
osculus Argyreus
osnieiinus, Hybognatbus
Osmerus attenuatns
dentex (499)
luordax (498)
thaleicbthy s (497)
osseus, Lepidosteus (107)
osteocbir, Rbombochirns (755) ...
Ostiac'ndaB (Family cliii)
Ostracion quadricornis
tricorne (1G57)
trigonum (1656)
triquetiam (1655)
otboiiopterum, Cynosfion (1116) . .
Otolitbua reticulatus
Ot' pbidium omostigma (1529)
tayiori ( 1528)
otryntor, Caranx
ouacbitre, Hadropterus (903)
ovalis, Citbaricbtbys (1581)
Hemirhombus
Sebasticbthys (1269)
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107
52
53
54
53
53
. 134
115
4
. 118
. 104
. 118
118
118
. 118
58
37
36
37
33
44
69
69
. 106
20
30
11
20
22
122
24
114
71
. 141
. 141
20
28
28
21
42
42
42
42
13
66
139
139
139
139
139
95
95
126
120
70
79
133
133
107
Page.
oxygenonioa, Epinepbelus 83
Oxygeneum pulverulentum (198) 20
Oxyjulia 99
Osylebius pictus (1250) 107
oxyrhynchus var. (101) 13
Tetrodon 141
ozarcaniira var. (885 e) 78
paciflcna, Cynicoglossus (1028) 136
Lycodopsia (1504) 124
Thaleitbtbys (496) 42
paetulns, Citbaricbtbys (1580) 133
Heiuirbombus 133
Pagellus milnori 91
peniia 91
pagrus, Sparua (1054) 90
pallidus, Lepomis (869) 77
Platygobio 29
Pomotis 77
palmipes, Prionotns (1385) 114
paluatris, I'a'cilicbthya 81
panaiuensis. .lElurichtbys (142) 16
Caranx 70
Citbaricbtbys (1582) 133
Menticirrua (1110).
Poraadnsys (1031) .
Umbrlna
pandionia, Apogon (1077)
pandora, Phoxinua (377)
Pantosteus bardua
delpbinua
generosus (152)
guzmanieusia (153) .
platyrbyncbna
plebeina (151)
vireacena
94
89
94
92
31
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
papilio, Melletes (1360) 112
papillifer, Cbologaater (543) 47
papillosum, Moxostonia (178) 19
paradoxus, Paycbrolutea (1302) 109
Paralabrax 83
ParalepididaB (Family XLIII) 38
Paralicbtbys 135
adapersus (1594) 133
albigntta (1598) 134
califomiou.s (1595) 133
dentatus (1596) » 134
letbo,stigma (1597) 134
oblongua (1600) 134
opb ryaa 134
squamilentus (1599) 134
Parantbias fuicifer (973) 83
parasiticus, Simencbelys (639) 56
pardus var. (1419 6) 116
Pareques 94
Parexocoetua meaogaster (671) 60
parietalia, Coliscua 22
parmatus, Setarcbes (1299) 109
X)armifera, Raia (70) 11
Paropbrys ischyrus 136
vetulua (1614) 135
parovana, Algansea (409) 32
parovanus, Myloleucus 32
parrii, Lycocara (1520) 125
Opbidium 125
paru, Stromateus (816) 72
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [172]
Pago.
parva, Lucania (58^) 49
parvipinnc, Cynosciou (1117) 95
j;thf08tonia (931) 80
parvipinnis, yuudulua (559) 48
pationua var. (453 b) 37
patiiu'lis, Gambusia (585) 50
paiuidons, Lycodopsis (1505) 124
])aucispinia, Sebastodes (1263) 107
pavo, Xyriclithys 100
pavonaceu.s, Hcro8 (1183) 101
paxilloidea, Lyccnchelys (1508) 124
paxillua, Lycenchelys (1507) 124
Ly codes 124
pectiiiatus, Pristis (56) 10
pectoralis, Bodianus (1155) 97
pectoralis, Dactyloscopus (1425) 117
Dallia (602) 51
Harpe 97
Nematistius (811) 72
Pcdiculati 138
pedimainla, Centropomus (952) 82
pelani> s, Euthynnus (776) 69
pelecanoides, Eurypharynx 58
pellncida, Ammociypta (880) 77
pellucidus, Dclothyris (1629) 136
Thyiis 136
peltatuni, Etheustoma 79
peltatua, Hadropterus (904) 79
peninsulae, Menidia (735) 65
peiina, Calamus (1060) 91
Pagellus 91
pennatnla, Calamus 90
pen8acola\ Clupea (449) 36
pcntacanthuni, Holocentrum 75
Perca ascenslonis 75
cbrysoptera 88
furva 82
gibbosa ■ 90
lutea(947) 81
philadclphica 92
saxatilis 82
sectatrix 92
septentrionalia 82
trifurca 82
tmimaculata 91
variabilis 108
venenosa 84
Percesoces 64
Percidaj (Family xcix) 77
pficiformis, Lcinis (820) 73
Percina caprodes (899) 79
zebra(8996) 79
maniton 79
percobromus, Albumellus 27
Percomorphi 66
Peroopsidte (Family L) 44
Percopsis gutt;itus (532) 44
perfasciatus, Engraulis 38
Stolephorus (463) 37, 38
Peristedion microDemus 114
Peristedium imberbe (1383) 114
miDiatura (1382) 114
perrico, Scarus (1181) 101
perrottetii, Pristus (57) 10
personatns var. (747 6) 66
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perthecatas, Stolephorus (461) 87
peruvianas, Geixes (1125) 95
Petrometopon 85
Petromyzon bairdii 4
bdellium (8) 4
lastaneus (10) 4
hii-udo (9) 4
marinus (It) 3,4
dorsatus (116) 4
niger 4
plumbeus 4
Petromyzontida; (Family iv) 3
petrosus, Serranus 84
petus, Acanthocyblum 68
Cybinm 68
Phanerodon 97
Pharyngognatbi 66
phasganorus, Notacantbus (652) 58
Phenacobiua catastomus (317) 27
mirabilis (316) 27
teretulus (315) 27
uranops f 318) i . . 27
phenacobius, Notropis (238) 24
phenax var 84
Lepomis (855) 77
philadelpbica, Perca 82
pbiladelphicuH, Si-rranus (960) 82
philippi, Cf stracion 5
Philypnus lateralis 104
pblebotomiia, Acanthurus 103
phlegethontis. Phoxinus (405) 31
phlox, Ulocentra (889) 78
phcBbe, Centropristis 83
Haliperca 83
Serranus (964). 82
Pholidicbthys anguilliformis (1495) 125
leucotaenia (123) 123
Pholis IIO
Photogenis piptolepis 24
stigmaturus 25
photogenis, Kotropis (305) 27
Phosinus 27
alicia? (390) 31
ardesiacus (376) 31
atrarius (395) 31
bicolor(385) 31
coeruleus (398) 31
conformis (384) 31
conspersus (393) 31
cooperi (399) 31
copei(39r) 31
crassicauda (394) 31
crassus (397) 31
crnorens (375) 13
egregius (381) 31
elongatns (366) 30
estor (368) 30
flammena (40S) 31
funduloides (369) 30
galtia>(b74) 31
gracilis (383) 31
gula(379) 31
bumboldti(.^73) 30
hydropblox (.370) 30
intei-medius \389) 31
[173] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
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31
31
31
31
30
31
31
31
31
31
31
Phoxinus lineatus (382)
margaritus (378)
niilneriauiis (404)
modestus (401)
montanus (372)
ncogseuB (402) .•-
niger(392)
nigrescens (400)
obesus (38C)
pandora (377)
phlegethontis (405)
pnlchellua (388) 31
palcher(380) 31
purpureas (387) 31
