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  195.— 
  SCOMBERESOX 
  Lac<5pede. 
  (182) 
  

  

  663. 
  Scomberesox 
  saurus 
  Walbaum. 
  N. 
  S. 
  O. 
  En. 
  (601) 
  

  

  664. 
  Scomberesox 
  brevirostris 
  Peters. 
  C. 
  (602) 
  

  

  196.— 
  HEMIRHAMPHUS 
  Cuvier. 
  (183) 
  

  

  665. 
  Hemirhamphus 
  unifasciatus 
  l 
  Ranzani. 
  W. 
  

  

  666. 
  Hemirhamphus 
  roberti 
  2 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  S. 
  P. 
  (603) 
  

  

  667. 
  Hemirbampbus 
  rosae 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  C. 
  (604) 
  

  

  668. 
  Hemirhamphus 
  pleei 
  3 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  S. 
  W. 
  P. 
  (604 
  b.) 
  

  

  197.— 
  EULEPTORHAMPHUS 
  Gill. 
  (18:5 
  6.) 
  

  

  669. 
  Euleptorhamphus 
  longirostris 
  Cuvier. 
  0. 
  (605) 
  

  

  198.— 
  CHRIODORUS 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  (183 
  c.) 
  

  

  670. 
  Cbriodorus 
  atberinoides 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  W. 
  (605 
  b.) 
  

  

  199.— 
  PAREXOCCETUS 
  Bleeker. 
  

  

  671. 
  Farexoccetus 
  mesogaster 
  4 
  Bloch. 
  W. 
  S. 
  (607 
  b.) 
  

  

  200.-HALOCYPSELUS 
  Weinland. 
  (184) 
  

  

  672. 
  Halocypselns 
  evolans 
  5 
  Linnaeus. 
  S. 
  (606; 
  607) 
  

  

  1 
  Hemirliamphus 
  unifasciatus 
  Ranzani. 
  Clear 
  greenisb 
  with 
  bluish 
  luster; 
  a 
  silvery 
  

   iateral 
  band 
  ; 
  no 
  red 
  on 
  fins 
  ; 
  tip 
  of 
  lower 
  jaw 
  scarlet. 
  Very 
  close 
  to 
  H. 
  unifasciatus, 
  

   differing 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  shorter 
  beak, 
  and 
  the 
  less 
  compressed 
  and 
  more 
  robust 
  body. 
  

   Lower 
  jaw 
  from 
  end 
  of 
  upper 
  jaw 
  6 
  to 
  7 
  in 
  total 
  length 
  from 
  its 
  tip 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  caudal, 
  

   (4J 
  in 
  H. 
  roberti) 
  its 
  length 
  always 
  less 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  rest 
  of 
  head; 
  head 
  with 
  lower 
  

   jaw, 
  3 
  ; 
  body 
  half 
  deeper 
  than 
  broad 
  ; 
  premaxillaries 
  broader 
  than 
  long 
  ; 
  eye 
  less 
  than 
  

   interorbital 
  width, 
  g 
  postorbital 
  part 
  of 
  head 
  ; 
  ventrals 
  midway 
  between 
  eye 
  and 
  base 
  

   of 
  caudal; 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  densely 
  scaly 
  ; 
  back 
  broad. 
  Head 
  4|, 
  depth 
  6^. 
  D. 
  12 
  to 
  

   14, 
  A. 
  15, 
  lat. 
  1. 
  52, 
  length 
  12 
  inches. 
  Florida 
  Keys 
  to 
  Cuba 
  and 
  Panama, 
  represent- 
  

   ing 
  H. 
  roberti 
  southward. 
  

  

  Hemirhamphus 
  unifasciatus 
  Ranzani, 
  Comm. 
  Inst. 
  Bon., 
  1842, 
  V. 
  326, 
  tab. 
  25; 
  not 
  of 
  

   most 
  recent 
  authors 
  ; 
  ? 
  Hemirhamphus 
  picarti 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  XIX, 
  1846, 
  25 
  (Hemirhamphus 
  

   riehardi 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val., 
  XIX, 
  1*46, 
  26 
  ; 
  Hemirhamphus 
  fasciatus 
  Poey, 
  Memorias 
  Cuba, 
  II, 
  

   209, 
  1860, 
  not 
  of 
  Bleeker 
  ; 
  Hemirhamphus 
  poeyi 
  Gunther, 
  VI. 
  262). 
  

  

  2 
  The 
  species 
  called 
  in 
  the 
  text 
  Hemirhamphus 
  unifasciatus 
  should 
  stand 
  as 
  Hemi- 
  

   rhamphus 
  roberti 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  Lower 
  jaw 
  longer 
  than 
  rest 
  of 
  head. 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  

   coast 
  of 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  southward, 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  southward. 
  

  

  Instead 
  of 
  the 
  synonymy 
  in 
  the 
  text 
  read 
  : 
  (Hemirhamphus 
  roberti 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val., 
  XIX, 
  

   1846, 
  24 
  ; 
  Gunther 
  VI, 
  263, 
  Hemirhamphus 
  unifasciatus 
  of 
  most 
  recent 
  American 
  au- 
  

   thors, 
  not 
  of 
  Ranzani, 
  whose 
  species 
  is 
  the 
  short 
  billed 
  one.) 
  

  

  A 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Meek 
  & 
  Goss, 
  Proc. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  

   Sci. 
  Phila., 
  1884. 
  

  

  3 
  The 
  species 
  called 
  in 
  the 
  Synopsis 
  (p. 
  902), 
  Hemirhamphus 
  brasiliensis, 
  should 
  appar- 
  

   ently 
  stand 
  as 
  Hemirhamphus 
  pleei. 
  

  

  *Exocmtu8 
  mesogaster 
  Bloch, 
  Ichthyol., 
  XII, 
  tab. 
  399 
  = 
  Exoceetus 
  hillianus 
  Gosse. 
  See 
  

   Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1882, 
  588.) 
  

  

  6 
  Exoceetus 
  obtusirostris 
  Gunther, 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  identical 
  with 
  H. 
  evolans. 
  

  

  