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Cryptotomus retractus (Poey). 

 Found in the West Indies and north to Pensacola. Several specimens 

 obtained .by the Expedition from the Current, Eleuthera, and at Clarence 

 Harbor during July, 1903. 



Family ZEID^T-] (John Dories). 

 Zenion hololepts (Goode and Bean). 



Taken by the steamer Albatross off coast of Yucatan and on Little Bahama 

 Bank. Described and figured by Goode and Bean in Oceanic Ichthyology, 1896. 



Family SCORPJENlDiE (Rock Fishes). 

 ScoRPiENA plumieri Bloch (Bascacio) . 

 A handsome but valueless species, more or less common to the south 

 Atlantic coast of the United States, the West Indies, and recorded from Ber- 

 muda. The steamer Albatross obtained it at Nassau. At Key West this fish 

 is called " poison toad." 



Scorp^na brasiliensis Cuvier and Valenciennes (Scorpion Fish). 

 Found from Charleston to Bio Janeiro. One specimen taken by the Expe- 

 dition at the Current, July 5, 1903. 



Scorp^ena grandicornis Cuvier and Valenciennes (Lion Fish). 



A strikingly handsome fish occurring around the Florida Keys and 

 southward throughout the West Indies to Brazil. The steamer Albatross ob- 

 tained it at Abaco, April, 1886. 



The fishes of this genus are known at Key West as " poison toads " on 

 account of the painful wounds they inflict with their spines. 



Family CEPHALACANTHID^E (Flying Gurnards). 



Cephalacanthus volitans (Linnaeus) (Flying Gurnard). 



Plate LX. 

 A beautifully colored species, of odd form, known in some of the West 

 Indian islands as bat-fish. Found on both coasts of the Atlantic Ocean, rang- 

 ing north to Newfoundland and south to Bio Janeiro. Becorded from Woods 

 Holl, Massachusetts, Bermuda, Key West and various West Indian islands. 

 Obtained by the Expedition at Nassau during June, 1903. The color sketch 

 by Mr. Baldwin gives one a good idea of the appearance of the fish in life and 

 especially of its handsome pectoral fins. To show this fin to advantage the 



