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Genus 682. DIODON Linnaeus. rorcupinc-Jlsltes. 



Diodon I.iima'us, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 335, 1758 {hi/strix). 



2187. Diodon hystrix Linuixnis. Porctipine-fish ; Erizo; I'uerco Espino; Soursap. 



Tropical seas, north to Lower Califoruia, Hawaiian Islands and to Florida. 

 Diodon hystrix Linnieus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 335, 1758, India; after Artedi. 



2188. Diodon holacanthus Linuicus. 



All warm seas; north to Florida Keys; Lower California and Hawaiian 



Islands. 

 Diodon holacanthus LmnaMis, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 335, 1758, India; hased on 



Artedi. 



2189. Diodon maculifer Kaup. 



Cape of Good Hope ; Cuba ? . 



Diodon maculifer Kaup, Wiegmaun's Arch., 229, 1855, Cape of Good Hope. 



Genus 683. CHILOMYCTERUS Bibron. Burrfishes. 



Chilomtjcterus Bibron, in Barnville, Revue Zoologique, 40, 1846 {reiiculatns = 

 tigrinus). 



.Subgenus CYCLICHTHYS Kaup. 



Ciiclichthi/s Kaup, Wiegni. Archiv, 231, 1855 (orhieularis). 



2190. Chilomycterus schoepfi (Walbaum). Common Jiurrfish; liahhit-fish; Swell 



Toad. 

 Cape Cod to the West Indies. 

 Diodon sduvpfi Walbaum, Artedi Pise, 601, 1792, Long Island ; after Schiipf, 



2191. Chilomycterus spinosus (Linuanis). 



West Indies and coast of Brazil. 



Diodon spinosus Linn;eus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 335, 1758, India. 



2192. Chilomycterus antennatus (Cuvier). 



West Indies and southward; St. Croix; Jamaica; Porto Rico; Cape of 



Good Hope. 

 Diodon antennatus Cuvier, Mem. Mus., iv, 131, pi. 7, 1818. 



Subgenus CHILOMTCTERCS Bibron. 



2193. Chilomycterus atinga (Linnieus). Jtinga. 



West Indies to Bermuda and Florida Keys. 



Diodon atinga (misprinted atringa) Linnanis, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 334, 1758, India. 



2194. Chilomycterus californiensis Eigenmanu. 



San Pedro, California. 



Chilomycterus californiensis Eigenmann, Am. Nat., 1891, 1133, San Pedro, 

 California. 



Family CLXXVII. MOLIDiE. The Headfishes. 



Genus 684. MOLA Cuvier. Headfishes. 

 Mola Cuvier, Tableau fil^m. Hist. Nat. Animaux, 323, 1798 {rotunda^=mola). 



2195. Mola mola (Linmeus). Sunfish; Headfish; Mola; Fez Luna, 



Temperate and tropical soas, northward to England, Cape Cod, .iiid San 



Francisco; rare in the West Indies. 

 Tetrodon mola Linuifus, Syst. Nat,, ed. x, 334, 412, 1758, Mediterranean. 



Genus 685. RANZANIA Nardo. King of the Mackerels. 



lianzania Nardo, Ann. Sci. Regn. Lomb.ard. Veiiet., x, 1840, 105 (truncafus). 



2196. Ranzania truncata (Retzius). 



Pelagic; occasionally on Atlantic Coast; Bermudas. 



Tetrodon truncatua Retzius, Vet. Ak. Nya. Ilandl., vi, 2, 116, 1785. 



