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Serrana Parra, Piezas de Hist. Nat. de Caba, plate 2, upper figure, 1787. (Cuba). 
Eques americanus Bloch, Ichthyol., plate 347, 1793. Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 
105, 1801. 
Eques punctatus var. Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 106, 1801 (based on Parra, 
plate 2, fig. 1). 
Eques balteatus Cuvier, Regne Animal, plate 29, fig. 2, 1829. Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. 
Poiss., v, 165, 1830 (Martinique). Storer, Syn. Fish. North Am., 322, 1846 . 
(copied). 
Sciena edwardi Gronow, Cat. Fish., ed. Gray, 53, 1854. 
Habitat.—West Indian fauna, ranging northward to Peusacola. 
This interesting fish is widely distributed in the West Indian waters. 
The specimen described by us is in the National Museum, having been 
taken near Pensacola. : 
RECAPITULATION. 
The following is a list of the species of Scicenide recognized by us as 
occurring in the waters of America and Europe. The distribution in 
general of each species is indicated by the use of the following letters: 
E. Europe. 
N. Atlantic coast, north of Cape Hatteras. 
S. South Atlantic and Gulf coast. 
W. West Indies. 
. California. 
. Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America. 
. Rivers of North America. 
. Coasts of Brazil. 
. Rivers of South America (Amazon). 
. Pacific coast of South America. 
—4rPne90 
Subfamily 1.—OTOLITHIN &. 
1. Seriphus Ayres. 
1. Seriphus pollius Ayres. C. 
2. Archoscion Gill. 
§ Lsopisthus Gill. 
2. Archoscion remifer (Jordan & Gilbert). P. 
3. Archoscion parvipinnis (Cuv. & Val.). W.,B. 
§ Archoscion. 
4. Archoscion analis (Jenyns). V. 
3. Cestreus Gronow. (To be called Cynoscion, if Cestreus be regarded as preoccupied 
by Cestreus. ) 
5. Cestreus predatorius Jordan & Gilbert. P. 
6. Cestreus acoupa (Lacépede). B. 
7. Cestreus squamipinnis (Giinther). P. 
8. Cestreus othonopterus (Jordan & Gilbert). P. ; 
9. Cestreus striatus (Cuvier). B. 
10, Cestreus obliquatus (Valenciennes). W. (Doubtful species; unknown to us.) 
11. Cestreus nothus (Holbrook). S. 
12. Cestreus regalis (Bloch & Schneider), N.,S. 
12 (b). — thalassinus (Holbrook). S. 
13. Cestreus reticulatus (Giinther). P. 
14. Cestreus nebulosus (Cuv. & Val.). S, 
15. Cestreus parvipinnis (Ayres). C. 


