[73] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



$ Stromateua. 



817. Stromateus medius' Peters. P. 



818. Stromateus simiUimus Ayres. C. (711) 



$ Poronotus. 



819. Stromateus triacanthus Peck. N. (712) 



260.— LEIRUS Lowe. (233) 



820. Leirus perciformis Mitcbill. N. (713) 



Family LXXXIX.— LAMPEIDID^. (78) 



261.— LAMPRIS Retzius. (234) 



821. Lampris guttatus BriiDuich. O. (714) 



Family XC— CORYPH^NID^. (79) 



262.— CORYPH^NA LinTijeus. (235.) 



822. Coryphaena hippurua- Liiiiurus. O. S. W. (715, 716) 



Family XCI.— BEAMID^. (80) 



263.— PTERACLIS Grouow. (236) 



823. Pteraclis carolinus Cnv. & Val. O. (717) 



264.— BRAMA Blocb & Schneider. (236 b.) 



824. Brama raji Bloch. C. N. Eu. O. (717 b.) 



Family XCII.— ICOSTEID^.3 (101) 



265.— ICOSTEUS Lockington. (332) 



825. Icosteus asnigmaticus Lockincton. B. C. (969) 



266.— ICICHTHYS Jordan & Gilbert. (333) 



826. Icichtliys lockingtoni Jordan & Gilbert. B. C. (970) 



'^ Stromateua medius Peters, Berliner Monatsbericbte, 1869, 707; Jordan, Proc. Ac. 

 Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1883, 284. 



2 Corfiphcena equisetis bas not been autbeutically recorded from our coasts. It may, 

 tberefore, be omitted. Tbe common Dolphin or Dorado of our South Atlantic and 

 Gulf coasts is Conjphana hljijyurus L. 



This sjiecies is in life of a very bright greenish olive, with small round blue spots. 

 The top of the head in the males is much elevated, forming a high sharp crest. Head 

 4f ; depth 5; ventral inserted slightly behind upper ray of pectoral, its length 1^ in 

 in head; pectoral If. D. 59 to 63; A. 29. Pelagic, north on our coast to Cajje Cod; 

 very abundant from South Carolina to Texas. L. 3 to 5 feet. The specific names 

 punctulata, globiceps, sueuri, dorado, guttata, and punctata all belong to this species. 



^The position of our family Icosteid^. is near or under the family Bramidjs, as 

 has been shown by Dr. Steiudachner, Ichth. Beitr, XII, 22. The genus Bathyviaater 

 is apparently not a natural ally of Icosteus, 



