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Family CXVII. POLYMIXIIDiE. The Barbudos. 



Genus 386. POLYMIXIA Lowe. 



Polymixia I.owe, Trans. Cumbr. Phil. 8oc. 1838, 198 (nobilis). 



1268. Polymixia lowei Giinther. 



Caribbean Sea ; Cuba. 



Polymixia loivii Giinther, Cat., i, 17, 1859, Caribbean Sea. 



Family CXVIII. MULLIDiE. The Surmullets. 



Genus 387. MULLUS Linnaeus. iiurmuUrts. 

 Mullus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 299, 1758 (barbatus). 



1269. Mullus auratus Jordan & Gilbert. 



Eastern coast of North America, Cape Cod to Pensacola. 

 AI III Iu8 barbatus auratus .Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. J. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 280, 

 Pensacola, Florida. 



Genus 388. MITLLOIDES Bleeker. 



MuUoidcs Bleeker, Cerani., ii, 697, 1865 {JlavoUntatus). 



1270. MuUoides rathbuni (Evermann cV: Jenkins). 



Gulf of California. 



UiHmu>< rathbuni Evermann & Jenkins, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 158, pi. 2, 

 fig. 4, Bay of Guaymas, Sonora. 



Genus 389. TJPENETIS Cuvier. Goatfishcs. 



Upent'us Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, 157, 1829 (vitiatus; russcllii; 

 bifasciatus ; trifasciatus ; restricted by Bleeker to bifasviatus). 



1271. Upeneus maculatus (Bloch). Red Goatjish; Salmoneti. 



West Indies and Brazil, Key West to Rio Janeiro. 

 Mullus maculatus Bloch, Ichthyologia, 318, 1793, Brazil. 



1272. Upeneus dentatus Gill. 



Pacific Coast of Mexico, Cape San Lucas, La Paz, aud the Tres Marias 



Islands. 

 rpemus dentatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 256, Cape San Lucas. 



1273. Upeneus parvus Poey. 



Cuba. 



Upeneus parvus Poey, Memorias, i, 226. 1851, Cuba. 



1274. Upeneus martinicus Cuvier ifc Valenciennes. Yellow (iodtfish; Salmonete 



Amarilla ; King Mullet. 

 West Indies, north to Key West. 



Upeneus martinicus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 483, 1829, 

 Martinique. 



1275. Upeneus xanthogrammus Gilbert. 



La Paz, Lower California. 



Upeneus xanthogrammus (iilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 553, La Paz, 

 Lower California. 



1276. Upeneus grandisquamis Gill. Chiro. 



Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America, Guaymas to Panama. 

 Upeneus grandisquamis Gill, Proc Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 168, west coast of 

 Central America. 



