JJ-3, 4, 19.0-30.7 

 JJ-4, 4, 20.0-54.8 

 KK-1, 6, 20.5-31.7 

 KK-2, 3, 20.0-50.2 

 KK-3, 2, 20.0-21.0 

 KK-5. 1, 21.5 

 LL-3, 4, 19.5-22.5 

 LL-5, 1, 20.5 

 MM-2, 2, 19.5-20.2 

 MM-3, 1, 21.9 

 NN-2, 9, 21.0-30.8 

 PP-1, 1, 24.5 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 

 AA-7, 1, 21.5 

 DD-5, 2, 19.2-20.2 

 GG-6, 2, 19.0-21.7 

 HH-3, 1, 22.5 

 HH-4, 2, 24.3-34.2 

 HH-5, 3, 20.0-34.1 

 JJ-4, 4, 19.5-36.9 

 LL-5, 4, 21.0-26.2 

 MM-1, 1, 22.1 

 MM-3, 4, 20.0-25.0 

 Monacanthus setifer Bennett 

 pygmy filefish 

 D-67-4 May 



EE-6, 1, 21.0 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 



BB-6, 1, 37.3 



KK-5, 2, 35.0-39.0 



LL-3, 1, 21.0 



MM-4, 1, 32.9 



NN-2, 1, 28.0 



NN-3, 1, 32.7 



PP-3, 2, 33.4-38.0 

 D-67-16 Oct 



GG-7, 1, 43.4 



HH-7, 17, 26.8-40.0 



JJ-5, 4, 34.5-41.4 



JJ-6, 17, 29.4-50.0 



KK-5, 10, 23.0-45.7 



KK-6, 16, 34.7-50.2 



LL-1, 1, 37.5 



LL-2, 1, 39.6 



LL-3, 7, 23.0-37.1 



LL-5, 1, 50.6 



MM-3, 2, 25.2-44.3 



MM-4, 1, 33.3 



NN-2, 5, 26.5-44.0 



NN-3, 4, 22.0-46.5 



PP-1, 16, 26.0-52.0 



PP-2, 1, 35.2 



PP-3, 186, 23.0-53.0 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



HH-4, 1, 25.3 



Monacanthus tuckeri Bean 

 slender filefish 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 



CC-6, 2, 22.0-25.5 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 



AA-7, 1, 23.0 



Xanthichthys ringens (Linnaeus) 

