Fowler — Fishes of New Jersey. 163 



CMTODONTIM. 

 Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch. Ocellated Butterfly-fish. 

 Recorded by the late Dr. T. H. Bean from Beesley's Point. 



Chaetodon striatus Linnaeus. Streaked Butterfly-fish. 

 The admission of this species to our fauna is based on a specimen re- 

 ceived at the Academy in 1830, from Delaware Bay, and obtained by 

 Richard Harlan. This specimen is still in good condition. 1 



Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus). Black Angel Fish. 

 Reported by Baird from Barnegat. Several examples have since been 

 taken at Sea Isle City. 



ACANTHURID^E. 

 Hepatus hepatus (Linnaeus). Surgeon Fish. 

 Abbott reports in 1868 "a single specimen has been seen, taken at 

 Tuckerton in 1860." 



BALISTIDiE. 

 Balistes carolinensis Gmelin. Trigger-fish. 

 Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland (Bay Side), Monmouth and Ocean 

 Counties. 



Balistes vetula Linnaeus. Blue-striped Trigger-fish. 

 Van Mater records it from Atlantic Highlands. 2 



MONACANTHID^. 

 Stephanolepis hispidus (Linnaeus). File-fish. 

 Atlantic, Cape May and Monmouth Counties. 



Alutera schoepfii (Walbaum). Orange File-fish. 

 Atlantic, Cape May and Ocean Counties. 



Alutera punctata Agassiz. Spotted File-fish. 

 Recorded from Corson's Inlet. 3 



OSTRACIID^. 

 Lactophrys triqueter (Linnaeus). Three-angled Trunk-fish. 

 Recorded from Grassy Sound on young example sent to the writer. 4 



Lactophrys trigonus (Linnaeus). Trunk-fish. 

 Recorded from Atlantic City as Tetrasomns camelinus by Abbott. 5 No 

 examples obtained by me through one reported from Cape May. 



1 Quite likely the reference to Holacanthus ciliaris Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 811, 

 also credited to Delaware Bay, may have been confused with the Streaked Butterfly- 

 fish. 



2 Bull. U. S. F. Com., IV, 1884, p. 13. 



a Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1917, p. 113. 

 * Science, XXIX, January 8, 1909, p. 79. 

 s Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 827. 



