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SICYDIUM PLUMIERI (Bloch) 

 SiRAJO 



Gobius plumieri Bloch, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle des poissons, p. 125, 

 pi. 178, fig. 3, 1797 (Martinique) (ref. copied). 



U.S.N. M. Nos. 93823 and 93824, 3 specimens, 77 to 83 and 94 mm., respec- 

 tively, from Macuto, Lyon and Robinson, August 12, 1900. 



U.S.N. M. No. 122454, 6 specimens, Macuto, Lvon and Robinson, August 2, 

 1900. 



1 specimen, 39 mm., Rfo Cerro Grande, 10 km. east of Macuto, F. F. Bond, 

 December 22, 1937. 



17 specimens, 45 to 104 mm., Rio Cumboto near Ocumare, F. F. Bond, January 

 5, 1938. 



Order SCLEROPAREIOIDEA 

 Family SCORPAENIDAE: Scorpionfishes 



Genus SCORPAENA Linnaeus 



Scorpaena Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 266, 1758. (Genotype, 

 Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus.) 



SCOBPAENA PLUMIERI Bloch 



Rascacio 



Scorpaena plumieri Bloch, Vet.-Acad. Nya Handl., vol. 10, p. 234, 1789 (Mar- 

 tinique) (ref. copied). — Gunter, Copeia, 1941, No. 2, p. 119 (Venezuela); 

 1942, No. 2, p. 106 (Venezuela). 



U.S.N.M. No. 123197, 1 specimen, 47 mm. in standard length, from Cape San 

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



U.S.N.M. No. 123196, 1 specimen, 26 mm., from Jacuque Point, U. S. S. 

 Niagara, January 26, 1925. 



Family TRIGLIDAE: Gurnards; Sea-robins 

 Genus PRIONOTUS Lacepfede 



Prionotus Lacep^de, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, p. 336, 1802. 

 (Genotype, Trigla evolans Linnaeus.) (Ref. copied.) 



PRIONOTUS PUNCTATUS (Bloeh) 



RuBio; Volador; Gallina del mar 



Trigla punctata Bloch, Naturgeschichte der auslandischen Fische, vol. 7, p. 125, 

 pi. 353, 1793 (Martinique) (ref. copied). 



Prionotus punctatus Metzelaar, Report on the fishes collected by Dr. J. Boeke 

 in the Dutch West Indies in 1904-1905, p. 147, 1919 (Venezuela).— Rohl, 

 Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, p. 411, 1942 (Venezuela). 



U.S.N.M. No. 123168, 1 specimen, 209 nun. from Jacuque Point U. S. S. 

 Niagara, January 26, 1925. 



U.S.N.M. No. 123167, 2 specimens, 135 and 194 mm., from Piedras Bay, 

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



U.S.N.M. No. 123166, 1 specimen, 187 mm., from Estanques Bay, U. S. S. 

 Niagara, December 7, 1924. 



