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1697. Platophrys leopardinus (Giinther). 



Ciulf of California. 



Rhomboidichthija leopardinus Giinther, Cat., IV, 1862, 434, locality 



unknown. 

 Platophrys leopardinus Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, 1884, 260, 



specimen from Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. 



Genus 560. SYACIUM Ranzani. 



Syaciurn Ranzani, Nov. Spec. Pise, 1840, 20 (S. micrurum Ranzani). 

 Hemirhombus Bleeker, Versl. Akad. Amsterdam, XIII, 1862, 425 (H. 



guineensis Bleeker). 

 Aramaca Jordan and Goss, in Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Amer., 1885, 133 



{Citharichthys psetulus Jordan and Gilbert =PZeuronecfes aramaca 



D6nndorf = PZeuronecies papillosus Linnseus). 



1698. Syacium papillosum (LinnsRus). 



West Indies. 



Aramaca Marcgrave, Hist. Pise. Brasil., 1648, 181, Brazil. 



Pleuronectes papillosus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 271, Brazil; 



based on Marcgrave. 

 Rhornbus soleseformis Agassiz, in Spix, Pise. Brasil., 1829, 86, Tab. 47, 



Atlantic Ocean. 



1699. Syacium micrurum Ranzani. 



West Indies; Key West to Rio Janeiro. 



Syacium micrurum Ranzani, Nov. Spec. Pise. Diss. Sec, 1840, 20, pi. 5, 



Brazil. 

 Hippoglossus ocellatus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 314, Cuba. 

 Hemirhombus aramaca Giinther, Cat., IV, 1862, 42, Cuba; Jamaica; 



not Rhombus aramaca Cuvier. 

 Citharichthys xlhalion Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IX, 1886, 52, 



Habana. 



1700. Syacium latifrons (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Pacific coast of tropical America; Panama. 



Citharichthys latifrons Jordan and Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., I, 

 1881, 334, Panama. 



1701. Syacium ovale (Giinther). 



Pacific coast of tropical America; Mazatlan to Panama. 



Hemirhombus ovalis Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 154, Panama. 



Genus 561. CITHARICHTHYS Bleeker. Whiffs. 



Citharichthys Bleeker, Versl. Akad. Amsterd., XIII, 1862, 427 (C. 



cayennensis Bleeker=C. spilopterus Giinther). 

 Orthopsetta Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 330 {Psettich- 



thys sordi'dus Girard). 

 Metonops Gill, loc. cit., XVI, 1864, 198 (M. cooperi Gm= Psettichthys 



sordidus Girard). 



Subgenus ORTHOPSETTA Gill. 



1702. Citharichthys sordidus (Girard). 



Pacific coast of North America, in water of moderate depth from 



British Columbia to Lower California. 

 Psettichthys sordidus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1854, 



142, San Francisco; Tomales Bay. 

 Metaponops cooperi Gill, loc. cit., XVI, 1864, 198, Santa Barbara; 



shriveled specimen. 



1703. Citharichthys fragilis Gilbert. 



Gulf of California. 



Citharichthys fragilis Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 120, 

 Gulf of California, east coast of Lower California. 



1704. Citharichthys xanthostigmus Gilbert. 



Magdalena Bay, west coast of Lower California to Hermosa Beach, 

 southern California, and in Gulf of California. 



Citharichthys xanthostigma Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 

 120, Gulf of California, west coast of Lower California, and Magda- 

 lena Bay. 



