CONTENTS 



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Introduction 61 



Methods 62 



Identification 62 



Key to genera of Monacanthidae from the western North Atlantic 63 



Keys to species of Monacanthidae from the western North Atlantic 63 



Description of genera and species 64 



Alulera Cloquet 1816 65 



Alutera monoceros (Linnaeus) 1758 65 



Alutera scripta (Osbeck) 1765 66 



Alutera schoepfii (Walbaum) 1792 66 



Alutera heudelotii HoUard 1855 67 



Monacanthus Oken 1817 68 



Monacanihus tuckeri Bean 1906 69 



Monacanthus ciltatus (Mitchill) 1818 69 



Stephanolepis Gill 1861 70 



Stephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus) 1758 71 



Stephanolepis setifer (Bennett) 1830 72 



Amanses Gray 1833 73 



Amanses pullus (Ranzani) 1842 73 



Literature cited 74 



Appendix 76 



A. Figures 76 



B. Tables 96 



C. Specimens examined 100 



Addendum 109 



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