1883.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 123 



8. Gerres aureolas Jordan & Gilbert. 



Gerres aureolus .Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Coram., 1881, 328 

 (Panama) ; ibid., 1882, 111 (Panama). 



Habitat. — Bay of Panama. 



9. Geries peruvianas Cuvier & Valenciennes. Moharra, China. 



Gerres peruvianus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat Poiss., vi, 467, 1830 (Payta, 

 Northern Peru) ; Lesson, Voyage Coquille, Poiss., 180, 1828 ; Jordan 

 & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm,, 1881, 330 (Mazatlan ; Panama) ; 

 ibid., 1882, 111, 108, 112 (Panama; Mazatlan; Punta Arenas); 

 Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 382 (Panama). 



Gerres rhombeus Giinther, Fish. Centr. Amer., 391, 18tj6 (Name only; 

 nee Cuv. & Val.) (Chiapam) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat, 

 Mus., 1881, 232 (Salina Cruz). 



Habitat. — West Coast of Tropical America (Mazatlan; Salina 

 Cruz; Panama; Chiapam; Peru). 



10. Gerrea rhombeas Cuvier A Valenciennes. 



Gerres rJiombens Cuv. & Val., vi, 459, 1830 (Martinique and San 

 Domingo) ; Giinther, iv, 253, 1862 (In part ; apparently confounded 

 with G. oUsthostoma Goode & Bean) (Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Cabello); 

 Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat- Mus., 1882, 38^ (Aspinwall). 



Habitat.-^W est Indies, 



11. Gorres oUsthostoma (roode & Bean. Irixh Pompano ; Hog Fish. 



Gerres rhombeus Poey, Syn. Pise. Cuba, 82, 1858 (Not G. rhombeus of 

 Cuv. & Val , vi, 459) ; Poey, Rep. Fis. Cuba, i, 316, 1865. 



Mojarra rhombea Poey, Anal. Soc. Esp., Hist. Nat., x, 327, 1881. 



Gerres oUsthostoma Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 423 

 (Indian River, Florida) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 934, 

 1883 (West Indies, north to Southern Florida). 



Habitat. — West Indies, north to Southern Florida. 



12. Gerres patao Poey, 



Gerres paiaa Popy, Mem. Cub., ii, 192, 1860; ibid., Syn. Pise. Cub., 

 820, 1868; Gunther, iv, 253, 18Q2 (Cuba). 



Habitat. — West Indies, 



IS Gerres lineatus (Humboldt) Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Smarts lineatus Humboldt, Observ. Zodl., ii, 185, pi, 46, 1807-1834. 

 (Acapulco.) 



Gerres lineatus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., vi, 470, 1830 (Descrip- 

 tion from Humboldt); Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 

 1881, 880 (Mazatlan; San Bias); ibid., 1882, 108 (Mazatlan); Jordan 

 & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 377 (Fresh-water lake at 

 Acapulco). 



