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Genus 633. APEION Cuvier & Valenciennes. Vorazes. 

 Aprion Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss.. A^. .543, 18.30 (rireficenx). 



Subgenus PLATYINIUS Gill. 



Plaiyinius Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 237 (vorax=7nac)-o2)ht]ialmufi). 



1682. Aprion macrophthalmus (Miiller & Troscbel). Voraz. 



West Indies; Havana. 



Ceniroprlatiii macrophthalmioi Miiller & Troscbel, in Schomburgk, Hist. Bar- 

 bados, 666, 1848, Barbados. 



Genus 634. ETELIS Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Etelis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ir, 127, 1828 {carhnncithis, a 

 Japanese species). 



1683. Etelis oculatus (Cuvier &.■ Valenciennes). Cachucho. 



West Indies to Madeira. 



Serranus oculatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 266, 1828, 

 Martinique. 



1684. Etelis aquilonaris (Goodo & Bean). 



Gulf of Mexico in deep water. 



Anthias aquilonaris Goode & Bean, Oceanic Icbtbyology, 238, 1896, Gulf 



of Mexico, at Albatross Station 2402, 28° 36' N., 85^-^ 33' 30" W., in lir 



fathoms. 



Genus 535. VESILUS Poey. 



Verilus Poey, Memorias, il, 125, 1860 (so7-didus). 



1685. Verilus sordidus Poey. Escolar Chino. 



West Indies. 



Verilus sordidus Poey, Memorias, ii, 125, pi. 12, tig. 6, 1860, Cuba. 



Genus 636. XENOCYS Jordan & BoUman. 

 Xenocys Jordan &, Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1889, 160 (jcssiw). 



1686. Xenocys jessiee Jordan & Bollman. 



Galapagos Islands. 



Xenociis jessia; Jordan & Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1889, 160, Charles 

 Island, Galapagos Archipelago. 



Genus 537. XENISTIUS Jordan & Gilbert. 



Xenistius .Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 920, 1883 {calif ornicnais). 



1687. Xenistius californiensis (Steindachner). 



Pacific Coast of America, from San Diego southward to Guaymas. 

 Xenichthijs californiensis Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., iii. 3, 1875, San Diego. 



Genus 538. XENICHTHYS Gill. 



Xenichthijs Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 82 (xanti). 



1688. Xenichthys agassizii Steindachner. 



Galapagos Islands. 



Xenichthys agassizii Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., iii, 6, 1875, Galapagos 

 Islands. 



1689. Xenichthys xanti Gill. 



Pacific Coast of tropical America, from Cape San Lucas to Panama. 

 Xeniclithjis xanti Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 82, Cape San Lucas. 



Genus 539. NEMIPTERUS Swainson. 



Xemipterus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fishes, etc., ii, 223, 1839 (Jilamentosus). 



1690. Nemipterus macronemus (Giinther). 



Surinam. 



Synagria macronemus Giinther. Cat., i, 380, 1859, Surinam; after Cuvier. 



