336 tr. s. BUREAU of fisheries 



Family 206. SPARIDiE. Porgies; Pargos 



Genus 889. OTRYNTER Jordan and Evermann. 



Otrynter Jordan and Evermann, Check List, 1895, 388 (Stenotomus 

 caprinus Bean). 



2593. Otrynter caprinus (Bean). 



Banks off the west coast of Florida. 



Stenotomus caprinus Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 426, Snapper 

 Banks off Pensacola, Fla. 



Genus 890. STENOTOMUS Gill. 



Stenotomus Gill, Canadian Nat., 1865, 266 (^Sparus argijrops Linnajus = 

 Sparus c/irysops Linnajus). . 



Stenesthes Jordan, Copeia, Oct. 4, 1917 (same type); substitute name, 

 there being an earlier genus Stenotoma) . 



2594. Stenotomus versicolor (Mitchill). Common scup; Porgy; Scuppaug; 



Mishcuppauog; Bream; Fair maid. 

 Atlantic coast of United States, from Cape Cod to North Carohna; 



common northward. .^. -nt 



Labrus versicolor Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc, I, 1815, 404, New 



York. 

 Sargus ambassis Gunther, Cat., I, 1859, 449, New York. 



2595. Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus). Southern porgy. 



Southern Atlantic and Gulf coast of United States, Cape Hatteras to 



Texas. 

 Sparus argyrops Linnteus, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, 1766, 471, Charleston; 



Sparus chrysops Linnseus, loc. cit., 1766, 471, Charleston, S. C. 

 Sparus xanihur us Lac6p6de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1803, 120, Charleston; 



after argyrops L. tt- j. tvt ^ -n • vt 



Chrysophrys aculeata Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ai, 

 1830, 137, Charleston, S. C. 



Genus 891. CALAMUS Swainson. 



Calamus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fishes, etc., II, 1839, 171 and 221 {Pa- 



qcllus calamus Cuvier and Valenciennes). 

 Grammateus Poev, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., X, 1874 {Pagellus 

 microps Guichenot = Pagellus penna Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



2596. Calamus calamus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Saucereye porgy; Pez de 



pluma. 

 West Indies, north to Florida Keys. 

 Pagellus calamus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VI, 1830, 



i.52 (206), pi. 152, Martinique; San Domingo. 

 Calamus megacephalus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fishes, II, 1839, 222, after 



Cuvier and Valenciennes. 

 Pagellus orbitarius Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 201, Cuba. 



2597. Calamus bajonado (Bloch and Schneider). Jolt-head porgy; Bajonado. 



West Indies, north to Florida Keys. t ,^ii, ,or>, 



Sparus bajonado Bloch and Schneider, ed. Bloch, feyst. Ichth., 1801, 



284, W^est Indies; after Parra. 

 Bajonado Parra, Dif. Piezas Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1787, 13, lam. 8, Habana. 

 Pajellus caninus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 199, Habana. ^ • tvt 4. 



Calamus plumatula Guichenot, Rev. Pagels m M6m. Soc. Sci. Nat. 



Cherbourg, XIV, 1868, 119, Martinique. 



2598. Calamus proridens Jordan and Gilbert. Littlehead porgy; Pez de pluma. 



West Indies, north to the Florida Keys. 



Calamus proridens Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. b. Nat. Mus., Vil, 

 1884, 150, Key West, Fla. 



2599. Calamus pennatula Guichenot. Littlehead porgy. 



West Indies. . . 



Calamus pennatida Guichenot, Envision dcs Pagels in Mem. boo. bci. 

 Nat. Cherbourg, XIV, 1868, 116, Martinique. 



