308 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Perca mucronata Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag. and Crit. Rev., II, 

 1818, 204, Delaware, Schuylkill, and Susquehanna Rivers. 



Lahrax nigricans DeKay, Nat. Hist. N. Y., Fishes, 1842, 12, pi. 50, 

 fig. 160, Long Island. 



Family 194. EPINEPHELID.^. Sea basses, groupers, garrupas, etc. 



Genus 818. STEREOLEPIS Ayres. Jeitfishes. 



Stereolepis Ayres, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 1859, 28 (S. gigas 



Ayres) . 

 Megaperca Hilgendorf, Sitzb. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1878, 

 155 (Af. ishinagi Hilgendorf). 



2370. Stereolepis gigas A3Tes. California jewfish. 



Coast of California, north to the Farallons. 



Stereolepis gigas Ayres, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 1859, 28, 



southern California. 

 Stereolepis californicus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XV, 1863, 



330, California; substitute for S. gigas, supposed to be preoccupied 



in this genus. 



Genus 819. POLYPRION Cuvier. Wreckfishes. 



Polyprion Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. 1, II, 1817, 282 (1 Amphiprion 

 americanus Bloch and Schneider). 



2371. Polyprion americanus (Bloch and Schneider). Wreckfish; Stone bass; 



Cernicr. 



Gulf stream; Grand Banks and New Jersey; also in Europe if P. 

 massiliensis is the same, which is not certain. 



Amphiprion americanus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 

 205, pi. 47; based on a drawing sent by Latham to Schneider repre- 

 senting some fish called in America "Girom"; called Amphiprion 

 australis on pi. 47. 



IScorpaena massiliensis Risso, Ichth. Nice, 1810, 184, Marseilles. 



tPolyprion cernium Cuvier, M6m. du Museum, XI, 1824, 265, PL XVII, 

 France. 



IHolocentrus gulo Risso, Europe M^rid., Ill, 1826, 367, Nice. 



ISerranus couchii Yarrell, British Fishes, ed. 1, I, 1836, 12, Great 

 Britain. 



Genus 820. GONIOPLECTRUS Gill. Spanish flags. 



Gonioplrctrus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 236, 237 

 {Plectropoma hispanum Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



2372. Gonioplectrus hispanus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Spanish flag; 



Ouatilif)i espagnol; Biajaiba de lo alto. 

 West Indies; Cut)a. 

 Plectropoma hispanum Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 



II, 1828, 298 (396), Martinique. 



Genus 821. PETROMETOPON Gill. Enjamhre. 



Petrometopon Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XVII, 1865, 105 

 {Perca guttatus Toey = Sparus cruentatus Lacepdde). 



2373. Petrometopon cruentatus (LacdpSde). Enjambre; Coney; Rock hind. 



West Indian fauna, Brazil to Florida Keys; very common on Cuba 

 coast. 



Sparus cruentatus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1802, 156, Marti- 

 nique; on a copy of Plumier's drawing. 



IPcrca guttata Bloch, Ichthyol., 1792, 312, Martinique, not of Linnaeus. 



Saranus apiarius Poe}'^, Mcmorias, II, 1861, 143, Habana. 



2374. Petrometopon cruentatus coronatus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Brown hind; Pclile negre. 

 West Indies, north to Key West. 

 Serranus coronatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 



1828, 278 (371), Martinique. 



2375. Petrometopon panamensis (Steindachner). 



Panama. 



Serranus panamensis Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., IV, 1875, 1, with 

 plate, Panama. 



