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Genus 194. UROPTEEYGIUS Ruppell. 



Uropterygiiis Ruppell, Neue Wirbeltliiere, Fische, 83, 1838 {concolor). 



Subgenus SCUTICA Jordan & Everniiinn. 



Scutica Jordan & Evermauu, Fishes North and Middle America, 404^ 1896 

 (necturus). 



682. Uropterygius necturus (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Gulf of California. 



Gymnomuratna nectura Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1882, 356, Cape 

 San Lucas. 



Genus 195. CHANNOMUR.ffi;NA Richardson. 



Channo-rmirwna Richardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, 90, 1844 {vittata). 



683. Channoniuraena vittata (Richardson). 



Coasts of Cuba. 



Ichthyophis rittatiis Richardson, Voy. Sulph., Fish., 114, pi. 53, tigs. 7-9, 1844, 

 locality uncertain. 



Order R. LYOMERI. The Gulpers. 



Family LIV. SACCOPHARYNGID^. The Gulpers. 



Genus 196. SACCOPHARYNX MitchUI. 



Saccopharynx Mitchill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1824, 82 (type afterwards 

 called S. flayellum). 



684. Saccopharynx ampuUaceus (Harwood). 



Atlantic. 



Ophiognathus ampuUaceus Harwood, Phil. Trans. 1827, 52, Atlantic. 



Family LV. EURYPHARYNGIDiE. 



Genus 197. GASTROSTOMUS Gill & Ryder. 



Gastrostomus Gill & Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 271 (bairdii). 



685. Gastrostomus bairdii Gill &. Ryder. 



Deep water off Newfoundland Banks and Davis Strait. 



Gastrostomus bairdii Gill & Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 271, oflf the 

 Grand Banks. 



Order S. ISOSFONDYLI. The Isospondylous Fishes. 



Family LVI. ELOPID.ai. The Tarpons. 



Genus 198. TARPON Jordan & Evermann. Grand Hcaille. 



Tarpon .Jordan & Evermann, Fishes North and Middle America, 409, 1896 

 (atlanticus) . 



686. Tarpon atlanticus (Cuviertfe Valenciennes). Tarpon; Tarpum; Grand P,caille. 



Lonj? Island to Brazil. 



Meyalops atlanticus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xix, 398, 1846, 

 Guadeloujie; San Domingo; Martinique; Porto Rico. 



Genus 199. ELOPS Linnaeus. 



Elops Linuteus, Syst. Nat., od. xii, 518, 1766 {saurus). 



687. Elops saurus Linnious, Tenpounder; Johu-Mariygle; Bony-fish; Bone-fiak; 



Big-eyed Herring; Matajuelo Real; Lisa Franc'esa. 

 Tropical seas; common north to the Gulf of California and to Long Island 



on the Atlantic Coast. 

 £lops saurus Linuujus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 518, 1766, Carolina. 



