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Family ISTIOPHORIDAE: Sailfishes 



Genus ISTIOPHORUS Lacepede 



Istiophorus Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, p. 374, 1803. 

 (Genotype, Istiophorus gladifer Lacepede =«Scom6er gladius Broussonet.) 

 (Ref. copied.) 



ISTIOPHORUS AMERICANUS (CuWer and Valenciennes) 



Sailfish; Aguja vela 



Histiophorus americanus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des 



poissons, vol. 8, p. 303, 1831 (Brazil). 

 Istiophorus nigricans Rohl, Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, p. 396, fig. 208, 1942 



(coast of Venezuela). 



Family XIPHIIDAE: Swordfishes 



Genus XIPHIAS Linnaeus 



Kiphias Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 248, 1758. (Genotype, Xiphias 

 gladius Linnaeus.) 



xiphias GLADIUS Linnaeus 



Swordfish; Emperador, Espad6n, o Fez espada 



Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 248, 1758 (Europe). 

 Tetraopterus imperator Rohl, Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, p. 397, fig. 209, 

 1942 (coast of Venezuela). 



Suborder Stromateoidea 

 Family STROMATEIDAE: Harvestfishes 



Genus PEPRILUS Cuvier 



Peprilus Cuvier, Le regne animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 214, 1829. (Genotype, 

 Stromateus longipinnis Mitchill = Stromateus paru Linnaeus.) 



PEPRILUS PARU (Linnaeus) 



Harvestfish: Palometa de mar 



Stromateus paru Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 248, 1758 (America), 

 Peprilus paru Rohl, Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, p. 401, fig. 215, 1942 (coast 

 of Venezuela). 



U.S.N. M. No. 123044, 5 specimens, 54 to 68 mm. in standard length, Piedras 

 Bay, U. S. S, Niagara, March 14, 1925. 



Suborder Gobiformes 



Upon my return from Venezuela in 1942 I turned over to Isaac 

 Ginsburg for study all the gobiid fishes that I collected, along wdth a 

 large collection made by Dr. F. F. Bond. All the identifications 

 reported upon for the two following families, Eleotridae and Gobiidae, 

 were made by Mr. Ginsburg, and to him I extend my appreciation of 



