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1919. Macrorhamphosus scolopaz (Linnseus). Snipefish; Trumpetfish; 



Bellowsfish . 

 Mediterannean Sea, northward to southern England, accidental on 



our North Atlantic Coast. 

 Balistes scolopax Linnaeus, Sj'st. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 329, Mediterranean. 

 Silurits cornut7is Forsk&l, Descr. Anim., 1775, 66, Marseilles. 



1920. Macrorhamphosus hawaiiensis Gilbert. 



Deep waters about Hawaii; once taken off San Pedro, Calif. (W. F. 



Thompson) . 

 Macrorhamphosus hawaiiensis Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., XXIII, 



1903 (1905), 613, Laysan Island. 



Order QQ. PERCOMORPHI 

 Suborder PERCESOCES 



Family 155. ATHERINIDiE. Silversides; Hardheads; Pescados del Rey; 



Peixe Rey 



Genus 646. HEPSETIA Bonaparte. 



Hepsetia Bonaparte, Fauna Italica, Fasc. 91 (no pages), 1837 {Atherina 



boyeri Risso). 

 Atherinomorus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., LV, 1903, 730 



{Atherina laticeps Foey = Atherina stipes Miiller and Troschel). . 



1921. Hepsetia stipes (Miiller and Troschel). Cabczote, Bristle herring. 



West Indies; common north to western Florida. 



f. Atherina tseniata Spix in Agassiz, Pise. Bras., 1829, 135, pi. 30, fig. 2, 



Atlantic Ocean, off Brazil. 

 Atherina stipes Miiller and Troschel, in Schomburgk, Hist. Barbados, 



1847, 671, Barbados. 

 Atherina laticeps, Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 265, Habana. 

 Atherina velieana Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., II, 1879, 



342, Clear Water Harbor, Fla. 



1922. Hepsetia evermanni (Eigenmann). 



Cuba; San Cristobal; Pinar del Rio. 



Atherina evermanni Eigenmann, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., XXII, 1902, 

 228, fig. 9, San Cristobal, Cuba. 



Genus 647. ATHERINA (Artedi) linnseus. Friars. 



Atherina Artedi in Linnieus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 315 {Atherina 



hepsetus Linnseus). 

 Aphia Risso, Europ. M6rid. 1826 {Aphia meridionalis Risso = apparently 



very young of Atherina hepsetus L.), but Risso describes their laying 



of eggs, and may refer to some other species. 

 Tseniomembras Ogilby, Proc, Linn. Soc. New South Whales, XXIII, 



1898, 41 {Atherina microstoma Giinther). 



1923. Atherina arsea Jordan and Gilbert. 



Gulf of Mexico at Key West, Cozumel, and south to Caribbean Sea. 

 Atherina arxa Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, 1884, 

 27, Key West, Fla. 



1924. Atherina harringtonensis Goode. 



Bermudas and south to Curasao. 



Atherina harringtonensis Goode, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, 3d ser., XIV, 

 No. 82, 1877, 297, Bermuda Islands. 



1925. Atherina microps Poey. 



Habana. 



Atherina m,icrops Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 266, Habana, Cuba. 



1926. Atherina Carolina Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



South Carolina (reference doubtful). 



Atherina Carolina Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., X, 1835, 

 330 (445), "Carolinas." 



