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Genus PSEUDUPENEUS Bleeker 



Pseudupeneus Bleeker, Versl. Akad. Amsterdam, vol. 14, p. 134, 1862. (Geno- 

 type, P. prayenis Bleeker.) (Ref. copied.) 



PSEUDUPENEUS MACALATUS (Bloch) 



Chivo 



Mullus maculatus Bloch, Naturgeschichte der auslandischen Fische, vol. 7, p. 95, 

 1793 (Brazil). — Metzelaar, Report on the fishes collected by Dr. J. Boeke 

 in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, p. 88, 1919 (Puerto Cabello, Venezuela). 



Family POLYCENTRIDAE 



Genus POLYCENTRUS Miiller and Troschel 



Polycentrus Muller and Troschel, in Schomburgk, Reisen in Britisch-Guiana, 

 vol. 3, p. 622, 1848. (Genotype, Polycentrus schoniburgkii Muller and 

 Troschel.) 



POLYCENTRUS SCHOMBURGEn MUlIer and Troschel 



Polycentrus schomhurgkii Mt^LLER and Troschel, in Schomburgk, Reisen in 

 Britisch-Guiana, vol. 3, p. 622, 1848. — Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1906, 

 pt. 1, p. 391, pi. 25, fig. 12 (Trinidad; Venezuela; Guiana). — Fowler, Fish 

 Culturist, vol. 22, No. 9, p. 65, 1943 (Trinidad; Guiana; Venezuela). 



3 specimens, 22 to 37 mm., near Caripito, William Beebe, August 10, 1942. 

 1 specimen, 34 mm., near Caripito, William Beebe, 1942. 



Family CHAETODONTIDAE: Butterfly-fishes 



Genus CHAETODON Linnaeus 



Chaetodon Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 272, 1758. (Genotype, Chaetodon 

 capistratus Linnaeus.) 



chaetodon STRIATUS Linnaeus 



Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 275, 1758 (India). — 

 Metzelaar, Report on the fishes collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West 

 Indies 1904-1905, p. 91, 1919 (Venezuela). 



Family EPHIPPIDAE 



Genus CHAETODIPTERUS Lacepede 



Chaetodipterus Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 4, p. 503, 1802. 

 (Genotype, Chaetodipterus plumierii Lacepede.) 



chaetodipterus FABER (Broussonet) 



Spadefish 



Chaetodon faber Broussonet, Ichthyologia sistens piscium, p. 19, pi. 6, 1782. 

 Ephippus faber Metzelaar, Report on the fishes collected by Dr. J. Boeke in 

 the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, p. 90, 1919 (Venezuela). 



U.S.N. M. No. 123080, 1 specimen, 57 mm. in standard length, Cape San 

 Romdn, U. S. S. Niagara, April 2, 1925. 



U.S.N.M. No. 123183, 1 specimen, 15 mm., south coast of Gulf of Venezuela, 

 U. S. S. Niagara, November 15, 1925. 



