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1638. Hemiaiithias vivanus (.Jordan & Swain). 



Gulf of Mexico; Snapper Banks between Pensacola and Tampa, Florida. 

 Anthias vivanus Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 544, from 



Btomach of a red snapper taken at the Snapper Banks off Pensacola. 



Florida. 



Genus 518, PRONOTOGRAMMUS Gill. 

 Pronotogrammus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 81 (mitliifasciaiiis). 



1639. Pronotogrammus eos Gilbert, 



Pacific Coast of tropical America. 



Pronotogrammus eos Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 62, west coast of 

 Mexico, at Albatross Station 2996, in 112 fathoms. 



1640. Pronotogrammus multifasciatus Gill. 



Cape San Lucas, Lower California. 



Pronotogrammus multifasciatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 81, Cape 

 San Lucas, Lower California. 



Genus 519. ANTHIAS Bloch. Barbiers. 

 Anthias Bloch, Auslanische Fische, vi, 97, 1792 (anthias). 



1641. Anthias asperilinguis Glinther. 



Atlantic Coast of South America; only the type known. 

 Anthias asperilinguis Giinther, Cat., i, 89, 18.59, South America; probably 

 Guiana. 



Genus 520. OCYANTHIAS Jordan & Evermann. 



Ocijanthias Jordan & Evermann, Fishes North and Middle America, 1227, 

 1896 {martinicensis). 



1642. Ocyanthias martinicensis (Guichenot). 



West Indies. 



Aylopon martinicensis Guichenot, Anthiaui, Ann. Linn. Soc, vol. x, 1868, Mar- 

 tinique. 



Genus 521. GRAMMA Poey. 



Gramma Poey, Synopsis, 296, 1868 (lorefo). 



1643. Gramma loreto Poey. 



Matanzas, Cuba; only the type known. 



Grammar loreto Poey, Synopsis, 296, 1868, Matanzas, Cuba. 



Genus 522. RYPTICUS Cuvier. Soapfishes. 



Rypticus Cuvier, Rrgne Animal, ed. 2, vol. ii, 144, 1829 {saponaceus). 



1644. Rypticus xanti Gill. 



Pacific Coast of Mexico, from Cape San Lucas to Colima and Mazatlan. 

 Rhypticus xanti Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat, Sci. Phila. 1862, 250, Cape San Lucas, 



1645. Rypticus bicolor (Valenciennes). 



Galapagos Archipelago. 



AS/rtcc/ic((.s' fei'co/or Valenciennes, Voyage de la V(^nus, Poissons, 307, pi. 2, fig. 

 2, 185.5, Galapagos Archipelago. 



1646. Rypticus saponaceus (Bloch & Schneider). Soapfish; Jahon; Jahoncillo. 



West Indies; Pensacola to west Africa and Brazil. 



Anthias saponaceus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 310, 1801, Havana. 



1647. Rypticus arenatus Cuvier &. Valenciennes. 



West Indies and coast of Brazil; recorded from Jamaica, Trinity, Barbados, 

 and St. Thomas. 

 Rypticus arenatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 65, pi. 45, 

 1829, Brazil. 



1648. Rypticus coriaceus (Cope). Black Soapfish. 



West Indies; recorded from St. Martins and Jamaica. 



Eleutheractie coriaceus Cope, Trans. Anier, Philos. Soc. 1870, 467, St. Martins. 



