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2077. Palometa media (Peters). Palometa. 



Pacific coast of North America, Mazatlan to Panama. 



Stromateiis medius Peters, Berl. IMonatsb., 1869, 707, Mazatlan, Mexico. 



2078. Paloraeta palometa (Jordan and BoUman). 



Pacific Ocean, off Colombia. 



Stro7nateus palometa Jordan and Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XII, 



1889, 156, off coast of Colombia, lat. 8° 16' 30" N., long. 79° 37' 



45" W., at Albatross station 2804. 



2079. Palometa snyderi (Gilbert and Starks). 



Panama. 



Peprilus snyderi Gilbert and Starks* Mem. Calif. Acad. Sci., IV, 1904, 

 87, Panama. 



Genus 710. PORONOTUS Gill. 



Poronotus Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast N. Amer., Sup. to Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., XIII, 1861, 35 {Strorriateus triacanthus Peck). 



2080. Poronotus triacanthus (Peck). Dollarfish; Harvcstfish; Butterfish; 



Lafayette. 

 Nova Scotia to Florida; common. 

 Stromateus triacanthus Peck, Mem. Amer. Acad., II, 1800, pt. 2, 48, 



pi. 2, fig. 2, Piscataqua River, N. H. 

 Stromateus cryptosiis Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. N. Y., I, 1815, 365, 



New York Bay. 



Genus 711. EUCROTUS Bean (B. A.). 



Eucrotus Bean, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXV, 1912, 123 {E. ventralis 

 Bean). 



2081. Eucrotus ventralis Bean. 



Bermudas. 



Eucrotus ventralis Bean, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXV, 1912, 125, 

 Bermudas. 



Family 174. CENTROLOPHID^. Rudderfishes 



Genus 712. CENTROLOPHUS lacepede. Black ruffs. 



Centrolophus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1803, 441 (Perca nigra 



Gme\in = C or yphaena pompilus L.). 

 Acentrolophus Nardo, Prodromus. Adriat. Ichth. Giorn. Fisica di Pavia, 



sp. 62, 1827, {A. maculatus Nardo = CeniroZop/ius niger Lacdpede, 



the name Centrolophus deemed inappropriate). 

 Gymnocephalus Cocco, Nuov. Ann. Sci. Nat., II, 1838, 26 (G. 7nessine?isis 



Cocco) ; name preoccupied. 

 Pompilus Lowe, Suppl. Fish Madeira, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, VII, 



1839, 81 {Coryphsena pompilus L.). 



2082. Centrolophus niger (Gmelin). Blackfish; Black ruffe; Borlase. 



Coasts of southern Europe; once taken at Dennis, Mass. 

 Perca nigra Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, 1321, Cornwall. 

 Centrolophus liparis Ilisso, Eur. Morid., Ill, 1826, 337, Nice, Italy. 

 Centrolophus morio Lac6p6de in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. 



Poiss., IX, 1833, 254 (342), Mediterranean. 

 Centrolophus pompilius Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 247 (334), 



pi. 269; not of Linnaeus. 

 Acentrolophus maculosus Nardo, Prodr. Ichth. Adriat., No. 62, Isis, 



1827, Adriatic. 

 Gymnocephalus messinensis Cocco, Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat., II, 1838, 26, 



Messina. 



Genus 713. PALINURICHTHYS Bleeker. Black rudderfishes. 



Palinurus DcKay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 1842 {Coryphsena perciformia 



Mitchill); name preoccupied in Crustacea. 

 Palinurichthys Bleeker, Enum. Spec. Pise. Arch. Ind., in Acta Soc. S. 



Indo-Neerl., VII, November, 1859, 22 {Coryphxna pcrciformis, 



Mitchill). 

 Palinurichthys Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XII, January, 1860, 



20 (Coryphsena per cif or mis Mitchill). 

 Pammelas Giinther, Cat., II, June, 1860, 485 {Coryphsena perciformia 



Mitchill). 



