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Genus 194. UROPTERYGIUS EuppeU. 



Uropterygiiis Ruppell, Neue Wirbeltliiere, Fische, 83, 1838 {concolor). 



Subgenus SCUTICA Jordan & ETerraann. 



Scutica Jordan & Evermauu, Fishes North and Middle America, 404^ 1896 

 {7iecturus). 



682. Uropterygius necturus (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Gulf of California. 



Gymnomurw.na nectura Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 356, Cape 

 San Lucas. 



Genus 195. CHANNOMURaiNA Richardson. 



Channo-muncna Richardsou, Voy. Erebus and Terror, 96, 1844 {vittata). 



683. Channomuraena vittata (Richardson). 



Coasts of Cuba. 



Ic/i</(i/oi)/(is ri«a/MS Richardsou, Voy. Sulph., Fish., 114, pi. 53, ligs. 7-9, 1844, 

 locality uncertaiu. 



Order R. LYOMERI. The Gulpers. 



Family LIV. SACCOPHARYNGIDiE. The Gulpers. 



Genus 196. SACCOPHARYNX Mitchill. 



Saccopharynx Mitchill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1824, 82 (type afterwards 

 called S. flagellum). 



684. Saccopharynx ampullaceus (Harwood). 



Atlantic. 



Ophiognathus ampullaceus Harwood, Phil. Trans. 1827, 52, Atlantic. 



Family LV. EURYPHARYNGID^. 



Genus 197. GASTROSTOMUS Gill & Ryder. 



Gastrostomus Gill & Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus, 1883, 271 (bairdii). 



685. Gastrostomus bairdii Gill & Ryder. 



Deep water off Newfoundland Banks and Davis Strait. 



Gastrostomus bairdii Gill & Ryder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 271, off the 

 Grand Banks. 



Order S. ISOSPONDYLI. The Isospondylous Fishes. 



Family LVI. ELOPID.ai. The Tarpons. 



Genus 198. TARPON Jordan & Evermann. Grand £caille. 



Tarpon Jordan & Evermann, Fishes North and Middle America, 409, 1896 

 (atlanticus). 



686. Tarpon atlanticus (Cuviertfe Valenciennes). Tarpon; Tarpum; Grand ^caille. 



Long Island to Brazil. 



Megalops atlanticus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xix, 398, 1846, 

 Guadeloupe; San Domingo; Martinique; Porto Rico. 



Genus 199. ELOPS Linnaeus. 



Elops Linnfeus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 518, 1766 {saurus). 



687. Elops saurus Linnanis. Tenpounder; John-Mariggle; Bony-fish; Bone-fish; 



Big-eyed Herring; Matajuelo Heal; Lisa Francesa. 

 Tropical seas; common north to the Gulf of California and to Long Island 



on the Atlantic Coast. 

 Elops saurus Linnaius, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 518, 1766, Carolina. 