squamahis (396) 31
t8enia(371) 30
vandoisulua (367) 30
phoxoccphalus, Hadropteras (901) 79
Phtheirichthys lineatns (751) 66
Phycis chesteri (1548) 129
chuss (1546) 129
earlli (1545) 129
floridanus (1544) 129
regias (1543) 129
tenuis (1547) 129
yarrelli 129
Thy siculus dalwigkii 130
fulvu8(1551) 130
ph Ysignathus, Cooesius (345) 29
picarti, Hemirhamphus 60
Picort'llns 50
pittiiratus, Trachurus (779) 70
pictus, Chaunax (1645) 138
Oxylebins (1259) 107
piciula, Sphyricna (741) 65
pidiensp, Moxostoma (180) 19
Pil.'orua zebra 79
piliisa, Solea 137
pilosns, Monochir 137
Trichodiodon (1677) 141
PiinelepteridaB 92
Tiiuelepterns analogus 92
bosci 92
Pimelodus catulas 14
Pimflonietopon 98
Pimephales notatus (219) 22
promelas (218) 22
confertus (2186) 22
pingeli, Triglops (1354) 112
pinuatus, Synaphobranchua (640) 56
pinniger var. (851 6) 76
Sebastichtbys (1273) 107,108
pinnimaculatus, ^luiichthys (143) 16
pinuulatus, Elagatis (810) 72
piuta, Murfcna (605) 51
piutiia, Muraena 51
piptolepis, I^otropis (241) 24
Photogenis 24
piscatorius. Lophius (1639) 138
Pisces 4
pisonis, Eleotris (1220) 105
pistilliger, Gymnacantlius (1346) 112
jituitosus, Rhypticus 86
jplacita var 21
Hy bognathua .' 21
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Placopbarynx carinatus (193) 20
plagiusa, Apborietia (1637) 137
Plagopterus 33
Plagyodus ajsculapius (473) 38
borealis (474) 38
ferox (472) 38
Plfltessa oblonga 134
ocellaris 134
platessoides, Hippoglossoides (1606) 135
Platicbtbys 136
Platopbrys 133,136
leopardinus (1577) 132
nobnlaris (1578) 132
platycephalus, Amiuriis (123) 14
Cottus (1343) HI
PlatyglossuB bivittatus (1159) 98
caudalis (1160) 98
cyanostigma 98
dispilus (1163) 99
florealis 98
grandisqnamis 98
huineralia 98
maculipinna (1161) 99
radiatua (1158) 98
semicinctua (1162) 99
Platygobio gracilis (346) 29
pallidas 29
platyodon, Carcbarhinua (36) 7
platypogon, Ariua 16
Galeichthya (139) 16
Platyrbinoidia 10
plat jThyncbus, Pantoatena 17
Scaphirbynchops (106) 13
Platyaomaticbtbya 133
platyfitomus, Lepidoateua (108) 13
plebeina, Pantoateus (151) 17
Plectognatbi 139
plectrodon, Porichtbya 116
Plectromaa crasaioeps (831). 74
suborbitalis (830) 74
Plectropoma multiguttatum 84
pleei, Hemirbampus (66b) » 60
Pleuracromylon 7
Plenrogadus navaga (1558) 130
Pleurogrammus monopteryglus (1251) 106
Pleurolepis asprellus 78
Pleuronectes acbirus 137
americanus (1625) 136
dentatus 134
glaber (1623) 136
glaciaUa (1624) 136
lineatus 137
melanogaster 134
oblongus 134
quadrituberculatus (1622) 136
stellatus (1621) 136
PleuronectidsB (Family cxlvii) 132
Pleuronicbtbys coenosue (161L') 135
decurrens (1610) 135
verticalis (1611) 135
pleuropbtbalmus, Antennarius 138
Pleurothyris olfersi 45
plumbea, Chimicra 12
plumbeolus, Hybopsis 26
plumbeum, Zopbendum (205) 20
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [1 74]
Page.
pliunbeus, Conesius (344) 29
Gobio 29
Petrorayzou 4
plumieri, Genes (1122) 95
Htemulon (1046) 90
Polyilactylus 66
Rcon>a;na (1295) 8,109
plutonia, Kaia (08) 11
Pneuniatopborus 68
pneumatophorus, Scomber 6''
Podotliocus 113
acipenserinus (1381) 114
decagonus (1379) 114
Tulaus (1380) 114
Poecilia couchiana (592) 50
PoecUichtbys 80
atprigenis 81
beani 78
borealis 80
butlerianus 81
caiMUius 80
eos 81
jessiae 81
paliistris 81
punctiilatus 80, 81
qniescens 81
sagitta 80
sanguifluus 80
swaini 81
vulneratus 80
zonalis 80
poecilopus, Myripristia (837) 75, 76
Rhatnphoberyx 76
pcEcilurum, Moxostoma (191) 20
poijyi, Hemirbampbus 60
Pogonias cbromis (1084) 93
Pogonicbthy 8 arpyriosns 30
luacrolepidotus (350) 30
synimetricus 32
polaris, Cottus 110
Lycodalepia (1518) 125
Polistotrenia dombeyi (3) 3
politus, Seripbus (1121) 95
Tetrodon (1670) 140
Pollacbius cbalcogrammua (1562) 130
saida (I5G3) 130
vireus (1561) 130
pollicaiis, Uranidea (1324) Ill
polyacantbocopbalns, Cottus (1337) Ill
polyactocepbalus, Bleuniua 122
Cbiiolopbus (1470) 122
Poly dactylua plumieri 66
polylepis, Balistes (1661) 140
Sebastes 108
Polynemid* (Family l.xxvill) 66
Polyucraua approxiuiaus (744) 66
melanopoma 68
octotilis 66
oetonemus (74(i) 66
opereubiris (745) 66
virgin iciia (743) 66
Polyodou Hpatbula (lOU) 13
Polyodoutida; (Family xxvi) ;.. 13
Poly prion americanus (974) 83
Pomacantbodes 103
Pomacantbua arcuatua 105
anreua (1207) 103
baltoatus 103
creacentalis 103
zonipectua (1200) 103
Pomacentridnc ( Family cxiv) 101
Pomacentrua analigutta 102
caudalia (1186) 101
flavilatns (1188) 102
leucoatictiia (1185) 101
obseuratus (1184) 101
quadrigutta(1189) 102
rectifrwnum (1187) 102
rnbicundiia (1190) 102
Pomadasys axillaris (1030) 88
branicki (1032) 89
cajsiub 89
canthariniia , - . 88
elongatus (1028) 88
inornatas 88
leuciacua (1027) 88
macracantbns (1033) 89
nitidus (1029) 88
panamcnsis (1031) 89
PomatomidJB (Family lxxxvi) 72
Pomatomua aaltatrix (H14) 72
Pomatoprion bail dii 102
Pomolobns 36
Pomotia aquilenaia 77
pallidus 77
pomotia, Acantharcbua (847) 76
Pomoxys anuularis (842) 76
sparoides (843) 76
ponderoaus, Aniiurus (133) 15
Poricbthyamargaritat.ua (1420) 116
notatus 116
plectrodon 116
porosiasimna (1421) 116
Poromitra capito (832) 75
Poronotus 73
porosissimns, Porichthys (1421) 116
Potamocottua Ill
Potamorrhapbis 59
powoUi, Balistea (1660) 140
prfficisua, Eumeaogrammua (1484) 122
pretiosus, Hypomeaua (500) 42
Priaeantbidiu (Family cm) 86
Priacantbua arenatua 86
catalufa (1000) 86
macropbthahnus 86
prioto, Lutjauua 87
princepa, Caulolatilua (1215) 104
Prioiii.stiua macellus (1355) 112
Prionodea 82
fasciatus 83
Prionotusalatua (1386) .. 114
evolaua (1390) 115
lineatua 115
palmipea (1385) 114
punctatua 114
ophry as (1387) 115
sanitor 115
scitulua (1384) 114
stearnai (1388) 115
