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Priacanthus cepedianus Desmarest," Prem. Dec. Ichthy., 1823, 9, pi. 1, 



Habana. 

 ?Priacajithus carolinus Lesson, Voy. Coquille, 1826, 204, Caroline 



Islands. 



2493. Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier and Valenciennes. Catalufa; Big-eye. 



West Indies, south to Brazil; occasionally northward in the Gulf Stream 



to Newport and Woods Hole, Mass. 

 Catalufa Parra, Dif. Piezas Hist. Nat., 1787, 20, Habana. 

 Priacanthus are7iatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 



1829, 75 (101), Brazil. 



Priacanthus fulgens Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, 1839, 174, 



Madeira. 

 Priacanthus catalufa Poey, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XV, 1863, 182, 



Habana. 



Genus 857. PSEUDOPRIACANTHUS Bleaker. 



Pseudopriacanthus Bleeker. Versl. Ak. Wet. Amsterdam, 1869 (2), 241 

 {Priacanthus niphonius Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



2494. Pseudopriacanthus altus (Gill). 



West Indies and the Gulf Stream. 



Priacanthus altus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 732, 

 Narragan.sett Bay. 



2495. Pseudopriacanthus serrula (Gilbert). 



Pacific coast of Colombia. 



Priacanthus serrula Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 450, 

 Albatross .station, 2797, west coast of Coloml)ia. 



Family 199. PEMPHERID.ffi. Deep-water catalufas 



Genus 858. PEMPHERIS Cuvier. 



Pcmphcris Cuvier, R^gne Anim., ed. 2, II, 1829, 195 (Kurtus argenteus 

 Bloch and Schneider = Pemp/!erjs touea Cuvier). 



2496. Pempheris schomburgkii Miiller and Troschel. 



Barljaflos and Cuba. 



Pempheris scliojnhurgkii Miiller and Troschel, in Schomburgk's History 

 of Barbados, 1848, 669, Barbados. 



2497. Pempheris miilleri Poey. Catalufa de lo alto. 



West Iiifiics to Brazil. 



Pempheris mulleri Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 203, Cuba. 



2498. Pempheris poeyi Bean. 



Cuba. 



Pempheris poeyi Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VIII, 1885, 229, Habana. 



2499. Pempheris mexicanus Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Pacific coast of Mexico, Acapulco. 



Pempheris mcxicana Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VII, 

 1831, 230 (308), Acapulco, Mexico. 



Family 200. LOBOTIDiE. Flashers or tripletails 



Genus 859. LOBOTES Cuvier. 



Lohole:; Cuvier, Kdgiic .Anim., ed. 2, II, 1829, 177 (L. erate Cuvier and 

 Vak'iicionncs). 



2500. Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch). Flasher; Tripletail; Dormeur; Black 



perch; Black grunt. 

 Atlantic coa.st from Cape Cod to Surinam; Mediterranean; Japan. 

 Ilolocentrus surinamensis Bloch, Naturgesch. Ausl. Fische, IV, 1790, 98, 



Surinam. 

 Bodianijs triourus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y., I, 1815, 



418, Powells Hook, N. J. 

 Lobotes somnolentits Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hi.st. Nat. Poiss., V, 



1830, 244 (.T24), pi. 126, San Domingo. 



Lobotes erate Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 322, Pondicherry. 

 Lobotes auclorum (iiiiitlior, Cat., I, 1859, 338, Cuba; Calcutta; China. 



Genus 860. VERRUGATO Jordan. 



Verruyato Jordan, Classn. Fishes, 1923, 195 {Lobotes pacijicus Gilbert). 



