false albacore = little tunny 



common bonito = Atlantic bonito 



tuna = Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus thynnus (Linnaeus) 



Scomberomorus regalis = cero; Scomberomorus cavalla = king mackerel 



Makaira ampla - I4a.ka.ira nigricans Lacepede 



Makaira albida = Tetrapturus albidus Poey 



Poronotus triacanthus = Peprilus triacanthus (Peck) 



Centrolophidae is included in Stromateidae by some authors; Palinurichthys 



perciformis = Hyperoglyphe perciformis (Mitchill) 



Trachurus trachurus = Trachurus lathami (Nichols) 



Trachurops crumenopthalmus = Selar crumenopthalmus (Bloch) 



Vomer setapinnis = Selene setapinnis (Mitchill) 



Alectis crinitis = A. ciliaris (Bloch) 



Morone and Polyprion are included in the Percichthyidae by some authors 



Roccus saxatilis = Morone saxatilis (Walbaum) 



Centropristes striatus = Centropristis striata (Linnaeus) 



Pseudopriaeanthus altus = Pristigenys alta (Gill) 



Stenotomus versicolor = Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus) 



Branchiostegidae placed in Malacanthidae by some authors 



430 rosefish = redfish or ocean perch. Sebastes marinus is a complex of three 

 species: S. marinus, S. mentella Travin, and S. fasciatus Storer. A 

 second couplet can be added to the key: 



2. Anal fin rays mostly 7, occasionally 8; total gill rakers on first arch 

 usually 36 or more; tip of pectoral fin usually not reaching anus . . . 

 S. fasciatus 



Anal fin rays 8 or more; total gill rakers on first arch usually 35 or 



less; tip of pectoral fin usually extends past anus 



S. mentella 



Hemitripteridae is included in Cottidae 



Triglops ommatistius = Triglops murrayi Glinther 



Myoxocephalus aeneus = M. aenaeus (Michill) 



Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus = M. octodecemspinosus (Mitchill) 



Liparidae are included as a subfamily of the Cyclopteridae 



Neoliparis atlanticus = Liparis atlanticus (Jordan and Evermann) 



Liparis liparis = L. coheni Able, gulf snailfish 



Lumpenidae is included in Stichaeidae. Pholis gunnellus is the only member 



of the Pholidae in the key; the other species are Stichaeidae 



Leptoclinus maculatus = Lumpenus maculatus (Fries) 



Monocanthidae is considered as a subfamily of Balistidae by many authors 



Balistes carolinensis = B. capriscus Gmelin 



Alutera schoepfi = Aluterus schoepfi (Walbaum) 



Alutera scriptus = Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck) 



Sphaeroides = Sphoeroides, family Tetraodontidae 



Chilomycterus belongs to the Diodontidae 



Masturus lanceolatus = Mola lanceolata Lienard 



Histrio pictus = H. histrio (Linnaeus) 



Prepared by Bruce B. Collette, Research Associate in Ichthyology, MCZ; Marine Science 

 Institute, Nahant; and National Marine Fisheries Service Systematics Laboratory, 

 Washington, D. C. 



December, 1981 



