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76. ORTHOPRISTIS BENNETTI. 
Pristipoma bennetti Lowe, Trans. Zo). Soc., 1, 176 (Madeira Islands). 
Pristipoma ronchus Valenciennes, Barker & Webb, Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries (Canary 
Islands). 
Habitat: South coast of Spain and islands of the eastern Atlantic. 
Ktymology: For Mr. EK. T. Bennett. 
This species is common about the islands of the eastern Atlantic, and 
Steindachner mentions having taken fur on the south coast of Spain. 
It has larger scales than the otner species of Orthopristis. The speci- 
mens examined by us were sent from the museum at Vienna to the 
Museum of Comparative Zodlogy. 
77. ORTHOPRISTIS RUBER. 
Pristipoma rubrum Cuv. & Val., Vv, 1830, 283 (Brazil). 
Pristipoma lineatum Cuy. & Val., v, 1830, 287 (Brazil). 
Habitat: Coast of Brazil. : 
Etymology: Ruber, red, which the fish is not. 
The species is probably not rare on the coast of Brazil. Our speci- 
mens (4038, M. C. Z.) were obtained at Rio Janeiro by Prof. Agassiz. 
78. ORTHOPRISTIS CHALCEUS. 
Pristipoma chaleeum Giinther, Proc. Zoél. Soc. Lond. 1864, 146 (Panama. ) 
Pristipoma kneri Steindachner, Ich. Notizen, vin, 1869, 3 (Mazatlan). 
Orthopristis chaleceus, Evermann & Jenkins, Proc. U.S. N. M. 1891, 149 (Guaymas). 
Habitat: Pacific coast of tropical America. 
Etymology: Chalceus, brazen. 
This species is common on the Pacific coast of Mexico and Central 
America; everywhere the most abundant of the genus. Our specimens 
are from Mazatlan, Panama, and the Gulf of California. Others were 
taken by the Albatross at Panama, and about Chatham, Charles and 
Albemarle islands, in the Galapagos. 
79. ORTHOPRISTIS CHRYSOPTERUS. (Pigfish.) 
Perca chrysoptera Linnzus, Syst. Nat, ed. xu, 485, 1766 (Charleston). 
Labrus fulvomaculatus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N, Y., 406, 1814 (New York). 
Pristipoma fulvomaculatum of many authors. 
Pristipoma fasciatum Cuv. & Val., Vv, 285, 1830 (New York). 
Orthopristis duplex Girard, U.S. Mex. Bound, Survey, 1859, 15 (Indianola and Brazos 
Santiago, Texas). 
Habitat: South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. 
Etymology: zpvcds, gold; zrepdy, fin. 
This common food-fish is abundant along the sandy shores of the east- 
ern United States, from Long Island to the mouth of the Rio Grande. 
