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2523. Lutianus synagris (Linnaeus). Lane snapper; Biajaiba; Redtail snapper. 



West Indies; Florida Keys to Colon and Brazil. 



Sparus synagris Linnaeus, Svst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 280, Carolinas; after 

 Catesby. 



Salpa purpxirascens variegata (Lane snapper) Catesby, Nat. Hist. Caro- 

 lina, II, 1743, 17, pi. 17, Bahamas. 



Sparus vermicularis Bloeh and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 275, 

 Martinique, on a drawing by Plumier. 



ILutjanus aubrieli Desniarest, Preni. Dec. Ichth., 1823, 17, pi. 2, Cuba. 



Mesoprion uninotatus Cuvier and Valenciennes. Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 

 1828, 339 (,449), pi. 39, San Domingo; Martinique. 



2524. Lutianus ambiguus (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Mesoprion ambiguus Poey, Meniorias, II, 1861, 152, pi. 12, fig. 4; pi. 13, 



fig. 8; Habana; two specimens known; suspected to be a hybrid of 



Lutianus synagris and Ocyurus chrysurus). 



2525. Lutianus mahogoni (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Ojanco; Mahogany 



suapp(r. 

 West Indies; Habana. 

 Mesoprion mahogoni Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 



1828. 338 (447), Martinique. 

 Mesoprion ricardi Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 339 (447), Marti- 



nic|ue? No locality given. 

 Mcsnjirion ojaticn Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 150, pi. 13, fig. 10, Cuba. 



2526. Lutianus megalophthalmus (Evermann and Marsh). 



Porto Rico. 



\eomcenis megalophthalmus Evermann and Marsh, Bull. U. S. Fish 

 Cum., XX, 1900 (1902), 177, Puerto Real, Porto Rico. 



Genus 865. RAIZERO Jordan and Fesler. 



Raisero Jordan and Fesler, Rept. V. S. Fish. Com., XVII, 1889 (1893), 

 438 (Mesoprion aratus Gunther). 



2527. Baizero aratus (Glint her). Pargo de raizero. 



Pacific coast of tropical America. 



Mesoprion aratus Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 145, Panama; 

 Chiapam. 



Genus 866. RABIRUBIA Jordan and Fesler. 



Riihinihrn .Jordan and Fesler, Rept. V. S. Fish Com., XVII, 1889 

 (1S93), 438 (Mesoprion inermis Peters). 



2528. Babirubia inermis (Peters). 



Pacific coast of .America from Mazatlan to Panama. 

 Mesoprion inermis Peters, Berliner Monatsber., 1869, 705, Mazatlan, 

 Mexico. 



Genus 867. OCYURUS Gill. Rabirubias. 



Ocyurus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 236 (Sparus 

 chrysurus Bloch). 



2529. Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch). YellowlaH; Rabirubia. 



West Indies, southern Florida to Brazil; single specimen recorded at 



Woods Hole, Mass. 

 Sparus chrysurus Bloch, Nat. Ausl. Fische, V, 1791, 28, Brazil; after 



Marcgrave. 

 Acara pitamba Marcgrave, Hist. Brasil., 1648, 155, Brazil. 

 Rabiruka Parra, Descr. Dif. Piezas, Hist. Nat., 1787, 42, pi. 20, fig. 1, 



Cuba. 

 Anthias rabirubia Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 309, Cuba; 



after Parra. 

 Sparus semiluna Lacdpdde, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1802, 141, Martinique. 

 Mesoprion aurorittatus Agassiz, Spix, Pise. Brasil., 1829, 121, pi. 66, 



Brazil. 

 Ocyurus rijgcrsmoei Cope, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIV, 1871, 468, 



fig. 4, St. Kitt.s. 



Genus 868. RHOMBOPLITES GiU. 



Rhomb,, iditcs (iill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 237 (Cen- 

 tropruslis aurorubens Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