stepbanopbry s ( 1392) 115
[175] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
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Prionotus 8trigatu8 (1391) 115
tribulus (1389) 115
I'rionurua luicrolepidotus 103
punctatus (1211) 103
Pristididse (Family xviii) 10
Priatigaater lutipiuula 37
tartoor 37
Priatiponia brevipiniie 88
f'aaciatuiu 88
fulvomaculatum 88
notatnm 89
Pristis pectinatus (56) 10
perrottetii (57) 10
Proait hri 4, 5
probatocephahis, Diplodns ( 1066) 91
proboscideus, Cha;nomugil (719) 64
proceruui, Nuttastoma (634) 54, 55
pi ocue, Notiopia (234) 23
pio(luctu8, Alepocephalua (428) 34
Eucinostomns 96
Merluciua (1567) 131
Rbinobatus (58) 10
picBliaris, Alvarius (944) 81
profundovum, Leptophidium (1530) 126
prolixum var. (196 b) 19
promelas, Pimephalea (218) 22
Pioinicrops guasa 84
itaiara (976) 84
Proniicropteiua 86
decoratus 86
Pronotograinnius miiltifasciatns 83
l)roridei)8, Calamus (1055) 90
proriger, Sebastichtb ys (1270) 107
Sebastodea ■ 107
proserpina, Mouiana 25
Notropis (250) 25
Pi'osopium 43
Pi ospinus 84
prosthemiua, Ceratichthys 29
proathiatina, Aniiurua 15
Protopoiua 27
proxinins, Microgadus (1559) 130
Psettichtbya melanoatictua (1609) 135
Pseudariua 15
pseudogula, Eucinostomua 95
pseudohispanica, Clupea (441) 36
Pseudojulis moilestiis (1165) 99
notospilua (1164) 99
Paeudopleuronectes 136
Paeudopriacanthus altus (1001) 86
Pseudopristipoma 89
Pseudorhombus dentatns 134
oblongas 134
ocellaria 134
Paeudoacarus 100
Pseudotriacis miciodon (2S) 6
Pseudutriakia inicrodon 6
Psilonotidse 141
Psilonotua punctatiasimus (1676) 141
psittacua, Coryphfena 100
Scarua 100
Xyricbthya (1168) 100
Psychrolutes paradoxua (1302) 109
Pteraclis carolinua (823) 73
Pteropbrynoides bistrio (1640) 138
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Ptcroplatea crebrlpunctata (82) n
maclura (83) U
marmorata (84) u
Ptilichthyida} (Family lxvi) 58
Ptilicbthya goodei (650) 58
Ptychocbilua harfoidi (356) 30
lucius (357) SO
oregonenais (.«64) 30
rapax (;t55) . 30
Ptychoatomna albidua 10
puellaria, Coaayphiia 9&
Decodon (1156) 98
pngetcnsia, Chitonotue (ISll) no
pulchella, Liparis (1398) 115-
Muuiana 24
pulcbellua, Pboxiuus (388) ai
pulcber, Pboxiuua (380) 31
Trochocopua ( 1 157) 9S
pullua, Monacantbus (1666) 140
pulvenilentum, Oxygeneam (198) 20
punctata, Corypha-na 73
Opiathognathua (1436) IIS
punctatissimua, Psilonotua (1076) 141
Tetiodon 141
punctatua var 85
Ap'Wonodon 8
Decapterus (777) 60
Deniiatok-pia (995) 85
Hypsoblcnnins (1445) 119
Ictalurua (134) 15
laesthea 119
L^pomia (861) 77
Micriatodua (54) 10
Myrophia (630) 54
PridDotus 114
Prionurua (1211) lOS
Sijnalua 8
Sticbii'iia (1486) 122
punctifer, Ophichth j-a 5S
punctifera, Dionda (207) 21
punctipinne, Siphoatoma (682) 61
punctipinnis, Cbromia (1193) 102
punctulata, Coryphaina 73
Uranidea (1318) Ill
panctalatum, Etbeoatoma (933) 80
punctulatus, Alvariua (945) 81
Hippocampus (697) 62.
Notropia (298) 27
Poecilichtbys 80,81
pungitiua, Pygoateua (707) 63;
purpuratus, Salmo (525) 44
puriiureum, Thalaasoma 90
purpureus, Julia 90
Phoxinus (387) 31
Pusa radiata 99
putnami, Cottogaster (806) 78
pygmsea var. (596 6) 50
Pygoateua pungitiua (707) 63
bracbypoda (707 c) 63
concinuna (7076) 63
py rrbomelaa, Notropis (271) 25
quadracua, Apeltea (714) 63
quadricornia, Cottua (1340) Ill
Oatracion 139
quadrifasciatua, Chasmodes (1440) 119
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [176]
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<luadrifllis,Cottus (134G) Ill
•quadrigutta, Pumaccntrus (1189) 102
<luadrilateraliM, Coivgonua (505) 43
<luadriloba, llhinoptera (90) 12
<juadripiuni8, Salarias 120
quadiiseriatus, Iceliuus (1309) 110
•qnadritiiberculatus, Pleiironectps (1622).... 130
<luadrocellata, Ancylopsetta (1601) 134
■Qnassilabia lacera (194) 20
■Querimaua gyrans (721) 64
harengus (720) 64
■quiescens, Etheostoma (940) 81
Poecilichthys 81
Tadialis, Centropristis 82
Scnanus (962) 82
radians, Spari.sonia (1174) 100
xadiata v.ar. (1651 6) 139
Maltho 8
Pusa 99
Raia(65) 11
radiatiis, Labrns 98
Lophius 139
Platyglosans (1158) 98
Sparua 98
Haia aikleyi ornata (67) 11
binoculata (74) 11
eglanteria (66) 11
erinacea (63) 11
grannlata (69) 11
inornata (72) 11
inermis (72&) 11
lsevis(75) 11
ocellata (64) 11
parmifera (70) 11
plutonia (68) 11
radiata (65) .• 11
rhina (73) 11
stellulata (71) 11
Tlaiie 10
JSaiida* (Family xx) 11
laji, Brama (824) 73
ranulii, Liparis (1402) 115
Hanzania trnncata 141
Tapax, Ptychocbilus (355) 30
rastrclli^er, Scbasticlitliys (1285) 108
Tectifra'Dimi, Pomacentrns (1187) 102
regale. Cvuostion (1113) 95
regal is, Soomberomoma (768) 68
Tegia var. (216 c) 22
regiuis, flybognathua 21
Phycis (1543) ... 129
reinhardli, Careproctns (1396) 115
Himantolophus (1650) 139
Onos (1538) 128
Reinbardtins bippoglossoidea (1592) 133
Kcmoia albescens (754) 66
brachyptera (753) 66
reniora (752) 66
reniora, Remora (752) 66
Reniceps 8
reticulata, Solea 137
reticulatuni, Cyiioscion (1119) 95
reticulatua, Chilomycterua (1682) 141
Eaox (599) 50
Lycodea (1512) 124
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reticulatas, Monochir 137
Otolithua 95
retifer, Scylliorbinua (22) 5
retifera, Muraina(604) 51
retropinnis, Catostomus (159) 17
Microdesmua 126
retrosella, Amia 92
Apogon (1075) 92
Rhacocbilustoxotes (1148) &7
Rhaniphoberyx leucopus 76
poecilopua 76
Ehamphocottns richardsoni (1368) 113
Rhegnopteri GO
rbessodon, Gobiesox (1414) 110
rbina, Raia (73) 11
Rhinichthys atronasus (321) 28
cataractse (320) 27,28
dulcia (3206) 27
transmontanns (320 e) 28
dulcis 28
transmontaaus 28
RhinobatidsB (Family xix) 10
Rhinobatus exasperatus (61) 10
glaucostigma (59) 10
lentiginosua (60) 10
productus (58) 10
