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examples. This is true notably of sciwrus, carbonarium, and parra. The 
pale form of sciwrus has even received a different specifié name (multi- 
lineatum), but we have no doubt that these differences depend on the 
character of the water or the bottom, and not on difference of species. 
This is evidently the Hamulon album of Cuvier and Valenciennes. 
Giinther’s H. microphthalmum belongs to the same species. The mar- 
gate-fish of Catesby, erroneously referred by Linneus to his Perca 
chrysoptera (Pristipoma fulvomaculatum), and by Cuvier to his Hamulon 
chrysopterum (rimator), evidently belongs here. The Calliodon gibbosus 
of Bloch and Schneider is based on the figure of Catesby, which, to- 
gether with the Perca chrysoptera L., is quoted inthe synonymy. Still 
older is the name Perca gibbosus of Walbaum, likewise based on 
Catesby’s margate-fish. But the name Perca gibbosa is preoccupied, 
having been used by Linnzeus for the common sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus. 
The name Hemulon album should therefore be retained. 
35. HAAMULON MACROSTOMA. 
Hemulon macrostoma Giinther, 1, 308, 1859 (Jamaica); Jordan & Swain,1]. c., 289 
(copied). 
Hemulon fremebundum Goode & Bean, Proc. U.S. N. M. 1879, 340 (Clearwater Harbor, 
Florida; young); Bean & Dresel, Proc. U.S. N. M. 1884, 159 (Jamaica) ; 
Jordan & Swain, |. c., 297 (Key West). 
Diabasis fremebundus, Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 553 (copied); Bean, 
Cat. Fishes Exh. London, 1883, 57 (Garden Key, Florida). 
Habitat: West Indies, north to Florida. 
Etymology: paxpds, long; stéua, mouth. 
Besides the specimens examined by Jordan & Swain (Clearwater 
Harbor, Key West, Jamaica) we have examined specimens in the 
museum at Cambridge from Florida and St. Thomas. The large speci- 
men from St. Thomas, a foot in length, is perfectly unicolor, only some 
of the upper seales having darker centers. After careful consideration 
we have decided that H. macrostoma Giinther and H. fremebundum 
Goode & Bean must be identical, although there are one or two slight 
discrepancies in Giinther’s deseription. 
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36. HAAMULON BONARIENSE. (Black Grunt; Ronco Prieto.) 
Hemulon bonariense Cuy. & Val., v, 1830, 254 (Buenos Ayres). 
Hemulon canna Cuy. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 233, 1830 (Martinique); Giinther, 
I, 311, 1859 (Jamaica, Puerto Cabello); Poey, Repertorio, 1, 1867, 309 (not 
of Agassiz, 1829). 
Hemulon notatum Poey, Memorias, u, 179, 1860 (Cuba); Poey, Synopsis, 317; Poey, 
Enumeratio, 46. 
Hemulon retrocurrens Poey, Rep. Pisce. Cub., 11, 236, 461, 1868 (Cuba). 
Hemulon continuum Poey, Enum. Pisce. Cub., 1875, 46 (Cuba); Poey, Anales Soc. 
Hist. Nat., Madrid, 1881, 210 (Puerto Rico). 
Hemulon parre, Jordan & Swain, ]. ¢., 292 (not Diabasis parra Desmarest). 
Habitat: West Indies, south to Buenos Ayres. 
Etymology: From Buenos Ayres. 
