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Family CXXXIV. STBINEGERIDiE. 



Genus 440. STEINEGERIA Jordan & Evermann. 



Steinegeria Jordan & Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 467 (rubescens). 



1387. Steinegeria rubescens .Tordau & Evermann. 



Gulf of Mexico. 



Steinegeria rubescens Jordan & Evermann, Proc. V. >S. Nat. Mn.s. 1886, 467, 

 Snapjier Banks, off Pensacola, Florida. 



Family CXXXV. CBNTROLOPHIDiE. The Rudder-Fishes. 



Genus 441, CENTROLOPHUS Lacepfede Black Ruffs. 



Centrolophus Lact'pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 441, 1803 (niger). 



1388. Centrolophus niger (Gmelin). Blackjish; Black Ruffe; Borlase. 



Coasts of southern Europe; Dennis, Massachusetts. 

 Perca niger Gmelin, 8yst. Nat., 1321, 1788, Cornwall. 



Genus 442. PALINITRICHTHYS Bleaker. 



Palinurichthys Bleeker, Enum. Spec. Pise. Arch. Ind., 22, November. 18.59, 

 (perci/ormis) . 



1389. Palinurichthys perciformis (Mitchill). Rudder-fish ; Log-fish. 



Atlantic Coast of North America, from Cape Hatteras to Maine; Cornwall. 

 Coryphena jxreiformis MitchiU, Am. Month. Mag., ii, 1818, 244, N. Y. Harbor. 



Family CXXXVI. STROMATEIDiE. The Fiatolas. 



Genus 443. RHOMBUS LacepMe. Butter-fishes. 



Rhombus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 321, 1«00 (alejndotus). 



Subgenus RHOMBUS Lae^pfede. 



1390. Rhombus paru (Linnaeus). Harvest-fish ; Pappy-fish. 



South Atlantic Coast of United States, West Indies, Cape Cod to Jamaica 



and Brazil. 

 Stromateus paru Linn.tus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 248, 1758, Jamaica; based on 



Sloane. 



1391. Rhombus xanthurus (Qnoy & Gaimard). 



Coa3t of South America, Cayenne to Montevideo. 



Seserinus xanthurus Qnoy & Gaimard, Voy. Freyc, Zool., 384, 1824, Brazil. 



Subgenusi PALOMETA Jordan & Evermann. 



Palometa Jordan & Evermann, Fishes N. and M. A., 966, 1896 (palomela). 



1392. Rhombus palometa (Jordan & Bollman). 



Pacific Ocean, oft" Colombia. 



Stromateus palometa Jordan & Bollman, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1889, 156, off coast 

 of Colombia, 8^^ 16' 30" N., 79° 37' 45" W,, at Albatross Station 2804. 



1393. Rhombus medius (Peters). Palometa. 



Pacific Coast of North America, Mazatlan to Panama. 



St7-omateus medius Peters, Berl. Monatsb., 1869, 707, Mazatlan, Mexico. 



1394. Rhombus simillimus (Ayres). California Pompano. 



Pacific Coast of United .states, Putret Sound to San Diego. 

 Poronotus simillimus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1860, 84, San Francisco. 



Subgenus PORONOTUS Gill. 



Poronotus Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast N. Am., 35, 1861 (triacanthus). 



1395. Rhombus triacanthus (Peck). Dollar-fish ; Harvest-fish; Butter-fish; Lafayette. 



Nova Scotia to Florida. 



Stromateus triacanthus Peck, Mem. Am. Ac, ii, part 2,48, pi. 2, fig. 2, 1800, 

 Piscataqua Kiver, New Hampshire. 



