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Family 167. XIPHIID^. Swordfishes 



Genus 700. XIPHIAS Linnaeus. Swordfi'ihes. 



Xiphias Linniinis, Svst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 248 {X. gladius Linnaeus). 

 Phsethonichthijs Nichols, Amer. Mas. Nov., XIX, I, 1923 (Phxtho- 

 nichthys tiiberculntus Nichols; a young swordfish). 



2064. Xiphias gladius Linnneus. Common swordfish; Broadhill; Espada; 



Espadon empcrador. 

 Open sea, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, on both coasts; Cuba to Cape 



Breton and Newfoundland Banks; Pacific ofT Santa Barbara Islands, 



Hawaii, Japan, San Diego. 

 Xiphias gladius Linnseus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 248, Europe. 

 Xiphias rondeletii Leach, in Wern. Mem., II, 1818, 58, pi. 2, fig. 1, 



Firth of Forth. 

 Xiphias imperator Schneider, ed. Bloch, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 93, Pi. XXI, 



Mediterranean, after an erroneous figure of Duhamal. 

 Phiethonichthys tubcrculatus Nichols, Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. Novitates, 



XIX, pi. 1, Oct. 19, 1923; very young of A', gladius L. 



Series LUVARIFORMES 



Family 168. LUVARIDiE 



Genus 701. LUVARUS Rafinesque. 



Luvarus Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 22 (L. imperialis Rafinesque). 

 Diana Risso, Europe Meridionale, 1826, 267 {D. semilunala Risso). 

 Ausonia Risso, op. cit., 341 (^4. cuvieri Risso). 

 Prodoslegus Nardo, Diaro, Chem. et Hist. Nat. Ticino, I, 1827, 18, 



42 (P. prodoslegus Nardo). 

 Astrodertmis (Bonelli) Cuvier, Regne Anim., ed. 2, II, 1829, about 215 



{A. guttalus Bonelli MS). 

 Scafaria Gistel, Thierreich, VIII, 1848 {Ausonia cuvieri Risso). 



2065. Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque. 



Open sea; once taken at San Pedro, Calif. (W. F. Thompson). 



Luvarus imperialis Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 22. 



Diana semilunala Risso, Europe M^rid., 1826, 267. 



Ansonia cuvieri Risso, loc. cit., 341. 



Prodoslegus prodoslegus Nardo, Diaro, Chem. et Hist. Nat. Ticino, I, 



1827, 18, 42. 

 Astrodermus gullalus Bonelli, in Cuvier, Regne Anim., ed. 2, II, 1829, 



215 ca. 

 Scafaria Gistel, Thierreich, VIII, 1848. 



Series CORYPH^ENIFORMES 



Family 169. CORYPH^NID.ffi. Dolphins; Dorados 



Genus 702. CORYPH.^NA Linnjeus. Dorados. 



Coryphxna Liniianis, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 261 (C. hippurus L.). 

 Lampugus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 1833, 317 

 {Scomber pclagicus L.; female). 



2066. Coryphaena hippurus Linnajus. Common dolphin; Dorado; Dourade. 



Pelagic to Cape Cod and northward. South Carolina to Texas; also 

 throughout the mid-Pacific. 



Coryphaena hippurus Linna;us, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 261, open seas. 



Scomber pelagicus Linnaeus, loc. cit., 299, no locality. 



Coryphxna fasciolala Pallas, Spicil. Zool., VIII, 1770, 2.3, AmVwina. 



Coryphsena imperialis Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, .33, Sicily. 



Coryphsena immaculata Agassiz in Spix, Pise. Brasil., 1829, 111, pi. 56, 

 Atlantic, oflf Brazil. 



Coryphxna marcgravii Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 

 1833, 223 (301), America. 



Coryphcena suerii Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 224 (302), Phil- 

 adelphia. 



Coryphxna dorado Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 225 (303), Brazil. 



Coryphaena dolfyn Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 226 (305), Antilles. 



