CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN FISHES. 321 



1087. Tylosurus caribbaeus (LeSueur). 



West ludies. 



Belone caribbwa LeSueur. .lour. Ac. Nat. Soi. Phila., ii, 1821, 127. Caribbeau 



Sea. 



Genus 326. ATHLENNES Jordan & Fordice. 

 Athlennea Jordan & Fordice, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 342 (hians). 



1088. Athlennes hians (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



West Indies, from Florida to I^razil ; Acapulco. 



Belone hians Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xviii. 432, 1846, 

 Havana; Bahia. 



Family XCV. HEMIRAMPHIDiE. The Balaos. 



Genus 327. CHRIODORUS Goode & Bean. Hardheads. 



Chriodorus Goode A lieau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 432 (atherinoides). 



1089. Chriodorus atherinoides Goode «& Beau. Hardhead. 



Florida Keys. 



Chriodorus atherinoides Goode A Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882,432, Key 

 West, Florida. 



Genus 328. HYPORHAMPHUS Gill. Half beaks. 



Hyporhamphus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 131 (iricuspidatiis^^uHi- 

 fasciatus. ) 



1090. Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani). Escribano. 



Key West to Rio .Janeiro; Panama; East Indies or Africa. 

 Hemiramphus unifasciatus Ranzani, Nov. Comn. Ac. Sci. Bonon., v, 1842, 326, 

 Brazil. 



1091. Hyporhamphus roberti (Cuvier A ^"alencienne^j. Common Halfbeak; 



Pajarito. 

 Coasts of America; Newport, Rhode Island; Longport and Beesley Point, 



New .Jersey; Fortress Monroe, Virginia; Beaufort, North Carolina; 



Charleston; Pensacola; San Sebastian River; Cedar Keys; New Orleans; 



Mazatlan ; Guaynias ; Cape San Lucas ; La Paz ; Panama ; Chatham and 



Indefatigable Islands of the Galapagos. 

 Hemirhamphus roberti Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xix, 24, 1846, 



Cayenne. 



1092. Hyporhamphus rosee (Jordan A Gilbert). 



Southern California and southward. 



Hemiramphus rosw Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 335, San 

 Diego, California. 



Genus 329. HEMIRAMPHUS Cuvier. 



Hemiramphus Cuvier, Ri'gue Animal, ed. i, ii. 1817 (brasiliensis). 



1093. Hemiramphus brasiliensis (Linnseus). Balao; Escribano. 



West Indies; Key West southward to Bahia. 



Esox brasiliensis Linmcus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 314, 1758, Jamaica,; after lirowno; 

 the Tim»CH of ^Nlarcgrave wrongly included in the syntmymy; Bloch, 

 Ichth., 391, 1801, corrected synonymy and description. 



1094. Hemiramphus balao LeSueur. Balao: Piper. 



Cuba; also known from Panama. 



Hemirhamphus balao LeSueur, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., u. 182.3, 136, Lesser 

 Antilles. 



Genus 330. EULEPTORHAMPHUS Gill. 



Kuhptorhamphus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 131 (breroorti). 



1095. Euleptorhamphus velox Poey. 



West Indies northward in the Gulf Stream to Massachuaetts. 

 Euleptorhamphus velox Poey, Synopsis, 383, 1867, Cuba, 



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