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1795. Achirus fonsecensis (Giinther). 



Pacific coast of tropical America, Mazatlan to Fonseca. 



Solea fonsecensis Giinther, Cat., IV, 1862, 475, Gulf of Fonseca. 



Solea panamensis Steindachner, Ichth. Beitrage, V, 1876, 10, Taf. II, 



Panama. 

 Solea fischeri Steindachner, Beitrage Kenntniss Fluss-Fische Sudamer., 



I, 1879, 13, Rio Mamone near Panama. 



1796. Achirus mazatlanus (Steindachner). Mexican sole; Teipalcate. 



Pacific coast of tropical America. 



Solea mazatlana Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, IX, 1869, 23, Mazatlan, 



Mexico. 

 Solea pilosa Peters, Berliner Monatsber., 1869, 709, Mazatlan, Mexico. 



1797. Achirus comifer Jordan and Gilbert. 



Key West, Fla. 



Achirus comifer Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, 1884, 

 31, Key West, Fla. 



1798. Achirus lineatus (Linnaeus). 



Florida to Brazil. 



Passer lineis transversis notatus Sloane, Jamaica, 2, 1725, 77, pi. 246, 



fig. 2, Jamaica. 

 Pleuronecles fuscus subroiundus glaber Browne, Jamaica, 1756, 445, 



Jamaica. 

 Pleuronecles lineatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 268, Jamaica; 



based on Browne and Sloane; not of ed. XII, which is Achirus 



fasciatus. 

 Monochir maculipinnis Agassiz, Spix, Pise. Brasil., 1829, 88, pi. 49, 



Brazil. 

 Baiostoma hrachialis Bean, Proc, U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 413, Appa- 



lachicola Bay and south Florida. 



1799. Achirus barnharti Jordan. 



Coast of southern California; Coronado Islands. 



Achirus barnharti Jordan, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zool., XXVI, 1923, 10, 

 PI. I, Coronado Islands in about 400 feet depth of water. 



Genus 604. APIONICHTHYS Kaup. 



Apionichthys Kaup, Wiegmann's Archiv, 1858, 104 (A. dumerili Kaup). 

 Soleotalpa Giinther, Cat., IV, 1862, 489 {S. unicolor Giinther). 



1800. Apionichthys dumerili Kaup. 



West Indies. 



Apionichthys dumerili Kaup, Wiegmann's Archiv, 1858, 104, no locality; 



description of species included in that of the genus. 

 Soleotalpa unicolor Gunther, Cat., IV, 1862, 489, West Indies. 

 Apionichthys nebulosus Peters, Berliner Monatsb., 1869, 709, Surinam. 



Family 139. CYNOGLOSSID.S:. Tonguefishes 



Genus 605. SYMPHURUS Rafinesque. Tonguefishes. 



Symphurus Rafinesque, Indice, 1810, 13, 52 {S. nigrescens Rafinesque). 



Bibronia Cocco, Alcuni Pesci del Mare di Messina, 1844, 15 {B. ligulata 

 Cocco, larval form of Symphurus) . 



Plagusia Cuvier, R&gne Animal, ed. 2, II, 1829, 344; based on Plagusia 

 of Browne; name preoccupied in crustaceans, Latreille, 1806. 



Plagiusa Bonaparte, Cat. Metod., 1846, 51 (P. lactea); name a sub- 

 stitute for Plagusia. 



Aphoristia Kaup, Archiv fiir Natur., 1858, 106 {Achirus ornatus 

 Lac6p6de)^ 



Glossichthys Gill, Cat. Fish. E, Coast N. Amer., 1861, 51 (Pleuronecles 

 plagusia Linnaeus). 



Ammopleurops Giinther, Cat., IV, 1862, 490 (Plagusia lactea Bonaparte). 



fBascanius Schiodte, Naturhist. Tijdskr., V, 1867, 269 (B. txdifer 

 Schiodte; larval). 



1801. Symphurus piger (Goode and Bean). 



West Indies and Gulf of Mexico in deep water. 



Aphoristia pigra Goode and Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., XII, No. 5, 

 1886, 154, St. Kitts, in about 250 fathoms. 



