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1888. Menticirrhus americanus (Linniuus). Carolina Whiting; Sand IFJiiting. 



South Atlantic ami Gnlf coasts of Uuiti'd. States ; Chesapeake Bay to Texas. 



Cyprinns americanus Linua-us, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 321, 1758, Cjiiol'iua; based 

 ou Whiting of Catesby; (not Cyprinus americanus of 12th edition of 

 Systema Nature, which is a cypriuoid, Abramis bosci C. & V.). 



1889. Menticirrhus saxatilis (Bloch & Schneider). Eingjish; Sea Mink; Northern 



Whiting. 



Atlantic and Gnlf coasts of the United States; Cape Ann to Key West and 



Pensacola; most common northward. 

 Johniiis saxatilis Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 75, 1801, New York. 



1890. Menticirrhus undulatus (Girard). California Whiting; Sand Sucker. 



Southern California, north to Santa Barbara. 



Umbrina undulala Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 148, San Diego, Cal. 



Subgenus TJ3IBRULA Jordan & Eigenmaiin. 



Umbrula Jordan & Eigenmann, Review Scitenid;©, 424, 1889 {littoralis). 



1891. Menticirrhus elongatus (Giinther). Verrugato. 



Pacific Coast of tropical America; Mazatlan to Panama. 



Umbrina clongata Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soo. Lond. 1864, 148, Chiapas. 



1892. Menticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook). Surf Whiting; Silver Whiting. 



South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States; North Carolina to Texas. 

 Umbrina littoralis Holbrook, Ichth. South Carolina, ed. i, 142, pi. 20, fig. 1, 

 1856, South Carolina. 



Genus 594, PARALONCHURUS Bocourt. 



Paralonchurus Bocourt, Nouv. Arch. Mus., iv, 21, 1869 {petersi). 



Subgenus POLTCLEMUS Berg. Corvalos. 



Polyclcnius Berg, Ann. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, 1895, 54 (dumcrili). 



1893. Paralonchurus dumerili (Bocourt). 



Panama. 



Polycirrhus dumerili Bocourt, Nouv. Arch. Mus. d'Hist. Natur., iv, 22, 1868, 

 La Union. 



Subgenus ZO\OSCIO\ Jordan & ETermann. 

 Zonoscion Jordan &• Evermann, new subgenus (rathbuni). 



1894. Paralonchurus rathbuni (Jordan & Bollman). 



Panama. 



Polycirrhus rathbuni Jordan & Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1889, 162, 

 Panama. 



Subgenus ZACLEMUS Gilbert. 



Zaclemus Gilbert, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896 (goodei). 



1895. Paralonchurus goodei Gilbert. 



Panama. 



Paralonchurus goodei Gilbert, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1896, Panama. 



Subgenus PARALO\CHURUS Bocourt. 



1896. Paralonchurus petersi Bocourt. 



Coast of Central America, rare at Panama. 



Paralonchur IIS petersi Bocourt, Nouv. Archives du Muse'um, iv, 1869, 22, La 

 Union, San Salvador. 



Genus 595. LONCHIURUS Bloch. 

 Lonchiurus Bloch, Ichtbyolouiip, pi. 360, 1793 (barbatus = lanceolatus). 



1897. Lonchiurus lanceolatus (Bloch). 



West Indies to (iniana. 



Perca lanceolata Bloch, Nov. Act. So. Copenh., iii, 383, 1788, India. 

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