NAMES OF FISHES 31 



COMMON NAME OCCURRENCE SCIENTIFIC NAME 



French grunt A Haemulon flavolinealum (Desmarest) 



Spanish grunt A Haemulon macrostomum Giinther 



Cottonwick A Haemulon melanurum (Linnaeus) 



Sailors choice A Haemulon parrai (Desmarest) 



White grunt A Haemulon plumieri (Lac^pcde) 



Bluestriped grunt A Haemulon sciurus (Shaw) 



Pigfish A Orthopristis chrysopterus (Linnaeus) 



Burro grunt A Pomadasys crocro (Cuvier) 



Salema P Xenistius californiensis (Steindachner) 



Sciaenidae — drums 



Freshwater drum F Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque 



Silver perch A Bairdiella chrysura (Lac^pede) 



Bairdiella P^ Bairdiella icistius (Jordan and Gilbert) 



Black croaker P Cheilotrema satumum (Girard) 



Sand seatrout A Cynoscion arenarius Ginsburg 



Spotted seatrout A Cynoscion nehulosus (Cuvier) 



White seabass P Cynoscion nobilis (Ayres) 



Silver seatrout A Cynoscion nothus (Holbrook) 



Shortfin corvina P Cynoscion parvipinnis Ayres 



Weakfish A Cynoscion regalis (Bloch and Schneider) 



Grangemouth corvina P^ Cynoscion xanthulus Jordan and Gilbert 



Cubbyu A Equetus acuminatus (Bloch and Schneider) 



Jackknife-fish A Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus) 



Striped drum A Equetus pulcher (Steindachner) 



Spotted drum A Equetus punctatus (Bloch and Schneider) 



White croaker P Genyonemus lineatus (Ayres) 



Banded drum A Larimus fasciatus Holbrook 



Spot A Leiostomus xanthurus Lac^p^de 



Southern kingfish A Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus) 



Minkfish A Menticirrhus focaliger Ginsburg 



Gulf kingfish A Menticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook) 



Northern kingfish A^ Menticirrhus saxatilis (Bloch and Schneider) 



California corbina P Menticirrhus undulatus (Girard) 



Atlantic croaker A Micropogon undulatus (Linnaeus) 



Reef croaker A Odontoscion dentex (Cuvier) 



Catalina croaker P Ophioscion thompsoni (Hubbs) 



Black drum A Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus) 



Spotfin croaker P Roncador steamsi (Steindachner) 



Red drum A Sciaenops ocellata (Linnaeus) 



Queenfish P Seriphus politus Ajo-es 



Star drum A Stellifer lanceolatus (Holbrook) 



Sand drum A Umbrina coroides Cuvier 



Yellowfin croaker P Umbrina roncador Jordan and Gilbert 



Blue croaker A Vacuoqua sialis (Jordan and Eigenmann) 



MuUidae — goatfishes 



Yellow goatfish A Mulloidichthys martinicus (Cuvier) 



Red goatfish A Mullus auratus Jordan and Gilbert 



Mexican goatfish P Pseudupeneus dentatus (Gill) 



' In our area confined to Salton Sea. 