triseriatns (62) 10
Rhinodontida; (Family xvi) 10
Rhinogobiua 105
Rhinonemus cimbriua (1537) 128
Rbinoptera quadriloba (ti6) 12
Rhinotriacis 7
rhodochloris, Sebastichthys (1280) 108
rhodopus, Tracbynotns (798) 71
rhodorus, Ascelichthys (1301) 109
rhodoterus, Ilolconotus ( 1141) 96
rhomaleus, Gnathypops (1431) 118
Opistbognathiis 118
Squaliia 31
rhombens. Genes 96
Rhombochinis oateochir (755) 66
rhomboides, Diplodus (1064) 91
Tracbynotns (800) 71
Rhomboidiebthys leopardinus 132
Khomboplites 87
aurorubens (1019) 88
Rhombus 72
ocellatus 132
rhothea, Uranidea (1316) 110
RbothcEca 80
RhypticidiB. (Family cii) 85
Rhypticua bistrispinns (998) 86
maculatus 86
nigripinnis (999) 86
pituitosiis 86
8apoiia(<us (996) 85
xanti (997) 85
ricei, Uranidea (I3l;5) 110
licbardi, Hemirbampbua 60
richardsoni, lUiampliocottns (1868) 113
rranide8'(1320) Ill
Richardaouius balteatus (419) 33
lateralis (420) 33
rimator, Hamulon (1043) 89
ringens, Stolephorua (457) 37
[177] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
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Tlngens, Sudis (475) 38
riverendi, Cyprinodon (546) 47
Trifarcins 47
rivoliana, Seriola (809) 72
ri\-ulatu8, Cirrhites (1072) 92
Cirrhitichthys 92
Tobalito, CeDtropomus (953) 82
roberti, ExocoBtiis .-.. 61
Hemirhamphua (666) 60
robusta, Gila (359) 30
R0PCU8 americanus (957) 82
chrysopa (955) 82
interruptus (956) 82
lineatna 82
septentrionalis (954) 82
Roncador atearnsi (1085) 93
roncador, Umbrina (1101) 94
rondeleti, Exoccetus (674) 61
rosacea, Mycteropcrca (977) 84
rosaceua, Bricbyistins (1136) 96
Sebaatichthya (1279) 108
rosse, Hemirhamphus (667) 60
roaeipinnis, Notropia (299) 27
roseus, Cryptotonins 100
Xotropia (277) 26
Toaipea, Xyrichthys (1171) 100
roatratavar. (638) 55
Anguilla 55
Antimora 129
rostratus, Brachyopsia (1374) 113
Haloporphyms 129
Hetero|Uchn8 (1463) 121
Tetrodon 141
Totbrocki, Notogrammua (1487) 123
riibellme, Albumua 27
rnber var. (994) 85
Sebastichthys (1276) 108
Tubicundna, Acipenser (104) 13
Pomacentrns (1190) 102
rubricroceus, Xotropia (278) 26
rubrifrons var. (331 b) 29
Notropia (310) 27
Zygonectes (571 ) 49
rubripinna, Cyprinella 25
rabripinnia, Argyrens 27
Minnilna 27
rubrovinctua, Sebastichthys (1283) 108
iiifolineatTini, Etheoatonia (922) 80
Tufua, Bodianus (1153) 97
Labrna 97
Onos (1540) 128
Tupestre, Etheostoma (929) 80
rupestria, Ambloplites (845) 76
Coryphaenoides (1573) 131
Macrurus 131
Xiphiater (1482) 122
Rnpiscartes atlanticus (1455) 120
chiostictns (1454) 120
rutila, Moniana 24
Kntilua storeriamis 24, 28
sabina, Trygon (91) 12
sabuTTfE, Chasmodes (1441) 119
Saccopharyngidae (Family LXIV) 57
Saccopharynx ampullaceus (648) 57
flagellum 57
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sacer, Anthiaa 83
sagax, Clupea (440) 36
aagitta, Etheostoma (927) 80
Poecilichthya 80
Tylosurua (659) 59
Tyntlaates (1249) 106
sagittnla, EuctcDOgobiua 105
Gobius (1229) 105
saida, Pollachiua (1563) 130
Salar 44
aalar, Salmo (523) 44
Salariaa alticua 120
* atlanticua 120
chioatictua 120
quadripiunia 120
Salmo gairdneri (524) 44
irideua (524 b) 44
irideua 44
miilleri 40
purpuratua (525) 44
bouvieri (525 6) 44
henahawi (525 d) 44
apilurus (525 «) 44
stomias (525 c) 44
ealar (523) 44
sebago (523 6) 44
aalmoidea, Micropterua (876) 77
salmonoua, Chanoa 35
Kbox 50
Mugil 35
Salmonidffi (Family XLIX) 42,43
saltatrix, Pomatomus (814) 72
saladanna, Albnrnopa 24
Salvelinns arcturus (528) 44
fontinalia (530) 44
immaculatns (5306)... 44
malma (529) 44
nnmaycush (526) 44
siscowet (526 6) 44
nareai 44
DJtidaa 44
oqnaasa (527) 44
stagnalia (531) 44
eanguiflaas, Poecilichthya 80
aanguineua, Anteunariua (1643) 138
eapidissima, Clupea (446) 36
aaponaceua, Anthiaa 85
Khypticua (996) 85
aara, Cybitun 68
Sarda chilenaia (772) 69
8arda(771) 69
sarda, Sarda (771) 69
sardioa, Clupea (447) 36
Harengula 36
Sardinia 36
Sargus caribEBUs 91
nnimaculatna 91
Sarothrodaa nigrirostris 102
aarritor, Prionotua 115
satiricus, Neoclinua (1457) 120
eaturnns, Johniua (1092) 93
Saurida 39
Saarua anolis 39
intermedius 39
spixianus 39
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [178]
eannis, EIops (43:<) 34
OligoplitcB (813) 72
Scoiiibeiesox (CG3) 60
saxatile, Et)iooHtonia (928) 80
eaxatUis, Glyphidodon (1192) 102
Johnins 94
Menticirrus (1108) 94
Perca 82
Bayiiiiiis, AphreiloJerns (838) 76
sayi, Tryfton (87) 12
Bcaber, Uexagrainiuns (1254) 107
Uranoscopus 1 17
Bcabriceps, Notropis (287) 26*
ScapbirJiynchops platyrhynchns (106) 13
scaphiura, Opi8thognathu8 (1434) 118
Scams 100
coernleus (1179) 101
cioicensis (1 178) 101
guacamaia (1180) 101
pciTico (1181) 101
psittacus 100
sqnitlidua 101
Bcepticus, Notropia (304) 27
Schertophilopsis spinoaus 104
Scbedopbilua 104
Schilbeodea 14
schlegeli, Lotella 130
Bcbncideri, Ophichtbya (626) 53
8cb<i'ptt, Alutera (1667) 140
Sciadaiiua 15
BCiadicus, Zygonectes (575) 49
Scia-ua acuminata 94
rhrysura (1087) 93
icistia (10«8) 93
jacobi (1089 93
lanceolata (1086) 93
lineata 82
occllata (1091) 93
scirra (1090) 93
Scia>nidiB (Family Cix) 93
Bci'jra, SciiPna (1090) 93
Bcit-rus, Hadroi)teru8 (913) 79
Bcituliceps, Synodus (479) 39
BcitiiliiH, Prionotna {13>^) 114
Bcinnia, Hamulon (1047) 90
Sparus 90
Sclerognatbus 16
Scoliodou 7,8
telTH'-UOVJD 8
Bcolopacpus, Noiuichtliys (642) 56
Bcolopax, MaciorharapbosuB (701) 62
Scombor cnlia.s (763) 68
pneumatophoniB 68
Bcombrus (764) 68
speciostia 70
Scombereaocida^ (Family ucviii a) 59,60
Scombereeox breviroatria (664) 60
saiirns (663) 60
Scomberomoi us cavalla (769) 68
concolor (766) 68
maculatus (767) 68
regali.s (768) 68
Sconibrida? (Family i.xxxrv) 68
Scoinbniidiiiie Family (LXViii o) 59, 60
Bcoinbrus, Scomber (764) 68
Pago.
