CHECK LIST OF FISHES 660 



2585. Bhonciscus sinuosus (Eigenmann). 



North coast of Colombia. 



Potnadasys sinuosus Eigenmann, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, LVI, 1917, 6S3, 

 Patia, between Magna and Telembi. 



Genus 886. ORTHOPRISTIS Girard. Pigfishes. 



Orthopristis Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Zool., 1859, 15 (0. duplex 



Girard = Perca chrysopterus Linna-us). 

 Pristocantharus Gill, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 256 



(Pristipoma canlharinum Jenyns). 



2586. Orthopristis chalceus (Giinther). 



Pacific coast of tropical America, from Cape San Lucas to the Gala- 

 pagos. 



Pristipoma chalceum Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1S64, 146, 

 Panama. 



Pristipoma kneri Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, VIII, 1869, 3, Mazatlan, 

 Mexico. 



2587. Orthopristis reddingi Jordan and Richardson. 



La Pa/., Lower California. 



Orthopristis reddingi Jordan and Richardson, in Jordan, Proc. Calif. 

 Acad. Sci., V, 1S95, 509, pi. 41, La Paz, Lower California. 



2588. Orthopristis chrysopterus (Linturus). Pigfish; Sailors' choice. Hogftsh; 



Ri(l-ni(tuth((l (iriinl. 

 South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States; young common 



as far north as New York. 

 Perca chrysoptera Linna?us, Svst. Nat., Ed. XII, 1766, 485, Charleston, 



S. C. 

 Lahrus fulvo-maculatus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y., 



1814, 406, New York. 

 Pristipoma fasciatum Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Xat. Poiss., V, 



1830, 213 (285), Xew York. 

 Orthopristis duplex Girard, V. 8. Mex. Pound, Surv., Zool., Fishes, 1859, 



15, pi. 0, figs. 1 to 4, Indiannia and Brazos Santiago, Tex. 



2589. Orthopristis poeyi Sciidder. 



West Indies; Habana. 



Orthoi)ristis poeyi Scudder, in Poey, Synopsis, 1868, 312, Habana. 



Genus 887. MICROIEPIDOTUS Gill. 



Micrnlcpidotiis Gill, Pfdc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Piiiia., XIV, 1SC)2, 2.55 (M. 



inornatus Gill). 

 Isaciella Jordan and Feslcr, Rept. U. S. Fish Com., XVII, 1889-1891 



(1S93|, 497 (Printipoma hreri piniie Steindachner). 



2590. Microlepidotus brevipinnis (Steindachner). 



Pacific coast of Mexico. 



Pristipoma (H:i mulopsis) ^^rc/jprnne Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, VIII, 

 1S69, 10, Mazatlan. 



2591. Microlepidotus inornatus (iill. Jnpaton. 



Gulf of Cahfornia; La Paz aiul Mazatlan. 



Micrnlepidotus inornatus Gill, Proc. .\cad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 

 256, ('ape. San Lucas, Lower California. 



Genus 888. GENYATREMUS Gill. 



GenyatremuH Gill, Proc, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 2,56 (Dia- 

 gramma cavifrons Cuvier and Valenciennes — Lu/ian«s luteus Bloch). 



2592. Genyatremus luteus (Bloch). 



Lesser .\ntillcs to Brazil. 



Lulianus luteus Bloch, Nat. Ausl. Fische, IV, 1795, 111, Martinique; 



on a drawing by Plumier. 

 Grammistes hepalus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 187, 



after Bloch. 

 Diagramma canifrons Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., \ , 



1830, 217 (290), pi. 123, Rio Janeiro. 



