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Family 183. RACHYCENTRID^. The Sergeantflshes 



Genus 746. RACHYCENTRON Kaup. Crab-eaters. 



Rachycentron Kaup, Isis, XIX, 1826, col. 89 {R. typus Kaup). 



Elacate Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VIII, 1831, 328 

 (E. malabarica Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Mdaderma Swainson, Xat. Hist. Fish., Amphib., etc., II, 1839, 243 

 (M.nigerrima Swainson — Elacate pondicerriana Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes) . 



2178. Rachycentron canadus (Linnaeus). Sergeant fish; Crab-eater; Bonito; 



Cobia. 

 In all warm seas; Atlantic coast north to Cape Cod; also in Japan and 



the East Indies, if all members of the genus belong to one species. 

 Gasterosteus canadus Linna?us, Syst. Nat., ed. XII, 1766, 491, Carolinas. 

 Centronotus gardenii Lac6pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 1802, 357, 



Carolinas. 

 Centronotus spinosus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. See, I, 1815, 490, 



New York. 

 7Elacate pondicerriana Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 



VIII, 1831, 241 (329), Pondicherry. 

 lElacate motta Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 244 (332), Orixa. 

 1 Elacate malabarica Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 244 (332), 



Malabar. 

 Elacate atlantica Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 245 (334), Brazil. 

 "i Elacate bivittata Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 248 (338), Molucca. 

 Elacata falcipinnis Gosse, Nat. Sojourn Jamaica, 1851, 208, Jamaica. 



Family 184. BATHYCLUPEID^ 



Genus 747. BATHYCLUPEA Alcock. 



Bathyclupea Alcock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., VIII, 1891, 130 {B. hoskynii 

 Alcock). 



2179. Bathyclupea argentea Goode and Bean. 



West Indies, in deep water. 



Bathyclupea argentea Goode and Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 1895, 190, off 

 Nevis Lsland, West Indies, at Blake station 37 in 3G5 fathoms. 



Family 185. PERCIDiE. Perches 



Genus 748. PERCA Linnaeus. River perches. 



Perca Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 289 (P. fluviatilis Linnaeus). 

 Epitrachys Schulze, Jahrsber. Naturw. Ver. Magdeburg, 1889, 209 



(Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus). 



2180. Perca flavescens (Mitchill). Yellow perch; American perch; Ringed 



perch; Raccoon perch; Yellow Ned; River perch; Lake perch. 

 Fresh waters of the eastern United States, chiefly northward and 



eastward; abundant in the Great Lakes and in coastwise streams 



from Nova Scotia to North Carolina; common in the tributaries of 



the upper Mississippi, especially in lakes of Indiana, Michigan, 



Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota; unknown from central Ohio 



southwestward; not known from the Ohio River or the lower Missouri. 

 Perca americana Schranck, Abh. Privatges. Oberdeutschland, I, 1792, 



100, America; name preoccupied in Morone. 

 Morone flavescens MitchiU, Rept. Fish. N, Y., 1814, 18, near New 



York City. 

 Centropomus luleus Rafinesque, Prdcis des Ddcouvertes Somiologiques, 



1814, 19, Pennsylvania. 

 Perca notata Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag., II, 1818, 205, Lake Erie. 

 Perca serrato-granulata Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hi.st. Nat. Poiss., 



II, 1828, 34 (48), New York. 

 Perca granulata Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 35 (48), pL 9, New 



York. 

 Perca acuta Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 36 (49), pi. 10, Lake 



Ontario. 

 Perca gracilis Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 36 (50), Skaneateles 



Lake, N. Y. 



