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BULLETIN OP THE BUREAU OP PISHEEIES 
Family LUTIANIDi?: 
15. Lutianus argentiventris (Peters) 
Pargo; Parvo 
Mesoprion argentiventris Peters, Berlin. Monatsber., 1869, 704 (Mazatlan). 
Neomsenis argentiventris Jordan and Evermann, Bull., XJ. S. Nat. Mus., XLVII, 1898, 1260. 
Several individuals of this species were killed with dynamite in the estuary at 
Triunfo, where this snapper appears to be common. It was not seen in fresh 
water. The species is known from Lower California to Ecuador. 
16. Lutianus novemfasciatus (Gill) 
Pargo; Parvo 
Lutianus novemfasciatus Qill, Proe., Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1862, (1863), 251 (Cape San Lucas). 
Neomaenis novemfasciatus Jordan and Evermann, Bull., U. S. Nat. Mus., XLVU, 1898, 1252. 
Many individuals of this species were killed with dynamite in the estuary at 
Triunfo. One large individual, 475 millimeters in length, which could not at the 
time be preserved, was taken in the same way in strictly fresh water in the Rio 
Lempa at San Marcos. Measurements, counts, and a color description were made 
in the field, and it is believed that this fish belonged to the present species. This 
snapper appears to be one of the most plentiful food fishes in the estuary at Triunfo- 
The species ranges from Lower California to Colombia. 
Family FOMADASIDyE 
17. Orthopristis chalceus (Giinther) 
RONGAN 
Pristipoma chalceum Giinther, Proc, Zool. See., London, 1864, 146, and Trans., Zool. Soc., London, VI, 1868, 415 (Panama Bay). 
Pristipoma kneri Steindachner (Sitzb. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, LX) Ichth. Notiz., VIII, 1869, 3, PI. II (Mazatlan). 
Pristipoma chalceus Jordan and Evermann, Bull., U. S. Nat. Mus., XLVII, 1898, 1337. 
A single specimen, 185 millimeters in length, was secured at Triunfo. This 
is an important food fish in some sections on the Pacific coast of Central America. 
Its range extends from Lower California to Panama and the Galapagos Islands. 
18. Pomadasis panamensis (Steindachner) 
Pristipoma panamense Steindachner (Sitzb. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien., LXXII) Ichth. Beit., Ill, 1875, 8, PI. I, fig. 1 (Panama Bay). 
Pomadasis panamensis Jordan and Evermann, BuU., TJ. S. Nat. Mus., XLVII, 1898, 1331. 
A single specimen, 170 millimeters long, was secured at Triunfo. Most of the 
representatives of this genus frequent fresh water, but it is not known that the 
present species enters streams. The species ranges from Guaymas to Panama. 
