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Polynemus californiensis Alexandre Thominot, Bulletin de la Societe Pliilomathi- 

 que de Paris, Stance du 27 Juin, 1886 (California). 



Habitat. Pacific coast of Tropical America, from Guaymas to 

 Pauama. 



Etymology. Latin, approxmans, approaching. 



This species is a common food fish of the Pacific coast of Mexico. 

 The specimens examined by me are 11 inches in length, taken by 

 Jenkins & Evermann at Guaymas. 



3. Poljdactylus virginiciis. 



Piracoaba Margrave, Hist. Nat. Brazil, 176, 1648 (Brazil). 



Polynemus virginicus Linnseus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 317, 1758 (America) ; Linnjeus, 



Syst. Nat., 521, 1766, and of copyists ; Jordan, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., 



118, 1884 (Key West) ; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.. 36, 1886 (Havana). 

 Polynemus paradiseus Bloch, Ichthyologia, XII, 28, taf. 402, 1793; Bloch & 



Schneider, Syst. Ichthyologia, 18, 1801 (not of Linnaeus). 

 Polydactyhis plinnierii Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 419, 1803 (Martinique, 



from a drawing by Plumier). 

 Polynemus plumierii Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., II, 321, 1860 (San Domingo) ; 



Jordan & Gilbert, Synop. Fish. North America, 413, 1883. 

 Trickidion plimiieri Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 279, 1861 (Caribbean Sea) ; 



Poey, Synopsis Pisctim Cubensium, 387, 1868 (Havana) ; Poey, Enume- 



ratio Piscum Cubensium, 334, 1875 (Porto Rico). 

 Polynemus mango Lacepede, Hist, des Poiss., V, 413, 417, 418, 1803 (based on 



P. virginicus Linnseus). 

 Polyneinus americamis Cuv. & Val., Ill, 393, 1829. 

 Polynemus oligodon Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., II, 322, 1860 (Rio Janeiro ; 



Jamaica). > 



Habitat. West Indian fauna, north to the Florida Keys. 



Etymology. Latin, from Virginia. 



The specimens examined by me were taken by Dr. Jordan, two 

 at Key West 1^ inches in length, and six at Havana 4^ inches in 

 length. 



4. Polydactyliis octonemus. 



Polynemus octonemus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 167, 1858 (Brazos 

 Santiago; Galveston); Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., II, 320, 1860 

 (copied) ; Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 128, 1879 (Pensacola, 

 Fla.) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Synop. Fish. North America, 413, 1883. 



Trichidion octonemus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 280, 1861. 



Trickidion octojilis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 280, 1861 (New York). 



Polynemus octojilis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 590, 1882 (Charles- 

 ton, S. C.) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Synop. Fish. North America, 413, 1883. 



