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Family CXXIII. ISTIOPHORIDiE. The Sail-Pishes. 



Genus 409. ISTIOPHORTJS Lacepede. Sail-fishes. 



Isiiojihorus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 374, 1802 {gladifer = gladiua). 



1304. Istiophoriis nigricans (Lacepede). Sail-fish; Spike-fish; Boohoo; Guebucu; 



Vollier; Aguja Voladora; Aguja Prieta. 

 West Indies and warmer parts of the Atlantic, north to Key West and 



France; Florida Keys; Newport; south of Savannah. 

 Makaira nigricans Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 688, 1803, Rochelle; from a 



drawing by M. Traversay. 



Genus 410. TETRAPTURUS Rafinesque. Spear-fishes. 



Tetrapturus Rafinesque, Indice d'lttiol. Sicil., 30, 1810 (belone). 



1305. Tetrapturus imperator (Bloeh & Schneider). Bill-fish; Spear-fish; Aguja 



Blanea; Aguja de Paladar. 



West Indies; Cape Cod. 



Xiphias imperator BInch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 93, pi. xxi, 1801, Mediter- 

 ranean; after Duhamel. 



1306. Tetrapturus aniplus Poey. Aguja de Casta. 



West Indies. 



Tetrapturus ampins Poey, Memorias, ii^ 243, 1861, Havana. , 



Family CXXIV. XIPHIID.a3. The Sword-Fishes. 



Genus 411. XIPHIAS Linnaeus. Sword-fishes. 

 Xijyhias Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 248, 1758 (gladius). 



1307. Xiphias gladius Linn?eus. Common Sword-fish; Espada; Espadon; Emperador. 



Atlantic Ocean ou both coasts; Cuba to Cape Breton and Newfoundland 



Banks; Pacific at Santa Barbara Islands. 

 Xiphias gladius Linnteus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 248, 1758, Europe. 



Family CXXV. NEMATISTIIDiE. The Papagallos. 



Genus 412. NEMATISTIUS Gill. 

 Nematistius Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 258 {pectoralis). 



1308. Nematistius pectoralis Gill. 



Gulf of California to Panama; Cape San Lucas; Guayraas; Picheluogo, 



Mazatlan; Maodalena Bay ; Panama. 

 Xemalistius pectoralis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 259, Cape San 



Lucas. 



Family CXXVI. CARANGIDiE. The Pampanos. 



Genus 413. OLIGOPLITES Gill. 



OligopUtes Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 166 (occidentalis). 



1309. Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider). Leather-jacket; Leather-coat. 



Both coasts of America, and West Indies, north to New York and Lower 



California. 

 Scomber saurus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 32, 1801, Jamaica. 



1310. Oligoplites saliens (Bloch). Sauteur. 



West Indies. 



Scomber saliens Bloch, Ichthyologia, pi. 335, 1793, Martinique; on a figure 

 by Plumier. 



1310a. Oligoplites saliens palometa (Cuvier *z. Valenciennes). 

 Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. 



Chorinemus palometa Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., viii, 392, 1831, 

 Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. 



