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Sphyrmna sphyrana Bloch, Ichth., 1797, taf. ccclxxxix; Schneider, 

 Bloch, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 109; Risso, Ichth. Nice, 1810, 333 (Nice). 



Esox spet Haiiy, Encyclopedie Methodique, iii, Poissons, 1787. 



Sphyr<ena spet Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 1803, 326-8; Bonaparte, 

 Iconografia della Fauna Italica, iii, Pesci plate with part 152 (Medi- 

 terranean); Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1876, 61 (Bermudas). 



Sphyrmna, vulgaris Cuv. and Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 1829, 327 

 (Mediterranean); Giinther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., ii, 1861, 334 

 (Med terranean and Lanzarote); Giinther, Shore Fishes, Challenger, 

 1880, 3 (St. Jago) ; no description. 



Sphyroena viridensis Cuv. and Val., op. cit.; iii, 1829, 339 (St. Jago, 

 Cape Verde Islands). 

 Habitat. — Coasts of Southern Europe and Northern Africa. 

 Islands of Atlantic (Cape Yerde ; Madeiras; Bermudas). 



7. Sphyraena argentea Qirard. California Barracuda. 



Sphyrena argentea Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., vii, 1854, 144 

 (San Diego); Girard, Pac. R. R. Survey, 1859, 59, pi. xiv, 1 (San 

 Diego); Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 1860, 338 (San Diego); Stein- 

 dachner, Ichthol. Beitrage, vii, 1 (Cape San Lucas to Monterey); 

 Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, iii, 29 (San Diego); 

 Jordan and Gilbert, op. cit., 1880, iii, 456 (San Francisco, Monterey, 

 Santa Barbara, San Pedro and San Diego; no description); Jordan 

 and Jouy, op. cit., iv, 1881, 13 (San Pedro and Santa Barbara); 

 Jordan and Gilbert, op. cit., iv, 1881, 44 (Monterey to Santa Barbara); 

 Jordan and Gilbert, op. cit., v, 1883, 358 (identification of Sphyrcena 

 lucasana Gill; Cape San Lucas). 



Spliyroena lucasana Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 86 (Cape 

 San Lucas). 



Habitat. — Pacific Coast of America from San Francisco to Cape 

 San Lucas. 



This species reaches a length of about three feet. We are not able 

 to positively distinguish this species from the published accounts 

 of S. sphyraena. We have, however, no doubt that differences 

 will appear on the actual comparison of specimens. 



