[45] REVIEW OF THE SCLENIDA, 387 
Dipterodon chrysurus Lacépéde, Hist, Nat. Poiss., iii, 64, 1802 (after Linnzus). 
Sciena chrysura Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 606 (Charleston). Jor- 
dan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. North America, 933, 1883. Swain, Proc. U.S. Nat. 
Mus., 1884, 233 (Cedar Key, Florida). 
Bairdiella chrysura Goode, Hist. Aquat. Anim., 375, plate 126, 1884. 
Bodianus argyroleucus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. New York, 417, plate 6, figs 
3, 1815 (New York). 
Corvina argyroleuca Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 105, 1830 (Martinique (?), United 
States). DeKay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 74, plate 18, fig. 51, 1842 (New 
York). Storer, Syn. Fish. North Am., 319, 1846 (copied). Giinther, Cat. 
Fish. Brit. Mus., ii, 299, 1860 (copied). 
Bairdiella argyroleuca Goode, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1879, 113 (St. John’s River, Flor- 
ida). Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 131 (Pensacola). Bean, 
Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1880, 93 (Brunswick, Ga.; St. John’s River, Florida). 
Bodianus pallidus Mitchill, Traus. Lit. & Phil. Soc., 1, 420, 1815 (New York). 
Homoprion xanthurus Holbrook, Ich. 8. Car., ed. 1, 1856, 170, pl. 24 (not Leiostomus xan- 
thurus Lacépéde. 
Homoprion subtruncatus Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast, 1861, 33 (after Holbrook). 
Habitat.—South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, north 
to New York. 
This species is very abundant on our sandy shores from Long Island 
to Texas. It reaches but a small size, hence, although an excellent pan 
fish, it has no great economic value. 
Unlike most of the other species of the genus, its second anal spine 
is little enlarged. 
The oldest name of this species, Perca punctata L., is not available, as 
there was at that time already another Perca punctata, also named by 
Linneus. The appropriate name, chrysura, being next in order of date, 
must, therefore, be adopted. 
42. BAIRDIELBA ENSIPERA. ° 
- Corvina armata Steindachner, Ich. Beitr., iii, 28, 1875 (Panama) (not of Gill). 
Sciena ensifera Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 1881, 313 (Bay of Panama), 
Gilbert, Bull. U. 8. Fish Com., 1882, 112 (Punta Arenas). 
Corvina fulgens Vaillant, Miss. Sci. au Mexique, 164, 1883 (Pacific coast of Mexico). 
Habitat.—Pacific coast of tropical America. 
This species is not uncommon about Panama. Of all the American 
Sciznoids this species has the largest anal spine in proportion to the 
size of the body. The Corvina fulgens, lately described by Dr. Vaillant, 
seems to be identical with Bairdiella ensifera. 
Numerous specimens of this species from Panama are in the museum 
at Cambridge. They had been wrongly identified as ‘* Corvina armata” 
by Dr. Steindachner. 
43. BAIRDIELLA ICISTIA. 
(CORBINETA. ) 
Sciena icistia Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 356 (Mazatlan). Jordan 
& Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 1881, 316 (Mazatlan). Jordan & Gilbert, 
Bull. U. 8. Fish. Com., 1882, 107 (Mazatlan). 
Habitat.—Pacitic coast of Mexico, Mazatlan. 
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