NAMES OF FISHES 49 



COMMON NAME OCCURRENCE SCIENTIFIC NAME 



Fringed filefish A Monacanthus ciliatus (Mitchill) 



Planehead filefish A Monacanthis hispidus (Linnaeus) 



Pygmy filefish A Monacanthus setifer Bennett 



Slender filefish A Monacanthus tuckeri Bean 



Redtail triggerfish P Xanthichthys lineopunctatus (Hollard) 



Sargassum triggerfish A Xanthichthys ringens (Linnaeus) 



Ostraciidae — trunkfishes 



Spotted trunkfish A Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus) 



Cowfish A Lactophrys quadricornis (Linnaeus) 



Trunkfish A Lactophrys trigonus (Linnaeus) 



Smooth trunkfish A Lactophrys triqueter (Linnaeus) 



Spiny trunkfish P Lactoria diaphana (Bloch and Schneider) 



Tetraodontidae — puffers 



Sharpnose puffer A Canthigaster rostrata (Bloch) 



Smooth puffer A Lagocephalus laevigatus (Linnaeus) 



Oceanic puffer P Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus) 



Jugfish A Lagocephalus pachycephalus (Ranzani) 



Bullseye puffer P Sphaeroides annulatus ( Jenyns) 



Marbled puffer A Sphaeroides dorsalis Longley 



Northern puffer A Sphaeroides maculatus (Bloch and Schneider) 



Southern puffer A Sphaeroides nephelus (Goode and Bean) 



Bandtail puffer A Sphaeroides spengleri (Bloch) 



Checkered puffer A Sphaeroides testudineus (Linnaeus) 



Diodontidae — porcupinefishes 



Pacific burrfish P Chilomycterus affinis Giinther 



Bridled burrfish A Chilomycterus antennatus (Cuvier) 



Web burrfish A Chilomycterus antillarum Jordan and Rutter 



Spotted burrfish A Chilomycterus atinga (Linnaeus) 



Striped burrfish A Chilomycterus schoepfi (Walbaum) 



Balloonfish A Diodon holacanthus Linnaeus 



Porcupinefish A-P Diodon hystrix Linnaeus 



Molidae — molas 



Sharptail mola A Mola lanceolata Lienard 



Ocean sunfish A-P Mola mola (Linnaeus) 



Slender mola P Ranzania laevis (Pennant) 



Order Batrachoidiformes (Haplodoci) 



Batrachoididae — toadfishes 



Gulf toadfish A Opsanus beta (Goode and Bean) 



Leopard toadfish A Opsanus pardus (Goode and Bean) 



Oyster toadfish A Opsanus tau (Linnaeus) 



Slim midshipman P Porichthys myriaster Hubbs and Schultz 



Northern midshipman P Porichthys notatus Girard 



Atlantic midshipman A Porichthys porosissimus (Cuvier) 



Order Lophiiformes (Pediculati) 



Lophiidae — goosefishes 



Goosefish A Lophius americanus Valenciennes 



