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Family 205. H^MULIDiE 



Genus 874. H.ffiMULON Cuvier. Roncos or grunts. 



Diabasis Desmarest, Prein. Decade Ichth., 1823, 34 (D. parra Desma- 



rest; name preoccupied in beetles). 

 Hasmulon Cuvier, Regne Anim., ed. 2, II, 1829, 175 (elegans, etc., 



restricted later to Hsmulon elegans CuvieT=Sparus sciiirus Shaw). 

 Anarmostiis Scudder, in Putnam, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., I, 1863, 



12; name preoccupied in insects. 



2536. Haemulon sexfaciatum Gill. Mojarra almejero. 



Pacific coast of tropical America, Guaymas to Panama. 



Hsemulon sexfasciatus GilJ, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 



254, Cape San Lucas. 

 Hsemulon maculosum Peters, Berliner Monatsber., 1869, 705, Mazatlan. 



2537. Haemulon album Cuvier and Valenciennes. Margatefish; Jallao; 



Margaret grunt. 

 West Indies; Florida Keys to Brazil. 

 Perca marina gibbosa cinerea (margatefish) Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina, 



II, 1743, 2, pi. 2, Bahamas. 

 Perca gibbosa Walbaum, Artedi Pise, 1792, 342, not of Linnajus, after 



Catesby. 

 Hsemulon album Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1830, 



179 (241), St. Thomas. 

 Hsemulon microphthalutn Giinther, Cat., I, 1859, 306, America. 



2538. Haemulon mowbrayi Jordan and Evermann. 



Key West, Fla. 



Hsemulon chnjsopterum Mowbray, N. Y. Zool. Soc. Bull., XVIII, 



No. 6, 1915, 1298, with fig., Key West; not of Cuvier, which is 



Bathystoma rimator Jordan and Swain. 

 Hsemulon mowbrayi Jordan and Evermann, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 



4th sor., XVI, Apr. 27, 1927, 505. 



2539. Haemulon macrostomum Giinther. Gray grunt; Striped grunt. 



West Indies, north to Florida Keys. 



Hsemulon macrostoma Giinther, Cat., I, 1859, 308, Jamaica. 

 Hsemulon fremcbundum Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., II, 

 1879, 340, Clearwater Harbor, Fla. 



2540. Haemulon bonariense Cuvier and Valenciennes. Black grunt; Ponce 



priclo. 

 West Indies, south to Buenos Aires. 

 Hsemulon bonariense Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 



1830, 174 (254), Buenos Aires. 

 Hxmulon canna Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., V, 173 (233), 



Martinique. 

 Hsemulon notatum Pocy, Mcmorias, II, 1861, 179, Cuba. 

 Hsemulon retrocurrens Poej-, Repertorio, II, 1868, 236, 461, Cuba. 

 Hsemulon continuum Poey, Enumeratio, 1875, 46, Cuba. 



2541. Haemulon parra (Desmare.st). Sailors' choice; Ronco bianco; Ronco 



prieto; Bastard margaret. 

 West Indies; southern Florida to Brazil; very common at Key West 



and Habana. 

 Diabasis parra Desmarest, Prem. Ddcade Ichth., 1823, 30, pi. 2, fig. 2, 



Habana. 

 Hsemidon caudimacula Cuvier, R^gne Anim., ed. 2, II, 1829, 176, 



Brazil; Habana. 

 Hsemulon chromis Broussonet, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. 



Poiss., V, 1830, ISO (242), Jamaica. 

 Hsemulon acutum Poey, Mcmorias, II, 1861, 180, Cuba. 

 Hsemulon serratum Poey, loc. cit., 181, Cuba. 

 Hsemulon albidum Poey, loc. cit., 181, Cuba. 

 Hsemulon cannn Agassiz in Spix, Pise. Brasil., 1829, 130, pi. 69, Brazil; 



not of Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



