FISHES OF EL SALVADOB 285' 
Family CARANGIDi?: 
9. Caranx hippos (Linnaeus) 
Adrel 
Scomber hippos Linnsus, Syst. Nat. Ed., XII, 1766, 494 (Charleston, S. C). 
Caranx hippos Jordan and Everraann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., XLVII, 1896, 920, PI. CXLI, fig. 387 
Several small specimens of this common and widely distributed food fish were 
seined at Triunfo and Cutuco. The species is known from the warmer waters of 
both coasts of America and also from the East Indies. 
10. Oligoplites mundus (Jordan and Starks) 
Oligoplites mundus Jordan and Starks, in Jordan and Evermann, Rept., U. S. Fish Commission, 1896, 344, and Bull., U. S. Nat. 
Mus., XLVII, 1898, 2844 (Mazatlan). 
A single small specimen was seined at Triunfo. The species ranges from the 
Gulf of California to Ecuador. 
11. Oligoplites saurus (Bloch and Schneider) 
Scomber saurus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 321 (Jamaica). 
Oligoplites saurus Jordan and Evermann, Bull., U. S. Nat. Mus., XLVII, 1896, 898. 
Three small specimens were seined at Triunfo. The species is of no commercial 
value. It occurs on both coasts of tropical America. 
Family CENTROPOMID.?: 
12. Centropomus pectinatus (Poej) 
ROBALO; ROVALO 
Centropomus unidecimalis Cuvier and Valenciennes (part), Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 1828, 102. 
Centropomus pectinatus Poey, Memorias, II, 1860, 121 (Cuba); Jordan and Evermann, Bull., U. S. Nat. Mus., XLVII, 1896, 1122. 
Two specimens, respectively 220 and 280 millimeters in length, were taken 
at Triunfo. A large specimen, 350 millimeters long, was taken in fresh water in 
the Rio Lempa at San Marcos. 
13. Centropomus robalito (Jordan and Gilbert) 
' ROBALO; RoVALO 
Centropomus armatus Giinther (not Gill), Trans., Zool. Soc, London, 1868, 408. 
Centropomus robalito Jordan and Gilbert, Proc, U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 1881 (1882), 462 (Mazatlan; Acapulco); Jordan and 
Evermann, Bull., U. S. Nat. Mus., XLVII, 1896, 1123. 
A single small specimen was secured at Triunfo and several others in fresh 
water in the Rio Lempa at San Marcos. 
Family EPINEPHELID^ 
14. Epinephelus analogus (Gill) 
Pargo tigre 
Epinephelus analogus Gill, Proc, Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1864, 163 (Panama); Jordan and Evermann, Bull., U. S. Nat. Mus., 
XLVII, 1898, 1152. 
Serranus courtadii Bocourt, Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, 1868, 222 (La Union, San Salvador). 
A single specimen, 235 millimeters in length, was taken at Cutuco. The range 
of the species extends from Mexico to Panama and the Galapagos and Revillagigedo 
Islands. 
