384 EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Family CLII. HiEJI^rULIDiB. Tlie Gruntn-s. 



Genus 540. HiEMULON Cuvier. Boncos or GrnnU. 



Hcemulon Cuvier, Regno Animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, 1829 {elegans, etc., restricted 

 later to elegans ^sciur us). 



1691. Haemulon sexfasciatuni Gill. Mojarra Almejero. 



Paciiic Coast of tropical America, Giiaymas to Panama. 

 Hwmulonscx/asciatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 254, Cape San Lucas. 



1692. Haemulon album Cuvier & Valenciennes. Margate-fish; Jallao; Margaret 



Grunt. 

 "West Indies; Florida Keys to Brazil. 

 Hamiilon album Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 241, 1830, St. 



Thomas. 



1693. Hsemulon macrostoma Giinther. Gray Grunt; Yellow-tail. 



West Indies, north to Florida Keys. 



Hcemulon macrostoma Giinther, Cat., i, 308, 1859, Jamaica. 



1694. Haemulon bonariense Cuvier & Valenciennes. Black Grunt; Ronco Prieto. 



AVest Indies, south to Buenos Ayres. 



Htmmlon honaricnse Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 254, 1830, 

 Buenos Ayres. 



1695. Haemulon parra (Desmarest). Sailor's Choice; Ronco Blanco; Ronco Prieto; 



Bastard Margaret. 

 West Indies ; southern Florida to Brazil ; very common at Key West and 



Havana. 

 Diabasis yarra Desmarest, Prem. Decade Ichth., 30, pi. 2, fig. 2, 1823, Havana. 



1696. Haemulon scudderi Gill. Mojarra Prieia. 



Pacific Coast of tropical America, Guaymas to Panama. 



Mwmulon scudderi Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 253, Cape San Lucas. 



1697. Hsemulon carbonarium Poey. Ronco Carionero; Ccesar Grunt. 



West Indies and the Bermudas, south to Brazil; Havana. 

 Hcemulon carbonarium Poey, Memorias, ii, 176, 1860, Cuba. 



1698. Haemulon steindachneri (Jordan & Gilbert). Roncador Raiado. 



Both coasts of tropical America; Guaymas to Panama; St. Lucia to Rio 



Janeiro. 

 Diabasis steindachneri Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1881 (1882), 



322, Panama and Mazatlan. 



1699. Haemulon melanurum (Linnaeus). Jeniguana; Ccesar Grunt. 



West Indies; Havana and southward. 



Perca melannra Linnasus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 292, 1758, and ed. xii, 486, 1766, 

 Bahamas ; based on Catesby. 



1700. Haemulon sciurus (Shaw). Yellow Grunt; Ronco Amarillo; Humpbach Grunt; 



Boar Grunt. 

 West Indies; Florida Keys to Brazil. 

 Spar us sciurus Shaw, General Zoology, iv, pi. 64, 1803, Antilles; based on the 



description and figure of Bloch. 



1701. Haemulon plumieri (Lac6p^de). Common Grunt; Ronco Ronco; Ronco Arard. 



West Indies; abundant from Cape Hatteras to Rio Janeiro. 



Labrus plumieri Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 480, pi. 2, fig. 2, 1802, Mar- 

 tinique ; on a copy of a drawing by Plumier, identified with this species 

 by Cuvier. 



1702. Haemulon flavolineatum (Desmarest). French Grunt; Open-mouthed Grunt; 



Ronco Condenado. 

 West Indies; Florida Keys and Bermudas to Brazil. 

 Diabasis flavolineatus Desmarest, Prem. Decade Ichth., 35, pi. 2, fig. 1, 1823, 



Cuba. 



