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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
A list of the nominal species of Embiotocidce in the order of their discovery, together with the names by which 
they are designated at present. 
Nominal species. 
Date. 
Identification. 
Ditrema temminckii Bleeker 
1849 
Ditrema temminckii. 
Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz 
1853 
Embiotoca jacksoni. 
Embiotoca caryi Agassiz 
1853 
Hypsurus caryi. 
Holconotus rkocloterus Agassiz 
May — , 1854 
Holconotus rhodoterus. 
Rhacochilus toxotes Agassiz 
1854 
Rhacochilus toxotes. 
Cymatogaster aggregatus Gibbons 
May 18, 1854 
Cymatogaster aggregatus. 
Cymatogaster minimus Gibbons 
May 18, 1854 
Abeona minima. 
Hysterocarpus traski Gibbons 
May 18, 1854 
Hysterocarpus traski. 
Hyperprosopon argenteum Gibbons 
May 18, 1854 
Hyperprosopon argenteus. 
Mytilophagus faseiatus Gibbons 
May 30, 1854 
Amphistichus argenteus. 
Hyperprosopon arouatum Gibbons 
May 30, 1854 
Hyperprosopon argenteus. 
Pachylabrus variegatus Gibbons 
June 21, 1854 
Rhacochilus toxotes. 
Cymatogaster pulchellus Gibbons 
June 21, 1854 
Holconotus rhodoterus. 
Cymatogaster larkinsii Gibbons 
1854 
Holconotus rhodoterus. 
Amphistichus argenteus Agassiz 
1854 
Amphistichus argenteus. 
Holconotus megalops Girard 
1854 
Hyperprosopon argenteus. 
Holconotus gibbonsii, California Academy 
1854 
Hypsurus caryi. 
Holconotus fuligindsus Gibbons 
1854 
Embiotoca j acksoni . 
Cymatogaster ellipticus Gibbons 
1854 
Holconotus rhodoterus. 
Mytilophagus faseiatus Gibbons 
1854 
Amphistichus argenteus. 
Embiotoca lateralis Agassiz 
1854 
Phanerodon lateralis. 
Embiotoca lineata Girard 
1854 
Phanerodon lateralis. 
Ampbisticbus keermanni Girard 
1854 
Amphistichus argenteus . 
Holconotus rhodoterus Girard 
1854 
Cymatogaster aggregatus. 
Embiotoca cassidyi Girard 
1855 
Embiotoca jacksoni. 
Holconotus trowbridgii Girard 
1854 
Abeona minima. 
Phanerodon furcatus Girard 
1854 
Phanerodon furcatmn. 
Amphistichus similis Girard 
1854 
Amphistichus argenteus. 
Embiotoca webbi Girard 
1854 
Embiotoca jacksoni. 
Embiotoca argyrosomus Girard 
1855 
Damalichthys argyrosomus. 
Damalichthys vacca Girard 
1855 
Dama ichthys argyrosomus. 
Embiotoca ornata Girard 
1855 
Phanerodon lateralis. 
Embiotoca perspicabilis Girard 
1855 
Phanerodon lateralis. 
Ditrema iseve Gunther 
1860 
Ditrema temminckii. 
Hyperprosopon arcuatum A. Agassiz 
1861 
Hyperprosopon agassizi. 
Metrogaster lineolatus Agassiz 
1861 
Cymatogaster aggregatus. 
Hyperprosopon analis A. Agassiz 
1861 
Hyperprosopon analis. 
Brachyistius frenatus Gill - - - 
1862 
Brachyistius frenatus. 
Hyperprosopon agassizi Gill 
1862 
Hyperprosopon agassizi. 
Ditrema brevipinne Gunther 
1862 
Brachyistius frenatus. 
Serna signifer Jordan 
1878 
Cymatogaster aggregatus. 
1878 
Hysterocarpus traski. 
Brachyistius rosaceus Jordan & Gilbert 
1880 
Brachyistius rosaceus. 
Abeona aurora Jordan & Gilbert 
1880 
Abeona aurora. 
Ditrema atripes Jordan & Gilbert ....... 
1880 
Phanerodon atripes. 
Neoditrema ransonneti St. <fc D 
1883 
Neoditrema ransonneti. 
Ditrema smittii Nystrom 
1887 
Ditrema smittii. 
Ditrema orthonotus Eigenmann & Eigenmann . . 
1889 
Phanerodon atripes. 
