FISHF.S OF THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA. 15 



6.— DIODONTID^. 



Ciiilomycterus geometeicus (Linn.) Kaup. — Spiny box- fish; rab- 

 bit-fish (Vineyard Sound); erizo (Cuba). 



Cape Cod to Florida. 

 Trichodiodon pilosus (Mitch.) Bleeker. — Hairy box-fish. 



Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. 



7.— TETEODONTIDiE. 



Tetrodon l^evigatus (Linn.) Gill.— Smooth puffer; tambor (Cuba). 



Cape Cod to Florida. 

 Chilichthys turgidus (Mitch.) Gill.— Rough puffer; porcupine-fish; 

 blower; swell-fish; tambor (Cuba). 



Cape Cod to Florida. 



8.— OSTRACIONTID^. 



Lactophrys TRiGONUS (Liun.)Poey — Trunk-fish; box-fish. 



West Indian ; accidental on the coast (found once at Iiolmes's 

 Hole, Mass). 



9.— BALISTID.E. 



Altjtera cuspicauda DeKay. (d. s.) — Long-tailed file fish. 



Ciipe Cod to Florida. 

 Cer at acanthus aurantiacus (Mitch.) Gill. — hog-fish ; file-fish. 



Cape Cod to Florida. 

 Stephanolepis setifer (Bennett) Gill. — Storer's file-fish; fool-fish 

 (New York). 



Nova Scotia to Florida. 

 Balistes capriscus Liuu. — European file-fish ; Turbot (Berm). 



Nova Scotia to Florida. 

 Batistes Poweli Cope. (d. s.) — Powel's file-fish. 



Rhode Island. (Accidental.) 



10.— HIPPOCAMPIDiE. 



Hippocampus hudsonius DeKay. — Sea-horse; horse-fish. 

 Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. 



11.— SYNGNATHID^E. 



Syngnathus Peckianus Storer. — Pipe-fish. 

 Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras. 



12.— CENTRISCID^E. 



Centriscus scolopax Linn. — Snipe fish. 



European ; accidental in American waters (found once in Massa- 

 chusetts). 



