CHECK LIST OF FISHES 357 



Family 216. BRANCHI0STEGID-ffi.«5 Blanquillos 



Genus 955. CAULOLATILUS GiU. 



Caulolatilus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIV, 1862, 240 {f.Latilus 



chrysops Cuvier and Valenciennes). 

 Dekaya Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, pt. 1, 1863 (Nov.), 

 70, fig. 17 (D. anomala Cooper). 



2772. Caulolatilus chrysops (Cuvier and Valenciennes). Blanqiiillo. 



Gulf of Mexico and southward. 



Latilus chrysops Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IX, 1833, 

 496, Brazil. 



2773. Ca\ilolatilus microps Goode and Bean. 



Gulf of Mexico. 



Caulolatilus microps Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 1878, 

 43, off Pensacola, Fla. 



2774. Caulolatilus princeps (Jenyns). Blanquillo. 



Cape San Lucas to the Galapagos. 



Latilus princeps Jenyns, Zool. Voy. Beagle, Fishes, 1842, 52, Chatham 



Island, Galapagos Archipelago. 

 Caulolatilus ajinis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XVII, 1865, 68, 



Cape San Lucas. 



2775. Caulolatilus anomalus (Cooper). Blanquillo; Sea whilefish. 



Coast of southern California, about rocky islands from Point Conception 



southward; common. 

 Dekaya anomala Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., Ill, pt. 1, 1863 



(Nov.), 70, fig. 17, Santa Catalina Island off southern California. 



2776. Caulolatilus cyanops Poey. Blanquillo. 



Coasts of Cuba and Porto Rico. 



Caulolatilus cyanops Poey, Repertorio, I, 1866, 311-312, Cuba. 



Genus 956. LOPHOLATILUS Goode and Bean. Tilefish. 



Lopholatilus Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., II, 1879, 205 (L. 

 chamaeleonticeps Goode and Bean). 



2777-2778. Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode and Bean. Tilefish. 



Deep waters of the western Atlantic; abundant at intervals but subject 



to calamities; a valued food fish. 

 Lopholatilus chams-leonticeps Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



II, 1879, 205; 80 miles S. by E. of No-man's Land, 40° N., 70° W., 



in 84 fathoms. 



Family 217. TRICHODONTID.ffi 



Genus 957. TRICHODON Steller. 



Trichodon Steller, in Tilcsius, M6m. Acad. St. Petersb., IV, 1811, 468 

 {Trachinus trichodon Telesius). 



2779. Trichodon trichodon (Tilesius). Sandfish. 



Coasts of Kamchatka and eastward; Herendeen Bay and elsewhere in 



Bering Sea, and south to coast of Oregon. 

 Trachinus trichodon Tilesius, M6m. Acad. St. Petersb., IV, 1811, fig. 8, 



73, Kamchatka. 

 Trachinus gasteropelecus Tilesius, loc. cit., 1811, 466, Kamchatka. 

 Trichodon lineatus Ayres, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci., II, 1860, 60, 



San Francisco. 



Genus 958. ARCTOSCOPUS Jordan and Evermann. 



Arcloscopus Jordan and Evermann, Check List, 1895, 464 {Trichodon 

 japonicus Steindachner). 



2780. Arctoscopus japonicus (Steindachner). 



Sea of Japan, eastward to Sitka, Alaska. 



Trichodon japonicus Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., X, 1881, 4 Strietok 

 and Sitka. 



** Tbe name Hranchistegiu Kaflnesque (1815) has priority over Latilus Cuvier and Valenciennes (1830). 



