196 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



1523. Strongylura argalus (LcSuevir). 



West Indies. 



Belone argalus LeSueur, in Cuvicr and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 XVIII, 1846, 326 (439), Guadeloupe, West Indies. 



1524. Strongylura euryops (Bean and Dresel). Longjaw. 



Cuba and Jamaica. 



Tylosurus euryops Bean and Dresel, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., VII, 1884, 

 168, Jamaica. 



1525. Strongylura diplotaenia (Cope). 



St. Alarlins Island, West Indies. 



Belone diplotaenia Cope, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIV, 1871, 481, St. 

 Martins. 



1526. Strongylura microps (Giinther). 



Coast of Guiana. 



Belone mierops Giinther, Cat., VI, 1866, 237, Surinam, British Guiana. 



1527. Strongylura angusticeps (Giinther). 



Coast of Ecuador. 



Belone angusticeps Giinther, Cat., VI, 1866, 238, Ecuador. 



1528. Strongylura stolzmanni (Steindachner). Sierrita. 



Pacific coast of America from Guaymas and Mazatlan to Peru. 



Belone stolzmanni Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., VII, 1878, 21, Tumbez, 



Peru. 

 Tylosurus sierrita Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 1881, 

 '45S, Mazatlan. 



1529. Strongylura exilis (Girard). Needlefish; California garfish. 



Coast of southern California, from Point Conception southward to 



Cedros Island, Mexico. 

 Belone exilis Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1854, 149, San 



Diego. 



1530. Strongylura pterura (Osburn and Nichols). 



Gulf of California. 



Tijlosurus pterurus Osburn and Nichols, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 XXXV, 1916, 152, fig. 6, Carmen Island, Gulf of California. 



1531. Strongylura marina (Walbaum). Garfish; Billfish; Needlefish; Agnjdn; 



Salt-water gar; Silver gar; Swordfish; Green gar; Skippick; Sea pike; 



Harvest pike; Silvery gar. 

 Coast of Maine to Texas; Atlantic and Gulf coasts, entering rivers. ■ 

 Esox marinus Walbaum, Artedi Pise, III, 1792, 88; after Schopf. 

 Esox longirostris Mitchill, Amer. Month. Mag., II, 1818, 322, Hudson 



River. 

 Belone truncata LeSueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., II, 1821, 126,' 



New York Bay. 

 Belone sculalor 6irard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Ichth., 1859, 30, pi. 



13, Brazos Santiago and St. Joseph Island, Tex. 



1532. Strongylura guianensis (Miiller and Troschel). 



Tijlnsurus guianensis Miiller and Troschel in Schomburgk's Reise, 



III, 1848, 626, coast of Guiana. 

 Genus 496. TYLOSURUS Cocco. 



Tylosurus Cocco, Giorn. Sci. Litt. Art. Sicilia, XVII, 1829, 18 {T. 



cantraini Cocco = '!Sphyra;na acus Laccpede). 



1533. Tylosurus fodiator Jordan and Gilbert. Agujdn. 



Pacific coast of Mexico. 



Tylosurus fodiator Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 1881, 

 459, Mazatlan. 



1534. Tylosurus raphidoma (Ranzani). Iloundfish; Aguja de Casta; Guardfish. 



West Indies, Florida Keys to Brazil; north to Ocean City, N. J., and 



North Carolina. 

 Belone raphidoma Ranzani, Nov. Com. Acad. Sci. Bonon., V, 1842, 



359, pi. 37, fig. 1, Brazil. 

 Belone gerania Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XVIII, 



1846, 325 (437), Martinique. 

 Belone crassa Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 291, Cuba. 

 Belone melanochira Poey, loc. cit., 294, CuVja. 

 Tylosurus gladius Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 239, 430, 



Pensacola, Fla. 



