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2083. Palinurichthys perciforniis (Mitcliill). Ruddcrfish; Log fish; Snipnose 



mullet; Black rudderfish 

 Atlantic coast of North America from Cape Hatteras to Maine; once 



taken in Cornwall. 

 Coryphsena percijormis Mitchill, Amer. Month. Mag., II, 1818, 244, 



New York Harbor. 

 Pimelepterus cornubiensis Cornish Zoologist, IX, 1874, 4255, Penzance, 



Cornwall (a stray specimen floated across in a fish box). 



Genus 714. SCHEDOPHILUS Cocco. 

 Schedophilus Cocco, Giorn. Innom. Messina, Ann., Ill, 1834, No. 7, 57, 



(5. medusophagus Cocco^. 

 Crius Valenciennes, Ichth. lies Canaries, II, 1844, 43 {Crius bertheloii 

 Yalenciennes^Schedophilus medusophagus Cocco). 



2084. Schedophilus heathi Gilbert. 



Monterey Bay. 



Schedophilus heathii Gilbert, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, Zoo!., Ill, 

 1904, 260, PI. XXVI, Pacific Grove, Calif. 



Genus 715. ICICHTHYS Jordan and Gilbert. 



Icichthys Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 305 

 (/. lockingtoni Jordan and Gilbert). 



2085. Icichthys lockingtoni Jordan and Gilbert. 



Off California, in deep water; a surface swimmer, hovering under 

 jelly-fishes; known from off Monterey and San Francisco. 



Icichthys lockingtoni Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 

 1880, 305, off San Francisco. 



Family 175. NOMEID.ffi. Man-of-war fishes 



Genus 716. NOMEUS Cuvier. 



Notneus Cuvier, Regne Anim., ed. 1, II, 1817, 315 {Gobius gronovii 

 Gmelin). 



2086. Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin). Portuguese man-of-war fish; Harder; 



Pastor. 

 Tropical parts of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans; Sargasso Sea; 



Florida; Bermuda; Woods Hole, Mass.; rocky pools at Panama. 

 Gobius gronovii Gmelin, Syst. Nat., Ed. XIII, 1788, 1205, tropical 



America; after Gronow. 

 Eleotris mauritii Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 66, Brazil. 

 Nomeus maculosus Bennett, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc, I, 1831, 146, 



East Indies. 

 Nomeus oxyurus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 236, Habana. 



Genus 717. PSENES Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Psenes Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 1833, 193 (259), 

 (P. cyanophrys Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



2087. Psenes cyanophrys Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Open sea; Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans; Jamaica and Mar- 

 tinique. 



Psenes cyanophrys Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 

 1833, 193 260, pi. 265, New Ireland. 



Psenes javanicus Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 196 (264), Batavia. 



Psenes auratus Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 197 (264), Gulf of 

 Bengal. 



Psenes fusctis Guichenot, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, XII, 1866, 

 138, Madagascar. 



Cubiceps muliiradiatus Giinther, Proc. Zobl. Soc. Lond., 1871, 661, 

 ])1. 61, Manado. 



2088. Psenes maculatus Liitken. 



Open Atlantic. 



Psenes maculatus Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, 1880, 110, open Atlantic, 



lat. 39° N., long. 25° S. and between 34° and 27° W. in 600 to 700 



fathoms. 



2089. Psenes regulus Poey. 



Coasts of Cuba. 



Psenes regulus Poey, Synopsis, 1868, 375, Cuba. 



