398 REPORT OF COMMISiSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Genus 583. STELLIFERUS Stark. 



Sl('lli/(ri(,s Stark. Klemeuts Nat. Hist., i, 459, 1828 (stellifcr); fide Gill. 



1850. Stelliferus oscitaiis (.Tortlan «fe Gilbert). 



Panama. 



iScUi na oscUitnn Jordan »fc Gilbert, Bull. U. S. F, C. 1881, 312, Bay of Panama. 



1851. Stelliferus furthi (Steindachuer). 



Panama. 



Corvina {Homoprion) furthi Steindachner, Ichtli. Beitr., in, 26, fig. 3, 1875, 

 Panama. 



1852. Stelliferus illecebrosus Gilbert. 



Panama. 



SteUifenis illecebrosus Gilbert, Proo. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, Panama. 



1853. Stelliferus stellifer (Bloch). 



Coasts of Guiaua and Brazil. 



Bodianus stellifer Bloch, Ichthyologia, pi. 231, 1790, ''Cape of Good Hope." 



1854. Stelliferus lanceolatus (Ilolbrook). 



South Atlantic and (hilf coasts of United States, Charleston to Texas. 

 Homoprion laiweolaiun Holltrook, Ichth. South Carolina, ed. i, 168, pi. 23, 1856, 

 Port Royal Sound, South Carolina. 



1855. Stelliferus ericymba (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Panama. 



Scitena ericymha Jordan 6c Gilbert, Bull. U. S. F. C. 1881, 311, Bay of Panama. 



1856. Stelliferus microps (Steindachner). 



Coast of Brazil and Guiana. 



Corvina microps Steindachner, Ichth. Notizen, i, 6, pi. 2, fig. 1, 1864, Guiana. 



1857. Stelliferus zestocarus Gilbert. 



Panama. 



Stelliferus zestocarus Gilbert, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, Panama. 



Genus 584, OPHIOSCION Gill. 



Ophioscion Gill, Pi'oc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 164 (typicus). 



1858. Ophioscion adustus Jordan «& Evermaiin. 



West Indies to coast of Brazil. 



Ophioscion adustus Jordan & Evermann, Fishes North and Middle America, 

 1896, Pernambuco; J6r6mie; Hayti; Brazil. 



1859. Ophioscion typicus Gill. 



Panama. 



Ojjhioscion typicus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 165, west coast Central 

 America. 



1860. Ophioscion strabo Gilbert. 



Panama. 



Ophioscion siraho CJilbert, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, Panama. 



1861. Ophioscion simulus Gilbert. 



Panama. 



Ophioscion similus Gilbert, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, Panama. 



1862. Ophioscion imiceps (Jordan A: (Gilbert). 



Panama. 



Sciaina imiceps .Jordan iV Gilbert, Bull. U. S. F. C. 1881, 309, Bay of Panauui. 



1863. Ophioscion scierus (Jordan A (iilbert). 



Pacific Coast of tropical America, from Mazatlan to Panama. 

 Sciwna scicra Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. 8. Nat. .Mus. 1884, 480, Panama 



1864. Ophioscion vermicularis (Giinther). 



Panama. 



Corvina vermicularis Ciiiuther. Fish. Central America, 387 and 127, pi. 67, fig 

 2, 1869, Panama. 



