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2130. Citula orthogramma (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Revillagigedo Islands; Pacific Islands. 



Caranx orthogrammus Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 

 1881, 226, Sulphur Baj', Clarion Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago. 



2131. Citula dorsalis (Gill). Pampano. 



Pacific coast of tropical America; Mazatlan; Panama. 



Carangoides dorsalis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XV, 1863, 166, 



Panama. 

 Caranx otrynter Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 202; 



new name substituted for dorsalis preoccupied in Caranx, but not in 



Citula. 



Gonus 731. ALECTIS ^^ Rafinesque. Cobbler fishes; Cockfishes. 



Gallus Lac6p6de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1803 (Zeus gallus L.); preoccupied 



in birds. 

 Alectis Rafinesque, Anal. Nature, 1815, {Zeus gallus L.); substitute for 



Gallus, preoccupied. 

 Blepharis Cuvier, Regne Animal, 1817, 322 (Ze^is ciliaris Bloch). 

 Gallichthys Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 1833, 264 



(Zeus gallus L.); substitute for Gallus, preoccupied. 

 Bleparichthys Gill, Cat. Fish. East Coast U. S., suppl. to Proc. Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Phila., XIII, 1861, 36; substitute for Blepharis. 



2132. Alectis crinitus (Mitchill). Threadfish; Cobbler fish; Sunfish; Shoemaker. 



West Indies north to Cape Cod, Florida Keys and Cuba. 



Zeus crinitus Mitchill, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, XI, 1826, 144, Shoreham, 



Mass. 

 Blepharis sutor Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 1833, 



120 (161), pi. 253, Caribbean Sea. 

 Blepharis major Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 121 (163), West 



Indies; Martinique; not Gallichthys major, an East Indian species. 

 Carangoides blepharis Bleeker, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch., XXIV, 



1852, Makr. 667, East Indies. 

 Carangoides gallichthys Bleeker, loc. cit., 668, East Indies. 



Genus 732. SCYRIS Cuvier. 

 Scyris Cuvier, Regne Anim., ed. 2, II, 1829, 209 {S. indica Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes). 



2133. Scyris analis Poey. 



Cuba. 



Scyris analis Poey, Synopsis, 1868, 369, Cuba. 



Genus 733. HYNNIS Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Hynnis Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 1833, 145 (195), 

 pi. 257 {H. goreensis Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



2134. Hynnis cubensis Poey. 



Cuba. 



Hynnis cubensis Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 235, Habana. 



2135. Hynnis hopkinsi Jordan and Starks. Pdmpano. 



Puerto Viejo, near Mazatlan, Mexico. 



Hynnis hopkinsi Jordan and Starks, in Jordan, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 

 V, 1895, 435, pi. 35, Mazatlan. 



Genus 734. VOMER Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Vomer Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 1833, 141 (189), 

 pi. 256 (F. brownii Cuvier and Valenciennes = Zeus setapinnis Mit- 

 chill). 



Platysomus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fish., Amphib., etc., II, 1839, 250 

 {Vomer browni Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



•« The genera and species allied to Alectis have been much mixed from the first. While other possibili- 

 ties exist, and may be defended, it seems best to adhere to current nomenclature, which, in fact, accords 

 best with the Code. 



