Fishes of the Western North Atlantic 131 



535, 1941 : 4 (rare at Tortugas, Florida); Fowler, Arqu. Zool. estad. Sao Paulo, J (6), 1941 : 132 (refs.); 



Hildebrand, ]. Wash. Acad. Sci., jj (3), 1943: 90-94, 3 figs, (notes on affinity, anat., develop.). 

 Argentina Carolina Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed 12, 1766: 519 (orig. descr.; type local. "Carolina"; type lost). 

 Mugilomorus anna-caroUna Lacepedc, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 5, 1803 : 398 (orig. descr.; type local. "South Carolina"; 



type in Paris). 

 Elops inermis Mitchill, Rep. in part on Fish. New York, 1814: 14 (orig. descr.; type local. New York, specimen 



secured in market; type lost); Mitchill, Trans. Lit. philos. Soc. N.Y., 181 5: 445 (descr.. New York). 

 Albula vulpes Gregg (not A. vulpes Linnaeus, but Elops saurus). Where to Catch Fish E. Cst. Fla., 1902: 34 



(descr., instruct, for angling, barely edible). 



Doubtful Reference: 



Eiops saurus Halkett, Check List Fish. Canada, 191 3: 45 (report. New Brunswick; ident. doubtful). 



Negative References :!* 



Elops saurus Gregg, Where to Catch Fish. E. Cst. Fla., 1902: 33, fig. {Albula vulpes, not E. saurus); Bean, 



Bahama Islands: Fishes, 1905: 297 (determined as small Jenkinsia lamprotaenia on re-exam, by present 



writer; not E. saurus; USNM 53076). 



10. To these may be added all mention oi Elops saurus based on specimens not taken on the Atlantic coast of America, 

 of which there are many. 



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