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1226. Sphyrasna guaguanche Ciivier & Valenciennes. Giiafinanche; ('•uaguanche 



Pdon ; LuiKj Barracuda. 

 West Indies north to Peusacola ; Gulf Stream to Woods Hole. 

 Sphyrwna (jiiachanvho Cuvier & Valeucieunes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 342, 1829 



{lapsus for guaguanche), Havana. 



1227. Sphyraena picudilla Poey. Pleudilla. 



West Indies on the coasts of Cuba; Babia. 



Sphyrwna picudilla Poey, Memorias, il, 162, 1860, Havana. 



1228. Sphyreena borealis DeKay. jS^orihcru Barracuda. 



Atlantic Coast of the United States, from Cape Cod to North Carolina. 

 Sjyhyrwna horealis DeKav, N. Y. Fauna : Fishes, 37, pi. 60, tig. 196, 1842, New- 

 York. 



1229. Sphyraena argentea Girard. California Barracuda; Barracouta. 



Pacific Coast, from San Francisco southward to Cape San Lucas. 

 Sj)hyrana argentea Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854 144. San Diego, Cal. 



1230. Sphyraena sphyraena (Linn£«us) European Barracuda; Spet; Sennet. 



Coasts of southern Europe and neighboring islands, west to the Bermudas. 

 £sox sphyraiia Linnieus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 313, 1758, Mediterranean Sea. 



Suborder RHEGNOPTERI. 



Family CX. POLYNBMID^. The Threadfins. 



Genus 372. POLYNEMUS (Gronow) Linnaeus. 



/'o/(/H('WHS (Gronow) Linnams, Syst. Nat, ed. x, 317, 1758 (in part; quinqiia 

 1-ius; rirginicus; paradisans). 



1231. Polynenius quinquarius LinuaMis. 



Atlantic Ocean, West Indies to coast of Africa. 



Polynenius quinquarius Linmieus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 317, 1758, America ; after 

 Gronow. 



Genus 373. POLYDACTYLUS Lacepede. Barbudos. 

 Polydactylus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 419, 1832 {pht7nieri=zvirginicn>i). 



1232. Polydactylus approximans (Lay & Bennett). Baton. 



Pacific Coast of tropical America, from Guaymas to Panama. 

 Polynenius approximans Lay cfc Bennett, Beechey's Voyage, Zool., Fish. ,.57, 

 1849, Mazatlan. 



1233. Polydactylus virginicus (Linuauis). "Catfish." 



West Indies, north to the Florida Keys. 



Polynemns virginicus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 317, 1758, America. 



1234. Polydactylus octonemus (Girard). 



New York to the Rio Grande. 



Polynenius octonemus Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1858, 167, Brazos San- 

 tiago ; Galveston. 



1233. Polydactylus opercularis (Gill). 



Pacific Coast of tropical America, innu Cape San Lucas to Panama. 

 Trichidion ojiercularis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 168, Cape San Lucas. 



Group AMMODYTOIDEI. 



Family CXI. AMMODYTIDiE. The Sand Launces. 



Genus 374. AMMODYTES (Artedi) Linnaeus. Sand Launces. 



Ammodytcs Ai'tedi, in Linuu-us, Syst. Nat., ed, x, 247, 1758 (tobianus). 



1236. Ammodytes dubius Reinhardt. 

 Greenland to Cape Cod. 



Ammodytes dubius Reinhardt, Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Arhandl.. 132, 1838, 

 Greenland. 



