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2542. Haemulon scudderi Gill. Mojarrn priela. 



Pacific coast of tropical America, Guavmas to Panama. 



Hwrnidon scudderi Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 253, 



Cape San Lucas. 

 Haemulon brevirostrum Gtinther, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lend., VI, 1808, 418 



(Nov. 27), Panama. 

 Hamulon uridccitHalc Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., Ill, 1875, 11, Panama. 



2543. Haemulon carbonarium Poey. Ronco carbonero; Csesar grunt. 



West Indies and Bermudas, south to Brazil; Habana. 

 Hsemulon carbonarium Poey, Memorias, II, 1S61, 176, Cuba. 



2544. Haemulon steindachneri (Jordan and Gill)ert). Roncador raiado. 



Both coasts of tropical America; Guaymas to Panama; a similar 

 species (unnamed) recorded from St. Lucia and Rio Janeiro. 



Diabasis steindachneri Jordan and Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., I, 

 1881 (1882), 322, Panama and Mazatlan. 



2545. Haemulon melanurum (Linnaeus). Jeniguana; Ciesar grunt. 



West Indies; Habana and southward; Bush Key; Tortugas. 



Perca marina cauda nigra (blacktail) Catcsby, Hist. Carolina, II, 1743, 



7, pi. 7, fig. 2, Bahamas. 

 Perca mclanura Linnieus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 292, and ed. XII, 



1766, 486, Bahamas; based on Catesby. 

 Hsemulon schrankii Agassiz in Spix, Pise. Brasil., 1829, 131, pi. 69a, 



Brazil. 

 Harmulmi dorsale Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 179, Cuba. 



2546. Haemulon sciurus (Shaw). Yellow grunt; Ronco amarillo; Boar 



grunt; Humpback grunt. 

 West Indies; Florida Keys to Brazil. 

 Anthias formosii.s Bloch,' Nat. Ausl. Fische, VI, 1792, 122, Antilles; 



not Perca formosa of Linnaeus as identified. 

 Spar^ls sciurus Shaw, General Zoology, IV, 1803, 439, pi. 64, Antilles; 



based on the descrii)tion and figure of Bloch. 

 ^Diabasis obliquatus Bennett, Zool. Jour. London, V, 1837, 90, Jamaica. 

 IHxmulon similis Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares, II, 1855, Bahia. 

 Hsemulon lideum Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 174, Cuba. 

 Hsemulon multilineatum Poey, loc. cit., 178, Cuba. 

 IHsemulon hians Haly, Ann. Nat. Hist., XV, 1875, 268, Aspinwall. 



2047. Haemulon plumieri (Lacepede). Common grunt; Ronco ronco; Ronco 

 arard; Boar grunt; Squirrelfish; Ronco grande. 



West Indies; abundant from Cape Hatteras to Rio Janeiro. 



Perca marina capite striata Catesbj", Nat. Hist. Carolina, II, 1743, 6, 

 pi. 6, Bahamas. 



Labrus plumieri Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 1802, 480, pi. 2, fig. 2, 

 Martinique; on a copy of a drawing by Plumier, identified with this 

 species by Cuvier. 



Guabicoara brasiliensibus Marcgrave, Hist. Brasil., 1648, 163, Brazil. 



Hsemulon formosum Cuvier, Regne Anim., ed. 2, II, 1829, 175, Mar- 

 tinique. 



Hsemulon arcuatum Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 

 1833, 3.56 (481), Charleston, S. C. 



Hsemulon arara Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 177, Cuba. 



Hsemulon subarcuatum Poey, loc. cit., 419, Cuba. 



2548. Haemulon flavolineatum (Desmarest). French grunt; Open-mouthed 



grunt; Ronco cotiilenado. 

 West Indies; Florida Keys and Bermudas to Brazil. 

 Diabasis flavolineat us Desmarest, Prem. D6cade Ichth., 1823, 35, pi. 2, 



fig. 1, Cuba. 

 Hsemulon helerodon Cuvier, Regne Anim., ed. 2, II, 1829, 176, Cuba, 



based on Desmarest. 

 Hsemrdon xanthopteron Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 



1830, 174 (2.54), Martinique. 



Genus 875. BRACHYGENYS Scudder. 



Brachygcnys Scudder, in Poey, Enumeratio, 1875, 47 {Hsemulon tsenia- 

 turn "Poey^ Hsemulon chrysargyreum Giinther). 



