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Genus 653. OREOSOMA Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Oreosoma Cuvier & Valeuciennes, Hist. Nat. Toiss., iv, 51,5, 1830 {atJanticum). 



2105. Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier & Valencieunes. 



Open Atlantic; only two specimens known. 



Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 515, 1829, 

 open Atlantic. 



Family CLXV. CAPROID^. The Boar-Fishes. 



Genus 654. ANTIGONIA Lowe. 



Antigonia Lowe, Proc, Zool. Soc. Lond. 1843, 85 (raproa). 



2106. Antigonia capros Lowe. Shislndai. 



Atlantic and Pacific; Tokio; Ki Islands and Manado. 

 Anti(jonia capi-os Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1843, 85, Madeira. 



Suborder SQUAMIPINNES. The Scaly-fins. 

 FamHy CLXVI. EPHIPPIDiE. The Angel-Fishes. 



Genus 655. CH.a:TODIPTERUS Lacepede. 



Chatodipterus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. I'oiss., iv, 503, 1803 (plumieri =faher). 



2107. Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet). Angel-fish; Spade-fish. 



West Indies, Cape Cod to Rio Janeiro; south Atlantic Coast. 

 Cha'todon faber Broussonet, Ichtb. Dec. i, v, pi. 4, 1782, Jamaica. 



2108. Chaetodipterus zonatus (Girard). 



Pacific Coast of America, from San Diego to Panama; common southward. 

 EpMppus zonatus Girard, Pac. R. R. Surv., x, 110, 1858, San Diego, California. 



Genus 656. PAEAPSETTUS Steindachner. 



Parapsettus Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., in, 50, 1875 (panamensis). 



2109. Parapsettus panamensis Steindachner. 



Panama. 



Parapsettus panamensis Steiudaclmer, Ichth. Beitr., in, 51, 1875, Panama. 



Family CLXVII. CHiETODONTIDiE. The Butterfly-Fishes. 



Genus 657. PEOGNATHODES Gill. 



Prognathodes Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18(j2, 238 {pelta). 



2110. Prognathodes aculeatus (Poey). 



West Indies. 



Chelmon aculeatus Poey, Memorias, ii, 202, 1860, Havana. 



Genus 658. CILffiTODON (Artedi) Linnaeus. 



Cho'todon (Artedi, Genera, 51, 1738), Linmeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 272, 1758, 

 includes all species. 



Subgenus CHETODOXTOPS Bleeker. 



ChaHodontops Bleeker, Rev. Famille (^ha-todontoides, 53, 1877 (coUaris). 



2111. Chaetodon nigrirostris (Gillj. 



Cape San Lucas, Lower California. 



Sarothrodus ni(jrirostris (iill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phihi. 1862, 243, Cape Sau 

 Lucas, Lower California. 



2112. Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch. Parrhr; TsahcUta de lo Alio. 



Havana; Gulf Stream; New .Jersey and K'hode Island. 

 Chatodon ocellatus Bloch, Ichthyologia, pi. 211, fig. 2, 1787. 



2113. Chaetodon humeralis Giinther. 



Pacific Coast of America, from (iuaymas to Panama. 



Chatodon humeralis Giiuther, Cat., ii, I'J, 1860, '•'Sandwicli Islands" by 

 error. 



