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Serrana Parra, Piez is de Hist. Nat. <le Cuba, plate 2, upper figure, 1787 (Cuba). 

 Eques americanus Bloch, Ichthyol., plate :?47, 1793. Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ickth., 



105, 1801. 

 Eques punctata* var. Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Icbth., 106, 1801 (based on Parra, 



plate 2, fig. 1). 

 Eques balteatus Cuvier, Regne Animal, plate 29, fig. 2, 1829. Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. 



Poiss.,v, 165, 1830 (Martinique). Storer, Syn. Fish, North Am., 322, 1840 



(copied). 

 Selccna edwardi Gronow, Cat. Fish., ed. Gray, 53, 1854. 



Habitat. — West Indian fauna, ranging northward to Pensacola. 



This interesting fish is widely distributed in the West Indian waters. 

 The specimen described by us is in the National Museum, having been 

 taken near Pensacola. 



RECAPITULATION. 



The following is a list of the species of Scicenidfs recognized by us as 

 occurring in the waters of America and Europe. The distribution in 

 general of each species is indicated by the use of the following letters: 



E. Europe 



N. Atlantic coast, north of Cape Hatteras. 



S. South Atlantic and Gulf coast. 



W. West Indies. 



C. California. 



P. Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America. 



F. Rivers of North America. 

 B. Coasts of Bra zil. 



A. Rivers of South America (Amazon). 

 V. Pacific coast of South America. 



Subfamily I -0T0LITHIM. 



1. Seriphus Ay res. 



1. Seriphus polltus Ayres. C. 



2. Archoscion Gill. 



§ Isopisthiis Gill. 



2. Ai-choscion remifer (Jordan & Gilbert). P. 



3. Archoscion parvipinnis (Cuv. & Val.). YV., B. 



§ Archoscion. 



4. Archoscion analis (Jenyns). V. 



3. Cestreus Gronow. (To be called Ct/noscion, if Cestreus be regarded as preoccupied 

 by Cestrceu8. I 



5. Cestreus prcedatorius Jordan & Gilbert. P. 

 G. Cestreus acoupa (Lace"pede). B. 



7. Cestretfs squamipinnis (Giinther'). P. 



8. Cestreus othonopterus (Jordan & Gilbert). P. 



9. Cestreus striatus (Cuvier). B. 



10. Cestreus obliquat; s (Valenciennes). W. (Doubtful species; unknown to us.) 



11. Cestreus nothus (Holbrook). S. 



12. Cestreus regalis (Bloch it Schneider). N.,S. 

 12 (b). ihalassinus (Holbrook). S. 



13. Cestreus reticulalus (Giiuther). I'. 



14. Cestreus nebulosus (Cnv. & Val.). S. 



15. Cestreus parvipinnis (Ayres). C. 



