PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM issued ((^?(vA,0|m ^y '^^ SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM Vol. 104 Washington : 1955 No. 3347 FISHES OF THE FAMILY PERCOPHIDIDAE FROM THE COASTS OF EASTERN UNITED STATES AND THE WEST INDIES, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW SPECIES By Isaac Ginsburg Fishes of the family Percophididae from the coasts of eastern United States and the West Indies have, to my laiowledge, hitherto been recorded under one name, (Hypsicometes) Bembrops gobioides (Goode) . Four new species are added here, making a total of five species divided into two genera. Specimens of all five species have been preserved in the collection of the U. S. National Museum for some time, where they have been cataloged as gobioides. Adequate samples of two spe-cies that appear to be common offshore in the Gulf of Mexico have been collected during recent years by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife research boats Pelican and Oregon. This added material made it possible to determine and distinguish these two species satisfactorily and aided in the proper distinction of the other species. Three of the four new species were obtained by the Caroline of the Johnson-Smithsonian Expedition. Specimens of two of the latter species were also collected by the Albatross, 68 and 69 years ago; they were identified as gobioides by Goode and Bean and were included in their account of that species as noted below. 338102—55 623
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