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2574. Rhencus panamensis (Steindaehner). 



Pacific coast of tropical America; Panama and Mazatlan. 



Prifitipoiu'i paiuDmnac Hteindachuer, Ichth. Beitr., Ill, 1875, 8, Panama, 



Genus 884. POMADASYS Laccpcde. Burros. 



Pomada'<ys Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1803, 516 (Scixna argentea 



Forski\l) . 

 Pridiponiiis Oken, Isis, 1817, 279 {Lutjanus hasta Bloch; after les 



Prititiimmes Cuvier) . 

 Pristipoind Cuvicr and Valenciennes, changed spelling. 



Subgenus PRISTOPOMUS Cuvier. 



2575. Pomadasys baj'anus Jordan and Evermann. 



Pacific coast of Panama, in fresh water. 



Prislipoma hiimile Kner and Steindachner, Sitsgber. Akad. Wiss. 

 Miinch., 1863, 222, Rio Bayano, near Panama; name preoccupied 

 by Pristoporna humilis Bowdich, Fishes of Madeira, 1825, 236. 



Pomadasis baynnus J(jrdan and Evermann, Fishes North and Mid. 

 Amer., 1898, 1331, Rio Bayano, near Panama. 



2576. Pomadasys productus (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Pristipoma productum Poey, Mcmorias, II, 1861, 186, Habana. 



2577. Pomadasys macracanthus (Giinther). Burro. 



Pa!-ific coast of tropical America; Panama; Mazatlan; Chiapas, and 



Punta Arenas. 

 Pristipoma macracantimm Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1864, 146, 



Chia]jam. 



2578. Pomadasys grandis Meek. 



Lake Nicaragua. 



Pomadasis grandis Meek, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool., VII, 1907, 116, 

 Lake Nicaragua. 



2579. Pomadasys templei Meek. 



Vallcs, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 



Pomadasi/s templei Meek, Field Col. Mus., Zool., V, 1904, 201, Valles, 

 San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 



2580. Pomadasys boschmae (Metzelaar). 



West Indies. 



Pristipoma })oschmx Metzelaar, Tropisch Atl. Vissch., 1919, 83, fig. 

 27; probably from Curagao. 



2581. Pomadasys starri Meek. Burro. 



Perez, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Pomadasys starri Meek, Field Col. Mus., Zool., V, 1904, 200, Perez, 

 Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Genus 885. RHONCISCUS Jordan and Evermann. 



Rhonciscu^ Jordan and Evermann, Check List, 1895, 387 {Pristipoma 

 crocro Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



2582. Rhonciscus crocro (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



West Indies; Cuba to Brazil. 



Pristipoma crocro Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1830, 



197 (264), Martinique. 

 Pristipoma culliferum Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 185, Habana. 

 Pomadasys approximans Bean and Dresel, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



VII, 1884, 160, Jamaica. 



2583. Rhonciscus branicki fSteiiulachner). Burriio. 



Pacific coast of trojjical America; Mazatlan tf) Peru. 

 Pristipoma branicki Steindachner, Denkschr. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 XLI, 1879, 28, Tumbez, Peru. 



2584. Rhonciscus ramosus (Poey). 



West Indies; south to Brazil. 



Pristipoma ramosum Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 186, Habana. 

 Pristipoma bqucardi Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, VIII, 1869, 1, Coji- 

 mar River near Habana. 



