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1548. Hyporhamphus snyderi Meek and Hildebrand. 



Lower California to Panama. 



Hyporhamphus snyderi Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Pub. 215, Zool., Ser. XV, Dec. 20, 1923, 240, PI. XVII, fig. 2, Balboa, 



Panama Bay. 



Genus 502. HEMIRAMPHUS Cuvier. 



Hemiramphus Cuvier, Regne Anim., ed. 1, II, 1817, 186 {Esox brasi- 

 liensis Linnaeus). 



1549. Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnaeus). Balao; Escribano; Red-tailed 



balao. 



West Indies, generally abundant from Key West southward to Bahia. 



Esox brasiliensis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 314, Jamaica; after 

 Browne; the Timucu of Macgrave wrongly included in the synonymy; 

 Bloch, Ichth., 1801, 391, corrected synonymy and description. 



Hemiramphus brownii Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIX, 

 1846, 10 (13), Guadeloupe, Martinique. 



Hemiramphus pleii Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 15 (19), Mar- 

 tinique, Safi Domingo. 



Macrognathus brevirostris Gronow, Cat. Fish., 1854, 148, America; 

 after Browne. 



Hemirhamphus filamentosus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 297, Cuba. 



1550. Hemirhamphus balao LeSueur. Balao; Piper; Bluc-lailed balao. 



Cuba; also known from Panama; Guadeloupe; Martinique. 

 Hemirhamphus balao LeSueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., II, 1823, 



136, Lesser Antilles, Guadeloupe, Martinique. 

 Hemirhamphus macrochirus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 299, Cuba. 



1551. Hemirhamphus saltator Gilbert and Starks. 



Panama; Galapagos Islands. 



Hemirhamphus saltator Gilbert and Starks, Mem. Calif. Acad. Sci., 

 IV, 1904, 53, PI. IX, fig. 16, Panama. 



Genus 503. CHRIODORUS Goode and Bean. Hardheads. 



Chriodorus Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 431 (C. 

 atherinoides Goode and Beanj. 



1552. Chriodorus atherinoides Goode and Bean. Hardhead. 



Florida Keys and vicinity. 



Chriodorus atherinoides Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 

 1882, 432, Key West, Fla. 



Genus 504. HEMIEXOC(ETUS Fowler. 



Hemiexoccetus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., LIII, 1901, 293 

 {H. caudim^culatus Fowler). 



1553. Hemiexoccetus caudimaculatus Fowler. 



Mazatlan, Mexico. 



Hemiexoccetus caudimaculatus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 LIII, 1901, 294, Mazatlan, Mexico. 



Family 122. EXOCCETID.a: Flyingfishes 



Genus 505. FODIATOR Jordan and Meek. 



Fodiator Jordan and Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VIII, 1885, 45 

 (Exocoetus aculus Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



1554. Fodiator acutus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Sharp-nosed fiyingfish. 



Both shores of tropical America; Gulf of California; San Luis Gonzales; 



Panama; Nice. 

 Exocoetus aculus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIX, 



1846, 91 (125), Surinam; Nice. 



Genus 506. EVOLANTIA Heller and Snodgrass. 



Erolaidia Heller aiui Snodgrass, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., V, 1903, 189 

 (Exocffius mirraplcrus Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



1555. Evolantia microptera (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Malolo. 



Galapagos Islands. 



Exorrrtus micropterus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIX, 

 1846, 92 (127), Port King George, New Holland, etc. 



