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Genus 568. HEKMOSILLA Jenkins & Evermann. 



Hermosilla Jenkins & Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, 144 {azurea). 



1791. Hermosilla azurea Jenkins & Evermann. 



Gulf of California. 



Hermosilla azurea Jenkins & Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, 144, 

 Guaymas, Mexico. 



Genus 569. KYPHOSUS Lac^pede. 

 Kijphosaa Lacopede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 114, 1802 (higihbus ^: fuscus). 



1792. Kyphosus analogue (Gill). Salema. 



Pacific Coast of tropical America, Gulf of California to Panama. 

 Fimelei}teru8analogHsGiU, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862,245, Cape San Lucas. 



1793. Kyphosus incisor (Cuvier & Valenciennes j. Chopa Amarilla. 



Cuba. 



Fimelepterus inciaor Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., vii, 266, 1831, Brazil. 



1794. Kyphosus elegans (Peters). Chopa. 



Pacific Coast of ti'opical America, from Guaymas to Mazatlau. 

 Pimelepterus elegans Peters, Berlin. Monatsb., 707, 1869, Mazatlau, Mexico. 



1795. Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnteus). Riiddcr-fish; Bermuda Chub; Chopa Blanca. 



West Indies, ranging from Cape Cod to Brazil, crossing the ocean to the 

 Canary Islands; accidental in the Mediterranean; one taken at Palermo. 

 Ferca sectatrix Linnieus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 486, 1766, "America." 



1796. Kyphosus lutescens (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Revillagigedo Archipelago. 



Pimelepterus lutescens Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1881, 229, Braith- 

 waite Bay, Socorro Island. 



Genus 570. SECTATOR Jordan & Fesler. 

 Sectator Jordan & Fesler, Review Sparoid Fishes, 534, 1893 (ocyurua). 



1797. Sectator ocyurus (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Panama. 



Fimelepterus oci/urus Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com. 1881, 327, 328, 

 Bay of Panama, 



Genus 571. MEDIALUNA Jordan & Fesler. Medialunas. 

 Medialuna Jordan & Fesler, Review Sparoid Fishes, 536, 1893 {calif orniensis) . 



1798. Medialuna californiensis (Steindachner). Medialuna; Half-moon. 



Coast of southern California, from Point Conception southward to Cerros 



Island. 

 Scorpis californiensis Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., iii, 19, 1875, San Diego. 



Family CLVII. SCI-SINID^. The Croakers. 



Subfamily OTOLITHINiE. 



Genus 572. SERIPHUS Ayres. 



Seriphus Ayrcs, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., ii, 1861, 80 (politus). 



1799. Seriphus politus Ayres. Queenfish; White Croaker. 



Coast of southern California, from Point Conception to Cerros Island; 



common on sandy shores. 

 Seriphus politus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., ii, 1861, 80, no locality given. 



Genus 573. ISOPISTHUS Gill. 



Isopisthus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 18 {parvipinnis) . 



1800. Isopisthus remifer Jordan &c Gilbert. 



Panama, on sandy shores, rather common. 



Isopisthus remifer Jordan & Gilbert, BuU. U. S. Fish Com. 1881, 320, Panama. 



