280 tJ. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



2174. Zonichthys rivolianu3 Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



AJediterranean to Brazil, West Indies, and South Carolina; Florida 



coast. 

 Seriola rivoliana Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 1833, 



154 (207), the Greek Archipelago. 

 Seriola boscii Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 156 (208), waters of 



Carolina. 

 Seriola bonariensis Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 157 (211), Buenos 



Aires. 

 Seriola coronata Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 232, Cuba. 



2175. Zonichthys falcatus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Madregal; Rock 



salmon. 

 West Indies, north to Florida and the Carolinas. 

 Seriola falcata Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 1833, 



156 (210), Gulf of Mexico. 

 Seriola dubia Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, VII, 1839, 80, Madeira. 

 Seriola declivis Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 230, Habana. 

 Seriola ligulata Poey, loc. cit., 231, Cuba. 



Family 181. NEMATISTIIDiE. Peacockfishes; Papagallos 



Genus 744. NEMATISTIUS Gill. 



Nematistius Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 258 (N. 



pedoralis Gill). 

 Seriolophus Guichenot, Mem. Soc. Nat. Sci. Cherbourg, XIII, 1868, 



90 (Seriolophus carangoides Guichenot). 



2176. Nematistius pectoralis Gill. Pc: de gallo; Papagallo; Roosterfish. 



Gulf of California to Panama; generally common. 



Nematistius pectoralis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 



259, Cape San Lucas. 

 Seriolophus carangoides Guichenot, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, 



XIII, 1868, 90, locality unknown. 



Family 182. POMATOMID^. Blueflshes 



Genus 745. POMATQMUS Lacepede. Bluefishes. 



Pomatomus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1802, 436 (P. skib Lacepede). 

 Lopharis Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 52 {Perca lophar Forsk&l). 

 Goiienion Rafinesque, loc. cit., 53 (G. serra Rafinesque). 

 Temnodon Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. 1, II, 1817, 346 (C heilodipterus 



heptacanthus Lacepede). 

 Sypterus Eichwald, Fauna Caspio-Caucas., 1841 (Perca lophar Forsk&l). 

 Chromis Gronow, Cat. Fishes, 1854, 149 (C. epicurorum Gronow = 



Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus); name preoccupied. 

 Sparactodon Rochebrune, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7, IV, 1880, 162 



(<S'. nalnal Rochebrune)." 



2177. Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaius). Bluefish; Snap mackerel; Skipjack; 



Fatback; Snapping mackerel; Tailor; Snapper; Horse mackerel; Green- 

 fish; Skip mackerel. 



Atlantic coast of United States; eastern part of the Mediterranean 

 and South to Australia and Madagascar; locally and irregularly 

 abundant. 



Perca saltatrix Linntcus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, I, 1758, 293, Carolinas. 



Perca lophar ForskS,!, De.scr. Anim., 1775, 38, Constantinople. 



Cheilodipterus heptacanthus Lac6p6de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 1802, 542, 

 Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. 



Pomatomus skib Lac6pede, loc. cit., IV, 1802, 436, Carolinas. 



Lopharis mediterraneus Rafinescpie, Indice, 1810, 17, after Forsk&l. 



Gonenion serra Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 53, Sicily. 



Chromis epicurorum Gronow, Cat., ed. Gray, 1854, 149, Carolinas. 



Sparactodon nalnal De Rochebrune, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1880, 

 159, Senegambia. 



