338 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1256. Myripristis occidentalis Gill. 



West coast of America, from Cape San Lucas to Panama. 

 Myrioj)rinti8 occidentalis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 87, Cape San 

 Lucaa. 



1257. Myripristis poecilopus (Gill). 



West coast of Aiueriea, from Cape San Lncas to Panama. 

 likamphobcryx pa'cilopus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 87, Cape San 

 Lucas. 



Genus 384. HOLOCENTRITS Gronow. Squirrel-fishes. 

 Molocrntrits (jronow, Zoophyl., 65, 1763 (rostratus). 



1258. Holocentrus ascensionis (Osbeck). Matejuelo ; Squirrel-fish; Welshman; 



Soldado. 

 Florida to St. Helena; Cnba. 

 Perca ascensionis Osbeck, Iter Chin., 388, 1771, Ascension Island. 



1258a. Holocentrus ascensionis rufus (Walbaum). 



liahia; Cuba. 



Perca rufa Walbanni, Artedi Pise, 351, 1792, Bahamas; after perca marina 

 rubra of Catesby. 



1259. Holocentrus siccifer Cope. 



Bahamas. 



Molocenirum sicciferum Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc, xxx. 1866, 465, 

 New Providence, Bahamas. 



1260. Holocentrus suborbitalis Gill. Mojarra Cardinal. 



Mazatlan to Panama. 



Holocentrum suborbitalc Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 86, Cape San 

 Lucas. 



1261. Holocentrus coruscus Poey. 



West Indies; Cuba and the Bahamas. 



Holocentrum coruscum Poey, Memorias, ii, 1.58, 1860, Cuba. 



1262. Holocentrus brachypterus Poey. 



Cuba. 



Holocentrus brachypterus Poey, Repertorio, 184, 1866, Cuba. 



1263. Holocentrus marianus Cuvier & Valenciennes. Marian. 



West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, and Martinique. 



Holoncentrum marianum Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 219, 

 1829, Martinique. 



1264. Holocentrus vexillarius Poey. 



Cnba. 



Holocentrum vexillarium Poey, Memorias, ii, 158, 1860, Cuba. 



1265. Holocentrus osculus Poey. 



Cuba. 



Holocentrum osculum Poey, Memorias, ii, 156. 1860, Cuba. 



1266. Holocentrus sancti-pauli Giinther. 



St. Paul IkOt'ks, mid-Atlantic. 



Holocentrum sancti-pauli Giinther, Shore Fishes, 4, 1880, St. Paul Rocks. 



Genus 385. PLECTRYP0P8 Gill. 



Phcirypojis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 237 (retrospinis). 



1267. Plectrypops retrospinis (Guichenot). 



Cnba. 



Holocentrum retrospinis Guichenot, in Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, 35, pl. 

 1, fig. 3, 1850, Cuba. 



