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Genus 596. POGONIAS Lacepede. Sea Drums. 

 Pogonias Lac^pfede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 138, 1802 (fasciaiits = cromis). 



1898. Pogonias cromis (Linnoeus). Brum. 



Atlantic coasts of America; Long Island to mouth of Rio Grande. 

 Lahrus cromis Linnseiis, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 479, 1766, Carolina. 



1899. Pogonias courbina (Lac6pede). 



CTuiana to Uruguay, rather common in Brazil. 



Pogonaihus conrhina Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 121, 1803, Rio de la Plata. 



Genus 597. APLODINOTUS Eafinesque. River Drums. 

 Jplodinotus Rafinesque, Jour, de Phys. 1819, 418 (grunniens). 



1900. Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque. Fresh-water Drum; Gaspergou ; Lale 



Sheepshead ; Thunder-pumper; Croaker; Bubbler; White Perch. 

 Great Lakes to Texas; abundant in all lakes and large streams west of the 



AUeghanies and east of the Great Plains. 

 Jplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, Jour, de Phys. 1819, 88, Ohio River. 



Genus 598. EQTJES Blocli. Ribbon-fishes. 

 Eques Bloch, Syst. Ichthyologife, 1793 {americanus =^ lanceolatus) . 



Subgenus PAREQCES Gill. 

 Pareques Gill, in Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 50, 1875 (acuminatus). 



1901. Eques viola Gilbert. 



Panama. 



Eques viola Gilbert, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, Panama. 



1902. Eques acuminatus (Bloch &. Schneider). 



West Indies; South Carolina to Brazil. 



Grammistes acuminatus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 184,1801, no local- 

 ity ; after Seba. 



1902a. Eques acuminatus umbrosus Jordan & Eigenmann. 



Southeast coast of the United States, Charleston to Pensacola. 

 Eques acuminatus umbrosus Jordan »& Eigenmann, Review Sciaenidae, 440, 

 1889, Charleston and Pensacola. 



1903. Eques punctatus Bloch &■ Schneider. Serrana ; Hispana. 



West Indies. 



Eques punctatus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 106,1801, Cuba; based on 

 Parra, 2, pi. 2, fig. 2. 



1904. Eques pulcher Steindachner. 



Barbados. 



Eques pulcher Steindachner, Ichth. Notizeu, vi, 43, 1867, Barbados. 



1905. Eques lanceolatus (Linnseus). Ribbon-fish; Guapena; Serrana. 



West Indies, ranging northward to Pensacola. 



Chcetodon lanceolatus lannaus, Syst. Nature, ed. x, 277, 1758, "Caraibea 

 Islands " ; based on Edwards, pi. 210. 



Group CIRRHITOIDEI. The Cirrhitoid Fishes. 



Family CLVIII. CIRRHITIDiE. The Cirrhitoids. 



Genus 599. CIREHITES Lacepede. 



Cirrhites Lac6pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 3, 1803 (maculatus). 



1906. Cirrhites rivulatus Valenciennes. 



Cape San Lucas to the Galapagos Islands. 



Cirrhites rivulatus Valenciennes, Voyage V6nus, Poiss., 309, pi. 3, fig. 1, 1855, 

 Galapagos Islands. 



1907. Cirrhites betaurus Gill. 



Cape San Lucas and Mazatlan. 



Cirrhites betaurus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 259, Cape San Lucas. 



