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4004. Balistes forcipatus Gmelin. 



West coast of Africa to Rhode Island and Brazil. 



Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I. 1789, 1472, Brazil; after 



Guaperva lata of Lista. 

 Balistes punctatus Gmelin, loc. cit., 1472; after Stipvisch of Willoiighby. 

 Balistes spiloloptcrygius Walbaum, Artedi Pise, III, 1792, 455, Brazil, 

 Balistes guttatus Walbaum, loc. cit., 467, St. Vincent. 

 Balistes ciliaris Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 471, Brazil. 

 Balistes liberiensis Steindachner. Ichth. Notizen, IV, 1867, 9, Monrovia 



in Liberia. 

 IBalistes poicelli Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XXII, 1870, 120, 



Newport, R. I. 

 Balistes morihundus Cope, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIV, 1870, 478, 



St. Martins. 



Genus 1430. SUFFLAMEN Jordan. 



Pachynathits Swainson, Classn. Fishes, II, 1839, 326 {Balistes triang- 

 ularis = Bolides capistratus Shaw); not Pachygnatha nor Pachy- 

 gnathus; both these names earlier used for genera of spiders, the 

 name Pachygnathus regarded as a misprint and not valid according 

 to decision of the International Commission of Nomenclature. 



Sufflanien Jordan, Copeia, April 12, 1916, 27 {Balistes capistratus 

 Shaw). 



4005. Sufflamen verres (Gilbert and Starks). Pez puerco. 



Pacific coast of tropical America, from Magdalena Bay to the Gala- 

 pagos. 



Balistes capidratus of authors; not of Shaw, Gen. Zool., V, 1804, 417; 

 after Balistes bride Laccpede, a species of the South Seas and East 

 Indies. 



Balistes verres Gilbert and Starks, Mem. Calif. Acad. Sci., V, 1904, 

 153, PI. XXVI, fig. 49, Panama and Mazatlan. 



Genus 1431. VERRUNCULUS Jordan. 



Verrunculus Jordan, Copeia, Sept., 1924, 82 {Balistes polylepis Stein- 

 dachner). 



4006. Verrunculus polylepis (Steindachner). Pez puerco. 



San Diego to Panama; common southward. 



Balistes polylepis Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., V, 1876, 21, Magdalena 

 Bay; Mazatlan; Acapulco. 



Genus 1432. CANTHIDERMIS Swainson. Sobacos. 



Canthidcrmis Swainson, Nat. Hist. Classn. Anim., II, 1839, 325, 

 {Balistes ariguln.sus Quoy and Gaimard). 



4007. Canthidermis angulosus (Quoy and Gaimard). 



Hawaii to Cocos Island; rare. 



Balistes angulosus Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Zool., 1824, 210, 

 Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands). 



4008. Canthidermis sobaco (Poey). Sobaco. 



West Indies. 



Balistes sobaco Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 324, Habana. 

 Balistes asperrimus Cope, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, XIV, 1870, 478, 

 St Martins. 



4009. Canthidermis sufflamen (Mitchill). Sobaco. 



West Indies; Habana. 



Sobaco Parra, Dif. Piczas, Hist. Cuba, 1787, 17, fig. 10, Habana. 



Balistes sufflumen Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. N. Y., I, 1815, 467, 



locality unknown, .said by DeKay to be from the south Atlantic. 

 Balistes macrops Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 326, Habana. 



