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Genus 583. STELLIFEKUS Stark. 



Stellifert(8 Stark, Elements Nat. Hist., i, 459, 1828 (stellifer) ; Jide Gill. 



1850. Stelliferus oscitans (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Panama. 



Sciivna oscitans Jordan & Gilbert, Bull, U. S. F. C. 1881, 312, Bay of Panama. 



1851. Stelliferus furthi (Steindachner). 



Panama. 



■Corvina (Hoinoprion) furthi Steindacliner, Ichtb. Beitr., ill, 26, fig. 3, 1875, 

 Panama. 



1852. Stelliferus illecebrosus Gilbert. 



Panama. 



Stelliferus illecebrosus Gilbert, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, Panama. 



1853. Stelliferus stellifer (Bloch). 



Coasts of Guiana and Brazil. 



Bodianus stellifer Bloch, Ichthyologia, pi. 231, 1790, "Cape of Good Hope." 



1854. Stelliferus lanceolatus (Hollirook). 



South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States, Charleston to Texas. 

 Homoprion lavceolattis Holbrook, Ichth. South Carolina, ed. i, 168, pi. 23, 1856, 

 Port Royal Sound, South Carolina. 



1855. Stelliferus ericymba (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Panama. 



Sci(V7ia ericymba .Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. F. C. 1881, 311, Bay of Panama. 



1856. Stelliferus niicrops (Steindachner). 



Coast of Brazil and Guiana. 



Corvina microps Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, i, 6, jil. 2, fig. 1, 1864, Guiana. 



1857. Stelliferus zestocarus Gilbert. 



Panama. 



Stelliferus zestocarus Gilbert, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, Panama. 



Genus 584, OPHIOSCION Gill. 



Ophioscion Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 164 (tiqncus). 



1858. Ophioscion adustus Jordan & Evermann. 



West Indies to coast of Brazil. 



Ophioscion adustus Jordan & Evermann, Fishes North and Middle America, 

 1896, Pernambuco; Jer6uiie; Hayti; Brazil. 



1859. Ophioscion typicus Gill. 



Panama. 



0]}hioscion typicus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 165, -west coast Central 

 America. 



1860. Ophioscion strabo Gilbert. 



Panama. 



Ophioscion strabo Gilbert, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, Panama. 



1861. Ophioscion simulus Gilbert, 



Panama. 



Ophioscion similus Gilbert, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, Panama. 



1862. Ophioscion imiceps (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Panama. 



Scicena imiceps Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S, F, C. 1881, 309, Bay of Panama. 



1863. Ophioscion scierus (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Pacific Coast of tropical America, from Mazatlan to Panama. 

 Scia'na scitra Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 480, Panama 



1864. Ophioscion vermicularis (Gfinther). 



Panama. 



Corvina rermicularis Giiuther, Fish. Central America, 387 and 427, pi. ()7, lig 

 2, 1869, Panama. 



