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8©. Crerres olistbostoma Goode & Bean. Irish Pompano. 



Gerres rhombeus Poey (part), Syn. Pise. Cub., 1858, p. 32; not Gerres 

 rhombeus C. & V.,Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, p. 459. 



Mr. Earll found the species sufficiently common and 

 reaching a large size in Indian Eiver. 

 25118. Indian Eiver, Florida. E. E. Earll. 



SPARID^E 



81. Lagodon rhomboides (L.) Holbr. Sailor's Choice; Pin- 

 fish j Bream; Sargo (Cuba); Chopa Spina. 

 Atlantic coast of the United States from Cape Cod to 



Florida; Gulf of Mexico; West Indies. 

 This fish has several times been obtained at Wood's 

 Holl, Massachusetts ; it is abundant southward, and, 

 though comparatively small, is an important food- 

 fish. 



31052. Galveston, Texas. Prof. D. S. Jordan. 



83. Diplodus pi'obatoceplialus (Walb.) Jor. & Gilb. Sheeps- 



HEAD. 



Atlantic coast of the United States from New York to 

 Florida (occasionally farther north) ; Gulf of Mexico. 



This is one of the best known and most esteemed of 

 our food-fishes; it reaches a weight of twelve pounds; 

 it is a formidable enemy of the oyster. 

 18030. Matanzas Eiver Inlet, Florida, J. C. Willetts. 



83. Pagellus milnerii Goode & Bean. 



West Florida. 



The species is known from a few iudividuals only ; it 

 belongs to the genus Calamus Swainson. None of 

 our examples reach a foot in length. 



26565. Pensacola ?, Florida. Silas Stearns. 



PRISTIPOMATID^E. 



84. Diabasis fremeboindiis (Goode & Bean) Jor. & Gilb. 



South and west Florida. 



The species is represented in the Museum by several 

 young specimens ; the adult form is unknown. 

 3093. Garden Key, Florida. Whitehurst. 



85. IHabasis chrysopterus (L.) Jor. & Gilb. Margate-fish. 



Hcemulon chrysopterum Holbrook, lehtli. South Carolina, 1860, p. 121. 

 pi. XVII, fig. 1. 



Atlantic coast of the southern United States ; Gulf of 

 Mexico ; Bermudas (Goode). 

 32170. Key West, Florida. 



