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1888. Menticirrhus americanus (LinuiTt^us). Carolina Whiting; Sand iniiting. 



South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States; Chesapeake Bay to Texas. 



Cyprinus americanus Linnieus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 321, 1758, Carolina; based 

 on Whiting of Catesby; (not Cyprinus americanus of 12th edition of 

 Systema Naturae, which is a cyprinoid, Abramis hosci C. & V.). 



1889. Menticirrhus saxatilis(Bloch& Schneider). Kingfish; Sea Mink; Xorthern 



Whiting. 

 Atlantic and Gnlf coasts of the United States ; Cape Ann to Key West and 



Pensacola; most common northward. 

 Johniua saxatilis Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 75, 1801, New York. 



1890. Menticirrhus undulatus (Girard). California Whifing; Saiid Sucker. 



Southern California, north to Santa Barbara. 



Umbrina undulata Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 148, San Diego, Cal. 



Subgenus UMBRULA Jordan & Eigeniiiann. 



Umbrula Jordan & Eigenmann, Review Sciasnidic, 424, 1889 (littoralis). 



1891. Menticirrhus elongatus (GUnther). Verriigato. 



Pacific Coast of tropical America; Mazatlaii to Panama. 



Umbrina elongata GUnther, Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond'. 1864, 148, Chiapas. 



1892. Menticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook). Surf Whiting; Silrer Whiting. 



South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States; North Carolina to Texas. 

 Umbrina littoralis Holbrook, Ichth. South Carolina, ed. i, 142, pi. 20, tig. 1, 

 1856, South Carolina. 



Genus 594. PARALONCHURUS Bocourt. 



Paralonchurus Bocourt, Nouv. Arch. Mus., iv, 21, 1869 (petersi). 



Subgenus POLTCLEMUS Berg. Corvalos. 

 Folyclemus Berg, Ann. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, 1895, 54 {dumrrili). 



1893. Paralonchurus dumerili (Bocourt). 



Panama. 



Polycirrhus dumerili Bocourt, Nouv. Arch. Mus. d'Hist. Natur., iv, 22, 1868, 

 La Union. 



Subgenus ZO\OSCIO\ Jordan & ETerniann. 



Zonoscion Jordan &. Evermann, now subgenus (rathbuni). 



1894. Paralonchurus rathbuni (Jordan & Bollman). 



Panama. 



Polycirrhtis rathbuni Jordan &• Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1889, 162, 

 Panama. 



Subgenus ZACLEMUS Gilbert. 



Zaclemus Gilbert, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896 (goodei). 



1895. Paralonchurus goodei Gilbert. 



Panama. 



Paralonchurus goodei Gilbert, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, 1'anama. 



Subgenus PARALOXOHURUS Bocourt. 



1896. Paralonchurus petersi Bocourt. 



Coast of Central America, rare at Panama. 



Paralonchurus petersi Bocourt, Nouv. Archives du Musdum, iv, 1869, 22, La 

 Union, Sau Salvador. 



Genus 595. LONCHIURUS Bloch. 

 Lonchiurus Bloch, Ichthyoloui.P, pi. 860, 1793 (barhatus = lanceoIatus). 



1897. Lonchiurus lanceolatus (Bloch). 



West Indies to Guiana. 



Perca lanceolata Bloch, Nov. Act. Sc. Copenli., iii, 383, 1788, India. 



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