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2147. Canthidermis sufElamen (Mitchill). Sohaco. 



West Indies; Havana. 



lialistes siifflamen IVIitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. ,Soc. N. Y., i, 1815, locality 

 unknown, said by Delvay to be from the South Atlantic. 



2148. Canthidermis maculatus (Bloch). 



West Indies. 



Balistes maculatus Bloch, Ichthyologia, pi. 151, 178(i, West Indies. 



2149. Canthidermis -willughbeii (Lay tK: Bennett). 



East Indies and Pacilic Coast of Mexico. 



Balistes icillughbeii Lay &, Bennett, Zoology, Beechey's Voyage, 68, yl. 21, 

 fig. 2, 1839, Acapulco, Mexico. 



Genus 669. XANTHICHTHYS Kaup. 



Xanthichlht/s Kaup, in Richardson, Enc. Brit., ed. xii, 313, 18.56 (curassa- 



vicus). 



2150. Xanthichthys riugens (Linnsous). Cocuyo. 



West Indies and southward, recorded from Mauritius. 

 Balistes ringens Liunteus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 329, 1758, no locality. 



2151. Xanthichthys mento (Jordan &. Gilbert). 



West coast of Mexico. 



Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1881, 228, Clarion 

 Island, of the Revillagigedo group. 



Genus 670. MELICHTHYS Swainson. 



Melichthys Swainson, Class. An,, ii, 325, 1839 {ringens Bloch, not of LinuiBus). 



2152. Melichthyspiceus (Poey). Galafate; Calafate. 



West Indies and southward. 



Balistes piceus Poey, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 180, Cuba. 



2153. Melichthys bispinosus Gilbert. 



Clarion and Socorro islands. 



Melichthys hispinosus Gilbert, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 12.5, Clarion and 

 Socorro islands, of the Revillagigedo group. 



Family CLXXII. MONACANTHIDiE. The File-Fishes. 



Genus 671. CANTHERINES Swainson. 



Cantherines Swainson, Classn. Fishes, ii, 327, 1839 (nasutus^sanwichensia). 



2154. Cantherines pullus (Ranzanl). Lija Colorada. 



West Indies and coast of Brazil; soutliern Flori(hi. 



Monacanthus pxdlus Rauzani, Nov. Comm. Act. Sci. Inst. Bonon., a, 4, pi. 1, 

 1842, Brazil. 



Genus 672. MONACANTHTJS Cuvier. 



Monacanthns Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. i, 152, 1817 (chinensis). 



2155. Monacanthus ciliatus (Mitchill). Leather-fish; Lija; Flap-mingo. 



West Indies and Florida ; Florida Keys. 



Balistes ciliatus Mitchill, Anier. Monthly Mag. A ("rit. Rev., March, 1818, 326, 

 Bahama Straits. 



2156. Monacanthus hispidus (Linnaeus). Fool-fish; File-fixh; Lcathcr-fish ; Lija; 



Mingo. 



Cape Cod to Cu]>a; South Atlantic Coast and Florida Keys; West Indies 



to Brazil. 

 Balistes hispidus Liun;eus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 40.5, 1766, Carolina. 



2157. Monacanthus spilonotus Cope. 



Gulf of Mexico. 



Monacanthus spilonotus Coi>e, Trans. Ann'r. I'hilos. Soc I'liila., xiv, 1870, 476. 