Scopelidse (FamUy XLV) 39, 40, 42
Scopelns boops 40
miUk-ri 40
Scorpacna 108
braailiensis (1297) 109
bufo 8
calcarata 109
grandiconiis (1296) 109
guttata (1294) 109
occipitalis (1298) 109
plumiori (1295) 8,109
siearnsi 109
Scorpa'nicbthya marmoratus (1361) 112
Scorpauida; (Family cxxiii) 107
scorjiioides, Cottns (1335) Ill
scorpis califomienais 92
georgianua 92
scorpius. Coitus (1336) Ill
scripta, Alutera ( 1668) 140
scrutator, Hypsoblennius (1447) 119
scudderi, Hamulon (1050) 90
scuticaris, Callechelya (614) 52
scylla, Uotropis (236) 24
Scylliida; (Family IX) 5
Scylliorbinus retifer (22) 5
ventiiosus (21) 5
Scymnidas (Familj vii) 5
Scytalina 126
Scy taliscus ceidale (1523) 126
sebago var. (523 6) 44
Sebastes kuhli 108
marinus (1262) 107
polylepis 108
SebastichtLys atro vireus (1272) 107
auriculatus (1284) 108
brevispinis (1271) 107
carnatus (1288) 108
chrysomelas (12886) 108
caurinus (1286) 108
vexillari8(1286 6) .. 108
chloroatictus (1281) 108
ciliatue (1266) 107
constellatua (1278) 108
elongatus (1282) 108
entomelas (1268) 107
flavidus (1264) 107
malig.T (1287) 108
matzubara (1275) 107, 108
melanopa (1265) 107
miniatua (1274) 108
myatinns (1267) 107
nebulosus (1289) 108
uigrocinctus ( 1291) 108
ovalis (1269) 107
pinnigcr (1273) 107, 108
proriger (1270) 107
• brevispinis. 107
last relliger (1285) 108
rbodochloris (1?80) 108
rosaccus (1279) 108
ruber (1276) 108
rubrovinctus (1283) 108
serriceps (1290) 108
umbrosus (1277) 108
variabilis 107
[179] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
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Sebastodes pancispinis (1263) 107
proriger 107
Sebastomus 108
Sebastoplus dactylopttrus (1293) 108
Sebastopais xyiis (129J) 108
Sebaslosonius 107
sectatrix, Kypbosua (10G9) 92
Peroa 92
seemunni, Arius 15
Galeichthys (137) 15
eelachops, Aptericbthys 52
Icbthyapus (612) 52
Selacbostomi 13
Selene 60
cprstedi (792) 71
vomer (793) 71
Belone, Lnxilus 24
selenops, Hyodon (432) 34
sellicauda, Epinephplns (985) 84
semicinctus, Platyglossus (1162) 99
seniicoronata, Seriola 72
eemi fascial us, Triacis (28) 7
seminolis, Fiiudalus (5C1) 45
semiuuda, Gila (365) 30
seniinudus, Lycodes (1513) 124
eemiscabia, Uranidea (1315) 110
Semotilus atrumaculatua (347) 29
bullaris (349) 29
dipUrmius 26
Ihoreauianus (348) 29
eecllis, Gambusia (590) 50
senticosa, Halieutaja (1654) 139
septentrionalis, Motella 128
Onos (1541) 128
Perca 82
Roccua (954) 82
Serena, Dionda (211) 21
Seriola 69
aliciola 72
» dorsalis (307) 72
dumer.li (805) 71,72
lalandi (805 6) 71
falcata 72
faaciata (808) 72
lalandi 71, 72
mazatlana (806) 72
rivoliana (809) 72
semicoi-onata 72
zonata (804) 71
carolinensis (804 6) 71
Seriolina- 69
Seriphiia politus (1121) 95
serpentinus, Leptoblenniua (1493) 123
Serranidas (Family ci) 82,85,86
Serranua arara 84
atrarius (958) 82
bonaci ' 84
brunneua 84
calopteryx (965) 83
clatliratus (966) 83
formosus (961) 82
furvus (959) 82
itaiara 84
maculofasciatua (967) 83
nebulifer (968) 83
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SerranuB petrosus 84
])hiladelphicus (960) 82
pba?be (964) 82
radialia (962) 82
aubliKaiius (963) 82, 83
Serraria 79
serrata, Fi.stularia (703) 63
aerrii-eps, Sebaatichthya (1290) 108
seriifer, Conodou (1021) 88
Senivomer beani (647) 57
aesailioauda, Monolcne (1630) 136
Setarcbea pariuatus (1299) 109
selipinnis, Vomer (791) 71
sexfaaciatiini, Ilaemulon (1053) 90
sbuMdti, Typhlopsaras 138
sbamardi, Alburnopa 23
Cottogaster (898) 79
Siboma 31
sicculua, Labideathes (728) 65
Sidera caatanea (606) 5\
dovii (608) 51
funebria (610) 52
moidax (607) 51
moringa (611) 52
ocellal a (609) 51
sideiium, Zopbendum (204) 20
aieiTita, Tylosui ua 59
Signiops atigniaticua (538) 46,47
aignatua, Bat hy master (1213) 104
slgnifer, Cbatoesans 36
Stypodon (351) 30
Tbymallna (516) 43
Siluridic (Family xxx) 14
Silurus catiia ]4
SimenchelyidsB (Family LXI) rs
Symencbelya 53
I)ara3iticu8 (639) 56
similia, Fundulus (558) 43
aimillimns, Stromuteus (818)... 73
Fim otera, Ulocen tra (891) 78
aimoterum, Diplesion 78
Simula, Chalinura (1575) 132
aimnlana, Enneacanthus (851) 76
simus, Xotropis (24.') 24
Sipbagonus baibatus (1373) 113
Sipbateles vittatus 32
Siphostoma affine (690) 61, 63
auliscus (685) 61
bairdiaimm (687) 61
bai barae (686) 61
californiense (683) 61
crinigerum (694) 62
floridas (6S9) 62
fuscum (692) 62
. griseolineatum (684) 61
lepf orbynchum (688) 62
louisiana:' (091) 62
mackayi (693) 63
p-.uictipinne (682) 61
zatropis (PSl) 61
siscowet var. (520 b) 44
sloani, Cbauliodus ('36) 46
smaragdus, Eleotris 104
Erotelia (1219) 104
aocius, liTotropia (29,^) 26
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [180]
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eolaiidri, Acaiithocybiura (770) 68
Cybium 63
Solca iiisci ipta 137
inDzatlana 137
]>ilosa 137
reticulata 137
Solci<l;u (Family CXLVlll) 137
SoninioHUs niicrooephalus (17) 5
soporator, Gobius (1228) 105
sonlidus.Citharichthys (16S3) 133
Sparitlffl (Family cv) 86,92
SpariHoma cyanolcne(1176) 101
tiaveecens (1177) 101
radians (1174) 100
xyatiodon (1175) 101
eparoides, Pomoxys (843) 76
Spanis abildgaardii 101
argyrops 91
caxi.s 87
chryHops 91
paj;ru8 (1054) 00
radiatus 98
sciums 90
ppathnla, Polyodon (100) 13
spatula, Lepidostens 13
speciosns, Caranx (788) 70
Scomber 70
spectabile var. (936 &) 81
gpectiunculua, Notropis (228) 23
8pola?u8, Amblyopsis (539) 47
spenpleri, Tetrodon (1672) 141
spet. Sphyraena 65
Spbagebranchua 53
Spby raena argentea (738) 65
borealis (739) 65
ensi8(742) 65
forsteri 65
guaguanche (740) 65
picuda(741) 65
spet 65
Spby rajnidso (Family LXXVII) 65
Spby rna tibtiro (45) 8, 9
tudes (46) 9
zygirna (47) 9
Spliyrnidas (Family XI) 8
spilonotuB, Monacantbus (1665) 140
spiloj)tern9, Citbariobthys (1585) 133
spilota, Uranidfa (1323) Ill
spiliiius var. (525c) 44
Notropis (290) 26
Spinacida) (Family vill) 5
Spini vomer goodoi (646) 57
»pino9U8, EcbinorbiDUS (10^ 5
Eumicrotremus (1409) 116
Homilepidotus (13S7) 112
Scbedopbilopsis 104
epixianua, Sanriis 39
Synodus (478) 39
Sprati'lloides bryopoms 35
Sqnali 5
squaliduB, Scams 101
Sqnalius 27,30
galtise 31
lemmonl 31
rhomaleus 31
Pago.
