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2763. Eriscion parvipinnis (A3Tes). California bluefish. 



Coast of Lower California; Santa Barbara Islands to Guaymas; 



common along the coasts of southern California as far north as 



San Pedro. 

 CynoscioJi parvipinnis Avres, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 1858-1862 



(read Dec. 1, 1861, published Sept., 1862), 156, fig. 48, coast of 



Lower California. 

 Otolithns magdalense Steindachner, Ichth. Beit., Ill, 1875, 34, Mag- 



dalena Bay, Lower California. 



2764. Eriscion xanthulus (Jordan and Gilbert). Corvina de las aletas amaril- 



las; Yellowmouth. 

 Pacific coast of Mexico; not rare about Mazatlan. 

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



1881, 460, Mazatlan. 



2765. Eriscion albus (Giinther). 



Pacific coast of tropical America. 



Ololithus albus Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 149, Chiapam; 



Panama. 

 Ololithus cayennensis Vaillant and Bocourt, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Poiss., 



1874, 156, La Union, Salvador. 



2766. Eriscion stolzmanni (Steindachner). 



Pacific coast of tropical America, from Panama to Peru. 

 Otolithus stolzmanni Steindachner, Denkschr. Mat. Nat. Kais. Acad. 

 Wiss., XLI, Bd. I, Abth. 35, 1879, pi. 2, fig. 1, Tumbez, Peru. 



2767. Eriscion virescens (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Coasts of Guiana and Brazil. 



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



54 (72), Surinam. 

 Otolithus microps Steindachner, Denkschr. Mat. Nat. Kais. Acad. 



Wiss., XLI, Bd. T, Abth. 38, 1879, pi. 8, fig. 2, Porto Alegre, Brazil. 



2768. Eriscion macdonaldi (Gilbert). Totuava. 



Gulf of California. 



Cynoscion macdonaldi Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 64, 

 head of Gulf of California. 



Genus 953. ATRACTOSCION Gill. 



Atractoscion Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 18 {Otolithus 

 sequidens Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



2769. Atractoscion nobilis (Ayres). White sea bass of California. 



Coast of California, north to San Francisco, occasionally straying as 



far north as Boca de Quadra Inlet, Alaska. 

 Johnius nobilis Ayres, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 1860, 77, San 



Francisco. 

 Otolithus californiensis Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., Ill, 1875, 31, San 



Diego, Calif., and Magdalena Bay, Lower Cahfornia. 



2770. Atractoscion phoxocephalus (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Pacific coast of tropical America; Panama. 



Cynoscion phoxocephalum Jordan and Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 

 I, 1881, 318, Panama. 



Family 215. MALACANTHIDiE. Matajuelos 



Genus 954. MALACANTHUS Cuvier. 



Malacanthus Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. 2, II, 1829, 264 (Coryphaena 

 plumieri Bloch). 



2771. Malacanthus plumieri (Bloch). Matajuelo bianco. 



West IncNes, gencrallv common. 



Coryphscna plumieri Bloch, Ichth., V, 1787, 119, pi. 175, Martinique; 

 from a drawing by Plumier. 



