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and Gilbert, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus., l6, 1883: 262 (descr., distrib.); Willcox, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 

 (1886), 6, 1887: 123 (efFects of cold); Henshall, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. (1894), 14, 1895: 211 (abund. 

 in Florida; food and game qualities; size; etc.). 



Megalops — Gill and Bransford, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 29, 1877: 187 (Toro Rapids, below Lake 

 Nicaragua; eaten by natives). 



Tarpon atlanticui Jordan and Everraann, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus., 47 (j), 1896: 409 (descr., range, synon.); 47 (4), 

 1900: fig. 177; Smith, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. (1897), IJ, 1898: 90 (Woods Hole, Massachusetts); 

 Evermann and Kendall, Rep. U.S. Comm. Fish. (1899), 1900: 54 (Florida); Linton, Bull. U.S. Fish 

 Comm. (1899), ig, 1901 : 437 (parasites); Evermann and Marsh, Bull. U.S. Fish Coram. (1900), 20 (i), 

 1902: 80, fig. 10 (descr., small specimens from Puerto Rico); Gregg, Where to Catch Fish. E. Cst. Fla., 

 1902: 31, fig. (descr., fishing instruct., nonedible or barely so); Eigenmann, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. 

 (1902), 22, 1903: 222 (20-192 mm specimens, no descr., Pinar del Rio, Cuba); Bean, Bull. N.Y. St. 

 Mus., 60, Zool. 9, 1903: 177 (synon., descr., Newr York); Hargraves, Fish. Brit. Guiana, 1904: 4 

 (local name Cuffum; used but not appreciated as food; fresh and brackish water); Smith, N.C. geol. econ. 

 Surv., 2, 1907: 114, fig. 36 (synon., descr., feed., range. North Carolina); Meek, Field Mus. PubL, 

 Zool., 7, 1907: 99, III (Lake Nicaragua); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. (1910), 62, 191 1 : 599 

 (New Jersey); Eigenmann, Mem. Carneg. Mus., 5, 1912: 444 (Georgetown, Brit. Guiana); Sumner, 

 Osburn, and Cole, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish. (1911), JJ (2), 1913: 741 (Woods Hole, Massachusetts); 

 Cockerell, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish. (1912), J2, 1913: 122 (scales descr.); Gudger, Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., 

 26, 1913: 104 (North Carolina); Halkett, Check List Fish. Canada, 1913: 45 (Isaac's Harbor, Nova 

 Scotia); Starks, Stanf. Univ. PubL, Univ. Ser., 1913: 8 (Lake Papary, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil); 

 Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., tj, 191 5: 245 (various Florida locals.; color relative to habitat; 

 cleaning of "spawning beds"); also 522 (Trinidad, B.W.L); Coker, Copeia, 1921: 25 (small ones, 

 Dauphin L, Alabama); Eigenmann, Mem. Carneg. Mus., 9, 1922: 179 (fresh water, Magdalena R., 

 Colombia); Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Publ. Zool., 75(1), 1923: 174 (synon., descr., range, 

 Panama); Schroeder, Rep. U.S. Comm. Fish. (1923), Append. 12, 1924: 4 (commerc. val.. Key West, 

 Florida); Bigelow and Welsh, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish. (1924), 40 (i), 1925: 91, fig. 38 (descr., range, rare 

 in Gulf of Maine); Breder, Zoologica, N.Y., 4 (4), 1925 : 140, 152 (numerous at spillway, Gatun Dam, 

 C. Z.; enters Caladonia Bay, Panama, in schools; highly prized as food by local Indians); Nichols and 

 Breder, Zoologica, N.Y. (1926), 9 (i), 1927: 33, fig. (distr., life hist., size); Beebe, Bull. N.Y. zool. 

 Soc, JO (5), 1927: 141 (young adults from brackish lagoon, Haiti); Hildebrand and Schroeder, Bull. 

 U.S. Bur. Fish. (1927), 43(1), 1928: 80, fig. 41 (synon., descr., range, Chesapeake Bay); Beebe and 

 Tee- Van, Zoologica, N.Y., 10 (i), 1928: 33, fig. (descr., Port-au-Prince, Haiti); Whiton and Townsend, 

 Bull. N.Y. zool. Soc, JJ, 1928: 170 (feed., food in Calcasieu R., Cameron Parish, Louisiana): Breder, 

 Field Bk. Mar. Fish. Atl. Cst., 1929: 59, fig. (diagn., distr., habits, food value, size); Jordan, Manual 

 Vert. Anim. NE U.S., ed. 13, 1929: 37 (diagn., range, size); Nichols, N.Y. Acad. Sci., JO (2), 1929: 

 198, fig. (range, Puerto Rico; diagn., habits); Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, Rep. U.S. Comm. Fish. 

 (1928), 2, 1930: 29 (common names, range, synon.); Burr, Bull. Texas Fish Game Comm., No. 5, 

 1932 : 36 (numbers at Port Aransas and Point Isabel, Texas); Beebe and Tee-Van, Field Bk. Shore Fish. 

 Bermuda, 1933: 33, fig. (descr., uncommon in Bermuda); Breder, Bull. N.Y. zool. Soc, 34, 1933: 

 65-67 (small ones from pond, .^ndros I., Bahamas; food); Gregory, Trans. Amer. philos. Soc, 2J 

 (2), 1933: 137-142, figs. 31-34 (skull descr., cf E/ops and prehist. relatives); Storey and Perry, 

 Science, 73(2022), 1933: 284 (young adults, Sanibel I., Florida, and elsewhere); Gowanloch, 

 Bull. La. Conserv. Dep., 21, 1932: 8, 54-65 (genl. acct.); Bull. La. Conserv. Dep., 23, 1933: 144" 

 168 (account of 1932 enlarged); Breder, Zoologica, N.Y., 18, 1934: 58, 59 (fresh water, Andros 

 I., Bahamas); Hildebrand, Copeia, No. i, 1934: 45 (larval Tarpon descr.); Beebe and Hollister, Zoolo- 

 gica, N.Y., ig{6), 1935: 211 (from Union I., Grenadines, B.W.L); Vladykov and McKenzie, Proc. 

 N.S. Inst. Sci., ig (i), 1935: 53, fig. 26 (two Nova Scotian recs.); Babcock, The Tarpon, ed. 4, 

 1936: 1-175, illustrated (good genl. acct. and much scientific data on anat., habitats, breed., respir., 

 etc.); Hollister, Zoologica, N.Y., 21 (4), 1936: 263 (caudal skel.); and 24 (4), 1939: 449-475 

 (caudal skel. and other characters cf. Mega/ops cyprimides); Miller, Forest and Stream, 41 (i), 1936: 

 32-33 (fishery in Rio Frio, tributary of L.Nicaragua); Gudger, Amer. Mus. Novit., 944, 1937: i, 

 fig. 2 (albino descr.); Heilner, Salt Water Fishing, 1937: 195-210 (genl. acct.; abund. in Cuba 

 and elsewhere); Hildebrand, Sci. Month., 44, 1937: 239-248, 4 figs. (Panama Canal; locally prized as 



