NOTE ON POLYNEMUS CALIFORNIENSIS OF THOMINOT. 

 By DAVID 8. JORDAN. 



lu the Bulletin de la Soci^t^ Philomathique ile Paris, Seance du 27 

 Juin 1886, M. Alexandre Tliominot has described a new species of Pohj- 

 nemus under the name of Polynemus caUforniemis. 



The typical spedmen (0"'.235 \o\\^) comes from a "collection made by 

 M. de Cessac in California," but in what part of that vast area, which 

 comprises three distinct lish-fauu;i3, it is not stated. 



The specimen described seems to be the young of the well known 

 Polynemus approximans Lay & Bennett, a species abundant in the 

 waters about Cape San Lucas, from which region the new species was 

 probably obtained. 



With all respect to the learning and acumen of my excellent friend 

 Monsieur Thominot, I may say that a remark of Dr. Beau (Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., 1885, 167) seems still pertinent: 



"As a general rule it will be safe to intrust the novelties of fish dis- 

 tribution in our country to its resident ichthyologists." 



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