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150. KYPHOSUS ELEGANS. (Chopa.) 



Pwielepterus eler/ans Peters, Berliner Mouatsberichte, 707, 1869 (Mazatlan). 

 Kyphusus clef/ann, Evermami &■ Jenkins, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1891, 155 (Guaymas). 



Habitat : Gnlf of California. 



Etymology: Wegans, elegant. 



This species is very closely related to the more abundant K. analogiis, 

 from which it difiers chiefly in the form of the anal tin and of the snout. 

 The sijecimens seen by us are the original type from Mazatlan and the 

 specimen obtained by Evermann & Jenkins trom Guaymas. 



151. KYPHOSUS SECTATRIX. 

 (Razor-fish; Chub; Breaai; Rudder-fish; Bermuda-chub.) 



Perca marina sectatrix, theRiidder-fisb, Catesby, Nat. Hist. Car., 1738. 



Perca saltairix LinniTeua, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 293, 1758 (incorrectly copied from Catesby, 

 who called it sectatrix) ; Goode & Beau, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1885, 201. 



Perca sectatrix Linnsus, Syst. Nat., ed. xxi, 480, 176G; Jordan, Proc. U. S. N. M. 

 1884, 193, 198. 



Eyphosus sectatrix Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 92, 1885 (West Indies, no description) ; 

 Jordan, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1886, 28 (Beaufoi-t, no descrix»tlou) ; Jordan, 

 Proc. U. S. N. M. 1886, 585 (West Indies, no description). 



Pimelepterus hosci Lacdpfede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 429, 1803 (North Atlantic) ; Cuv. & 

 Val., VII, 258, pi. 187, 1831 (Charleston, S. C); Valenciennes, in Webb & 

 Berthelot, Hist. Nat. lies Canar., Poiss, pi. 19, 1836 (Canary Islands) ; De 

 Kay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 100, pi. xx, f. 56, 1842 (New York, copied 

 from Cuvier) ; Storer, Syn. Fishes N. A., 88, 1845 (copied from Cuvier) ; 

 Giinther, i, 497, 1859 (Jamaica, Cuba, Madeiras) ; Poey, Syn. Pise. Cubeus., 

 323, 1868; Baird, Rep't Comm. Fish and Fisheries, 824, 1873 (Woods Holl, 

 no description); Bleeker, Syst. Percarum, ir, 6, 1875; Goode, Fishes of the 

 Bermudas, 52, 1875; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1878, 378 (Beau- 

 fort); Goode, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1879, 113 (east coast Florida); Bean, 

 Proc. U. S. N. M. 1889, 94 (Bermuda, no description); Goode & Bean, 

 Proc. U. S. N. M. 1882, 238 (Gulf of Mexico, no description) ; Jordan & 

 Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 561, 1883. 



Cyphoaus bosci Goode, Fish Indust. Exh. 1884, 394 (Gulf of Mexico). 



Cyphosus hosqui Jordan, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1884, 128 (Key West). 



Pimelepterus ohlonfjior Cuv. & Val., Vli, 264, 1831 (locality unknown). 



Pimelepterus incisor Cuy. & Val., vii, 266, 1831 (Brazil); Valenciennes in Webb & 

 Berthelot, Hist. Poiss., Canaries, 47, 1838 (Canaries). 



Pimelepterus flavoUneatus Poey, Repertorio, i, 319, 1866; Poey, Syn. Pise. Cubens 324, 

 1868. 



Pimelepterus bosci vciT. s/cw^a Dodorlein, Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. (Palermo). 



Habitat : Atlantic coast of the United States from Cape Cod, cross- 

 ing the ocean to the Canary Islands; accidental in the Mediterranean. 



Etymology: Sectator, one that follows. According- to Catesby, the 

 species follows ships, hence the name of " Rudder-tish." 



This species is not rare oft' our Atlantic coasts, becoming rather com- 

 mon southward. The specimens before us are from Key West. It has 

 been once taken at Palermo, where it has been named var. sicula. 



