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Jordan in his Manual of Vertebrates (ed. 13, p. 175) and again Jordan, Ever- 
mann, and Clark in the new edition of the Check List of Fishes (Report, United States 
Commissioner of Fisheries, 1928 (1929), p. 2, p. 326, 1930) designate the common com- 
mercial red snapper of the Gulf of Mexico Lutianus campechanus, purporting to base 
their action on an investigation by Hildebrand and Ginsburg (Bulletin, U. S. Bureau of 
Fisheries, Vol. XLII, pp. 77-85, 1927). This is, however, an erroneous interpretation 
of our conclusions. In the paper cited the name blackjordii was applied to the com- 
mon commercial red snapper of the Gulf. Besides this common species, we have 
pointed out that there is another species which was apparently confused with black- 
jordii. This second species we have called campechanus because it agreed essentially 
with Poey’s description of the type specimen of that species. The relative abundance 
and geographical range of campechanus is unknown at present. A correct interpre- 
tation of our paper has been given by Breder (Field Book of Marine Fishes of the 
Atlantic Coast, pp. 171-172, 1929). 
Lujanus blackfordii, Goode and Bean, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1: 176 (1879) 1878, (Pensacola, Fla.; off 
Georgia.) 
Lutjanus blackfordii, Goode, Game Fish. N. Amer., p. 16, col. pi., 1878. 
Lutjanus blackfordii, Goode, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 2: 114 (1880) 1879. (St. John River, Fla.) 
Lutjanus blackfordii, Goode and Bean, t. c., p. 137. (Pensacola.) 
Lutjanus blackfordi, Jordan and Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 16: 549, 1882. 
Lutjanus blackfordi, Jordan and Gilbert, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 5: 275 (1883) 1882. 
Lutjanus campechianus, Jordan Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 7 : 35 (1885) 1884. 
Lutjanus blackfordii, Goode and Bean, t. c., p. 43. 
Lutjanus campechianus, Jordan, t. c., p. 125. (Key West.) 
Lutjanus vivanus, Jordan and Swain, t. c., p. 453. (Key West.) 
Lutjanus blackfordii, Goode, Fish. Ind. U. S. Sec. 1, vol. 1, p. 395, pi. 141, 1884. 
Red snapper, Stearns, Fish. Ind. U. S., Sec. 5, vol. 1, pp. 585-594, 1887. 
Red snapper, Collins, Rep. U. S. Fish Comm., 1885, pp. 217-305, 1887. 
Lutjanus blackfordi, Bean, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 10: 512 (1S88) 1887 (Long Island, N. Y.). 
Lutjanus blackfordii, Goode, Amer. Fish., p. 73, fig., 1888. 
Lutjanus aya, Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 5, p. 139, 1888. 
Lutjanus blackfordii, Bean, Rep. Commissioner of Fisheries, New York, 19: 263, pi. 16, fig. 20 
(1890) 1891. (Long Island, N. Y.; Massachusetts.) 
Lutjanus aya, Jordan and Fesler, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish., 1889-91, p. 447, pi. 30, 1893. 
Lutjanus blackfordi, Moore, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 12: 375 (1892) 1894. (New Jersey.) 
Lutjanus blackfordii, Henshall, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 14: 217 (1894) 1895. 
Red snapper, Warren, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 17: 331-335 (1897) 1898. 
Neomaenis aya, Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 47, Part 2, p. 1264, pi. 197, 
fig. 516, 1898. 
Neomaenis aya, Smith, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 17: 100 (1897) 1898. (Massachusetts.) 
Neomaenis aya, Evermann and Marsh, Fish. Porto Rico, p. 174, col. pi. 20, 1900 (Porto Rico). 
Neomaenis blackfordi, Bean, Fish. Long Island, p. 440, 1901. (Massachusetts, Long Island, Block 
Island.) 
Neomaenis blackfordi, Smith, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. 21: 33 (1901) 1902. (Massachusetts.) 
Neomaenis blackfordi, Bean, Cat. Fish., New York, p. 550, 1903. 
Neomaenis blackfordi, Bean, Food, Game Fish., New York, p. 415, fig. col. plate, 1903. (In the 
Report for the Fish and Game Commission, New York, 1901.) 
Lutianus blackfordi, Smith, Fishes North Carolina, p. 287, fig. 127, 1907. (North Carolina.) 
Lutianus aya, Schroeder, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish., 1923, app. 12, p. 19, 1924. 
Lutianus blackfordii, Hildebrand and Ginsburg, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish. 42: 80, fig. 1 (1926) 1925. 
(Pensacola, Key West.) 
Lutianus aya, Nichols and Breder, Zoologia, 9: 85, fig., 1927. 
Lutianus blackfordii,. Breder, Bull. Bingham Oceanographic Collection 1 : 45, 1927. 
Lutianus campechanus, Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 13, p. 175, 1929. 
Lutianus blackfordii, Breder, Field book mar. fish., Atlantic Coast, p. 171, 1929. 
