CHECK LIST OF FISHES 353 



2736. Equetus lanceolatus (Linnseus). Ribbonfish; Guapena; Serrano. 



West Indies, ranging northward to Pensacola. 



Ribband fish, Edwards, Gleanings, pi. 210, 1758, Guadeloupe; Carolina. 



Chsetodon lanceolatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 1758, 277, "Caraibes 



Islands"; based on Edwards, pi. 210. 

 f.Serrana Parra, Piezas, d'Hist. de Cuba, 1787, pi. 2, Cuba. 

 Eques americanus Bloch, Nat. Ausl. Fische, VII, 1793, AVest Indies. 

 Eques balteatus Cuvier, Regne Anim., ed. 2, II, 1829, 175, pi. 29, fig. 2, 



Martinique, after Edwards. 

 Sci<vna edicardi Gronow, Cat. Fish., ed. Gray, 1854, 53, after Edwards. 



Genus 945. PAREQUES Gill. 



Pareques Gill in Goode, Bull. L^. S. Nat. I\Ius., V, 1875, 50 {Grammistes 

 acuminatus Bloch and Schneider). 



2737. Pareques viola (Gilbert). 



Panama. 



Eques viola Gilbert in Jordan and Evermann, Check List, 1895, 402, 

 Panama. 



2738. Pareques acuminatus (Bloch and Schneider). 



We.^t Indies; South Carolina to Brazil. 



Grammistes acuminatus Bloch and Schneider, ed. Bloch, Syst. Ichth., 



1801, 184, no locality; after Seba. 

 Eques lineatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1830, 



12f> (109), Brazil. 



2739. Pareques umbrosus (Jordan and Eigcnmann). 



Southeast coast of the United States, Charleston to Pensacola. 

 Eques acuminatus umbrosus Jordan and Eigenmann, Review Scia?nidse, 

 Rept. V. S. Fish Com., XIV, 1886, 440, Charleston and Pensacola. 



2740. Pareques punctatus (Bloch and Schneider). Serrana hispana. 



West Indies. 



Serrana hispanis Parra, Piezas, Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1787, 2, pi. 2, lower 



figure, Cuba. 

 Eques punctatus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 106, Cuba; 



based on Parra, 2, pi. 2, fig. 2. 



2741. Pareques pulcher (Steindachner). 



Tortugas Archipelago; Barbados. 



Eques pulcher Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, VI, 1867, 43, Barbados. 



Family 214. OTOLITHID.ffi. Weakfishes; Queenfishes 



Genus 946. SERIPHUS Ayres. 



Seriphus Ayres, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 1858-1862 (1863; 

 read Nov. 5, 1860), 80 (S. politus Ayres). 



2742. Seriphus politus Ayres. Queenfish; White croaker. 



Coast of southern California from Point Conception to Cedros Island; 



common on sandy shores. 

 Seriphus politus Avres, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 1858-1862 (1863; 



read Nov. 5, 1860), 80, fig. 21, about San Diego. 



Genus 947. ISOPISTHUS Gill. 



Isopisthus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 18 (Ancylodon 

 paruipinnis Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



2743. Isopisthus parvipinnis (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Coa.st of Brazil, north to Cayenne and Guiana. 



Ancj/lodon parvipinnis Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poi.ss., V, 



1830, 62 (84), pi. 105, Cayenne. 

 Isopisthus affinis Steindachner, Denksch. Mat. Nat. Kais. Acad. Wiss., 



XLI, Bd. I., Ablh., 1879, 43, pi. 2, fig. 2, Porto Alegre, Brazil. 



2744. Isopisthus remifer Jordan and Gilbert. 



Panama, on sandy shores, rather common. 



Iso/nsthus remifer Jordan and Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., I, 1881, 

 220, Panama. 