Squalus acaiitbias (19) 5
canis 6
carcbarias 8
ccerulons 8
galeus 6
lougimanu9 8
mustelus 6
punctatus 8
squamatus, Hadroptorus (909J 79
Pboxiuus (396) 31
squamiccps, Etheostoma (925) 80
squamileutus, (louesiua (342) 29
Paralicbtbys (1599) 134
Sqwatina aquatina (55) 10
aquatina, Squatina (55) 10
Squatinida) (Family xvii) 10
stagnalia, Salvelimia (531) 44
stearnai, Bleouiua (1450) 119
Lutjanua 87
Prionotua (1388) 115
Roncador (1085) 93
Scorpaena 109
steindachneri, Diabaais 90
Haimulon (1048) 90
stellatua, Pleuronectea (1C21) 136
stelleri, Cycloptericbthys (1408) 116
stellifer, Fundulas (570) 49
Stelliferua 93
stellnlata, Eaia (71) 11
Stenodas leucicbtby a 43
mackenziei (517) 43
Stenotoraua aculeatus 91
caprinus (1062) 01
cbryaopa (1063) 91
aculeatn8(10636) 91
Stephanobery X monai (828) 74
etepbanopbrys, Prionotua (1392) 115
Stereolepis gigas (975) 83
sterletus, Ceratitbthya 29
Stemoptyx diapbaua (535) 45, 46
olfersi 45
Sternoptycbida) (Family Li) 40,45
Stichajinao 123
Sticbajua punctatus (1486) 122
stigma, Gy muelis 125
atigmasa, Uloceutra (890) 78
stigmajua, Citbaricbtbya (1584) 133
atigmaticua, Gobionellus (1236) 100
Sigmops (538) 46, 47
atigmaturus var. (260 b) 25
Gobiu8(1231) 105
Pbotogenia 25
stilbius. Notropia (307) 27
atipoa, Atbei ina (72.'>) 65
Stizostedion cauadi jiae (!)40) 81
borcum (949 c) 81
griseum (949 6) 81
vitreum (948) 81
Stoasodon laticeps (93) 12
narinari (02) 12
Stolephorus browni (4C0) 37, 38
compreasiis (471) 38
curtua (465) 38
delicatiaaimiis (469) 38
ourystolo (404) 38
[181] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA.
Stolephorua exiguus (4C7)
ischanns (462)
lacidus (470)
macrolepidotus (458)
miarchus (468)
mitchilli (400)
opercularis (459)
Pago.
38
38
38
37
38
38
37
perl'asciatus (403) 37,38
perthecatus (401) 37
ringeus (457) 37
stolifera, Clupea (450) 36
Dussumieria (430) 35
stolzmanui, Belone 5!)
TyIo8uru3 (662) 59
Stomias ferox (4^9) 41
stoinias var. (525 c) 44
Atherestlies (1593) 133
Stomiatulaj (Family xlvii) 41
storerianua, Hy bopsis (330) 28
Eutilus 28
stramineus var. (233 b) 23
Notropis 23
striatus, Blennius 119
Epinephelus (984) 84
stingatus, Antennarius (1644) 138
Holacanthus (1204) 103
Prionotua (1391) 115
Stromateidae (Family Lxxxviii) 72
Stromateua mediua (817) 73
paru (810) 72
aimillimua (818) 73
triacanthna (819) 73
strumosua, Gobiesox (1412) 116
eturio, Acipenaer (101) 13
sty lifer, Hippocampus (699) 62
Stypodon signifer (351) 30
suavis, Cyprinella 24
subbifurcatns, Eumesogrammus (1485) 122
snbligarius, Serranus (963) 82, 83
subpibitalo, Holocentrum (835) 75
suborbitalis, Plectromna (830) 7*
aubterraneus, Typblichthys (540) 47
sucetta, Catostomua 19
Erimyzon (176) 19
Sudis borealis (476) 38
coruacans 38
ringena (475) 38
Bueuri, Coryphaena 73
Snillus 97
suillua, Lachnotemus 97
supercilioaus, Hexagrammus (1255) 107
Hyborhyncbus 22
snrinamenaia, Lobotea (1002) 86
snsanas, Boleosoma (887) 78
swaini, Notropis (294) 26
Poecilicbthya 81
Bwampina, Fundulus 48
swani, Bothragonus (1377) 114
symmetrica, Algansea (407) 32
symmetricus, Lepomis (854) 77
Pogonicbtby 8 32
Symmetrurua argyriosua 30
ajTiagria, Lutjanna (1012) 87
Synapbobranchidas (Family LXli) 56
Synaphobrancbus pinnatus (640) 56
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Synentognatbi 59
Syngnathidaj (Family lxix) 01, 02
Syngnatbus bairdianus 01
Synodoutida? (Family XLiv) 39
Synodus 40
anolis (481) 39
cubanua 39
fostena (477) 39
iutermediua 39
luciocepa (480) 39
myops (482) 39
scitulicepa (479) 39
spixianua (478) 39
ayrtenaium, Argentina (502) 42
tabaeearia, Fiatularia (702) 63
tasnia, Pboxiniia (371) 39
ta^niatum, Hajmulon (1044) 90
tseniatua var. (1039 6) 89
ta;niatu.s, Anisotremua 89
tajniopa, Euneaceutriis (993) 85
tieniopterua, Cottua (1339) Ill
Tieniotoca 96
taboensis, Catostomua (161) 17
tanneri, Hypercboristus (490) 41,42
tartoor, Pri.stigaater 37
tau, Batrachua (1419) 116
Tauridea no
taarocephalua, Alburnops 22
taurua, Carcbarias 9
Odontaspia 7
Tautogolabrua 97
taylori, Otopbidium (1528) 126
tchawy tcba, Oncorbyncbus (520) 44
telescopna, Notropis (306) 27
telfaivi, Agnostomiia 64
tenuifllis, Antennarius 138
tenuia, Leureatbea (727) 65
Pbycia (1547) 129
teres, Callecbelys (615) 52, 53
Catostomua (170) 18
Etrumeus (437) 35
teretuhis, Pbenacobiua (315) 27
tergisus, Hyodon (431) 34
terrsB-novae, Carcharbinua (44) 8
Scoliodon 8
teasellatus, Hadropterus (914) 79
Tetrodon (1671) 140,141
Tetragonopterus argentatus (425) 34
Tetrapturus albidus (758) 67
tetraspilua, TJpeneus 93
Tetrodon annulatua 141
beraldi 141
lineatua 140
nephelus (1673) 141
oxyrbyncbus 141
politus (1670) 140
pnnctatissimus 141
roatratua 141
spengleri (1672) 141
teatudineus (1671) 140, 141
annulatus (1671 6) 141
trichocepbalua (1675) 141
tnrgidus (1674) 141
Tetrodontidte (Family CLV) 140
Teutbis coeruleua (1210) 103
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T.nthis hoiiatus (1208) 103
tnictiis (1209) 103
toxan.i, Ancuilla 55
ti'xousis, Dionda 21
thalassina, Alganaea (410) 32
tha]a9siiium, Cynoscion (1)14) 05
Ethcostoma (918) 80
Moxostoma (183) 19
thiilassiiius, Doratonotus (liG7) 99
Lepulogobius (1211) 100
Mylolouciis 32
Tlialasaniua lucaaaniini (IIGC) 99"
jmrpureuni 99
Tlialpichtliya pariflcus (496) 42
tlialeiobthys, Osmprus (497) 42
1 hazard, Auxis (765) 68
tlionipsoni, Tn'slopsia (1350) 112
tlioit'nuiauus, Semotilus (348) 29
thiissa, Cluppa 36
thrissiiia, Clnpea (448) 36
thryza, Clupea 36
Tbymallus gymnothoras 43
ontariensis 43
signifer (516) 43
ontariensis (516 6) 43
tricolor 43
tbyiinus, Orcynus (774) 09
Thyiis i)ellucidii8 136
TiaT-OL'a cobitis (319) 27
tibuio. Sphyroa (45) 8, 9
Tisonia 30
nigrescens 31
ti.;;iimi8, Galeocerdo 7
Myrichthya (G2G) 54
Tilosia 130
timpMiioscensia, Notropis (313) 27
Tonuod, Microgadus ( 1560) 13n
topeka. Cliola 24
Xotropia (242) 24
Torpidinidiv. (Family XXI) 11
Torpedo, calilbrnica (77) 11
occidontalis (76) 11
toivua. Cottnnculus (1304) 110
toxotcs, Itbacochilus (1148) 97
Tracbinocepbalus 39
Tiacliui-ops C9
crmnenopbthalmus (781) 70
Tracburua 69
alicioliis 72
fasciatus 72
picturatus (779) 70
tracburua (780) 70
trachiinia, Tracburus (780) 70
TrncbyiiotiniB 09
Trat'by iiotus 69, 97
argentens (797) 71
caroliniia (796) 71
fasciatus (802) 71
glaucua (801) 71
goreensis 71
kennedyi (799) 71
nasutns 71
rhodopus (798) 71
rhomboidea (800) 71
Trachypt^ridsB (Family cxviii) 104
rage.
