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Family CXXIII. ISTIOPHORIDiE. The Sail-Fishes. 



Genus 409. ISTIOPHORUS Lacepede. Sail-fishes. 



IsHojyhorus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 374, 1802 (gladifi'r=^{/ladius). 



1304. Istiophorus nigricans (Lact'pede). Sail-fish; Spile-fish; Boohoo; Guebucu; 



Vollier; Aguja VoJadora; Aguja Prieta. 

 West Indies and warmer parts of the Atlantic, north to Key West and 



France; Florida Keys; Newport; sonth of Savannah. 

 Mahaira nigricans Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 688, 1803, Rochelle ; from a 



drawing by M. Traversay. 



Genus 410. TETRAPTUEITS Safinesque. Spear-fishes. 



Tetrapturus Rafiuesqne, ludice d'lttiol. Sicil., 30, 1810 (helone). 



1305. Tetrapturus imperator (Bloch & Schneider). Bill-fish; Spear-fish; Aguja 



Blanca; Aguja de Baladar. 



West Indies; Cape Cod. 



Xiphias imperator Bloeh A: Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 93, pi. xxi, 1801, Mediter- 

 ranean ; after Duhamel. 



1306. Tetrapturus amplus Poey. Aguja de Casta. 



West Indies. 



Tetrapturus amplus Poey, Memorias, ii, 243, 1861, Havana. 



Family CXXIV. XIPHIIDiE. The Sword-Fishes. 



Genus 411. XIPHIAS Linnseus. Sword-fishes. 

 Xijyhias Liuu;eus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 248, 1758 (gladiua). 



1307. Xiphias gladius Linnnens. Common Sword-fish; Espada; Espadon; Emperador. 



Atlantic Ocean on both coasts; Cuba to Cape Breton and Newfoundland 



Banks; Pacific at Santa Barbara Islands. 

 Xiphias gladius Linnicus, Syst. Nat., cd. x, 248, 1758, Europe. 



Family CXXV. NEMATISTIIDiE. The Papagallos. 



Genus 412. NEMATISTIUS Gill. 

 Nematistius Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 258 {pectoralis). 



1308. Nematistius pectoralis Gill. 



Gulf of California to Panama; Cape San Lucas; Guaymas; Picheluogo, 



Mazatlan; Mafidalena Bay ; Panama. 

 Nematistius pectoralis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 259, Cape San 



Lucas. 



Family CXXVI. CARANGIDiE. The Pampanos. 



Genus 413. OLIGOPLITES Gill. 



Oligoplites Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 166 (occidentalis). 



1309. Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider). Leather-jacket; Leather-coat. 



Both coasts of America, and West Indies, north to New York and Lower 



California. 

 Scomber saurus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 32, 1801, Jamaica. 



1310. Oligoplites saliens (Bloch). Sauteur. 



West Indies. 



Scomber saliens Bloch, Ichthyologia, pi. 335, 1793, Martinique; on a hgure 

 by Plumier. 



1310a. Oligoplites saliens palometa (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 Lake Maracait)0, Venezuela. 



Chorinemua falomela Cuvior & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., viii, 392, 1831, 

 Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. 



