384 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Family CLII. HiEMULIDiE3. The Criinirrs. 



Genus 540. H^EMULON Cuvier. Boncos or (h-iints. 



Umnulon Cuvier, R«gue Animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, 1829 (elcfjans, etc., restricted 

 later to elcganii = nciunts). 



1691. Hcemulon sexfasciatum Gill. Mojarra ATmejero. 



Pacilic Coast of tropical America, Guaymas to Panama. 



Hcemulon ncxfanciat us Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 254, Cape San Lucas. 



1692. Haemulon album Cuvier &, Valeucionnes. Margaic-fish; Jallao; Margaret 



Grunt. 

 West Indies; Florida Keys to Brazil. 

 Ha'miiloii album Cuvier «S: Valeucienues, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 211, 1830, St. 



Thomas. 



1693. Haemulon macrostoma Giinther. Gray Grunt; Yellow-tail. 



West Indies, north to Florida Keys. 



Hamnlun inacrosloma Giinther, Cat., I, 308, 18.59, .Jamaica. 



1694. Hcemulon bonariense Cuvier & Valenciennes. Black Grtint; Jionco Pricto. 



West Indies, soutli to Ijuenos Ayres. 



Bamuloii honarioise Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 254, 1830, 

 Pueuos Ayi'es. 



1695. Haemulon parra (Desmarest). Sailor^s Choice; Ronco Blanco; Ronco Prielo; 



Jiasla rd Marga ret. 

 West Indies ; southern Florida to Brazil ; very common at Key West and 



Havana. 

 Diabasis j)arra Desmarest, Prem. Ddcade Ichth., 30, pi. 2, fig. 2, 1823, Havana. 



1696. Haemulon scudderi Gill. Mojarra Prieta. 



Pacific Coast of tropical America, Guaymas to Panama. 



Hamulon scudderi Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 253, Cape San Lucas. 



1697. Haemulon carbonarium Poey. Ronco Carbonero; Cwsar Grunt. 



West Indies and the Bermudas, south to Brazil; Havana. 

 Hwmulon carbouarium Poey, Memorias, ii, 176, 1860, Cuba. 



1698. Haemulon steindachneri (.Jordan & Gilbert). Roncador Raiado. 



Both coasts of tropical America; Guaymas to Panama; St. Lucia to Rio 



.Janeiro. 

 Diabasis steindachneri Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1881 (1882), 



322, Panama and Mazatlan. 



1699. Haemulon melanurum (Limifpus). Jeniauana; Coeaar Grunt. 



West Indies; Havana and southward. 



Pc/ca J»i</rt>i(/m Linmi'us, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 292, 1758, and ed. xii, 486, 1766, 

 Bahamas; based on Catesby. 



1700. H?emulonsciurus(Shaw). Yellotv Grunt; Ronco Amur illo; Humpback Grunt; 



Boar Grunt. 

 West Indies; Florida Keys to Brazil. 

 Sparus sciurus Shaw, General Zoology, IV, pi. 64, 1803, Antilles; based on the 



description and figure of Bloch. 



1701. Haemulon plumieri (Lacf^pt'de). Common Grunt; Ronco Ronco; Ronco Arard. 



West Indies; al)nndant from Cape Hatteras to Rio .Janeiro. 



Labrus phimieri \^-M'<'\wAe, Hist. Nat. Poiss.. ill. 480, pi. 2, fig. 2,1802, Mar- 

 tinique ; on a copy of a drawing by Plumier, identified with this species 

 l)y Cuvier. 



1702. Haemulon flavolineatum (Desmarest). French Grunt ; Open-mouthed Grunt; 



Ronco Condenado. 

 West Indies; Florida Jveys and Hermudas to Brazil. 

 Diabasis flavoli neat us Desmarest, Prem. Docado Ichth., 35, pi. 2, fig. 1, 1823, 



Cuba. 



