CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN FISHES. 487 



Suborder CRANIOMI. 



Family CCXI. TRIGLIDiE. The Gurnards. 



Genus 943. PEIONOTUS Lacepede. Gurnards. 



Prionotus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss,, iii, 37, 1802 (erolans). 



2823. Prionotus birostratus Richardson. 



Gulf of Fonseca, west coast of Central America. 



Prionotus hiro>itraius Richardson, Voy. Sulphur, Ichthyology, pt. ii, 81, April, 

 1845, Gulf of Fonseca, west coast of Central America. 



2824. Prionotus gymnostethus Gilbert. 



Gulf of California. 



Prionotus {/ymnostcthus Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 559, Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia, in shallow water. 



2825. Prionotus xenisma Jordan tt Bollmau. 



Pacific Ocean, off coast of Colombia. 



Prionotus xenisma Jordan & Bollman, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1889, 169, Pacific 

 Coast of Colombia. 



2826. Prionotus loxias Jordan. 



Pacific Coast of Central America. 



Prionotus loxias Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1895, Pacific Ocean, south of 

 Panama. 



2827. Prionotus egretta Goode & Bean. 



Bai'bados. 



Prionotus eyretta Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichth., 465, 1896, off Barbados. 



2828. Prionotus carolinus (Linnanis). Common Gurnard. 



Cape Ann to South Carolina, chiefly northward. 



Trigla Carolina Linuieus, " Mantissa 176 ? 528" Carolina. 



2829. Prionotus scitulus Jordan. 



South Atlantic coast of United States, Beaufort to St. Anpjustine. 

 Prionotus scitulus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 288, Beaufort. 



2830. Prionotus roseus Jordan & Evermann. 



Gulf of Mexico; Tampa Bay; Pensacola. 



Prionotus roseus Jordan & Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 470, off 

 Tampa Bay, Florida. 



2831. Prionotus alatus Goode & Bean. 



Off Cliarleston, South Carolina. 



Prionotus alatus Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., x, 210, 1883, deep 

 sea off Charleston, South Carolina. 



2832. Prionotus miles Jenyns. - ! 



Galapagos Islands. 



Prionotus miles Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, 29, pi. 6, 1842, Chatham Island, 

 of the Galapagos Archipelago. 



2833. Prionotus stephanophrys Lockington, 



Deep water, off San Francisco, Point Reyes, and Monterey. 

 Prionotus stephanophrys Lockington, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 529, Point 

 Reyes, near San Francisco. 



2834. Prionotus quiescens Jordan & Bollman. 



Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Colombia; Gulf of California. 

 Prionotus quiescens Jordan & Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1889, 166, off 

 Pacific Coast of Colombia. 



2835. Prionotus albirostris Jordan & Bollman. 



Pacific Ocean, off the coast of tropical America. ' 



Prionotus albirostris AoviXnw & Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1889, 168, Pacific 

 Ocean, off the coast of Colombia. 



