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Family CXVII. POLYMIXIIDiE. The Barbudos. 



Genus 386. POLYMIXIA Lowe. 



Polymixia Lowe, Trans. Cambr. Phil. Soc. 1838, 198 (nobilis). 



1268. Polymixia lowei Giinther. 



Caribbean Sea; Cuba. 



Polymixia loivci Giinther, Cat., i, 17, 1859, Caribbean Sea. 



Family CXVIII. MULLIDiE. The Surmullets. 



Genus 387. MULLUS Linnaeus. SKnnullrts. 

 Mullus Linnajus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 299, 1758 (barbatus). 



1269. Mullus auratus Jordan & Gilbert. 



Eastern coast of North America, Cape Cod to Pensacola. 

 MuUhs barbatus auratus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. J, S. Nat. Mas. 1882, 280, 

 Pensacola, Florida. 



Genus 388. MULLOIDES Bleeker. 



MuUoides Bleeker, Ceram., ii, 697, 1865 {Jiavolineatua). 



1270. Mulloides rathbuni (Evermann & Jenkins). 



Gnlf of California. 



Upvncus rathbuni Evermann & Jenkins, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 158, pi. 2, 

 fig. 4, Bay of Guaymas, Sonora. 



Genus 389. TJPENEUS Cuvier. Goatfislus. 



Upentus Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, 1.57, 1829 {vitiatus; riissdlii; 

 bifasciatus ; trifasciatus ; restricted by Bleeker to bifasciatus). 



1271. Upeneus maculatus (Bloch). Red Goatfish; Sabuonetc. 



West Indies and Brazil, Key West to Rio Janeiro. 

 Mullus maculatus Bloch, Ichthyologia, 348, 1793, Brazil. 



1272. Upeneus dentatus Gill. 



Pacific Coast of Mexico, Cape San Lucas, La Paz, and the Tres Marias 



Islands. 

 Upeneus dentatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 256, Cape San Lucas. 



1273. Upeneus parvus Poey. 



Cuba. 



Upeneus parvus Poey, Memorias, i, 226, 1851, Cuba. 



1274. Upeneus martinicus Cuvier & Valenciennes. Yellow Goatfish; Salmonete 



Amarilla ; Etna Mullet. 

 West Indies, north to Key West. 



Upeneus martinicus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 483, 1829, 

 Martinique, 



1275. Upeneus xanthogrammus Gilbert. 



La Paz, Lower California. 



Upeneus xanthogrammus Gilbert, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 553, La Paz, 

 Lower California. 



1276. Upeneus grandisquamis Gill. Chiro. 



Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America, Guaymas to Panama. 

 Upeneus grandisquamis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 168, west coast of 

 Central America. 



