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76. ORTHOPRISTIS BENNETTI. 



Pristtpoma hcnneiti Lowe, Trans. 'LwW. Soc, ii, 17<i (Madeira Islands). 

 rristipoma ronchns Valeucienues, Barker & Web1», Hist. Nat. lies Canaries (Canary 

 Islands). 



Habitat: South coast of Spain and islands of the eastern Atlantic. 



Etymology: For Mr, E. T. IJennett. 



Tliis species is conniion about the islands of the eastern Atlantic, and 

 Steindachner mentions havinj? taken four on the south coast of Spain. 

 It has ];iri;er scales than the other species of Ortlwpristlfi. The speci- 

 mens examined by us were sent from the museum at Vienna to the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



77. ORTHOPRISTIS RUBER. 



PrisUpoma riibium Cuv. & Val., v, 1830, 283 (Brazil). 

 Pristtpoma lineatum Cuv. & "\^al., v, 1830, 287 (Brazil). 



Habitat: Coast of Brazil. 

 Etymology: Ruber, red, which the fish is not. 



The species is probably not rare on the coast of Brazil. Our speci- 

 mens (4538, M. C. Z.) were obtained at Bio Janeiro by Prof. Agassiz. 



78. ORTHOPRISTIS CHALCEUS. 



Pristipoma chalceum Giinthcr, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1864, 146 (Panama.) 

 Pi-istipoma kinri Steiudaclnier, Icli. Notizen, viii, 1869,3 (Mazatlan). 

 Orthopristis chalceus, Evermann & Jenkins, Proc. U. S.N. M. 1891, 149 (Guaymas). 



Habitat : Pacific coast of tropical America. 



Etymology: Chalccus, brazen. 



This species is common on the Pacific coast of Mexico and Central 

 America; everywhere the most abundant of the genus. Our specimens 

 are from Mazatlan, Panama, and the Gulf of California. Others were 

 taken by the Albatross at Panama, and about Chatham, Charles and 

 Albemarle islands, in the Galapagos. 



79. ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERUS. (Pigfish.) 



Perca chrysoptera Linu;eus, Syst. Nat, ed. xii, 485, 1766 (Cbarlestou). 

 Labritsfnlvomaculatus Mitehill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y., 406, 1814 (New York). 

 PriHtipoma fulromuculuium of mauy authors. 

 Pristipoma fasviattim Cuv. & Val., v, 285, 1830 (New York). 



Orthopristis duplex Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Survey, 1859, 15 (ludiauola and Brazos 

 Santiago, Texas). 



Habitat: South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. 

 Etymology: xponuz, gold; -rtpo-j, fin. 



This common food-fish is abundant along the sandy shores of the east- 

 ern United States, from Long Island to the mouth of the Kio Grande. 