Tracbyptc.ruA altivelis (1212) 104
tractua, Tcutbia (1209) 103
transmontanua var. (320c) 28
Acipenscr (102) 13
Rbinichtb.ys 28
tra,ski, Hysterocarpus (1132) 96
triacantbua, Stromateu.s (819) 73
Triacis licnlei (29) 7
aeniifasciatus (28) 7
tiibulus, rWoDotus (1389) 115
Tricbiniida5 (Family l.xxxill) 67
Ti icbiurns caalatus 67
lep I urus (760) 67
tricboccphalus, Totrodon (1675) 141
Trichodiodon pilosHS (1C77) 141
Tjichodon japonicus (1423) 117
tiicbodon (1422) 117
tricbodon, Mu^nl (718) 64
Tiicbodon (1422) 117
Tricbodontidai (Family cxxxi) 117
tricbroistius, Notropia (207) 25
tricolor, Holacantbna 103
Tbymallus 43
tricorno, Ostracion (1057 1 139
tricuspis, Gymnacantbus (1347) 112
tridentatus, Ammoccetea (4) 3
tridigitatua, Dactyloscopua (1426) 117
Trifarciwa livereudi 47
trifurca, Perca 82
Trigla evoLms 115
liueata 115
Triglida> (Family cxxvi) 114
Triglopspingeli (1354) 112
Triglopsis {bomp.soni (1350) 112
trigonum, Ostracion (1656) 139
tripterouotua, Blenniua 121
Triptevygion carniinale (1461) 121
trifjuetruiii, 0.stracion (10.55) 139
triaprialia, Opbicbthys (620) 53
triaeriatns, Rbiuobatus (62) 10
Tri.sotropis 84
tri.spinoaus, Odoutopyxia (1378) 114
trist(ecbua, Lepidostou.s (109) 13
Trochocopus pulcber (1157) 98
Tropidicbtbya 141
Tropidinius 87
troscbeli var. (1192 b) 102
Gypbidodon 102
truncata, Eanzauia 141
Trycberodon megiilops 33
Try gou centnira (85) 12
diptenua (89) 12
bastata (8G) 12
longa (88) 12
sabina (91) 12
sayi (87) 12
tuberculata (90) 12
Trygouidif (Family xxii) 11
ttjberculata, Trygou (90) 12
tudes, Spbyrna (40) 9
Zygana 9
tuditauua, Ilybopsia 22
H.ypargyrus 22
tuUibee, Coregonua (515) 43
tumidus var. (148 c) 10
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tuuicata, Liparis (1400) 115
turgulna, Tetroilon (1674) 141
turueri, Ly<u)dalepis (1517) 125
tuscumbia, Etheostonia (939) 81
Tylosums caribba;ii8 (657) 59
crassus (656) 59
esili8 (661) 59
fodiator (655) 59
gladius 69
, hians (654) 59
mariuus (660) 59
notatu8 (658) 59
sftgitta (659) 59
sierrita 59
stolzmanni (662) 59
Tyntlastea sagitta (1249) 106
Ty])hlichlhy8 aubterraneus (540) 47
Typhlogobiu8 californiensis (1248) 106
Typhlop8ara8 shul'eldti 138
tyraunua, Anguilla 55
Bievoortia (453) 37
TJlocentra atripinuis 78
blennius (893) 78
histrio (892) 78
phlox (889) 78
aimotera (891) 78
stigniaea (890) 78
ITmbra 51
limi (596) 50
pygmsea (596 6) 50
umbratilis, Alburnellus 26
Kotropis (297) 27
UmbridiB (Family i.v) 50
Umbrina analia 94
broii8SODeti (1104) 94
dorsalis (1103) 94
elongata 94
nasus 94
panameusis 94
roncador (1101) 94
xanti (1102) 94
nmbrosa, Cyprinella 25
Narcine (79) 11
umbroaas, Esos 50
Sebaatichthys (1277) , . . . 108
uncinatua, Artediellas (1212) 110
Cottus 110
undecimilis, Centropomns (950) 81
umlulatus, Mrnticirrus (1107) 94
Micropogon (1099) 94
unicornis, Citharichthya (1588) 133
unifasciatus, HomirLamphus (605) 60
uniuiaculata, I'erca 91
unimaculatus, Diplortua (1065) 91
Saigus 91
univittatus, Apodicnthya (1478) 122
Upeneua balteatus 93
dentatua (1082) 93
flavovittatua , 93
grandiaquarais (1081) 93
maculatus (1079) 93
martinicus (1080) 93
te ti aspilua 93
Upailonphorus 118
guttatus (1429) 117
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Upsilonphorns y-gra-cutn (1428) 117
Uranidea aspera (1314) 110
bendirei (1319) lU
boleoides (1329) Ill
cognata (1321) Ill
foriuoaa (1331) Ill
franklii.i (1330) Ill
gobioidea (1328) Ill
gracilia (1327) Ill
gulo8a(13l7) HI
boyi (1332) Ill
mnrginaU (1225) Ill
minuU(1322) Ill
pollicaria(1324) Ill
puDCtulata (1318) Ill
rhothoa (1316) 110
ricei (1313) 110
ricbardsoni (1320) Ill
alvordi (1320 «) Ill
bairdi(1320 6) Ill
carolinro (1320 h) Ill
kumlieni (1320 c) Ill
meridionalis (1320/) . Ill
wheeleri (1320 i) Ill
wilsoni (1320 rf) Ill
zophera (1320 5r) m
semiacabra (1315) 110
8pilota(1323) Ill
vi8C03a(1326) Ill
aranidea, Cottogaster (897) 79
uranops, Pbenacobius (318) 27
Uranoacopidaj (Family CXXXIII) 117
Uranoscopua anoploa 118
sciber 117
y-grsecum 117
uranoacopns, Mnncalias (1647) 138
TJraspis 70
TJrolophua aateiiaa (81) 11
halleri (80) 11
Uronectea 125
urostigraa, Cliola 25
nnis, Ictiobua (145) 16
uatua, Cryptotomua (1172) 100
utowana, Catostoniua 18
vafer, Uyrophis (031) 54
vagrans, Menidia (730) 65
vahli, Lycodea (1510) 124
valencienneai, Erotelia 105
Moxoatoma (184) 19
vandolaulua, Phoxinua (367) 30
variabilia, Perea 108
Sebastichthys 107
variatnm, Etheostoma 79
variatua, Alvordiua 79
Hadropterus (912) 79
variegatua, Cypriuodon (545) 47
velatum, Moxoatoma (179) 19
velieana, Atherina 65
velifer var 16
Ictiobus (148) 16,17
Letharchua (613) 52
velox, Cliola 22
venenosa, Mycteroperca (981) 84
Perca 84
ventralia, Broamophy cia 127
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Tentralie, Dinematichthys ( 1 533) 127
ventricosa, Apocope 28
vpntiicosn.s, Cyclopterichthya (1407) 116
■vontriosiis, Scylliorliinus (21) 5
venusta, Lucaiiia (582) 49
Teniistus, Notropis (259) 25
Xyrichtliys 100
veranyi, Cybium 68
"Verilus 87
