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1738. Orthopristis chalceus (Giinther). 



Pacific Coast of tropical America, from Cape San Lucas to the Galapagos. 

 Pristipoma chalceum Giintlier, Proc. Zool, Soc. Lend. 1864, 146, Panama. 



1739. Orthopristis chrysopterus (Linnfeus). Pigfish; Sailor's Choice; Hogfish. 



South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. 



Perca chrysopiera Linnasus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 485, 1766, Charleston, S. C. 



1740. Orthopristis poeyi Scudder. 



West Indies; Havana. 



Orthopristis poiyl Scudder, in Poey, Synopsis, 312, 1868, Havana. 



1741. Orthopristis cantharinus (Jeuyns). 



Galapagos Islands. 



Pristipoma cantharinum Jenyns, Voyage Beagle, Fishes, 49, 1842, Galapagos 

 Islands. 



Subgenus EVAPRISTIS Jordan & Evermann. 

 Evapristis Jordan & Evermann, Fishes North and Middle America, 1896 

 {Uthopristis). 



1742. Orthopristis lethopristis Jordan & Fesler. 



Galapagos Archipelago. 



Orthopristis Uthopristis Jordan & Fesler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1889, 36, 

 Galapagos Islands. 



Genus 550. ISACIELLA Jordan & Fesler. 

 Isaciella Jordan & Fesler, Review of the Sparoid Fishes of America and 

 Europe, 497, 1893 (brevipinnis). 



1743. Isaciella brevipinnis fSteindachner). 



Pacific Coast of Mexico. 



Pristipoma hrevipinne Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, viii, 10, 1869, Mazatlan, 



Genus 551, MICROLEPIDOTUS Gill. 

 Microlepidotus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 256 {inornatus). 



1744. Microlepidotus inornatus Gill. Japaton. 



Gulf of California; La Paz and Mazatlan. 



MicroUpidotus inornatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 256, Cape San 

 Lucas, Lower California. 



Genus 552. GENYATREMUS Gill. 



Gcnyairanus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 256 (cavifrons). 



1745. Genyatremus luteus (Bloch). 



Lesser Antilles to Brazil. 



Lutianus luteus Bloch, Ichth yologia, pi. 247, 1793, Martinique; on a drawing 

 by Plumier. 



Family CLIII. SPARIDiE. The Porgies. 



Genus 553. OTRYNTER Jordan & Evermann. Deep-water Porgies. 



Otrynter Jordan & Evermann, Fishes N. andM. Amer., 1896 {caprinus). 



1746. Otrynter caprinus (Bean). 



Deep waters ofif the west coast of Florida. 



Stenotomus caprinus Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 426, Snapper Banks 

 off I'ensacola, Florida. 



Genus 554. STENOTOMUS Gill. 



Stenotomus Gill, Canadian Nat., 1865, 266 (argyrops). 



11^1. Stenotomus chrysops (Linnseus). Common. Scup ; Porgy ; Scuppaug. 

 Atlantic Coast of United States, from Cape Cod to South Carolina. 

 Sparus chrysops Linnams, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 471, 1766, Charleston, South 

 Carolina. 



