FISHES OF THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA. 807 



59.— LABRACID^. 



EocciJS LiNEATUS (Bl. Schn.) Gill. — Striped bass {Eastern States) ; rock- 

 fish {Fennsylvania^ etc.) ; missuckeke-kequock {Narragansett Indians]. 



!N'ova Scotia to Florida. 

 MORONE AJMERICANA (Ginclin) Gill. — White perch. 



Nova Scotia to Florida. 



60.— EPHIPPIID^. 



Parephippus quadratus (Gun.) Gill.— Moon-fish. 



Cape Cod to Florida. 

 Parephippus faber (Cuv.) Gill. — Moon-fish j angel-fish {South Caro- 

 lina) ; 3-banded sheep-head ; 3 tailed porgy. 



Cape Cod to Florida. 



61.— LOBOTIDiE. 



LoBOTES SURINAMENSIS Cuv. — Flasher {New YorJc marhei). 

 Cape Cod to Florida. 



62.— POM ATOMID JE . 



POMATOMUS SALTATRix (Linn.) Gill. — Bluc-fish {New YorJc,and New 

 England except Rhode Island) ; horse-mackerel {Newport^ and Beesleifs 

 Poifit^N. J.)', skip-jack {North Carolina)} green-fish {Virginia, DeKay) ; 

 tailor {Maryland and Virginia) ; white-fish and snap-mackerel (young). 



63.— ELACATID^. 



Elacate canadus (Linn.) Gill. — Crab-eater. 

 Cape Cod to West Indies. 



64.— CHILODIPTEEID^. 



Apogonichthys americanus Castelnau. 



West Indian; occasional northwards (found at Newport, E. I.) 



65.— PEIACANTHID^. 



Priacanthus macrophthalmus Cuv. (d. s.) — Common big-eye. 



AYest Indian ; occasional nortb wards. 

 PSEUDOPRIACANTHUS ALTUS (Gill.) Bleeker. — Short big-eye. 



Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. 



66.— AMMODYTID^. 



Ammodytes americanus DeKay. — Sand-launce; sand-eel (A^. ^w(/.) 



Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras. 

 Ammodytes dubius Eeinhardt. ^ 



Polar regions to Cape Cod. 

 Argyrot^nia yittata (DeKay) Gill. (d. s. ; d. ® g.) 



New York. (?) 



