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1535. Tylosurus galeatus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Cayenne, French Guiana. 



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

 1846, 319 (429), Cayenne, French Guiana. 



1536. Tylosurus pacificus (Steindachner) . 



Acapulco to Panama. 



Belone pacifica Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., Ill, 1875, 65, Panama. 



1537. Tylosurus acus (Lacepede). Houndfish; Agujon. 



West Indies and occasionally northward. 



Sphyrsena acus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1803, 6 pi., 1 fig. 3, 



Martinique. 

 lEsox imperialis Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 59, Palermo. 

 "iTylosurus cantrainii Cocco, Giorn. Sci. Litt. Art. Sicilia, XVII, 1829, 



18, pi. 1, fig. 4, Messina. 

 Belone latimana Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 290, Habana. 

 Belone jonesi Goode, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts., XIII, 1877, 295, Bermuda. 



1538. Tylosurus caribbseus (LeSueur). 



West Indies. 



Belone caribhxa LeSueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., II, 1821, 127, 



Caribbean Sea. 

 Belone altipinna Poey, Memorias, II, 1851, 293, Cuba. 



Genus 497. ABLENNES Jordan and Fordice. 



Athlennes Jordan and Fordice, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IX, 1886, 342 

 {Belone hians Cuvier and Valenciennes); error of transcription for 

 Ahlcnne!^. 



1539. Ablennes hians (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



West Indies, ranging from Florida to Brazil; generally common; also 



recorded from Acapulco and Hawaii. 

 Belone hians Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XVIII, 1846, 



321 (432), pi. 548, Bahia; common at Habana. 

 Belone maculala Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 290, Cuba. 



Family 120. SCOMBERESOCID.a: 



Genus 498. SCOMBERESOX Lacepede. Sauries. 



Scomheresox Lac6p6de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1803, 344 (S. camperii 



Lac^p^de) . 

 Sayris Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 60 {S. recurvirostra Rafinesque = 



Esox saurus Walbaum). 

 Grammiconotus Costa, Ann. Mus. Zool. Univ. Napoli, I, 1862, 55 {G. 



hicoloT Costa; said to lack the air bladder. 



1540. Scomberesox saurus (Walbaum). Saury; Skipper; Billfish; Skipjack. 



Temperate parts of Atlantic Ocean; common in schools especially 



north of Cape Cod and France. 

 Esox saurus Walbaum, Artedi Pise, III, 1792, 93, Cornwall; after the 



saury pike of Pennant. 

 Scomheresox camperii Lac^ptide, Hist. Nat." Poiss., V, 1803, 345, locality 



unknown. 

 Sayris recurvirostra Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 61; substitute for 



camperi. 

 Sayris hiaiis Rafinesque, loc. cit., 61, Palermo. 

 Sayris hirtuiculatus Rafinesque, loc. cit., 62, Palermo. 

 Scomheresox sculellalum LeSueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., II, 1821 



(1823), 132, Newfoundland. 

 Scomheresox storeri DeKay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 1842, 229, pi. 35, 



fig. 3, Banks of Newfoundland; coast of Massachusetts; New York. 

 Scomheresox equiroslrum LeSueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila , II, 



1821 (1823), 132, locality unknown. 

 Scomtjeresox rondeletii Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XVIII, 



1846, 350 (472), Mediterranean. 

 Grammiconotus bicolor Costa, Ann. Mus. Zool. Univ. Napoli, I, 1862,. 



55, Naples. 

 ? Scomheresox forsteri Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 



XVIII, 1846, 357 (481), New Zealand. 

 Sayris serrata Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 61, after Roiidelot. 



