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Apogon imberbis. 



The specimen from I^^ewport, E. I., recorded by Professor Cope as 

 Apogon americanus, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1870, 119, belonjjs to 

 Apogon imbetbis. This is the only record of this Euroi)ean species on 

 our coasts. I am assured by Professor Giil that there is no doubt that 

 these specimens obtained by Mr. Samuel Powell really came from 

 Newport. 



Rhypticus bistrispinosus. 



The specimen recorded in the same paper as Promicropterus decoratus 

 I am unable to distinguish from Rhypticus macnlatus Holbrook. It is 

 certainly not the real decoratus ( =^nigripinniH Giil). The name Bodianus 

 bistrispinosus Mitchill, has priority over Holbrook's name maculatus for 

 this species. 



Rhypticus saponaceus. 



The specimen described by Cope (Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, 1871) as 

 Eleutheractis coriaceus, I cannot distinguish from Rhyplicus saponaceus. 



Clupea mirabilis. 



The type of Spratelloides bryoporus Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc.^ 



Phila., 1873, belongs to Clupea mirabilis Girard. 



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Eemiihatnphus pleei. 



The species recorded by me (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 113) from 

 Key West as Hemirhamphus balao is probably distinct from the true 

 H. balao; it may stand as Hemirhamphus pleei. 



Catesby's fishes. — In my paper on the fishes of Catesby (Proc. U. 

 S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 190), I have ov^erlooked the following names of Wal- 

 baum, based on figures of Catesby. 



Labrus maximus \\ albaum, Artedi Piscium, 1792, 261, based on Suil- 

 lus of Catesby. This name has priority over Lachnokemtis suillus of 

 Cuvier, and the species should stand as Lachnolcemus maximus. 



Perca gibbosa Walbaum 1. c, 348,base5 on the Margate-fish Oi Catesby, 

 This is prior to Calliodon gibbosus Bloch & Schneider, as the designa- 

 tion of Ilcemulon album Cuv. & Val. 



Perca apoda ("ForsterCatal. Anim., 21") Walbaum 1. c, 351, based on 

 the Schoolmaster of Catesby. This is either Lutjanus caxis or L.jocUj 

 probably the former, but as both are confounded by most fi.shermen un- 

 der the name of "Schoolmaster," it is hardly necessary to adopt the in- 

 appropriate name of Lutjanus apoda instead of L. caxis. 



Serranus furvus. 



The name Perca furva Walbaum 1. c, 337, based on the Blackfish of 

 Schopf, has priority over Cori/phccna nigrescens of Bloch & Schneider. 

 If, therefore, our Northern Blackfish is distinct from the Southern Ser- 

 ranus atrarius, as Holbrook and Bean have maintained, it may stand 

 as Serranus {Centropristis) furvus. 



