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2600. Calamus brachysomus (Lockington). Mojarra garabata. 



Gulf of California and neighboring waters, locally abundant from 



Magdalena Bay to Panama. 

 Sparus brachijsomus Lockington, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, ISSO, 284, 



Magdalena Bay, Lower California. 



2601. Calamus leucosteus Jordan and Gilbert. Whitebone porgy. 



South Atlantic coast of United States; known only from the markets 



of Charleston, S. C. 

 Calamus leucosteus Jordan and Gilbert, in Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Amer., 



in Kept. U. S. Fish Com., XIII, 1885, 879, Charle.stou, S. C. 



2602. Calamus macrops Poey. 



Cuba. 



Calamus macrops Poev, Ann. Lvc. Xat. Hist. N. Y., X, 1872, 181, 

 PI. VII, fig. 3, Habana. 



2603. Calamus penna (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Littlemouth porgy; Sheeps- 



head porgy; Speckled porgy. 

 Southern Florida to Brazil; known from southern Florida, Key West, 



Rio Janeiro, St. Thomas, Habana, Camaru, and Rio Grande do Sul. 

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



154 (209), Brazil. 

 Pagellus microps Guichenot, in Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. He Cuba, 



1853, 83, pi. 3, fig. 1, Habana. 

 Pagellus humilis Poey, Synopsis, 1808, 308, Habana. 

 Pagellus milneri Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., II, 1879, 134, 



Charlotte Harbor, Fla. 



2604. Calamus arctifrons Goode and Bean. Grass porgy; Shad porgy. 



Gulf of Mexico, from Pen.sacola to Key West; West Indies; Porto Rico. 

 Calamus arctifrons Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 

 425, Pcnsacola, Fla. 



2605. Calamus medius (Poey). 



West Indies; Habana. 



Grammateus medius Poey, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., X, 1872, 183, 

 pi. 7, fig. 4, Habana. 



2606. Calamus kendalli Evermann and Marsh. Pluma. 



Porto Rico. 



Calamus kendalli Evermann and Marsh, Rept. U. S. Fish Com., XXV, 

 1899, 354, Mayaguez, Porto Rico. 



Genus 892. PAGRUS Cuvier. 



Pagrus Cuvier, R6gne .Vnimal, ed. 1, 1817, 272 {Sparus argenteus Bloch 

 and Schneider^ S'parus pagrus Linnajus). 



2607. Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus). Red porgy; Besugo; Pargo Colorado. 



Southern Europe and south Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United 

 States; south to Uruguay; less common in America. 



Sparus pagrus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 279, southern Europe. 



Sparus argenteus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 271, Europe. 



Pagrus vulgaris Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VI, 1830, 

 104 (142), pi. 148, .southern Europe. 



Genus 893. LAGODON Holbrook. Chopa spina: Sailors' choice. 



Lagodon Holbrouk, Ichth. South Carolina, 1855, 5G {Sparus rhomboides 

 Linnceus). 



2608. Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus). Pinfish; Bream; Sailors' choice; 



Chopa spina; Sargo. 

 Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States; Cape Cod to Cuba. 

 Sparus rhomboides Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, 1766, 470, Charleston, 



S. C. 



Genus 894. SALEMA Jordan and Evermann. 



Salema " Jordan and Evermann, Check List, 1895, 390 {Perca uni- 

 maculata Bloch). 



•' Not Seleima Bowdich IS25= Kypliosiu. 



