CHECK LIST OF FISHES 431 



Family 253. SPARISOMID^ 



Genus 1196. CRYPTOTOMUS Cope. 



Cryptotomus Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc, XIV. 1870, 462 (C. roseus 



Cope). 

 Nicholiina Fowler, Copeia, No. 14, 1915, 3 (Cryptotomus beryllinus 

 Jordan and Swain). 



Subgenus CRYPTOTOMUS Cope. 



3448. Cryptotomus roseus Copo. 



West Indies, south to Brazil. 



Cryptotomus roseus Cope, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIV, 1S71, 462, St. 

 Martins, West Indies. 



3449. Cryptotomus crassiceps Bean. 



Bermudas. 



Cryptotomus crassiceps Bean, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIX, 1906, 32, 

 Coopers Island, Bermudas. 



Subgenus NICHOLSINA Fowler. 



3450. Cryptotomus beryllinus .Jordan and Swain. Pnrrotjish. 



Florida Keys, north to Xew .Jersey, south to Rio .Janeiro. 

 Cryptotomus beryllinus Jordan and Swain, Proc. I'. S. Xat. Mus., VII, 



1SS4, 101, Ilaljana. 

 Sparisoma sp. Bean, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., VII, 1887, 137, Somers 



Point, N. J. 



3451. Cryptotomus dentiens (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Scarus dentiens Poey, Memorias, II, 1.S61, 422, Culm. 



3452. Cryptotomus retractus (Poey). 



West Indies, north to Pensacola. 



Calliodon retractus Poey, Synopsis, 1868, 245, Habana. 



3453. Cryptotomus ustus (Cuvier and Valenciennps). 



\\'est Indies, nortli to ('harlcston, south to liahia. 



Callyodon ustus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Xat. Poiss., XIV, 1839, 

 212 (286), pi. 405, Brazil. 



3454. Cryptotomus auropunctatus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



.'^an Doniinpo. 



Callijodon auro-punctatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 XIV, 1839, 215 (290), Santo Domingo. 



Genus 1197. LEPTOSCARUS Swainson. 



Lejdoscnrus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Classn. Fishes, 1839, 11 (Scnrus 

 vaigicnsis Quoy and Gaimard = 5carua spinidcns Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes). 



Calotnmus Gill:»ert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 70 (C. xenodon 

 Gilljcrt). 



3455. Leptoscarus xenodon (Gilbert). 



Socorros Island, Revillagigedo Archipelago. 



Calotomus xenodon Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, 70, 

 Socorro Island, llevillagigedo Islands. 



Genus 1198. SPARISOMA Swainson. Viejas. 



Uparisoma Swainson, Nat. Hist. Classn. Fishes, etc., II, 1839, 227 



(Scnrus ahildgardii Bloch). 

 Euscarus Jordan and Evermann, Check List, 1895, 410 (Labrus crelensis 



Linna;us). 



Subgenus SPARISOMA Swainson. 



3456. Sparisoma xystrodon Jorrian and Swain. 



West Inrlies, north to K(!v West. 



Sparisoma xijslrodon Jordan and Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, 

 ISSl, 99, key West; Habana. 



3457. Sparisoma atomarium (Poev). 



Cuba. 



Scarus alomariua Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 423, Habana. 



