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2290. Alvarius fonticola Jordan and Gilbert. 



Arkansas and Texas, in clear rocky streams; known only from Washita 

 River at Arkadelphia; San Marcos River at San Marcos, Tex.; Comal 

 Creek at New Braunfels, Tex. 



Alvarius fonticola Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IX, 1886, 

 23, San Marcos Spring at San Marcos, Tex. 



Family 187. APOGONIDiE. Cardinal fishes 



Genus 782. APOGON Lacepede. 



Amia Gronow, Zoophyl., 1763, 80 (Apogon moluccensis Cuvier and 



Valenciennes); not Amia L., nonbinomial. 

 Apogon Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 1802, 411 (A. ruber Lac6pMe= 



Mnllus imherhis L.). 

 Ostorhinchus Lacepede, loc. cit., IV, 1803, 23 (0. fleurieu Lacepede). 

 Dipterodon Lacepede, loc. cit., 165 (D. hexacanthus Lac6pede). 

 Macrolepis Rafinesque, Analyse de la Nat., 1815, 86; a bare name, no 



t.¥pe. 

 Monoprion Poe}', Memorias, II, 1861, 123 {M. maculatus Poey). 



2291. Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus). King of the mullets; Alfoncino; Fucinita. 



Mediterranean and neighboring waters; one from Newport, R. I., and 



one from the island of Fernando de Noronha. 

 Mullus imberbis Linnajus, Sjst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 300, Malta; after 



Artedi. 

 Apogon ruber Lac6pMe, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 1802, 411, Malta. 

 Perca pusilla De la Roche, Ann. Mus. Nat. Hist., XIII, 1809, 318, 



Nice. 

 Apogon rex-mullorum Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 



II, 1828, 105 (143), Marseilles, Nice, Genoa, Naples, Palermo. 



2292. Apogon maculatus (Pocy). 



Pensacola to Bahia; recorded from as far north as Woods Hole; 



common on the "snapper banks"; often found in the stomachs of 



snappers and groupers. 

 Monoprion maculatus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 123, Cuba. 



2293. Apogon pigmentarius (Poey). 



Cuba; common at Habana. 



Monoprion pigmentarius Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 123, Cuba. 



2294. Apogon sellicauda Evermann and Marsh. 



West Indies; Tortugas Archipelago; Porto Rico. 



Apogon sellicauda Evermann and Marsh, Fish. Porto Rico, Bull. 

 U. S. Fish Com., XX, 1900, 143, fig. 40, Culebra Island, Porto Rico. 



2295. Apogon americanus Castelnau. 



Brazil, north to the Tortugas. 



Apogon americanum Castelnau, Anim. Amer. Sud, Poiss., 1855, 3, pi. 



III, fig. 2, Bahia. 



2296. Apogon binotatus (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Amia binotatn Pocy, Repcrtorio, 1867, 234, Cuba. 



2297. Apogon retrosella (Gill). Cardenal. 



Pacific coast of Mexico. 



Amia retrosella Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 251, 

 Cape San Lucas. 



2298. Apogon dovii Giinther. 



-Mazatlan to Panama. 



Apogon dovii Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861, 371, Panama. 



2299. Apogon atricaudus (Jordan and McGregor). 



Offshore islands, Pacific coast of Mexico. 



Apogon atricaudus Jordan and McGregor, Rept. U. S. Fish Com., 

 XXIV, 1898, 277, and in Jordan and Evermann, Fish. North and 

 Mid. Amer., 1898, 2853, Socorro, Clarion, and San Benedicto islands. 



2300. Apogon atrodorsatus Heller and Snodgrass. 



Galapagos Islands. 



Apogon atrodorsatus Heller and Snodgrass, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 

 V, 1903, 192, PI. Ill, Charles Island. 



