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1523. Boleichthys exilis Girard. 



Upper Missouri River basin and Red River of the North. 

 Boleich tit lis eril is GiTsird, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859,103, Little Muddy 

 River, a tributary of the Upper Missouri. 



Genus 483. MICROPERCA Putnam. 



Microperca Putuam, Bull. IVIus. Comp. Zool., i. 4, 1863 {punetulata). 



1524. Microperca proeliaris (Hay). 



Alabama aud Mississippi, in lowland streams and ponds. 

 Alvar'uis proeliaris Hay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 496, small branch of the 

 Tuscumbia River at Corinth, Mississippi. 



1525. Microperca punetulata Putnam. Least Barter. 



Northwestern States; Indiana, Michigan, and Minnesota, south to Arkan- 

 sas ; rare outside of tributaries of the Great Lakes. 



Microperca punetulata Putnam, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., i, 4, 1863, various 

 points in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Alabama; those from Ala- 

 bama were probably M, pneliaris (Hay). 



1526. Microperca fonticola (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Arkansas and Texas, in clear rocky streams; known only from Washita 

 River at Arkadelphia ; San Marcos River at San Marcos, Texas ; Comal 

 Creek at New Braunfels, Texas. 



Alvarius fonticola Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 23, San 

 Marcos River at San Marcos, Texas. 



Family CXLVI. CHEILODIPTERIDiE. The King of the MuUets. 



Genus 484. APOGON Lac6pede. King of Mullets. 

 Apogon Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 411, 1802 {ruher = imberbis). 



1527. Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus). King of the Mullets; Alfoncino; Fncinita. 



Mediterranean and neighboring waters; one from Newport, Rhode Island, 



and one from the island of Fernando Noronha. 

 Mullus imberbis Linnajus, Syst. Nat,, ed. X, 300, 1758, Malta; after Artedi. 



1528. Apogon dovii Giinther. 



Mazatlan to Panama. 



Apogon dovii Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1861, 371, Panama. 



1529. Apogon retrosella (Gill). Cardenal. 



Pacific Coast of Mexico. 



Amia retrosella Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 251, Cape San Lucas. 



1530. Apogon maculatus (Poey). 



Pensacola to Bahia; common on the "Snapper Banks"; often found in the 



stomachs of snappers and groupers. 

 Monoprion maculatus Poey, Memorias, il, 123, 1860, Cuba 



1531. Apogon binotatus (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Amia binotata Poey, Repertorio, 234, 1867, Cuba. 



1532. Apogon pigmentarius (Poey). 



Cuba; common at Havana. 



Monoprion pigmentarius Poey, Memorias, ii, 123, 1860, Cuba. 



Genus 485. APOGONICHTHYS Bleeker. 



Apogonichtlnjs Bleeker, Floris, 321, 1854 (perdir). 



1533. Apogonichthys alutus (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Snapper Banks olf Pensacola and Tampa, Florida. 



Apogon alutus Jordan &. Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat, Mus. 1882, 279, and in 

 Synopsis, 931, 1883, Snapper Banks off Penflacola, I'la. 



