164 THE SHORE FISHES. 



Canthidermis angulosus (Qdoy & Gaimard). 



?Snodgrass & Heller, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 1905, 6, p. 407. 

 Balistes angulosus QuoY & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie. Zool., 1824, p. 210. 



One specimen || inches long from Station 4619, Lat. 7°, 15' N.; Long. 82°, 

 8' W. 



D. III-21; A. 20; scales about 45. 



Color dark brown, small pale white spots scattered over body; pectoral 

 yellowish; dorsal and anal yellowish with dark brown base; caudal pale yellowish. 



Two specimens h and jf inches long from Station 4619, Lat. 7°, 15' N.; 

 Long. 82°, 8' W. M. C. Z. 29586 (2 specimens). 



One specimen 1b inches long from Station 4594, Lat. 17°, 20' N.; Long. 

 101°, 32' W. 



Balistes adspersus Tschudi (Fauna Peruana, Icthyology, 1845, p. 31) is 

 probably this species. 



Xanthichthys lineopunctatus (Holland). 



Jordan & Ever.manxV, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comin., 1903, 23, p. 416, fig. 182. 

 Balistes lineopunctatus Holland, Ann. Sci. Nat., 1854, ser. 4, 1, p. 65. 



Three specimens, Nos. 3175-77, respectively Ss, 64 and 78 inches long, and 

 another 7| inches long, from Cook Bay, Easter Island. M. C. Z. 29374 (1 

 specimen). 



The specimen Ti inches long was taken in fourteen fathoms of water. 



No. 3175, M. C. Z. 29627, has 30 dorsal rays; 27 anal rays; 50 scales 

 in longitudinal series and 23 in transverse series counted from front of anal to 

 first dorsal. 



No. 3176 has 30 dorsal rays and 28 anal rays. 



No. 3177 has 29 dorsal rays and 26 anal rays. 



MONACANTHIDAE. 



Monacanthus cirrhifer Temminck & Schlegel. 

 Temminck & Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, 1850, p. 290, pi. 1.30, fig. 1. 



No. 3199, a specimen 6| inches long from Cook Bay, Easter Island. 



This specimen agrees fairly well with the description and figure of this 

 species given by Temminck & Schlegel (loc. cit.) and by Jordan and Fowler, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 25, p. 264. 



Head 3 in length; depth from front of dorsal to tip of ventral spine 1.72, 



