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1999. Joturus globiceps (Giinther). Bobo. 



Rivers and cataracts of eastern Mexico, from Jalapa to Costa Rica 



and Panama. 

 Agonostoma globiceps Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, XIV, 



1874, 370, Myzantla, Vera Cruz. 

 Joturus stipes Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 373, 



Rio Baj^ano, near Panama. 



Family 157. SPHYR.aENID.E. Barracudas 



Genus 671. SPHYE^NA Rose. 



Sphyrsena Rose, in Artedi Piscium, 1793, 52 {Esox sphyrsena Linnaeus). 

 Sphyrsena Artedi, in Bloch and Schneider, S3'st. Ichth., 1801, 109 {Esox 



sphyrsena Linna;us). 

 Agriosphyrsena Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., LV, 1903, 749 

 {Esox barracuda Walbaum). 



Subgenus SPHYR.ffiNA Rose. 



2000. Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnajus). Europeqn barracuda; Spot; Sennet. 



Coasts of southern Europe and neighboring islands, west to the Ber- 

 mudas. 



Esox sphyrsena Linnaeus, S3-st. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 313, Mediterranean 

 Sea. 



Esox spet Haiiy, Encj'cl. Metod. Poiss., 1787; after Linnajus. 



Sphyrsena vulgaris Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 

 1829, 242 (327), Mediterranean. 



Sphyrsena viridensis Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 251 (339), St. 

 Jago, Cape Verde Islands. 



2001. Sphyraena argentea Girard. California barracuda; Barracouta. 



Pacific coast, from San Francisco southward to Cape San Lucas. 

 Sphyrsena argentea Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1854, 144 



San Diego, Calif. 

 Sphyrsena lucasana Gill, loc. cit., XV, 1863, 86, Cape San Lucas. 



2002. Sphyraena ensis Jordan and Gilbert. Vicuda. 



Gulf of California to Panama. 



Sphyrsena ensis Jordan and Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., II, 1882, 106, 

 Mazatlan, Mexico. 



2003. Sphyraena borealis DeKay. Northern barracuda; Sennet. 



Atlantic coast of the United States, from Cape Cod to North Carolina. 

 Sphyrsena borealis DeKay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 1842, 39, pi. 60, 

 New York. 



2004. Sphyraena guachancho Cuvier and Valenciennes. Guaguanche peldn; 



Guanuanche. 

 West Indies north to Pensacola; Gulf Stream to Woods Hole. 

 Sphvrsena guachancho Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 



1829, 252 (342), Habana. 

 Sphyrsena gnntheri Haly, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XV, 1875, 270, Colon. 



2005. Sphyraena picudilla Poey. Picudilla; Baracuda. 



West Indies, on the coasts of Cuba; Bahia. 



Sphyrsena picudilla Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 162; Habana. 



Subgenus AGRIOSPHYR^NA Fowler. 



2006. Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum). Great barracuda; Picuda; Becuna; 



Short barracuda. 



West Indies and Brazil, north to Pensacola, Charleston, and the Ber- 

 mudas; accidental to Woods Hole, Mass. 



Umbra minor, etc. (the barracuda) Catesby, Fishes of Carolina, etc., 

 II, 1743, 1, pi. 1, Bahamas. 



Esox barracuda Walbaum, Artedi Piscium, III, 1792, 94; after Catesby. 



Sphyrsena sphyrsena var. picuda Bloch and Schneider, ed. Bloch, Syst. 

 Ichth., 1801, 110, Habana; after Parra. 



Sphyrxna becuna Lac6p6de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1803, pi. 9, fig. 3; 

 after drawing by Plumier at Martiniciue. 



