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1556. Ceutropomus ensiferus Poej. 



West Indies; {Generally common from Cnba to SnTinam. 

 Centropoinus ensiferus Poey, Meniorias, li, 122, 1860, Havana. 



Family CXLVIII SERRANID.a3. The Sea Basses. 



Genus 494. ROCCUS Mitchill. Striped Basses. 



lioccus Mitchill. 1'i.shc.s of New York, 25, 1814 (striatus ^= lineatus). 



Sabgcnus LKriltKMA Itaflncsquc. 

 Lepibema Rafiuesqiie, Ichth. Ohiensis, 23, 1820 (chrysops). 



1557. Roccus chrysops (Rafincsque). WhiicBass; White Lake-Bass. 



riieat Lakes region, Upper Mis.sis8ippi and Ohio valleys, south to Washita 



River. 

 Perca chrysops Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohieusis, 22. 1820. Falls of the Ohio. 



Subgenus BOCCUS Mitchill. 



1558. Roccus lineatus (Bloch). Striped Bass ; liockfish ; Bock. 



Atlantic coasts of North America from New IJrunswick to Escarahia River, 

 Florida; introduced by the U. S. Fish Commission into Sacramento 

 River, California. 



SciwHU lineata Bloch, Ichth., ix, 53, pi. 305, 1792, " Mediterranean." 



Genus 495. MORONE MitchUl. White Perch. 



Morone Mitchill, Fishes of New York, 18, 1814 {rufa anAflavescens); the genus 

 properly a synonym of Perca. 



1559. Morone interrupta Gill. YeUoic Bass. 



Lower Mississippi Valley north to Cincinnati, Terre Haute, and St. Louis. 

 Morone interrupta Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1860,118, St. Louis; New 

 Orleans. 



1560. Morone americana (Gmelin). Wliite Perch. 



Atlantic Coast of North America from Nova Scotia to South Carolina in 



brackish water, ascending streams, and frequently landlocked in jiouds. 



Perca americana Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, in, 1308, 1788, New York ; after Schijpf. 



Genus 496. LIOPROPOMA Gill. 

 Liopropoma Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 236 {aieirans). 



1561. Liopropoma aberrans Poey. 



Coast of Cuba. 



Perca aberrans Poey, Memorias, ii, 125, 1860, Cuba. 



Genus 497. CHORISTISTIUM Gill. 



Chorististium Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 236 (ruhritm). 



1562. Chorististium rubrum (Poey). 



Coast of Cuba. 



Liopropoma rubra Poey, Memorias, li, 418, 1861, Havana. 



Genus 498. STEREOLEPIS Ayres. Jewfishes. 



Stercohpis Ayres, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1859, 28 (gigas). 



1563. Stereolepis gigas Ayres. California Jeufsh. 



Coast of California, north to the Farallones. 



Stereolepis gigas Ayres, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1859, 28, southern California. 



Genus 499. POLYPRION Cuvier. Wreckfishes. 



I'ohjprion Cuvier, in Valenciennes, Tslf.m. Mus., xi, 265, 1824 {cernium). 



1564. Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider). Wreckfish; Stone Bass; Cernier. 



Ofl' coast of Europe; Gulf Stream. 



Amphiprinn americanus Bloch Ar Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 205, pi. 47, 1801, 

 letl on a drawing sent by Latham to Schneider rei)resenting some fish 

 led in America "gnom"; called Amphiprion australis on pi. 47. 



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