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Evermann and Marsh, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. (1900), 20 (i), 1902: 82 (descr. range, econ. import., 

 Puerto Rico); Bean, Bull. N.Y. St. Mus., 60, Zool. 9, 1903: 182 (synon., descr., range, New York and 

 elsewhere); Bean, Field Mus. Publ., Zool., 7, 1906; 33 (5 Bermuda locals.); Gilbert and Starks, Mem. 

 Cal. Acad. Sci., 4, 1904: 39 (in Panama City market); Jordan and Thompson, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish. 

 (1904), 24, 1905: 232 (Tortugas, Florida; discus.); Gill, Smithson. misc. Coll., 48, 1905: 40 (descr. 

 and figs, of skull, develop, of leptocephali, habitat, game qualities; C. H. Gilbert discovered leptocephalus 

 stage); Bean, Bahama Is., Fish., 1905: 297 (Spanish Wells, Bahamas); Smith, N.C. geol. econ. Surv., 

 2, 1907: 1 17 (synon., diagn., U.S. coasts, esp. North Carolina); Coles, Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., 28, 

 1910: 344 (Cape Lookout, North Carolina); CockereU, Smithson. misc. Coll., 56(3), 1911: 3 (scale 

 descr.); Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish. (191 2), J2, 191 3: 122, fig. 2 (scales not different from those o( Dixonina; 

 similar to Synodus and Esox)\ Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 6j, 191 1 : 204 (Santo Domingo, 

 St. Martin, Jamaica); Nichols, Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., jr, 191 2: 181 (not uncommon in Havana, 

 Cuba, market); Gudger, J. Mitchell Sci. Soc, 28, 191 3: 166 (rare, Beaufort, North Carolina); Starks, 

 Stanf. Univ. Publ., Univ. Ser., 191 3: 8 (Natal, Brazil); Sumner, Osburn, and Cole, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish. 

 (1911), JJ (2), 1913: 741 (rare at Woods Hole, Mass.); Halkett, Check List Fish. Canada, 1913: 45 

 (Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick); Weber and de Beaufort, Fish. Indo-Aust. Archipelago, 2, 191 3: 7, 

 fig. 5 (synon., descr., develop, of leptocephali ; figs, of leptocephali labeled "after Gilbert," but without 

 citation to Gilbert; figs, of larvae apparently after Gill, 1905); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 6^, 

 1915: 522 (Trinidad, B. W. L); 68, 1916: 397 (Port Limon, Costa Rica); 6(), 1917: 128 (Colon, 

 Panama); Metzelaar, Trop. Atlant. Vissch., 1919: 8 (St. Martin, and other Windward and Leeward 

 islands; not common, not much used as food); Metzelaar, Bijdr. Dierk. K. zool. Genoot. Amst., 1922: 

 134 (Curasao); Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Publ., Zool., J5 (i), 1923: 178 (synon., descr., 

 range, Panama); Schroeder, Rep. U.S. Comm. Fish. (1923), Append. 12, 1924: 4 (commerc. value. 

 Key West, Florida); Mowbray, Book of Fishes, Nat. geogr. Soc, ed 1924: 135-137, color pi. on p. 122; 

 ed. 1939: 186-187, color pi. on p. 201 (genl. accts.); Breder, Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., 2 (2), 

 1928: 4 (young adult, Sonora, Mexico; adult from Pearl Is., Panama); Nichols and Breder, Zoologica, 

 N.Y., 9 (i), 1927: 34 (diagn., distr., life hist., size); Beebe and Tee-Van, Zoologica, N.Y., 10 (i), 1928: 

 37 (refs., field characters, size, color, range, uncommon at Port-au-Prince, Haiti); Nichols, N. Y.Acad. 

 Sci., 10 (2), 1929: 200 (distr., not uncommon in Puerto Rican waters, diagn., habits); Breder, Field Bk. 

 Mar. Fish. Atlant. Cst., 1929: 60, fig. (diagn., abund., range, habits, size); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. 

 Philad., 80, 1929: 609 (Barnegat Inlet, Atlantic City, first definite recs. for New Jersey); Jordan, Manual 

 Vert. Anim. NE U.S., 1929: 38 (diagn., range); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 82, 1930: 269 

 (Grenada, B. W. I.); Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, Rep. U.S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 39 (range, 

 synon.); Gowanloch, BuU. La. Conserv. Dept., 21, 1932: 44, fig.; also Bull. La. Conserv. Dept., 23, 

 1933: 43, fig. (relation., life hist.); Beebe and Tee- Van, Field Bk. Shore Fish. Bermuda, 1933 : 34 (descr., 

 distr., Bermuda); Gregory, Trans. Amer. philos. Soc, 2J (2), 1933: 144, fig. 37 (relations, as shown 

 by skull); Breder, Zoologica, N. Y., 18, 1934: 59 (Grassy Creek, Andros I., Bahamas); Beebe and 

 HoUister, Zoologica, N. Y., J9 (6), 1935: 211 (leptocephali, adults. Union I., Grenadines, B. W. I.); 

 Myers, Copeia, 1936: 83 (cf. Dixonina nemoptera); HoUister, BuU. N.Y. zool. Soc, jp, 1936: 104- 

 109, figs, (metamorphosis notes); Zoologica, N.Y., 27(4), 1936: 268-275, ^g^- (caudal skel.); Far- 

 rington, Atlant. Game Fishing, 1937: 183-186 (scientific name not given, genl. acct., abund. Bi- 

 mini, Bahamas); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 8g, 1937: 304 (Ventnor, New Jersey); Heilner, 

 Salt Water Fishing, 1937: 174-194 (genl. acct.); Kaplan, Big Game Angler's Paradise, 1937: 

 190-195 (genl. acct.); Butsch, J.Barbados Mus. nat. Hist. Soc, 7(1), 1939: 18 (uncommon at Bar- 

 bados); Longley and Hildebrand, Publ. Carneg. Instn. Wash., 535, 1941: 5 (color of leptocephaU from 

 Tortugas, Florida, described); Alexander, 'Dana' Rep., 53, 1961 (descr. larval develop.; world-wide 

 distr. and hydrogr.). 



Atopkhthys esuncu/us Garman, Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 24, 1899: 327, pi. 65, figs. 2, 2a (orig. descr.; 

 type local, off Acapulco, Mexico; types in MCZ); Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, Rep. U.S. Comm. 

 Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 54 (ref. to orig. descr.). 



Elops saurus Gregg (not Elops saurus Linnaeus, but Esox vulpes Linnaeus), Where to Catch Fish. E. Cst. Fla., 

 1902: 33, fig. (descr., habitat, feed., instruct, for angling, fairly edible). 



Negative Reference: 



Albula vulpes Gregg, Where to Catch Fish. E. Cst. Fla., 1902: 34 (not Albula vulpes Linnaeus, but Elops 

 saurus Linnaeus). 



