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Genus 668. HERMOSILLA Jenkins & Evermann. 

 Hermosilla Jenkins & Evermann, Proc, U. S. Nat. Mas. 1888, l-l-i (azureu). 



1791. Hermosilla azurea Jenkins & Evermann. 



Gulf of California. 



Hermosilla azurea Jenkins & Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, 144, 

 Guaymas, Mexico. 



Genus 569. KYPHOSUS Lacepede. 

 Kyphosus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 114, 1802 {higihhus := fuacua). 



1792. Kyphosus analogus (Gill). Salenia. 



Pacific Coast of tropical America, Gulf of California to Panama. 

 PimcleiiterusanalofjusijxW, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 245, Cape San Lucas. 



1793. Kyphosus incisor (Cuvier & Valenciennes}. Chopa Amarilla. 



Cuba. 



Pimelepterus inciaor Cuv. &. Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., vii, 266, 1831, Brazil. 



1794. Kyphosus elegans (Peters). Chopa. 



Pacific Coast of tropical America, from Guaymas to Mazatlau. 

 Pimelepterus dcgans Peters, Berlin. Monatsb., 707, 1869, Mazatlan, Mexico. 



1795. Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnseus). Buddcr-fish; Bermuda Chub; Chopa Blanca. 



West Indies, ranging from Cape Cod to Brazil, crossing the ocean to the 

 Canary Islands ; accidental in the Mediterranean ; one taken at Palermo. 

 Perca sectatrix Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 486, 1766, "America," 



1796. Kyphosus lutescens (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Revillagigedo Archipelago. 



PimelepteriiH lutesceivi Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1881, 229, Braith- 

 waite Bay, Socorro Island. 



Genus 570. SECTATOR Jordan & Fesler. 

 Sectator Jordan & Fesler, Review Sparoid Fishes, 534, 1893 {ocyurus). 



1797. Sectator ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Panama. 



Pimelepterus ocyurus Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1881, 327, 328, 

 Bay of Panama, 



Genus 571. MEDIALUNA Jordan & Fesler. Medialunas. 

 Medialuna Jordan & Fesler, Review Sparoid Fishes, 536, 1893 (calif orniensis). 



1798. Medialuna californiensis (Steindachner). Medialuna; Half-moon. 



Coast of southern California, from Point Conception southward to Cerros 



Island. 

 Scorpis coJiforniensis Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., in, 19, 1875, San Diego. 



Family CLVII. SCIiENIDiE. The Croakers. 



Subfamily OTOLITHINiB. 



Genus 572. SERIPHTJS Ayres. 



Seriphus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., ii, 1861, 80 (politus). 



1799. Seriphus politus Ayres. Queenfish; White Croaker. 



Coast of southern California, from Point Conception to Cerros Island; 



common on sandy shores. 

 Seriphus politus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., ii, 1861, 80, no locality given. 



Genus 573. ISOPISTHUS Gill. 



Isopisthus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 18 {parvipinnis). 



1800. Isopisthus remifer Jordan & (;ilbert. 



Panama, on sandy shores, ratlu-r common. 



Isopisthus remifer Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1881, 320, Panama. 



