382 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1671. Neomeenis Colorado (Jordan & Gilbert). Pargo Colorado. 



Pacific Coast of Mexico, Guavmas to Panama. 



Lutjanu^ coJovado Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 338, 351, 355, 

 Mazatlau, Mexico. 



1672. Neomaenis brachypterus (Cope). 



Bahama Islands. 



Lutjanus brachyptenis Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1871, 470, New Provi- 

 dence, Bahama Islands. 



1673. Neomaenis guttatus (Steindachner). Flamenco. 



Pacific Coast of Mexico, from Guaymas to Panama. 



Mesoprion (/uttatus Steindachner, Ichthyol. Notizen, ix, 18, pi. 8, 1869, 

 Mazatlan, Mexico. 



1674. Neomaenis synagris (Linnseus). Lane Snapper ; Biajaiha; Red-tail Snapper. 



West Indies; Florida Keys to Colon and Brazil. 



Sparus sijnagrisl^iwns&vis, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 280, 1758, Carolina; after Catesby. 



1675. Neomaenis ambiguus (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Mesoprion amhiyuus Poey, Mem., ii, 1.52, pi. 12, fig. 4, pi. 13, fig. 8, 1860, Cuba. 



1676. Neomaenis mahogoni (Cuvier «fe Valenciennes). Ojanco; Mahogany Snapper. 



West Indies ; Havana. 



Mesoprion mahogoni Cuvier »fe Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 447, 1828, 

 Martinique. 



Subgenus RAIZERO Jordan & Fesler. 

 Eaizero Jordan & Fesler, Rept. U. S. Fish Com. 1889 (1893), 438 (arattis). 



1677. Neomcenis aratus (Giinther). Pargo de Raizero. 



Pacific Coast of tropical America. 



Mesoprion aratus Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1864, 145, Panama ; Chiapas. 



Genus 529. RABIRXTBIA Jordan & Fesler. 

 i?a6i?-»/>m Jordan* Fesler, Kept. U. S. Fish Com. 1889(1893), 438 (inermis). 



1678. Rabirubia inermis (Peters). 



Pacific Coast of America from Mazatlan to Panama. 



Mesoprion inermis Peters, Berliner Monatsber. 1869, 705, Mazatlan, Mexico. 



Genus 530. GCYTJRUS Gill. RaUruUas. 



Ocijurus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 236 (chriisuriis). 



1679. Ocyurus chrysurus (Bloch). Yellow-tail ; Rahiruhia. 

 '\ West Indies, southern Florida to Brazil. 



Spartts chrysurus Bloch, Ichthyol., pi. 262, 1790, Brazil ; after Marcgrave. 



Genus 531. RHOMBOPLITES Gill. 



Rhomloplites Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 237 {auroruhcns). 



1680. Rhomboplites aurorubens (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Cagon de lo Alto. 



West Indies, north to Charleston, south to Rio Janeiro. 

 Ccntroprislis aurorubens Cuvier «& Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 45, 1829, 

 Brazil, Martinique, and San Domingo. 



Genus 532. APSILUS Cuvier & Valenciennes. Arnillos. 

 Apsilus Cuvier &l Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poise., vi, 548, 1830 (fuscus, an 

 East Indian species). 



Subgenus TROPIDINIUS Gill. 



Tropidinius Gill, in Poey, Synopsis, 296, 1868 (arnillo = dcntatu8). 



1681. Apsilus dentatus Guichenot. Arnillo. 



West Indies; Havana. 



Apsilusdentatus Guichenot, in Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba : Poiss., 29, pi. 1, 

 fig. 2, 1845, Havana. 



