CHECK LIST OF FISHES 495 



4021. Monacanthus oppositus Poey. 



Cuba. 



Monacanthus oppositus Poey, IMemorias, II, 1861, 331, Habana. 



4022. Monacanthus spilonotus Cope. 



Gulf of Mexico. 



Monacanthus spilonotus Cope, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila., XIV 

 1870, 476, Gulf of Mexico. 



4023. Monacanthus tuckeri Bean. 



West Indies, north to Berinudas. 



Monacanthus tuckeri Bean, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool., VII, 1906 

 78, fig. 11, Bermudas. 



Genus 1437. CERATACANTHUS Gill. 



Ceratacanthui^ Gill, P'ish. E. Coast N. Amer., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila, XIII, 1861, 57 {Balistes aurantiacus I\Iitchill = /?a^ts<es schcepfii 

 Walbaum). 



4024. Ceratacanthus schcepfii (Walbaum). Filefish; Orange filefish; Lija; 



Foolfish; Unicornfish; Sunfish. 

 Cape Cod to the Carolinas and Florida. 

 Balistes schcepfii \^'albaum, Artedi Pise, 1792, 461, Long Island- after 



Schopf, Berlin Ges. Naturf., VIII, 1788, 186. 

 Balistes aurantiacus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. N, Y,, I, 1815, 468 



New York. 

 Aluteres cuspicauda DeKay, New York Fauna: Fishes, 1842, 338, 



New York. 

 Aluterus holbrooki Hollard, Ann. Sci. Nat., IV, 1855, 7, North America. 

 Aluterus cultrifrons Hollard, Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 4, IV, 1855, 8, pi. 1 



fig. 2, New York and Bahia. 



Genus 1438. DAVIDIA Miranda Ribeiro. 



Dnvidia Miranda Ribeiro, Archiv Mus. Nac. Rio Janeiro, XVII, 1915, 

 9 {Alutera punctata Agassiz). 



4025. Davidia punctata (Agassiz). Long mingo. 



Jamaica to Bahia. 



Alutera punctata Agassiz, Pise. Brasil., 1829, 134, pi. 76, Brazil. 



Genus 1439. OSBECKIA Jordan and Evermann. 



Osbcckia Jordan and Evermann, Check List, 1895, 424 (Balistes scripta 

 Osbeck). 



4026. Osbeckia scripta 9' (Osbeck). Unicornfish; Lija trompa; Olilepa; Ohua. 



Tropical seas; West Indies; North Carolina; off west coast of Mexico* 



Clarion Island, Revillagigedo Islands. 

 Balistes scriptus Osbeck, Iter Chinensis, I, 1757, 144, Canaries. 

 Unicornis piscis bahamensis Catesby, Nat. Hi.st. Carolina, etc II 



1743, 19, pi. 19, Bahamas. 

 Balistes Isevis Bloch, Naturgesch. Ausl. Fische, IV, 1795, 82, pi. 414 



Morocco. ' 



Monacanthum proboscideum Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Ac. Sc Inst 



Bonon., V, 1842, 8, Brazil. 

 Aluterus verwsus Hollard, Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 4, IV, 1855, 14, jjI. 1, fig. 



3, New Ireland. 

 Alutera picturata Poey, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XV, 1863, 183, 



Cuba. 



Genus 1440. ALUTERA Cuvier. 



Lcs Aluteres Cuvier, R6gne Anim., ed. 1, 1817, 153 (Balistes monoceros 



Osbeck). 

 Alutera Oken, Isis, 1817, 153 ("Les Alutfires" Cuvier; Balistes monoceros 



Linnseus). 



«> Whether Onbeckia venom Hollarri, East Indies to Hawaii and the Revillagigedos, is distinct from O. 

 tcTipta of the Atlantic is a matter not yet determined. The distinction of Oabeckia and Ceratacanthus 

 <rom AluUra is questionable. 



