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1226. Sphyraena guaguanche Cuvier & Valenciennes. Guariuanche ; (hiaguanchc 



Peloii; Lonff Barracuda. 

 West Indies north to Pensacola; Gulf Stream to Woods Hole. 

 Sphyrwna {/uachancho Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 342, 1829 



{lapsus for {/uaf/uanchc), Havana. 



1227. Sphyraena picudilla Poey. Picudilla. 



West Indie.s on the coasts of Cuba; Baliia. 



Sphijnena picudilla Poey, Memorias, li, 162, 1860, Havana. 



1228. Sphyraena borealis DeKay. i<!orthcrn Barracuda. 



Atlantic Coast of the United States, from Cape Cod to North Carolina. 

 Sphyrcena borealis DeKay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 37, pi. 60, tig. 196, 1842, New 

 York. 



1229. Sphyraena argentea Girard. California Barracuda; Barracouta. 



Pacific Coast, from San Francisco southward to Cape San Lucas. 

 Sphyrana argentea Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854. 144, San Diego, Cal. 



1230. Sphyraena sphyraena (Linnieus) European Barracuda; Spet; Sennet. 



Coasts of southern Europe and neighboring islands, west to the Bermudas. 

 Esox sjihyrana Linna-us, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 313, 1758, Mediterranean Sea. 



Suborder RHEGNOPTERI. 



Family CX. POLYNBMIDiE. The Threadfins. 



Genus 372. POLYNEMUS (Gronow) Linnaeus. 



Po?(/«em»s (Gronow) Linna'us, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 317, 1758 (in part; quinqua 

 rins; rirf/inicus; poradiswus). 



1231. Polynemus quinquarius Linnaus. 



Atlantic Ocean, West Indies to coast of Africa. 



Polynemus quinquarius Linnteus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 317, 1758, America; .after 

 Gronow. 



Genus 373. POLYDACTYLUS Lacepede. Barhudos. 

 Polydactylua Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 419, 1832 {phimieri^virginicus). 



1232. Polydactylus approximans (Lay & Bennett). Eaton. 



Pacific Coast of tropical America, from Guaymas to Panama. 

 Polynemus approximans Lay & Bennett, Beechey's Voyage, ZooL, Fish., 57, 

 1849, Mazatlan. 



1233. Polydactylus virginious (Linntcus). "Catfish." 



West Indies, north to the Florida Keys. 



Polynemus virf/inicus Linnieus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 317, 17.58, America. 



1234. Polydactylus octonemus (Girard). 



New York to the Rio Grande. 



Polynemus octonemus Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1858, 167. Brazos San- 

 tiago; Galveston. 



1235. Polydactylus opercularis (Gill). 



Piicific Coast of troi)ical America, from Cape San Lucas to Panama. 

 Trichidion ojH'rcularisCdU, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 168, Cape San Lucas. 



Group AMMODYTOIDEI. 



Family CXI. AMMODYTIDiE. The Sand Launces. 



Genus 374. AMMODYTES (Artedi) Linnaeus. Sand Launces. 



Ammodjitcs Artedi, in LIiiummis, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 247, 1758 (tohianua). 



1236. Ammodytes dubius Reinhardt. 



Greenland to Cape Cod. 



Ammodytes dubius Reinhardt, Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl., i;i2, 1838, 

 Greenland. 



