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150. KYPHOSUS ELEGANS. (Chopa.) 
Pimelepterus elegans Peters, Berliner Monatsberichte, 707, 1869 (Mazatlan). 
Kyphosus elegans, Evermann & Jenkins, Proc. U. 8S. N. M. 1891, 155 (Guaymas). 
Habitat: Gulf of California. 
Etymology: Hlegans, elegant. 
This species is very closely related to the more abundant K. analogus, 
from which it differs chiefly in the form of the anal fin and of the snout. 
The specimens seen by us are the original type from Mazatlan and the 
' specimen obtained by Evermann & Jenkins from Guaymas. 
151. KYPHOSUS SECTATRIX. 
(Razor-fish; Chub; Bream; Rudder-fish; Bermuda-chub.) 
Perca marina sectatrix, the Rudder-fish, Catesby, Nat. Hist. Car., 1738. 
Perca saltatrix Linneus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 293, 1758 (incorrectly copied from Catesby, 
who called it sectatrix); Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1885, 201. 
Perca sectatrix Linnzeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x11, 486, 1766; Jordan, Proc. U.S. N. M. 
1884, 193, 198. 
Kyphosus sectatrix Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 92, 1885 (West Indies, no description) ; 
Jordan, Proc. U. 8. N. M. 1886, 28 (Beaufort, no description); Jordan, 
Proc. U. S. N. M. 1886, 585 (West Indies, no description). 
Pimelepterus bosci Lacépede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., tv, 429, 1803 (North Atlantic); Cuv. & 
Val., vil, 258, pl. 187, 1831 (Charleston, 8. C.); Valenciennes, in Webb & 
Berthelot, Hist. Nat. les Canar., Poiss, pl. 19, 1836 (Canary Islands); De 
Kay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 100, pl. xx, f. 56, 1842 (New York, copied 
from Cuvier); Storer, Syn. Fishes N. A., 88, 1845 (copied from Cuvier) ; 
Giinther, 1, 497, 1859 (Jamaica, Cuba, Madeiras); Poey, Syn. Pisce. Cubens., 
323, 1868; Baird, Rep’t Comm. Fish and Fisheries, 824, 1873 (Woods Holl, 
no description); Bleeker, Syst. Percarum, U1, 6, 1875; Goode, Fishes of the 
Bermudas, 52, 1875; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. 8. N. M. 1878, 378 (Beau- 
fort); Goode, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1879, 113 (east coast Florida); Bean, 
Proc. U. S. N. M. 1880, 94 (Bermuda, no description); Goode & Bean, 
Proc. U.S. N. M. 1882, 238 (Gulf of Mexico, no description); Jordan & 
_ Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 561, 1883. 
Cyphosus bosci Goode, Fish Indust. Exh. 1884, 394 (Gulf of Mexico). 
Cyphosus bosqui Jordan, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1884, 128 (Key West). 
Pimelepterus oblongior Cuy. & Val., vil, 264, 1831 (locality unknown). 
Pimelepterus incisor Cuv. & Val., vil, 266, 1831 (Brazil); Valenciennes in Webb & 
Berthelot, Hist. Poiss., Canaries, 47, 1838 (Canaries). 
Pimelepterus flavolineatus Poey, Repertorio, 1, 319, 1866; Poey, Syn. Pisce. Cubens 324, 
1868. 
Pimelepterus bosci var. sicula Doderlein, Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. (Palermo). 
Habitat: Atlantic coast of the United States from Cape Cod, cross- 
ing the ocean to the Canary Islands; accidental in the Mediterranean. 
Etymology: Sectator, one that follows. According to Catesby, the 
species follows ships, hence the name of ‘‘ Rudder-fish.” 
This species is not rare off our Atlantic coasts, becoming rather com- 
mon southward. The specimens before us are from Key West. It has 
been once taken at Palermo, where it has been named var. sicula. 
