REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [140] 

 Family CLIV.— BALISTID^. 



578.— BALISTES Liunteus. (477) 



1658. Balistes vetula Liniiieus. W. (l:}18) 



1659. Balistes carolinensis' Giuelin. S. W. Eu. (1319) 



1660. Balistes powelli Cope. Ace. (i:}20) 



1661. Balistes polylepis- Steindacbuer. P. 



1662. Balistes capistratus^ Shaw. P. 



579.— MONACANTHUS Cuvier. (478) 

 $ Monacanthvs. 



1663. Monacanthus ciliatus* Mitchill. W. (1321,1323) 



1664. Monacanthus hispidus Linnajus. S.N. (1322) 



1665. Monacanthus spilonotus Cope. W. (1324) 



$ Cantherhines Swainson. 



1666. Monacanthus pullus Ranzani. W. (1325) 



580.— ALUTERA Cuvier. (479) 



1667. Alutera schoepfi Walbaum. N. S. (1326) 



1668. Alutera scripta Osbeck, W. (1327) 



Family CLV.— TETRODONTI])^. 



581.— LAGOCEPHALUS Swainson. (480) 



1669. Lagocephalus laevigatus Linmens. W. S. (1328) 



582.— TETRODON6 Linnjeus, (481) 



1670. Tetrodon poUtus Girard. C.P. (1329) 



1671. Tetrodon testudineus Liuuajus. W. (1330.) 



^Balistes caroUnensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, 1468 (as variety of B. vetula). Balistes 

 capriacua Gmelin occurs fir.st on page 1171, and i.-< based on a confusion of several 

 species. Baliatea poivelli is possibly tbe young of tbis species. 



"^Baliatea pohjhpxs Steindacbuer, Icbtb. Beitr., V, 21, 1876. Mazatlan to Panama. 



^Baliatea capistratua Sbaw, Gen. Zool., V, 417, 1804 (based on Baliate &ride Lac6pede)= 

 Balistes viitis licnnett = Balistes frenatus Kicbardson. Mazatlan to Panama. 



*Balisite8 ciliatns Mitcbill, Amer. Montbly Mag., 181H, 326= Monacanthtta occidrntalia 

 OWwihev ^= Monacanthus davidsoni Cope. See Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1884, 145. 



^Tbe earliest attempt at subdivisi<m of tbe genus Tetrodon as left by Cuvier seems 

 to be that of Swainson. In bis restricted genus Tetrodon no Linujean species are 

 retained, liis ^^Telrodon lestudineua" being tbat of Blocb, not of LiuntEus. Tbe next 

 attempt is tbat of Miiller, who did not retain the name Tetrodon for any of bis sub- 

 divisions. Tbe next attempt at subdivision seems to be that of Bleeker, who retained 

 the name Tetrodon, in accordance with bis custom, for the lirst species mentioned by 

 Linnaus, T. teatndineus. Tbis seems to me the earliest use of the restricted name 

 Tetrodon which can stand. 



In a recent paper, Dr. Gill (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884,420) has adopted a different 

 view. The Tetrodon of Swainson contains three species congeneric with one of the 

 Liunaian species {lincatus). This species belongs to Miiller's genus Arothron, and to 

 Arothron Dr. Gill transfers the name Tetrodon, reserving for the Tetrodon of Bleeker 

 and of our Synopsis the name Cirrhisomui of Swainson. 