 sargassum triggerfish 

 D-67-16 Oct 



NN-3, 1, 18.3 



Unidentified triggerfishes 



D-67-1 May 

 NN-1, 1. 9.0 



D-67-8 Jul-Aug 

 JJ-6, 1, 14.4 

 NN-4, 1, 9.9 

 PP-2, 1, 13.4 

 PP-3, 1, 15.5 



Unidentified filefishes 



D-67-4 May 



AA-1. 12, 7.0-11.0 SL 

 AA-2, 29, 6.5-13.0 SL 

 AA-3, 77, 5.5-13.0 SL 

 AA-4, 9, 6.0-12.0 SL 

 AA-5, 12, 5.5-13.0 SL 

 AA-7. 1, 11.0 SL 

 BB-6, 1, 8.0 SL 

 CC-3, 2, 5.0-12.0 SL 

 CC-4, 8, 9.5-13.0 SL 

 CC-5, 27, 6.0-13.5 SL 

 CC-6, 6, 9.0-13.5 SL 

 CC-7, 5, 9.0-9.5 SL 

 DD-1, 8, 9.5-14.0 SL 

 DD-3, 1, 13.0 SL 

 DD-5, 1, 13.5 SL 

 DD-6, 19, 10.5-19.5 SL 

 EE-4, 3, 6.5-14.0 SL 

 EE-5, 8, 5.0-12.0 SL 

 EE-6, 41, 6.5-11.0 SL 

 FF-1, 8, 14.2-18.5 

 FF-2, 5, 13.9-19.4 

 FF-3, 387, 6.1-18.4 

 FF-4, 2, 9.5-13.0 

 FF-5, 9, 11.4-19.0 

 FF-6, 15, 14.2-19.0 

 GG-5, 25, 10.5-19.5 

 GG-6, 16, 13.3-18.0 

 GG-7, 2, 15.9-18.2 

 HH-2, 97, 6.7-16.5 

 HH-4, 117, 7.4-19.0 

 HH-5, 47, 9.9-19.0 

 HH-6, 5, 15.5-19.0 

 JJ-4, 4, 12.2-19.5 

 JJ-5, 1, 13.2 

 JJ-6, 1, 12.4 

 KK-1, 2, 13.5-17.5 

 KK-3, 1, 16.7 

 KK-4, 2, 17.1-23.3 

 LL-1, 3, 13.7-14.2 

 LL-2, 9, 11.3-19.0 

 LL-3, 4, 10.3-19.7 

 LL-4, 3, 10.4-12.0 

 LL-5, 4, 8.0-18.2 

 MM-1, 2, 12.1-16.1 

 NN-2, 3, 14.0-15.1 

 NN-4, 1, 11.5 

 PP-2, 2, 13.2-14.9 

 D-67-8 Jul-Aug 

 AA-4, 1, 12.5 

 AA-7, 2, 13.3-17.0 

 BB-5, 5, 13.0-19.0 

 BB-6, 16, 13.1-19.5 

 CC-4, 6, 10.3-19.5 

 CC-5, 1, 13.9 

 CC-6, 7, 12.9-19.0 



CC-7, 5, 12.9-17.8 

 DD-4, 1, 13.5 

 DD-6, 2, 13.1-15.1 

 EE-4, 2, 15.9-16.1 

 EE-5, 1, 14.1 

 FF-4, 2, 13.3-14.4 

 FF-5, 5, 12.7-18.5 

 FF-6, 5, 12.6-16.4 

 GG-6, 3, 15.3-19.0 

 GG-7, 3, 10.8-12.0 

 JJ-4, 1, 14.8 

 JJ-6, 3, 12.4-18.9 

 KK-4, 2, 18.5-19.5 

 KK-5, 18, 15.0-19.5 

 KK-6, 6, 11.7-14.0 

 LL-2, 1, 9.3 

 LL-3, 1, 24.6 

 LL-4, 14, 10.3-19.7 

 LL-5, 44, 7.8-19.5 

 MM-1, 3, 11.3-12.7 

 MM-2, 16, 10.8-19.0 

 MM-3. 23. 10.5-18.5 

 MM-4, 2, 15.3-15.7 

 NN-1, 10, 8.2-15.7 

 NN-2, 30, 6.9-19.0 

 NN-3, 1, 11.7 

 NN-4, 2, 10.5-14.3 

 D-67-16 Oct 

 AA-7, 7, 10.8-15.0 

 CC-7, 10, 12.9-19.0 

 DD-4, 1, 12.5 

 DD-5, 2, 13.3-15.7 

 EE-5, 1, 15.7 

 EE-6, 5, 13.4-19.0 

 FF-2, 2, 19.3-19.9 

 FF-4, 1, 13.1 

 FF-5, 20, 10.4-19.7 

 FF-6, 4, 11.4-19.0 

 GG-5, 21, 16.8-19.5 

 GG-6, 7, 15.3-19.5 



HH-4, 1, mut. 

 HH-6. 20. 14.5-19.5 

 HH-7, 3, 14.7-15.7 

 JJ-2, 1, 17.6 

 JJ-3, 3, 16.2-17.5 

 JJ-4, 14, 12.1-19.5 

 JJ-5, 5, 11.6-16.3 

 KK-1, 1, 17.3 

 KK-2, 1, 18.1 

 KK-3, 1, 17.8 

 KK-5, 4, 11.9-19.0 

 LL-1, 1, 16.6 

 LL-3, 16, 13.3-19.0 

 LL-5, 1, 18.3 

 MM-1, 4, 14.7-17.9 

 MM-2, 1. 17.3 

 MM-4, 2, 12.5-14.0 

 NN-1, 21, 14.4-19.3 

 NN-2, 17, 12.4-19.5 

 NN-4, 1. 16.5 

 PP-1, 1, 8.7 

 PP-3, 1, 20.5 

 D-68-1 Jan-Feb 

 AA-7, 2, 16.5-17.5 

 DD-2. 2, 16.4-17.7 

 DD-4, 1, 13.7 

 DD-5, 2, 16.0-18.5 

 DD-6, 4, 16.3-18.6 

 GG-7, 1, 14.7 

 HH-5, 2, 13.3-19.0 

 JJ-4, 4, 14.9-16.0 

 KK-4, 2, 13.8-17.5 

 KK-5, 6, 11.5-14.9 

 KK-6, 1, 14.2 

 LL-3, 3, 15.7-19.0 

 LL-5, 8, 11.8-18.5 

 MM-3, 2, 13.7-19.5 

 MM-4, 2, 18.4-19.3 

 NN-4, 1, 15.0 

 PP-1, 1, 12.7 



Our catches of filefishes are consistent with obser- 

 vations made by Berry and Vogele (1961). 

 Monacanthus hispidus is more abundant than M. 

 setifer and M. hispidus is distributed over the entire 

 shelf while M. setifer is more restricted to Gulf Stream 

 waters. Our catches of these species demonstrate 

 these points (Fig. 19). South of Cape Kennedy, where 

 the Gulf Stream is closer to shore, the species occur 

 together. Monacanthus tuckeri is caught so in- 

 frequently it might be considered rare in surface 

 waters of the South Atlantic Bight. 



Spawning of Cantherhines pullus probably occurs 

 south of the Florida Straits judging from the dearth of 

 small (i.e., less than 33.0 mm) individuals in pub- 

 lished records. Dooley (1972) took none smaller than 

 33.0 mm, our smallest was 29.0 mm, and Berry and 

 Vogele (1961, p. 108-109) examined only one smaller 

 than 33.0 mm, a 17.5 mm individual taken from the 

 stomach of a skipjack tuna caught between Grand 

 Bahama and Andros Island. Spawning has been 

 reported in the Caribbean (Munro et al. 1973) and in 



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