342 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Gerres aprion Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. 2, II, 1829, 188; based on 



Catesby. 

 Gerres zebra Miiller and Troschel, in Schoml^urgk's Hist. Barbados, 



1848, 668, Barbados. 

 Gerres squamipinnis Giinther, Cat., I, 1859, 349, Jamaica; Guatemala. 



2637. Gerres simillimus Regan. 



Pacific coast of tropical America, Mazatlan to Panama. 



Gerres simillimus Regan, Biol. Centrali-Amer., Pisces, 1906, 38, Panama. 



2638. Gerres havana (Nichols). 



Miami, Florida; Cuba. 



Xijstsema havana Nichols, Bull. Amer. Mas. Nat. Hist., XXXI, 1912, 

 189, fig. 2, Marianas Beach, Habana. 



Genus 907. MOHARRA Poey. 



Moharra Poey, Enumeratio, 1875, 50 {Gerres rhombcus Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes) . 



2639. Moharra rhombea (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



West Indies and Atlantic coast of tropical America; Jamaica; San 

 Domingo; Martinique; Puerto Cabello; Habana; Aspinwall; Rio 

 Mugdalena; 8anta Lucia; Bahia. 



Gerres rhombcus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VI, 1830, 

 345 (459), Martinicjue; San Domingo. 



2640. Moharra evermanni (Meek and Hildebrand). 



Atlantic waters of Panama. 



Dinpterus evermanni Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 



Zool., XV, 1925, 594, PI. LXII, Mindi River near Mindi, Panama 



Canal Zone. 



Genus 908. DIAPTERUS Ranzani. 



Diapterus Ranzani, Nov. Comment. Bonon., V, 1842, 340 {Diapierus 

 auratus Ranzani, a species near D. alisthostoitius) . 



2641. Diapterus aureolus (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Panama; only the type known. 



Gerres aureolus Jordan and Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., I, 1881, 

 328, Panama. 



2642. Diapterus axillaris (Gtinther). 



Pacific coast of Mexico. 



Gerres axillaris Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 152, Chiapas. 



2643. Diapterus peruvianus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Mojarra de las 



alctas amarillas. 

 West coast of tropical America; Mazatlan; Salina Cruz; Chiapas; 



Panama; Peru. 

 ■ Gerres peruvianus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VI, 



1830, 351 (467), Pavta, northern Peru. 

 Gerres brevirostris Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, III, 1879, 208, 



Rio Guayas, Ecuador. 



2644. Diapterus olisthostomus (Goode and Bean). Irish pompano; Mullon- 



Jish. 

 West Indies, north to southern Florida. 

 Gerres olisthostoma Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 



423, Indian River, Fla. 



Genus 909. EUGERRES Jordan and Evermann. 



Eugerres Jordan and Evermann, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 4th ser., XVI, 

 Apr. 27, 1927, 506 (Gerres plumieri Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



2645. Eugerres lineatus (Humboldt). Mojarra china. 



Pacific coast of Mexico; Acapulco; Mazatlan; San Bias; Chiapas. 

 Smaris lineatus Ihmiboldt, Observ. Zool., II, 1811, 185, pi. 46, Acapulco. 



2646. Eugerres brasilianus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Patao. 



West Indies to Brazil. tt- . xt i. t^ • ^n loon 



Gerres brasilianus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VI, 183U, 

 344, 458, Brazil. ,^ , , ^. 



Gerres patao Poev, Synopsis, VI, 1868, 320, Habana; scarcely dis- 

 tinguishable from G. lineatus of the Pacific coast. 



Gerres embrijx Jordan and Starks, in Jordan and Evermann, Pishes 

 North and Mid. Amer., 1898, 1379. Charleston, S. C; large example. 



