[45] REVIEW OF THE SCLENID^. 387 



Dipterodon chrysurus Lace'pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss.,iii, 64, 1802 (after Linnaeus). 



Sciosna chrysura Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 606 (Charleston). Jor- 

 dan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. North America, 933, 1883. Swain, Proc. U. S.Nat. 

 Mus., 1884, 233 (Cedar Key, Florida). 



Bairdidla chrysura Goode, Hist. Aquat. Anim., 375, plate 126, 1884. 



Bodianus argyroleueus MitchiH, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. New York, 417, plate 6, lig- 

 3, 1815 (New York). 



Corvina argyroleuca Cuv. &Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 105, 1830 (Martinique (?), United 

 States). DeKay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 74, plate 18, fig. 51, 1842 (New 

 York). Storer, Syn. Fish. North Am., 319, 1846 (copied). Giinther, Cat. 

 Fish. Brit. Mus., ii, 299, 1860 (copied). 



Bairdidla argyroleuca Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 113 (St. John's River, Flor- 

 ida). Goode. & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 131 (Pensacola). Bean, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 93 (Brunswick, Ga. ; St. John's River, Florida). 



Bodianus pallidus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc, 1, 420, 1815 (New York). 



Homoprion xanthurus Holbrook, Ich. S. Car., ed. 1, 1856, 170, pi. 24 (not Leiostomus xan- 

 //Wks. Lace'pede. 



Homoprion subtruncatus Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast, 1861, 33 (after Holbrook). 



Habitat. — South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, north 

 to New York. 



This species is very abundant on our sandy shores from Long Island 

 to Texas. It reaches but a small size, hence, although an excellent pan 

 fish, it has no great economic value. 



Unlike most of the other species of the genus, its second anal spine 

 is little enlarged. 



The oldest name of this species, Per ca punctata L., is not available, as 

 tbere was at that time already anotber Perca punctata, also named by 

 Linnaeus. The appropriate name, chrysura, being next in order of date, 

 must, therefore, be adopted. 



42. BAIRDIELLA ENSIFERA. 



Corvina armata Steindachner, Ich. Beitr., iii, 28, 1875 (Panama) (not of Gill). 

 Sciwna ensifera 'Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 1881,313 (Bay of Panama). 



Gilbert, Ball. U. S. Fish Com., 1882, 112 (Punta Arenas). 

 Corvina fulgens Vaillant, Miss. Sci. au Mesique, 164, 1883 (Pacific coast of Mexico). 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of tropical America. 



This species is not uncommon about Panama. Of all the American 

 Scisenoids this species bas the largest anal spine in proportion to the 

 size of the body. Tbe Corvina fulgens, lately described by Dr. Vaillant, 

 seems to be identical with Bairdiella ensifera. 



Numerous specimens of this species from Panama are in the museum 

 at Cambridge. They had been wrongly identified as u Corvina armata 1 '' 

 by Dr. Steindachner. 



43. BAIRDIELLA ICISTIA. 



(CORBIXETA.) 



Sciana icistia Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 356 (Mazatlan). Jordan 

 & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., 1881, 316 (Mazatlan). Jordan & Gilbert, 

 Bull. U. 8. Fish. Com., 1882, 107 (Mazatlan). 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of Mexico, Mazatlan. 



