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2616. Girella nigricans (Ayres). Greenfish; California bluefish; White spot. 



Coast of southern California from Monterey to Cape San Lucas. 

 Caniarina nigricans Ayres, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 1860, 81, fig. 



22, California. 

 Girella dorsomacida Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 244, 



Cape San Lucas. 



Genus 898. INCISIDENS Gill. 



Incisidens Gill, Proc. Acad. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 244 (Crenidens 



simplex ^ Richardson). 

 Aplodon Dum^ril, in Thominot, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1883, 141 

 {Aplodon margaritiferum Dum^ril); name preoccupied. 



2617. Incisidens simplicidens (Osburn and Nichols.) 



Gulf of California. 



Girella simplicidens Osburn and Nichols, Bull. Amer. Mas. Nat. Hist., 

 XXXV, 1916, 165, fig. 10, San Francisquito. 



Family 208. KYPHOSID^. Pilotfishes 



Genus 899. KYPHOSUS Lacepede. 



Kijjiho.sns La(ei)i'de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 1802, 114 {K. bigibbus 



Lacepede =fusc us Lacepede) . 

 Pimelepterus Lac6p6de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1803, 429 (P. bosci 



Lac6p^de). 

 Dorsrtnrius Lacdpfede, loc. cit., V, 1803, 482 (D. nigrescens Lacdplde.). 

 Xyster Lacepede, loc. cit., X, 484 (X. fuscus Lac<^p6de). 

 Xystcrus Hafinosfiue, .\nal. Nature, 1815, 95; sulistitute for Xyster. 

 Seleima Bowdich, Fishes Madeira, 1825, 238 {S. aurata Bowdich). 

 Opisthistius Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 245 {Sciaena 



tahmel Forsk&l. 

 Cy]>hosns of authors, corrected .spelling. 



2618. Kyphosus analogus (Gill). Salema. 



Pacific coast of tropical .\merica, Gulf of California to Panama. 

 I'imeleptcrus analmjus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 

 245, Ca])e San Lucas. 



2619. Kyphosus incisor (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Chopa ainarilla. 



West Indies to Brazil and the Canaries; Tortugas. 



Pimelepterus incisor Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VII, 



1831, 198 (266). Brazil. 

 ISaleima aurata Bowdich, Excursion Madeira, 1825, 238, Bona Vista 



Island. 

 Pimelepterus flavo-lineatus Poey, Repertorio, I, 1866, 319, Habana. 



2620. Kyphosus elegans (Peters). Chopa. 



Pacific coast of tropical America, from Guaymas to Mazatlan; a species 



apparently the same in Hawaii. 

 Pimelepterus elegans Peters, Berlin. Monatsb., 1869, 707, Mazatlan, 



Mexico. 

 Pimelepterus sandricensis Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom., July, 1880 (7), 



IV, 221, Sandwich Islands. 



2621. Kyphosus metzelaari Jordan and Evermann. 



C'aribbean Sea. 



Cyphosus elegans Mttzelaar, Trop. Atl. Vissch., 1019, 44, Curasao; 



Venezuela; not Pimalepterus elegans Peters. 

 This species, according to Mctzelaar's account, is extremely close to 



Kyphosus elegans of the Pacific, but the scales are larger; 52 in the 



lateral line (67 in elegans), the teeth arc also fewer, "15 in upper 



jaw"; in elegans they are "86 in each jaw." 

 Kyphosus metzelaari Jordan and Evermann, Proc, Calif. Acad. Sci., 



4th Scr., XVI, Apr. 27, 1927, 506, Curagao, Venezuela. 



" This species with entire teeth is said to be the female of Qirella tricuspidata. If this is true the genus 

 Incmdent may not be tenable. 



