CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN FISHES. 321 



1087. Tylosurus caribbaeus (LeSueur). 



West Indies. 



Belone caribbaa LeSueur, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila.. ii, 1821, 127. CaribV;eau 

 Sea. 



Genns 326. ATHLENNES Jordan & Fordice. 

 Athlennes Jordan & Fordice, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 342 (Mans). 



1088. Athlennes hians (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



West Indies, from Florida to Brazil; Acapulco. 



Belone hians Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xviii, 432, 1846, 

 Havana; Bahia. 



Family XCV. HEMIRAMPHID^. The Balaos. 



Genus 327. CHKIODORITS Goode & Bean. Hardheads. 



Chriodoriis Goode tt Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 432 (atherinoides). 



1089. Chriodorus atherinoides Goode & Beau. Hardhead. 



Florida Keys. 



Chriodorus atherinoides Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 432, Key 

 West, Florida. 



Genus 328. HYPORKAMPHUS GUI. Half beaks. 



Hyporhamphus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 131 [iricuspidatus-^uni- 

 fasciatus. ) 



1090. Hyporhamphus unifasciatus (Ranzani). Escrihano. 



Key West to Rio Janeiro; Panama; East Indies or Africa. 

 Herniramphus unifasciatus Ranzani, Nov. Comn. Ac. Sci. Bonon., v, 1842, 326, 

 Brazil. 



1091. Hyporhamphus roberti (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Common Halfbeak; 



Pajarito. 

 Coasts of America; Newport, Rhode Island; Longport and Beesley Point, 



New Jersey; Fortress Monroe, Virginia; Beaufort, North Carolina; 



Charleston; Pensacola; San Sebastian River; Cedar Keys; New Orleans; 



Mazatliin; Guaynias; Cape San Lucas; La Paz; Panama; Chatham and 



Indefatigable Islands of the Galapagos. 

 Hemirhamphus roberti Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xix, 24, 1846, 



Cayenne. 



1092. Hyporhamphus ro.saB (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Southern California and southward. 



Herniramphus rosce Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 335, San 

 Diego, California. 



Genus 329. HEMIRAMPHUS Cuvier. 



Herniramphus Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. i, ii, 1817 {brasiliensis). 



1093. Herniramphus brasiliensis (LinnsBus). Balao; Escrihano. 



West Indies; Key West southward to Bahia. 



Esox brasiliensis Linn;eus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 314, 1758, Jamaica; after Browne; 

 the riJHHCw of Marcgrave wrongly iucluded in the synonymy; Bloch, 

 Ichth., 391, 1801, corrected synonymy and description. 



1094. Herniramphus balao LeSueur. Balao; Piper. 



Cuba; also known from Panama. 



Hemirhamphus balao LeSueur, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., ii, 1823, 136, Lesser 



Antilles. 



Genus 330. EULEPTORHAMPHUS Gill. 



Euleptorhamphus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1859, 131 {brevoorti). 



1095. Euleptorhamphus velox Poey. 



West Indies northward in the Gulf Stream to Massachusetts. 

 Euleptorhamphus velox Poey, Synopsis, 383, 1867, Cuba. 



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