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1523. Boleichthys exilis Girard. 



Upper Missouri River basin and Red River of the North. 

 Boleieh til 1/8 crilis Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1859,103, Little Muddy 

 River, a tributary of tbe Upper Missouri. 



Genus 483. MICEOPERCA Putnam. 



Microperca Putnam, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., i, 4, 1863 {punctulata). 



1524. Microperca proellarls (Hay). 



Alabama and ilississippi, in lowland streams and ponds. 

 Alvariiis prccliaris Hay, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 496, small branch of the 

 Tuscumbia River at Corinth, Mississippi. 



1525. Micropeica punctulata Putnam. Least Barter. 



Northwestern States; Indiana, Michigan, and Minnesota, south to Arkan- 

 sas ; rare outside of tributaries of the Great Lakes. 



Microperca punctulata Putnam, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., i, 4, 1863, various 

 points in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Alabama; those from Ala- 

 bama were probably M, prcvHaria (Hay). 



1526. Microperca fonticola (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Arkansas and Texas, in clear rocky streams ; known only from Washita 

 River at Arkadelphia; San Marcos River at San Marcos, Texas; Comal 

 Creek at New Braunfels, Texas. 



Alvariiis fonticola Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 23, San 

 Marcos River at San Marcos, Texas. 



Family CXLVI. CHEILODIPTERIDiE. The King of the MuUets. 



Genus 484. APOGON Lac6pede. Kiiig of Mullets. 

 Apogon Lac^pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 411, 1802 (ruber ^imberhis). 



1527. Apogoh imberbis (Linnreus). King of the MuUets; Alfoncinor Fucinita. 



Mediterranean and neighboring waters; one from Newport, Rhode Island, 



and one from the island of Fernando Noronha. 

 Mitllus imberbis Linnfcus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 300, 1758, Malta ; after Artedi. 



1528. Apogon dovii Giinther. 



Mazatlan to Panama. 



Apogon dovii Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1861, 371. Panama. 



1529. Apogon retrcsella (Gill). Cardenal. 



Pacific Coast of Mexico. 



Amia retroseUa Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1862, 251, Cape San Lucas. 



1530. Apogon maculatus (Poey). 



Pensacola to Bahia; common on the " Snapper Banks"; often found in the 



stomachs of snappers and groupers. 

 Monoprion maculatus Poey, Memorias, n, 123, 1860, Cuba 



1531. Apogon binotatus (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Amia binotata Poey, Repertorio, 234, 1867, Cuba. 



1532. Apogon pigmentarius (Poey). 



Cuba; common at Havana. 



Mono])rion ingmentariua Poey, Memorias, ii, 123, 1860, Cuba. 



Genus 485. APOGONICHTHYS Bleeker. 



Apogonichthijs Bleeker, Floris, 321, 1854 (perdi.r). 



1533. Apogonichthys alutus (Jordan & Gilbert), 



Snapper Banks off Pensacola and Tampa, Florida. 



Apogon alutus Jordan & Gilbert. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 279, and in 

 Synopsis, 931, 1883, Snapper Banks off Pensacola, Fla. 



