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Genus 934. TJMBRINA Cuvier. 



Umhrina Cuvier, Rdgne Anim., Ed. I, II, 1817, 297 {Scisena cirrhosa 



Linnaeus). 

 Aitilus Gistel, Naturgesch. d. Thierreichs, 1848, 109 {Sciasna cirrhosa 

 Linnaeus). 



2712. Umbrina broussonnetii Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



West Indies; Florida to Brazil. 



Umbrina broussonnetii Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 

 1S30, 139 (187), Jamaica. 



2713. Umbrina coroides Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Southern Florida to the West Indies and Brazil. 



Umbrina coroides Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1830, 

 139 (187), Brazil. 



2714. Umbrina gracilicirrhus Metzelaar. 



Coast of Venezuela. 



Umbrina gracilicirrhus Metzelaar, Tropisch Atlantisch Vissch., 1919, 

 72, coast of Venezuela. 



2715. Umbrina roncador Jordan and Gilbert. Yellow-finned roncador; 



Yellow-tailed croaker. 

 Coast of southern California, from Point Conception to Guaymas. 

 Umbrina roncador Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 1881, 

 277, Pequena Bay, west coast of Lower California. 



2716. Umbrina xanti Gill. Codorniz. 



Pacific coast of tropical America, Cape San Lucas to Panama. 

 Umbrina xanti Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 257, Cape 



San Lucas. 

 Umbrina analis Giinther, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., VI, 1868 (Nov. 27), 



387, 426. Panama. 



2717. Umbrina sinaloae Scofield. 



Pacific coast of Mexico; Mazatlan. 



Umbrina sinalose Scofield, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., VI, 1896, 220, PL 

 XXV, Mazatlan, Mexico. 



2718. Umbrina dorsalis Gill. 



Pacific coast of Mexico. 



Umbrina dorsalis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 257, 

 Cape San Lucas. 



Genus 935. MENTICIRRHUS Gill. Kingfishes. 



Menticirrhus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIII, 1861, 86 {Perca 

 alburnus lAnn^cns—Cyyrinus americanus Linnajus). 



2710. Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus). Carolina ivhiting; Sand whiting; 



Kingfish; Sea smelt; Sea mullet. 

 South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States; Chesapeake Bay to 



Texas. 

 Cyprinus americanus Linnaeus, Sj'st. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 321, Carolinas; 



(based on Alburnus americanus the whiting of Catesby, nonbinomial; 



not Cyprinus americanus of 12th edition of Sj^stema Naturae, which 



is a cyprinoid, Abramis bosci Cuvier and Valenciennes). 

 Perca alburnus Linnaeus, Svst. Nat., Ed. XII, 1766, 482. Charleston, 



S. C. 

 Umbrina phalaena Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., X, 1858, 167, 



Indianola and Brazos Santiago, Tex. 



2720. Menticirrhus saxatilis (Bloch and Schneider). Kingfish; Sea mink; 



Northern whiting; Hake; Barb. 

 Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States; Cape Ann to Key West 



and Pensacola; most common northward. 

 Johnius saxatilis Schneider, Ed. Bloch, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 75, New 



York. 



2721. Menticirrhus undulatus (Girard). California whiting; Sand sucker. 



Southern California, north to Santa Barbara. 



Umbrina undulata Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.. VII, 1854, 148, 

 San Diego, Calif. 



