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3234. Dactylopterus volitans (Linna?us). Flying rohm; Batfish; Volador; Fly- 



ing gurnard; M urcielago; Ciretia de mer. 

 Atlantic Ocean on both coasts; also Gulf of Mexico. 

 Trigla voliians Linnteus, Svst. Nat., Ed. X. I, 175S, 302; after Artcdi. 

 Hirundo Catesby, Nat. Hi.st. Carol.. II, 1771. Tab. S, p. S, Bahamas. 

 Trigla tentabunda Walbaum, .\rtedi Piscium, III, 1792, 362; after Klein. 

 Trigla fasciala Bloch and Schneider,' Syst. Ichth., 1801, 16, tab. 3, 



fig. 1; after Klein. 

 Dactylopterus pirapeda Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 1802, 326, 



Mediterranean and almost all warm seas. 

 Polynemus sexradiatus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. N. Y., I, 1815, 



pi. 4, fig. 10, New York. 

 Callionymus pelagicus Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag., ISIS, 205, 



Atlantic Ocean. 

 Gonocephalus macrocephalus Gronow, Cat. Fish., ed. Gray, 1854, lOG; 



pelagic. 



Order SS. HOLCONOTl 



Family 248. EMBIOTOCID^. Surffishes; Viviparous perches 



Genus 1134. MICROMETRUS Gibbons. 



Micrnmetrus Gibbon-;, Pr,)c. Calif. .\cad. Nat. 8ci., in Daily Placer 



Times and Transcript, Mav 30, 1S54 (M. miniinu!^ Gibbons). 

 Abeona Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1854, 322 {A. irow- 

 bridgii Girard). 



3235. Micrometrus minimus (Gibbons). 



San Francisco to San Diego. 



Cyinatogastcr minimus Gibbons, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII, 1S54, 



106, San Francisco Bay. 

 Iloloconolus Irou-bridgvi Girard. loc. cit., 152, no locality given. 



Genus 1135. AMPHIGOKOPTERUS Hubbs. 



Amphigonopttrus Ilubbs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXXI, May 16, 191S, 

 13 {Abeona aurora Jordan and Gilbert). 



3236. Amphigonopterus aurora (Jordan and Gilbert). 



.Monterey Bay, Calif. 



Aheona aurora J )r(lan and Gili)ert. Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., Ill, ISSO 

 299. Monterey Bay, Calif. 



Genus 1136. CYMATOGASTER Gibbons. 



Ci/matof/nfitcr Gibbons, Proc. Calif. .\cad. Nat. Sci., in Daily Placer 



Times and Transcript, ALiv IS, 1854 (C. aggregatus Gibbous). 

 Melrogastcr Agassiz. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., VIII, 1861, 128 (Cijma- 



togaster aggregatus Ciibbons). 

 Sema Jordan, Bull. ('. S. Geol. Surv., IV, 1878, 399 (.S. .sr.7n?/fr Jordan; 



larva' with very high vertical fins and closely compressed body). 



3237. Cymatogaster aggregatus Giljbons. Sparada; Viviparous perch; Perch. 



I'acihc (■( a>t fn m Port \\ ran gel, Alaska, to Todos Santos Bay. 

 Cymatogaster aggregatus Gibbons, Proc. Calif. .Acad. Nat. Sci., in Daily 



Placer Times and Transcrii)t. May 18. 1854. San Francisco. 

 Sema signifir Jordan. Bull. Hayden's CJcol. Surv., IV. 1S7S, 390, Rio 



Grande, Tex.; error for San Francisco. 

 Metrogastrr lineolatus .\gassiz, Proc. Bo.st. Soc. Nat. Hi.st.. VIII, 1861, 



129, no locality. 



Genus 1137. BRACHYISTIUS Gill. 



Hrachyistius Gill. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 275 {li. 



frenatus (Jill). 



3238. Brachyistius frenatus Gill. 



Vancouver Island to San Diego. 



Brachyistius frenatus (Jill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1S62, 275, 



California coast. 

 Ditrema fjrevipinne Giuitlier, Cat., IV, 1862, 248, Esquinuiult Harbor, 



Vancouver Island. 



