256 tl. S. BUREAU OP FISHERIES 



Suborder RHEGNOPTERI 



Family 158. POLYNEMID.E. Threadfins 



Genus 672. POLYNEMUS Linnseus. Barbudos. 



Polyncmus (Gronowj Liiuiaus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 317, (P. quin- 



quariiis, virginicua, and pai-adiseiis Liiina;us); properly restricted by 



Giinther and by general usage to Polynemus paradiseus Linnaeus. 

 Polyilactyliis Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1803, 419 (P. plumieri 



Ijac6\:)edc = Polyncmus virginicus Linna?us). 

 Trichidion Klein, in Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIII, 1861, 



274 {Polynemus virginicus Linnaeus). 



2007. Polynemus approximans Lay and Bennett. Raton. 



Pacific coast of trojjical America; Giiaymas to Panama; Santa Catalina 



and .San Diego. 

 Polynemus approximans Lav and Bennett, Beechev's Voyage, Zool., 



Fish., 1839, 57, Mazatlan,' Mexico. 

 Polynemus californiensis Thoniinot, Bull, de la Soc. Philom. de Paris, 



Seance, 27 Juin, 1886, (7), X, 161, California. 



2008. Polynemus virginicus Linnieus. Barbudo; Barbu; Catfish. 



West Indies, north to the Florida Keys. 



Polynemus virginicus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 317, America. 



Polydactylus plumierii Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1803, 419, 



Martinicpie; from a drawing l)y Plumier. 

 Polynemus mango Lacepede, loc. cit., 413, America, after Linnaius. 

 Polynemus americanus Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit.. Ill, 1829, 



291 (393), Cayenne, San Domingo, Martinic|ue. 

 Polynemus oligodon Giinther, Cat., II, 1860, 322, Rio Janeiro. 



2009. Polydactylus opercularis (Gill). 



Pacific coast of tropical America, from Cape San Lucas to Panama. 

 Trichidion opercularis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XV, 1863, 168, 



Cape San Lucas. 

 Polynemus melanopoma Giinther, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., VI, 1868, 



421, San Jose de Guatemala. 



2010. Polynemus octonemus Girard. Threadfin; Eight-threaded threadfish. 



New York to the Rio Grande. 



Polynemus octonemus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., X, 1858, 



167, Brazos Santiago; Galveston. 

 Trichidion octojllis (Jill, loc. cit., XIII, 1861, 280, New York. 



Genus 673. PENTANEMUS Giinther. 



Pentanemus Giinther, Cat., II, 1860, 331 {Polynemus quinquarius 

 Linnauis). 



2011. Pentanemus quinquarius (Linnaeus). 



Atlantic Ocean; West Indies to coast of Africa; rare. 



Polyncmus quinquarius Linmeus, Syst. Nat., "Ed. X, 1758, 317, America; 



after Gronow. 

 Polynemus arledii Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1831, 146, Africa. 

 Polynemus viacronemus Pel, Bydrage tot de Dierk., 1851, 9, Africa. 



Series SCOMBRIFORMES 



Family 159. ACANTHOCYBIID-ffl 



Genus 674. ACANTHOCYBIUM Gill. Pelos. 



Acanlhocybium Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 125 

 {Cybium sara Bennett). 



2012. Acanthocybium petus (Poey). Pelo. 



West Indies north to Key West; recorded from Italy. 

 Cybium petus Poey, Memorias, II, 1S61, 234, pi. 16, fig. 1, Habana. 

 Cybium verany Doderlein, Giorn. di Sci. Nat., ed. Econ., VIII, 1872, 

 Palermo. 



2013. Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Ono; Peto. 



Warmer ijarts of the Pacific; Hawaii; Pacific coast of Mexico; and 



South Seas. 

 Cybitim solandri Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VIII, 



1831, 192, open seas; exact locality unknown; after Solander, 



