FISHES OF THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA. 807 



59.— LABBACIDvE. 



Boccus lineatus (Bl. Schn.) Gill.— Striped bass {Eastern States) ; rock- 

 fish {Pennsylvania, etc.) ; missuckeke-kequock {Narragansett Indians). 



Nova Scotia to Florida. 

 Morone Americana (Gmelin) 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 • angel-fish {South Caro- 

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



Cape Cod to Florida. 



61.— LOBOTID^. 



Lobotes SURiNAMENSis Cuv. — Flasher {New York market). 

 Cape Cod to Florida. 



62.— POMATOMID^. 



Pomatomus saltatrix (Linn.) Gill. — Blue-fish {New York, and New 

 England except Rhode Island) ; horse-mackerel {Neivport, and Beeslcy>s 

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

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



63.— ELACATIDJ3. 



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

 Cape Cod to West Indies. 



64— CHILODIPTEBID.E. 



Apogonichthys americanus Castelnau. 



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



65.— PBIACANTHID^. 



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



West Indian; occasional northwards. 

 Pseudopriacanthus altus (Gill.) Bleekei\— Short big-eye. 



Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. 



66.— AMMODYTID^E. 



Ammodytes americanus DeKay. — Sand-launce; sand-eel {N. Eng.) 



Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras. 

 Ammodytes dubius Bernhardt. 



Polar regions to Cape Cod. 

 Argyrot^enia vittata (DeKay) Gill. (d. s. ; d. © g.) 



New York. (?) 



