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2609. Salema rhomboidalis (Linnisus). Salema. 



West Indies, north to Key West, south to Rio Janeiro. 



Perca rhotuboidalis Linnreus. Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, Jamaica; after 



Bream, Browne, Jamaica, 1756, 446. 

 Perca unimaculata Bloch, Nat. Ausl. Fische, VI, 1792, 75, Brazil. 

 Spams salin Lac^pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1802, 136; based on 



Bloch. 

 Sargus humerimaculatns Quoy and Gaimard, Vov. Freycinei, Zool., 



1824, 297. Rio Janeiro. 

 Sargus flavolitieatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VI, 



1830, "44 (60), Cuba. 

 Cynaedushrama Gronow, Cat. Fishes, cd. Gray, 185 4, 56, South Carolina. 

 Sargus cariha^us Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 197, Cuba. 



2610. Salema tridens (Poev). 



Cuba. 



Sargus tridens Poey, Enumeratio, 1875. 57, Cuba. 



Genus 895. ARCHOSARGUS Gill. Sheepsheads. 



Arrhosnrgus Gill, Canadian Nat., 1865, 266 {Sparus prohatocephalus 

 Walbaum). 



2611. Archosargus probatocephalus (Walbaum). Sheepshead; Sargo raiado. 



Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States; Cape Cod to Florida 



Keys and Texas. 

 Sparus probatocephalus Walbaum, Artedi Pise, 1792, 295, New York; 



based on Sparus of Schopf. 

 Spams ovicephalus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 280, New 



York. 

 Sargus ovis Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y., I, 1814, 392, 



pi. 2, fig. 5, New York. 



2612. Archosargus aries (Cuvier and Valencieimes). 



Honduras to Brazil; Rio Janeiro; Maracaibo; Belize. 

 Sargus aries Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VI, 1830, 42 

 (58), Rio Janeiro; Maracaibo. 



Genus 896. DIPLODUS Rafinesque. 



Diplodus Rafinesque, Indice, 1810, 54 {Sparus annularis L.). 

 Sargus Cuvier, Regne Anim., I, 1817, 272 {Sparus sargus Linnaeus); 

 preoccupied in insects. 



2613. Diplodus holbrookii (Bean). 



South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States; Cape Hatteras to 

 Cedar Keys. 



Sargus holbrookii Bean, Forest and Stream, June 13, 1878, 359, Charles- 

 ton, S. C. 



2614. Diplodus argenteus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Sargo. 



West Inflies; Florida and Bermudas, south to Argentina. 



Sargus arc/euteus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VI, 1830, 



44 (60)', Brazil. 

 Sargus caudimacula Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 198, Cuba. 



2615. Diplodus sargus (Linna?us). Sargo. 



Coasts of southern Europe; Bermudas. 



Sargus sargus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 278, Mediterranean. 



Sargus variegatus Lac6pdde, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1803, 207, Medi- 

 terranean. 



Sargus raucus Geoffrev St. Hilaire, Descr. de I'Egvpte, Poiss., 1813, 

 PI. XVIII. fig. 1, coast of Egypt. 



Sargus rondeletii Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VI, 1830, 

 10 (14), pi. 141, Mediterranean. 



Sargus vitula Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 35 (48), Naples. 



Family 207. GIRELIID.ffi 



Genus 897. GIREILA ''^ Gray. 



Girella Grav, Illus. Indian Zool., II, 1833, 98 {G. punctata Gray). 

 Camarina Ay res, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 1860 (1863), 81 (C. 

 nigricans Ayres). 



•2 Melanichthys Schlegel, \M4 = Incisidens Gill, 1862; diflers from Oirella in having two to four rows o( 

 Incisors and is probably a valid genus. 



