38 ALLAN HANCOCK ATLANTIC EXPEDITION REPORT 



Atherina harringtonensis araea Jordan and Gilbert 



Material: A 12-39, 9 (50.1—58.5 mm.), AHF 2671, from 11 mi. 

 S. W. of Cape la Vela, Colombia. 

 A 23-39, 38 (47.7—61.7 mm.), AHF 2670, from Tortuga 

 Island, Venezuela. 



Thyrinops chagresi (Meek and Hildebrand) ? 



Material: A 49-39, 1 (333 mm.), AHF 2672, from Caledonia Bay, 

 Panama. 



Remarks : Our specimen was small, but characters given by Jordan 

 and Hubbs (1919) placed it in this genus, and those in Meek and 

 Hildebrand (1923: 266) in this species. 



Reasons for the use of this generic name were discussed by Caldwell, 

 Ogren and Giovannoli (1959: 22). 



Polynemidae 



Polydactylus virginicus (Linnaeus) 



Material: A 6-39, 86 (26.4—128.5 mm.), AHF 2673, from Caledonia 

 Bay, Panama. 



A 49-39, 414 (32.0—118.0 mm.), AHF 2675, from Cale- 

 donia Bay, Panama. 



A 21-39, 7 (58.5—68.5 mm.), AHF 2678, from Tortuga 

 Island, Venezuela. 



A 39-39, 92 (42.5—150.0 mm.), AHF 2674, from Rockly 

 Bay, Tobago Island, West Indies. 



A 40-39, 4 (51.5—71.0 mm.), AHF 2677, from Buccoo 

 Bay, Tobago Island, West Indies. 



No station number, April 17, 1939, 1 (53.0 mm.), AHF 

 2676, from the S. end of Trinidad Island, West Indies. 



Order SCLEROPAREI 



Scorpaenidae 



The material belonging to this family was determined with the aid 

 of Ginsburg (1953). 



