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2756. 



Cynoscion squamipinnis (Giinther). 

 Pacific coast of tropical America; known from a few specimens taken 



at La Union and Panama. 

 Otolithus squamipinnis Giinther, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lend., VI, 1868 



(Nov. 27), 387, 429, Panama. 



Cynoscion othonopterus Jordan and Gilbert. 

 Gulf of California. 



Cynoscion othonopterum Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 

 1881, 274, Punta San Felipe, Mexico. 



Cynoscion obliquatus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 

 Martinique. 



Otolithus obliquatvs Cuvier and Valenciennes, in Sau\iage, Bull. Soc. 

 Philom. Paris, III, 1879, 209, Martinique. 



Mongolar drummer. 



Cynoscion jamaicensis (Vaillant and Bocourt). 

 Jamaica and Porto Rico. 

 Otolithus jamaicensis Vaillant and Bocourt, Miss. 

 Poissons, 1874, 156, Jamaica. 



Sci. au Mexique, 



Cynoscion regalis (Bloch and Schneider). Common weakfish; Sque- 



teague; Sea trout; Squil; Shecutts; Chickwick; Salt-water trout; Gray trout. 

 Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States, Cape Cod southward to 



Mobile. 

 Johnius regalis Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 75, New York. 

 Roccus comes Mitchill, Report, in part. Fishes New York, 1814, 25, 



New York. 

 Labrus squeteague Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. New York, 1815, 396, 



pi. 2, fig. 1, New York. 



2757. Cynoscion nothus (Holbrook). Bastard weakfish. 



South .Vtlaiitic and Gulf coasts of United States; rather rare at Charles- 

 ton. This unspotted fisli is now generally regarded as a pale variant 

 of Cynoscion regalis. 



Otolithus nothus Holbrook, Ichth. South Carolina, 1855, 134, pi. 19, 

 fig. 1, Soutli Carolina. 



2758. Cynoscion thalassinus (Holbrook). 



Peiisacola; Pass Christian, Mi.ss.; Hampton Roads, Va. 

 Otolithus thalassinus Holbrook, Ichth. South Carolina, 1855, 132, pi 

 IS, fig. 2. Charleston, S. C. 



2759. Cynoscion leiarchus (Cuvier and Valencieniie.s). 



Coasts of Brazil and Guiana. 



Otolithus leiarchus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1830 

 58 (78), Brazil; Cayenne. 



2760. Cynoscion microlepidotus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Coast of Brazil and Guiana. 



Otolithus microlepidotus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss * 

 V, 1830, 50 (79), Surinam. 



Genus 952. ERISCION .Jordan and Evermann. 



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

 Apr. 27, 1927, 506 (Otolithus nehulosus Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



2761. Eriscion reticulatus (Giinther). Corvina. 



Pacific coast of tropical America, Mazatlan to Panama. 



Otolithus reticulatus Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 149, San 



Jose de Guatemala; Chiapam. 

 Eriscion nebulosus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Spoiled weakfish; 



Spotted sea trout; Spotted Squeteague. 

 South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States; New York to 



Texas; everywhere common on our southern coast; rare north of 



Virginia. 

 Lahr)is squeteague maculalus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc, 1815, 396, 



New York; not Labrus maculatus Bloch. 

 Otolithus nehulosus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 



18.30, .50 (79), locality unknown. 

 Otolithus carolinensis Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hi,st. Nat. Poiss., IX, 



1833, 351, (475), South Carolina. 

 Otolithus drummondi Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., Fish., 1836, 70, 



New Orleans. 



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