266 PROCEEDINGS OP THE ACADEMY OP [1886. 



8. Gerres aureolus. 



Oerres aureolus Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., 1881, 328 



(Panama); Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish. Coram., 1882, 111 



(Panama); Everman & Meek, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 123 



(Panama). 



Sabitat.B&j of Panama. Only the original type of this 



strongly marked species is yet known. 



9. Gerres peruvianus. 



Gerres peruvianus Cuvier fe Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vi, 467, 

 1830 (Payta, Northern Peru); Lesson, Voyage Coquille, Poiss., 180, 

 1828 ; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1881, 330 (Mazat- 

 lan; Panama); Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U, S. Fish Comm., 1882, 

 108, 111, 113 (Panama; Mazatlan ; Punta Arenas); Evermann & 

 Meek, Proc, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 123 ; Jordan, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 289 (Notes on original type); Jordan, Cat. 

 Fish. N. A., 1885, 95. 



Gerres rhomieiis Giinther, Fish Centr. Amer., 391, 1866 (Name only\ 

 (Chiapam); Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 232 

 (Salina Cruz), (not of Cuv. & Val.). 



Habitat. West Coast of Tropical America (Mazatlan ; Salina 

 Cruz; Chiapam; Panama; Peru). 



Dr. Jordan has examined the type of this species, of which he 

 says : " The type of this species is apparently identical with the 

 common west-coast species called by this name by Jordan and 

 Gilbert (Bull. 17. S. Fish Comm., 188, 330), and later by Ever- 

 mann and Meek (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 123)." 



10. Gerres rhombeus. 



Stone bass Sloane, Nat. Hist. Jamaica, ii, pi. 2.:3, fig. 1, 1727 

 (Jamaica). 



Gerres rhombeus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss , vi, 459, 

 1830 (Martinique ; San Domingo); Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus , 

 1, 341, 1859 (Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Capello ; South America; in 

 part G . olisthostoma Goode & Bean); Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 

 iv, 253, 1862 (Cuba; Jamaica ; Puerto Capello); Steindachner, Zur 

 Fisch-Fauna ]Magdalenen-Stromes, 9, 1878 (Eio Magdalena^; Jordan 

 & Gilbert, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 383 (AspinwalD; Evermann 

 & Meek, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 123 ; Jordan, Proc 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1883, 290 (Notes on original type); Eean & 

 Dresel, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 154 (Jamaica). 



Habitat. West Indies and Atlantic Coast of Tropical America 

 (Jamaica ; San Domingo ; Martinique ; Puerto Capello ; Havana ; 

 Aspinwall ; Rio Magdalena). 



