Check list of fishes 407 



Si^l4. Merulinus carolinus (Linnjeus). Common gurnard; Red-winged sea 

 robin; Pigfish; Rock pig fish: FUjingfish: Spinous gurnard; Small-scaled 

 sea robin; Web-fingered sea robin; Carolina robin; Carolina sea robin. 



Cape Ann to South Carolina, chiefly northward. 



Trigla Carolina Linnipus, Mantissa, II, 1771, 528, Carolina. 



Trigla palmipcs Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. See. New York, 1815, 431, 

 pi. 4, fig. 5, New York Harbor. 



Prionotus pileatus Storer, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., II, 1845, 77, 

 Massachusetts Bay. 



3215. Merulinus scitulus (Jordan and Gilbert). 



South Atlantic coast of United States, Eeaufort to St. Augustine. 

 Prionotus scitulus Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 

 288, Beaufort, N. C. 



3216. Merulinus roseus (Jordan and Evermann). 



Gulf of Mexico; Tampa Bay; Pensa-rola; Tortugas. 



Prionotus roseus Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IX, 

 1S86, 470. off Tampa Bay, Fla. 



3217. Merulinus salmonicolor Fowler. 



New River, Dade County, Fla. 



Merulinus salmonicolor Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., LV, 1903, 

 333, New River, Fla. 



Genus 1130. PRIONOTUS Lacepede. Gurnards; Sea robins. 



Prionotus Lacepede, Hi.st. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 1802, 337 {Trigla evolans 



Linnaju.s). 

 Ornichlhys Swainson, Classn. Fishes, Amphib., etc., 1839, 2G2 {Trigla 



punctata Bloch). 

 Chriolax Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 1878, 374 {Trigla 



erolans Liniunus). 



3218. Prionotus evolans (Linna?us). Southern striped gurnard; Lined sea robin; 



Flying fish; Striped sea robin. 

 South Atlantic coa.st of United States. 



Trigla evolans Linntpus, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, 1766, 498, Carolinas. 

 Prionotus sarritor Jordan and Gill'ert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 



615, Charleston; Beaufort, N. C. 



3219. Prionotus strigatus (Cuvier). Sorthcrn striped gurnard; Brown-winged 



sra robin; Sra robin; Sand pigfish; Pigfish; Flyingfish; Red-winged 



gurnard. 

 Atlantic coast of northern States, Cape Cod to Virginia; replacing 



P. evolans northward. 

 Trigla strigala Cuvier, R6gne Anim., cd. 2, II, 1829, 161, New York; 



after lineata of Mitchill. 



3220. Prionotus rubio Jordan. Rubio volador. 



West Indies. 



Prionotus rubio Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IX, 18S6, 50, Ilabana. 

 Rubio volador Parra, Descr. Dif. Piezas de Hist. Nat., 1787, 98, lam. 38, 

 Habana. 



3221. Prionotus punctatus Bloch. Spoiled sea robin; Rubio volador. 



West Indies and Caribbean Sea; Cameron, La. 



Prionotus punctatus Bloch, Ichth., 1793, pi. 353, Martinicjue; on a 

 drawing by Plumier. 



3222. Prionotus ophryas Jorfian and Swain. 



Gulf f>f Mexico; Snapi)er Banks off Pensacola, Fla. 



Prionotus ophryas Jordan and Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, 1884, 

 542, Snapper Banks off Pensacola, Fla. 



3223. Prionotus pectoralis ( Nirhols and Breder). 



Coast of Texas. 



Prionotus miles pectoralis Nichols and Breder, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 

 XXXVII, 1924, 22. Gulf of Mexico, off Aransas Pass, Tex. 



3224. Prionotus stephanophrys Lockington. 



Deep water off San I'rancisco, Point Reyes, anrl Monterey; very rare. 

 Prionotus sle plianophrys Lockingtr)n, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 

 629, Point Rcye-s, near San Franci&co, 



