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1368. Trachinotus argenteus Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Atlantic Coast. 



Trachinotus argenteus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., viii, 413, 1831, 

 New York and Rio Janeiro. 



1369. Trachinotus carolinus (LiuniBUs). Common Pompano ; Pdviiiano; Cobbler-Jlsh. 



South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States; Cape Cod; West Indies; 



Brazil. 

 Gasterosteus carolinus Linnisus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 490, 1766, Carolina. 



1370. Trachinotus paloma .Jordan & Starts. 



Cape San Lucas, Mazatlan, San Juan Lagoon. 



Trachinotufi paloma .Jordan & Starts, in Jordan, Fishes Sinaloa, 437, 1895, 

 Mazatlau, Mexico. 



1371. Trachinotus cayennensis Cuvier ifc Valenciennes. 



Cayeune. 



Trachinotus cayennensis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., viii, 417, 

 1831, Cayenne. 



Family CXXVII. POMATOMIDiE. The Bluefishes. 



Genus 431. POMATOMTJS Lacepede. 



Pomatomus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 436, 1802 {skib). 



1372. Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnicus). Bluefish; Snap Mackerel: Skipjack. 



Atlantic and Indian oceans. 



Perca saltatrix Liun;cus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, 293, 1758, Carolina. 



FamHy CXXVIII. RACHYCENTRID-aJ. Sergeant-Fishes. 



Genus 432. RACHYCENTEON Kaup. 



Pachycentron Kaup, Isis, xix, col. 89, 1826 (typus). 



1373. Rachycentron canadum (Linnieus). Sergeant-fiah; Crab-eater; Cohia. 



In all warm seas; Atlantic Coast, north to Cape Cod. 

 Gasterosteus canadus Linnteus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 491, 1766, Carolina. 



Family CXXIX. NOMEID-ffi. 



Genus 433. NOMEUS Cuvier. 



Xomeus Cuvier, R^gne Animal, ed. 1, ii, 315, 1817 (gronovii). 



1374. Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin). Portuguese Man-of-ivar-Jish; Harder; Pastor. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic and Indian oceans; Sargasso Sea; Florida; 



Bermuda ; AVoods Hole, Massachusetts. 

 Gobius gronorii Gmelin, Syst. Nat., ed. xili, 1205, 1788, Tropical America; 



after Gronow. 



Genus 434. PSENES Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Psenes Cuvier &. Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 259, 1833 (cyanophrys). 



1375. Psenes pellucidus Liitken. 



Gulf Stream, at 32° 24' N., 76'^ 55' W., in 528 fathoms. 



Psenes pellucidus Liitken, Spolia Atlautica, 516 (109), tig. 601 (198), 1880, Strait 

 of Surabaja. 



1376. Psenes cyanophrys Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



0[)en sea; Atlantic, Pacilic, and Indian oceans; Jamaica and Martinique. 

 Psenes cyanophrys Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 260, pi. 265, 

 1833, New Iceland. 



1377. Psenes maculatus Liitken. 



Open Atlantic. 



Psenes maculatus Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, 110, 1880, open Atlantic, 39^ N., 

 2.50 4' S., and between 34^ and 27-= W., in 600 to 700 fathoms. 



