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124. DIPLODUS HOLBROOKI. 



Sartjus hulhrooki Bean, Forest and Stream, June 13, 1878 (Charleston); Bean, Proc. 



II. S. N. M. 1878, 198 (Charleston); Jordan A Gilbert, Proc. IJ. S. N. M. 



1878, 379 (licanfort); Bean. Proc. V. S. N. M. 1880, 95 (Charleston, New 



York market). 

 DiplodtiH holhrooki Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1882, G05 (Charb-ston) ; Jordan 



A, (iilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., TmO, 1883; Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S.N. M. 



1881, 232 (Cedar Keys) ; Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 91, No. lOlw, 1885; Goode, 



Hist. Aquat. Anim., 380, li^. 132, 188(i; Jordan, Proc. U. S. N. M. 188(5, 27 



(lieaiifort, N. C); Eiy;euniann A: Hughes, 1. c., 1887, 72 (Cedar Keys, Peu- 



sacolu, Beaufort). 

 Diplodus caudimacula .Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fisli. N. A., 559, 1883 (young, not caudi- 



macula of Poey). 



Habitat: South Atlantic ami Gulf coasts of the United States ; Cape 

 Hatteras to Cedar Keys. 



Etymology: Named for John Edwards Holbrook, author of the Ich- 

 thyology of South Carolina. 



The specimens examined are from Cedar Keys and Peusacola, Fla., 

 and from Beaufort, N. C. This species has not yet been found in the 

 West Indies, though it probably occurs there. It may be considered 

 as the northern representative of ar<jent€us, but is unquestionably a 

 diti'erent species. 



125. DIPLODUS ARGENTEUS. 



Sargua argenteus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., vi, 60, 1830 (Brazil); Giinther, Cat. 

 Fish. Brit. Mus., i, 444, 1859 (Rio Janeiro) ; Goode, Bull. U. S. N. M., v, 75 

 (Bermudas); Giinther, Shore Fishes, 5-7, 1880 (Island of Ascension, Ber- 

 mudas). 



Diplodus argenteus Eigenmann &. Hughes, 1. c, 1887, 73 (New Smyrna, Fla.). 



Sargus caudimacula Poey, Memori.as de Cuba, ii, 198, 18C0 (Cuba) ; Poey, Syn. Pise. 

 Cub., 310, 1868 (Cuba); Poey, Euumeratio Pise. Cub., 57, 1875 (Cuba). 



Habitat: West Indies, Florida and the Bernuidas to Rio Janeiro. 



Etymology: Argenteus, silvery. 



The specimen examined is from New Smyrna, Fla., where it was 

 obtained by Mr. William P. Sliannoii. Tins is the only specimen yet 

 recorded from the United States. The account of Sargus argenteus 

 Cuv. & Val. agrees well with our specimen from New Smyrna, which is 

 certainly the Sargus caudimacula of Poey. We have therefore substi- 

 tuted the name argenteus for the <nirrent name caudimacula. The tyjx'S 

 of 8. argenteus in the Museum at Paris are also identified by Dr. Jordan 

 as belonging to the same si)ecies as the types of Sargtis caudimacula 

 which are in the National Museum. 



