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Family CC'XII. PERISTEDIIDiB. The Deep-water Gurnards. 



Genus 947. PERISTEDION Lacepede. 



Feristidion Lac6pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 368, 1S02 {malarmat=:catapliracta). 



2848. Peristedion miniatum Goocle. 



Gulf Stream. 



Peristedion miniatum Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1880, 349, Gulf Stre.ain, 

 oft" Kbode Island. 



2849. Peristedion longispatha Goode & Bean. 



West Indies, off Cuba and Barbados. 



Peristedium loiiqispalha Goodo & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xii, No. :"), 



166, 1886, off Havana. 



2350. Peristedion gracile Goode & Bean. 

 Gulf of Mexico. 

 Peristedion gracile Goode & Bean, Ocean, Ichtb., 473, 1896, Gulf of Mexico. 



2851. Peristedion platycephalum Goode & Bean. 



West Indies; I?arbado8. 



Peristedion plati/cephaJum Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp, Zool., xii. No. 5, 



167, 1886, off Barbados. 



Genus 948. VULSICULUS * Jordan £z Evermann. 



Viilsiciihis Jordan & Evermaim, now genus (iinherhis). 



2852. Vulsiculus imberbis (Poey). 



Gulf of Mexico. 



Prionotus imherhe Poey, Memorias, ii, 367, 1861, Cuba. 



Family CCXIII. CEPHALACANTHID^. The Flying-Fish. 



Genus 949. CEPHALACANTHTJS Lacepede. 



Cephal acanthus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 22,3, 1802 {spinareUa). 



2853. Cephalacanthus volitans (Linnjens). FUjing-rohin ; Muciclago ; Volador ; 



Batjish. 

 Atlantic Ocean, on botii coasts; also Gulf coasts. 

 Trigla volitans Liuna-us, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, 302, 1758; after Arfcedi. 



Suborder DISCOCEPHALI. 

 Family CCXIV. BCHENBIDIDiE. The Remoras. 



Genus 950. PHTHEIRICHTHYS Gill. 



Phthcirichlhifs Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1862, 239 {linmfa). 



2854. Phtheirichthys lineatiis (Menzies). 



Tropical seas, ranging north to South Carolina ami Pcnsacola. 

 Echvnris lineata Menzies, Trans. Linn. Soc. Loiul. 1701, i, 187, pi. 17, fig. 1, 

 Pacific Ocean, between the Tropics. 



Genus 951. ECHENEIS (Artedi) Linnaeus. 



Echeneis (Artedi) Linuanis, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 260, 1758 (nancraies). 



2855. Echeneis naiicrates Linuieus. Shark-sucker ; Pega; Pegador ; Sucking-fish. 



Warm soas, universally distributed; common north to Capo Cod and San 



Piaiicisco. 

 Echeneis neucrates (misprint for nancraies) Linna-ns, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 261, 



1758, Pelago ludico. 



2856. Echeneis naucrateoides Zuieuw. 



Cape Cod to West Indies; common on our South Atlantic Coast. 



Echeneis naucrateoides Zuieuw, Nova Acta Ac. Sci. Imp. Petropcd., iv, 279. 



* Distinguished by its very minute b.arbel, easily overlooked. 



