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1368. Trachinotus argenteus Ciivier & Valenciennes. 



Atlantic Coast. 



Trachinotus argmteus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Pois-s., nil, 413, 1831, 

 New York and Rio Janeiro. 



1369. Trachinotus carolinus (Linn?eus). Common Pompano ; Fdmpano; Cobhirr-Jish. 



South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States; Cape Cod; West Indies; 



Brazil. 

 Gastero^ieus caroUnus Linuieus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 490, 1766, Carolina. 



1370. Trachinotus paloma Jordan & Starks. 



Cape San Lucas, Mazatlan, San Juan Lagoon. 



TrachinotuK paJoma Jordan & Starks, in Jordan, Fishes Sinaloa, 437, 1895, 

 Mazatlan, Alexico. 



1371. Trachinotus cayennensis Cuvier it Valenciennes. 



Cayenne. 



Trachinotus cayennensin Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ^'III, 417, 

 1831. Cayenne. 



Family CXXVII. POMATOMIDiE. The Bluefishes. 



Genus 431. POMATOMUS Lacepede. 



Pomalomns Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 436, 1802 (skih). 



1372. Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnwus). Bluefish; Snap Mackerel: Skipjack. 



Atlantic and Indian oceans. 



Perca saltatri.r Linnieus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, 293, 1758, Candina. 



Family CXXVIII. RACHYCENTRIDiE. Sergeant-Fishes. 



Genus 432. RACHYCENTEON Kaup. 



Bachi/centron Kaup, Isis, xix, col. 89, 1826 {typus). 



1373. Rachycentrou canadum (Linmeus), Sergeant-ftah; Crab-cater: Cobia. 



In all warm seas ; Atlantic Coast, north to Cape Cod. 

 Gasterosteus canadus Linuteus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 491, 1766, Carolina. 



Family CXXIX. NOMEID.ai. 



Genus 433. NOMEUS Cuvier. 



Xomeus Cuvier, Rfegne Animal, ed. 1, ii, 315, 1817 (gronorii). 



1374. Nomeus gronovii (Gmelin). Portuguese Man-of-war-fish; Harder: Pastor. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic ajid Indian oceans; Sargasso Sea; Florida; 



Bermuda ; Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 

 Gobius gronovii Gmelin, Syst. Nat., ed. xill, 1205, 1788, Tropical America; 



after Gronow. 



Genus 434. PSENES Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Psenes Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 259, 1833 (cyanophri/s). 



1375. Psenes pellucidus Liitken. 



(Tulf Stream, at 32^ 24' N., 76^' 55' W., in 528 fathoms. 



Psenes pellucidus Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, 516 (109), fig. 601 (198), 1880, Strait 

 ' of Surabaja. 



1376. Psenes cyanophrys Cuvier &: Valenciennes. 



Open sea; Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans; Jamaica and Martinique. 

 Psenes cijanophrys Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 260, pi. 265, 

 1833, New Iceland. 



1377. Psenes maculatus Liitken. 



Open Atlantic. 



Psenes maculatus Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, 110, 1880, open Atlantic, 39^ N., 

 25*^ 4' S., aud between 34^ and 27^ W., in 600 to 700 fathoms. 



