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Genus 396. SCOMBEROMOE.US Lacspedo. 



Scomheromonis L:ic6pr(le, Hist. Nat. I'oiss.. in, 292, 1802 (jyhimierii). 



1286. Scomberoniorus concolor (Lockington). Monterey Spaninh MaclcereJ. 



Monterey Bay, California; Santa Cruz. 



Chriomitra concolor Ijockingion, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1879, 133, Monte- 

 rey, California. 



1287. Scomberomorus maculatus (Mitchill). Spanish Mackerel. 



East coast of America from Cape Ann to Brazil ; common in Gulf of Mexico, 



but rare or unknown about Cuba. 

 ^com6e?'TOac?fZates Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc.N. Y., i, 1815, 420, New York. 



1288. Scomberomorus sierra Jordan »& Starks. Sierra. 



Pacific Coast of Tropical America. 



Scomberomorus sierra Jordan & Starks, in Jordan, Irishes Sina.loa, 428, 1895, 

 Mazatlan, Mexico. 



1289. Scomberomorus regalis (Block). Sie-rra; Piniado. 



Cape Cod to Brazil; Cuba. 



Scomber regalis HloGh, Icbthyol.. pi. 3.33, 1795, Msirtinique; after a drawing 

 by Plumier. 



1290. Scomberomorus cavalla (Cuvier). Sierra; Klnejfish; Cavalla; Cero. 



Tropical Atlantic ; Florida Keys and Charleston; Cape Cod; Africa; Brazil. 

 Cybium cavalla Cuvier, Regno Animal, ed. 2, ii, 200, 1829; after Guarapucu 

 of Marcgrave. 



Genus 397. ACANTHOCYBIUM Gill. Fetos. 

 Acanthocybium Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 125 {8ara^=solandrl). 



1291. Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier ».V:/\'alenciennes). Peto ; Wahoo ; Guara- 



pucn. 



Tropical seas; Cuba; Key "West. 



Cybium solandri Cnviev & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., \i\\. 192, 1831; 

 after ms. of Solander, open sea ; no locality. 



Family CXX. GEMPYLIDiE. The Escolars. 



Genus 398. ESCOLAR Jordan & Evermann. 



Escolar Jordan & Evermann, in Goode <& Bean, Oceanic Icbtbology, 519, 

 1896 (violaceus). 



1292. Escolar violaceus (Bean). 



Le Have Bank. . 



Thyrsitops violaceus Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, 513, Le Have Bank. 



Genus 399. RUVETTUS Cocco. Escolars. 

 Buvettus Cocco, Giorn. Sci. Sicilia, xlii, 2, 1829 (pretiosits). 



1293. Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco. Escolar; Rovetto: Uuvello: ('hieola, ; Oilfish; 



Scourfish ; Plain-tail. 



Mediterranean and westward in the Atlantic. 



liuvettus pretiosus Cocco, in Giornale di Scienz o jier la Sicilia, xi,ii, 21, 1829, 

 Messina. 



Genus 400. EPINNTJLA Poey. 

 Epinnula Poey, Memorias, i, 369, 1854 {ma{iistralis). 



1294. Epinnula magistralis Poey, Dcmiine. 



Havana. 



Epinnula mayistralis Poey, Memorias, i, 369, 18.54, Havana. 



Genus 401. NEALOTUS Johnson. 

 Xealotus Johnson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1865, 434 (tripes). 



1295. Nealotus tripes Johnson. 



Madeira; between the Bahamas and Bermudas. 



Xealotus tripes Johnson. Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond. 1805, -i34, Madeira. 