venniculatuR, Esox (598) 50
Xynchthys 100
Temalis, Clupea (^44) 36
verrilli, Lycenchelys (1509) 124
Termcosns, Brachyopsis (1375) 114
Coitus (1344) Ill
yertinalis, Pleurouichthys (1611) 135
vespertilio, Lophius 138
Maltlio (1651) 139
vetnla, Balistos (1658) 140
Tcfnlus, Parophrys (1614) 135
vexillare, Boleosoma (886) 78
vexillaris var. (1286 b) 108
vigilax, Cliola (223) 22
viplis, loa (884) 78
villosus, MaKotns (495) 42
vincipuerra;, Exocoetua (675) 61
Tinctua, Caranx (783) 70
Fnndnlus (568) 49
Tiola, Antimora (1530) 129
Haloporphyrus 129
Tiolacens, Cebedichthys (1483) 122
viiens, Pollachiiis (1561) 130
viiescens, Pantosteus 17
virftatnlna, Gobiesox (1413) 116
virpatuin, Etheostoma (926) 80
virgatus. Delolepi.s (1496) 123
virginicus, Anisotremna (1039) 89
Polynemus (743) 66
■viridis, Gymnplia (1519) 125
viscosa, Uranidea (1326) Ill
Titrea, loa (883) 78
vitreum, Stizostedion (948) 81
Tittata, Algansea (414) 32
Ilctnitreiiiia 22
Lppidomcda (421) 33
vit tatns, Sipliatcles 32
vivanus, Anthiaa (972) 83
Lutjanus (1013) 87
Meaoprion 87
Tivai, Amniocrypta (881) 77
Cliola 22
volador, Exorcrtns 61
volitana, Cephalacanthua (1393) 115
Exocoetua (676) 61
volncellua var. (233 d) 23
Hybopaia 23
Vomer 69
eetipinnia (791) 71
vomer, Seleno (793) 71
Tulfraris, Amiurua (126) 15
vulnerata, Apocope 28
vulneratna, Poecilichthya 80
vulpeculua 6
vulpea, Albula (429) 34
Alopias (48) 9
Pago.
vnlana, Podothecue (1380) 114
warreni, Boleichthys 81
webbi, Opliioblenniua (1438) 119
whe.-itlandi var. (7116) 63
wheeleri var. (1320t) Ill
whipplei, Etheoatoma (934) 81
Notropis (261) 25
■williamsoni, Corogonus (504) 43
Gasteroateus (709) 63
wilaoni var. (1320 d) lU
■wiirdemanni, Gobiua (1232) 105
xffinocephalns, Xotropia (284) 26
xasnurus, Kotropia (270) 25
xauthocophalua, Amiurns 14
xantbosticta var. (980 6) 84
xantbuluni, Cynoscion (1118) 95
xanthurus, Lioatomua (1095) 94
xanti var. (1459 6) 120
Clinua 120
Labrosomus 120
Ehypticua (997) 85
TJmbrina (1102) 94
Xemchthy8(1003). 86
Xenichtbya xanti (1003) 86
xenops 86
xenicua, Eundnlna 48
Xeniama 49
Xenistius californiensis (1004) 86
Xenorai 51
xenopa, Xenicbtbya 86
Xiphiaa 68
gladiua (757) 67
Xiphidium cruoreura 122
Xiphiidte (Family lxxxii) . 67,68
Xiphiater cbirua (1480) 122
mucosua (1481) 122
rnpestris (1482) 122
XipbiaterinsB 123
xyostcrnua, Bracbyopsis (1376) 114
Xyricbtbya lineatua 100
mnndicepa 0169) lOO
muudicorpua (1170) 100
pavo 100
paittacua (1168) lOO
. roaipca (1171) 100
venustua 100
vemiiculatna 100
xyria, Sebastopais (1292) 108
Xyatreurya 134
liolepia (1603) 135
xyatrodon, Sparisoma (1175) i 101
Xyatroplitea 77
xyaturna, Ophichthya 53
OpbianiTis (618) 53
yarrdli, Pbycis 129
y-gra;cum, Upailonphorua (1428) 117
Uranoacopua 117
zacbirna, Glyptoceplialua (1627) 136
zanemus, Hybopaia (335) 29
Zaniolepia latipinnis (1258) 107
Zapteryx 10
zatropia, Sipboatoma (681) 61
zebra var. (899 6) 70
zebra, Gobieaox (1416) 116
Pileoma 79
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zebrinas, Fnndulaa (560) 48
Zenidae (Family XCIII) 74
Zenopsis ocellatas (827) 74
Zoarces angaillaris (1503) 124
zonale, Etbeostoma (916) 80
zonalis, Pcecilichth ys 80
zOData, Cliola 24
Seriola(804) 71
Zonatnin, Elassoma (839) 76
zonatas, Alburnns 26
ChsBtodipteraa (1198) 102
Epbippns 102
Eaox 49
Notropia (275) 26
zonifer, Clinns 120
Labrosomua (1460) 120
Myriolepia (1260) 107
Zygonectea (579) 49
zonipectua, Pomacanthua (1206) 103
zoniatina, Notropis (276) 26
Zophendum pimnbenm (205) 20
Bideriam (204) 20
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zopberarar. (1320 j;) Ill
zophochir, Opbioht hya (625) 63
zoatersB Hippocampus (700) * 62
zoaterurum, Gobioaoma (1245) 106
Zygaena tndea 9
zygsena, Spbyma (47) 9
Zygonectea atrilatas 50
bi-achyptems 60
chrysotua (580) 49
cingnlatna. 49
craticnla (578) 49
diapar (577) 49
floripiimia (573) 49
henaballi (572) 49
inarua 50
lineatua (574) 49
Inciae (581) 49
notatna (576) 49
rubrifrona (571) 49
sciadicua (575) 49
zonifer (579) 49
zyopteroB, Galeorhinns (30) 7
ERRATA.
Speciea T^o. 8 ahoold stand as Petromyzon eoncolor, Xirtland, instead of P. bdeUiwrn. Ammoeatet
eoncolor aeems to be the larva of tbia epeciea.
Speciea 11 b. The aubapecies ahould stand as Petromyzon marinus unicolor DeKay, inatead of P. m,
dorsaius. Ammocoetes unicolor DeKay is the larva of this form.
Genna 39. The name Dasyhatii (Klein) Raflniaque, is prior to Trygon Adanson (1817), and mnst be
used for this genua (cf. Garman, Proc, U. S. Nat. Mna., 1885).
Genua 61. Hypentelium ahoold be reunited to Catostomug.
Species 328. Should stand as Hybopsis kentuckiensis Rafinesqne, inatead of H. bigrittatut. It seems
to be the Luzilus kenluckiensia Raf.
Speciea 601. Should apparently stand as Esox masquinongy MitchiU inatead of E. nobilior.
The name of Family lxviii a. — Scomberesocidoe waa inadvertently omitted before genas 195, 8eom-
beresox.
Species 1637 should apparently stand as AphoriaHafasnata Holbrook, instead otA. ploffitua.
