FISHES OF THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA. 807 



59.— LABRACID^. 



EocciTS LiNEATUS(Bl. Scliu.) Gill. — Striped bass {Eastern States) ; rock- 

 fish {Pennsylvania^ eta.) ; missuckeke-kequoek {Narragansett Indians). 



Nova Scotia to Florida. 

 MoEONE AMEKIOANA (Guieliii) Gill. — White perch. 



Nova Scotia to Florida. 



CO.— EPHIPPIID^. 



Paeephippus C)UADratus (Gun.) Gill. — Moou-flsh. 



Cape Cod to Florida. 

 Parephippus faber (Cuv.) Gill, — Moon-fish; augel-fish {South Caro- 

 lina) ; 3-banded sheep-head ; 3 tailed porgy. 

 Cape Cod to Florida. 



Gl.— LOBOTID^. 



LOBOTES suEiNAMBNSis Cuv. — Fhisher {Neiv Yorlc marliet). 

 Cape Cod to Florida. 



62.— POM ATOMID^ . 



P0MAT03IUS SAXTATRix (Litiu.) Gill. — Bluefish {New York, and Nen- 

 England except Rhode Island) ; horse-mackerel {Netvport, and Becslejfs 

 Point, N. J.) ; skip jack {North Carolina) ; green-fish ( Virginia, DeKay) ; 

 t£a\ov {Maryland and Virginia)', white-fish and snap-mackerel (young). 



C3.— ELACATIDJE. 



Elacate canadus (Linn.) Gill. — Crab-eater. 

 Cape Cod to West Indies. 



64.— CHILODIPTERID^. 



Apogonichthys ameeicanus Castelnau. 



West Indian; occasional northwards (found at Newjiort, R. I.) 



65.— PRIACANTHID.E. 



Prtacanthus macrophthalmus Cuv. (d. s.) — Common big-eye. 



West Indian ; occasional northwards. 

 PsEUDOPRiACAiMTHUS ALTUS (Gill.) Blecker. — Short big-eye. 



Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. 



66.— AMMODYTID^. 



Ammodytes americanus DeKay. — Sand-launce; sand-eel (A'. I/'h^.) 



Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras. 

 Ammodytes dubius Reiuhardt. 



Polar regions to Cape Cod. 

 AegyeoTvENIA vittata (DeKay) Gill. (d. s. ; d. ^ g.) 



New York. (?) 



