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PHTHEIRICHTHYS LINEATUS (Menzies) 



Echencis lincata Menzies, Traus. Linu. Soc. Loudon, vol. ], p. 187, pi. 17, iig. 

 1, 1791 (type locality: Tropical Pacific Ocean). — Bloch and Hchneidek, 

 Systeiua ichthyologiae . . ., p. 240, pi. 53, upper figure, 1801 (short descrip- 

 tion). — Lacep^de, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, pp. 146, 167, 1802 

 (short description). — Shaw, General zoology, vol. 4, p. 211, 1803 (ref. 

 copied). — GtiNTiiER, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., May 1860, p. 398 (ref. copied) ; 

 Catalogue of tlie fishes of the British Museum, vol. 2, p. 8, 1860 (short 

 description). — Schmeltz, Mus. Godeffroy, Cat. 1, p. 9, 1804 (South Seas) 

 (ref. copied). — LtJxKEN, Ichthyographiske bidrag, V, Museets Sugeflske 

 (Echeueidae), Vid. Medd. Nat. Foren. Kj0beuhavu, 1875, pp. 2, 11, 1876 

 (6 specimens from Atlantic). — Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, vol. 11, pt. 5, p. 

 156, pi. 47, 1876 (2 specimens in British Museum). — Dexsman and 

 Hardenberg, VI, De Indische Zeevischen en Zeevisscherij, p. 345, fig. 250, 

 1934 (3 specimens, 21, 32, 50 mm., showing development of disk). — Franz, 

 .ihh. Rayer. Ak.'id. Wis^.. niiith.-phys. Klasse, vol. 4, Snppl., vol. 1, Abhdlg., 

 p. 70, 1910 (Misaki, Sagami, 15 cm. long) (ref. copied). 



Phthcirichthys Uneatiis Jordan and Evermann, U. S. Nat. Mus., Bull. 49, pt. 3, 

 p. 2268, 1898 (short description, no record given). — Tanaka, Figures and 

 descriptions of the fishes of Japan, j). 259, pis. 72, figs. 252-254, 1913; ibid., 

 1035 (1 specimen, Misaki, Sagami, Japan). — Gudger, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 

 234, p. 10, figs. 3, 4, 1926 (partial history of capture).— Vanderbilt, To 

 Galapagos on the Ara, pp. 14, 145, 146, pi. 24, 1927 (taken from a barracuda 

 caught off Hogsty Island, Bahamas, Feb. 13, 1926) (ref. copied.) — Barnard, 

 Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 419, 1927 (Table Bay— 2 speci- 

 mens in the South African Museum ) .—Fowi-er, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 

 p. 421, 1928 (one specimen, lat. 6° N., long. 162° W.) ; ibid., Suppl. I, p. 363. 

 1931. — Gudger, Journ. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 28, p. 35, pi., and figs. 

 1, 2, 1928 (popular history of capture of specimens.) — Meek and Hilde- 

 brand, Marine fishes of Panama, pt. 3, p. 895, 1928 (no record). — FowrJiK, 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 70, pt. 2, p. 1020, 1936 (Atlantic north of 

 the Tropics; Pacific Ocean). 



Echeneis tropica Euphrasen, Haudl. Vet. Akad., vol. 12, pp. 315, 317, 1791 (type 

 locality : "Habitat in Oceano occidentali intra Tropicos" ; the specimen was 

 taken in "2°9' N. lat. and 20°49' W. long, from Paris," which places the 

 locality about 600 miles off Liberia, Africa). 



Echeneis opicalis PoEry, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, vol. 2, p. 254, 1861 (type locality: 

 Cuba). 



Echeneis sphyraenarum Poey, ibid., p. 255 (type locality: Cuba). 



Phthcirichthys tropicus Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, Rept. U. S. Comm. Fish., 

 1928, pt. 2, p. 449, 1930 (no locality record). 



Phtheirk'hthys lineatus (Menzies) Jordi^vn and Gilbert, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 

 16, p. 969, 1882 (short description, no locality record). 



No attempt has been made to list all references to Phtheirichthys lineatus, 

 only some of the more important ones. 



Genus ECHENEIS Linnaeus 



Echeneis Linnaeus, after Artedi, Systema naturae, ed. 10, i>. 260, 1758. (Type 

 Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus,) 



