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Season in E. I.: Gill describes a young specimen 1 inch long from Newport. 

 (Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 99.) 



BALISTID.E. The Trigger-Fishes. 



139. Balistes f oreipatus (Gmelin) . Powell's File fish. 



Geog. Dist. : Africa, occasionally straying to American coasts. 



This species has been identified with Balistes powelli. (Jordan and 

 Evermann, Fishes of North America, 1702.) Only one specimen has 

 ever been recorded from northern waters; this was a young individual 

 taken in September, 1867, at Newport by Samuel Powell and described 

 by Cope. (Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1870, 120.) 



130. Balistes carolinensis (Gmelin). Trigger-fish; Leather-jacket. (Plate V.) 

 Geog. Dist.: Tropical parts of the Atlantic north in the Gulf Stream to 



England and Cape Cod. 



Season in R. I.: SomeAvhat rare, but generally a few are taken each year. 

 One specimen, taken in a trap in the West Passage, Narragansett Bay, 

 August 1, 1905, and another October 9, 1905, with tautog, near the north 

 end of Conanicut Island. Specimen from Newport in the U. S. National 

 Museum. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 77.) 



Reproduction: Supposed to spawn in deep water. 



Food: Molluscs, Crustacea. 



MONACANTHID.^. The Filefishes. 



131. Monacanthus hispidus (Linneeus). Foolfish; Filefish. 



Geog. Dist.: Cape Cod to Cuba, through the West Indies to Brazil. 



Season in R. I.: A few specimens taken in Rhode Island waters, the maxi- 

 mum size being 5 or 6 inches. A specimen from Newport in the U. S. 

 National Museum. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 76.) 



Food: Small Crustacea, annelids, lamellibranchs, small gasteropods. 



Size: Adults, 10 inches; only the young found north. 



133. Ceratacanthus SChoepfii (Walbaum) . Foolfish; Filefish. 

 Geog. Dist. : Cape Cod to Florida and Texas. 



Season in R. I.: Occasionally taken in August and September. Specimen 

 from Newport in the U. S. National Museum. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



