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2444. Centropristes ocyurus (Jordan and Evermann). Gulf sea bass. 



Gulf of Mexico at Snapper Banks off Pensacola, Fla. 

 Serranus ocyurus Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mils., IX, 

 1886, 468, Snapper Banks off Pensacola, Fla. 



2445. Centropristes rufus Cuvier and Valenciennes. Hogfish. 



Martinique. 



Centropristes rufus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 

 1829, 35 (47), Martinique. 



Genus 841. TRILOBURUS Gill. 



Triloburus Gill, Cat. Fish. East Coast U. S., Supplement to Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., XIII, 1861, 30 {Perca trifurca Storer= Perca phila- 

 delphica Linn^us). 



2446. Triloburus philadelphicus (Linna3us). Rock sea bass; Redfish. 



Coast of South Carolina. 



Perca philadelphica Linnitus, S\'st. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 291, America. 

 Perca trifurca Linna-us, loc. cit., ed. XII, 1766, 489, Carolinas. 

 Lutjanus trideris Lacopede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1802, 246, Carolinas. 



Genus 842. DIPLECTRUM Holbrook. Sqidrrelfishes. 



Diplectrum Holbrook, Ichth. South Carolina, ed. I, 1855, 32 [Serranus 



fascicularis Cuvier and Valenciennes = Perca formosa Linnajus). 

 Haliperca Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 236, (Serranus 



bivittatus Cuvier and Valenciennes = >Serranr<s radialis Quoy and 



Gaimard, and other species). 

 Parascrranus Bleeker, Verb. Akad. Amst., XIV, 1873, 6 (P. hasselti 



Bleeker) . 



Subgenus HALIPERCA Gill. 



2447. Diplectrum radiale (Quoy and Gaimard). Aguavina. 



Cuba to Brazil. 



Serranus radialis Quoy and Gaimard, Voyage Uranie, 1824, 316, Rio 



Janeiro. 

 Serranus bivittatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 1828, 



179 (241), Martinique. 

 Centropristes ayresi Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, VII, 1868, 1, pi. 1, 



fig. 1, Santos, Brazil. 



2448. Diplectrum pacificum Meek and Hildebrand. 



Panama. 



Diplectrum radiale Gilbert and Starks, Memoir Calif. Acad. Sci., IV, 



1904, 97 (not of Quoy and Gaimard). 

 Diplectrum pacificuvi Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 



Zool., XV, Apr. 15, 1925, 477, PI. XLVI, fig. 2, Naos Island, Panama. 



2449. Diplectrum macropoma (Giinther). 



Pacific coast of tropical America. 



Centropristis macropoma Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 145, 

 Panama. 



2450. Diplectrum sciurus Gilbert. , 



Gulf of California. 



Diplectrum sciurus Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, 1891, 550, 



Gulf of California at Albatross stations Nos. 3014, 3021, 3026, and 



3033, all in shallow water. 



2451. Diplectrum euryplectrum Jordan and Bollman. 



Coast of Coloml)ia, southwest of Panama. 



Diplectrvm euryplectrum Jordan and Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 XII, 1889, 157, Pacific Ocean, off coast of Colombia. 



Subgenus DIPLECTRUM Holbrook. 



2452. Diplectrum formosus (LinnaMis). Squirrelfish; Sandfish; Scrrauo. 



West Indies; common on the south Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the 

 United States, from Charleston south to Montevideo. 



Perca formosa Linnanis, Syst. Nat., ed. XII, 1766, 488, Carolinas. 



Epinephelus striatus Blocii, Naturgesch. Ausl. Fischc, VII, 1793, 20, 

 Jamaica (not Anthias striatus Bloch). 



Serranus radians Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Poiss., 1824, 313. 

 pi. 58, fig. 2, Rio de Janeiro. 



