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2603. Kathetostoma albigutta Bean. 



Gulf of Mexico. 



Kathetostoma albigutta Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1892, 121, Gulf of Mexico, 

 at Albatross Station 2403, 28" 42' 30" N.. 85" 29' W. 



Family CXCV. BATRACHOIDIDiE The Toadfishes. 



Genus 834. BATRACHOIDES Lacepede. 



Batrachoides Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 451, 1800 ("<a((" Lacepede = 

 surinamensia). 



2604. Batrachoides surinamensis (Blocb & Schneider). 



Coast of Guiana and Brazil. 



Batrachus surinamensis Bloch & Schneider, Sj'st. Ichth., 43, 1801, Surinam, 

 from a specimen in the museum of Paris. 



2605. Batrachoides pacifici (Giintber). 



I'aniuna. 



Batrachus pacifici Giintber, Cat., Ill, 173, 1861, Panama. 



Genus 835. OPSANUS Eafinesque. Toadfishes. 



Opsanus Rahuesque, Amer. Monthly Mag. 1817, 203 {cerapalus). 



2606. Opsanus tau (Linn;cus). Toadfish. 



Atlantic Coast from Massachusetts to the West Indies. 



Gadus tau Linmeus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 439, 1766, Charleston, South Carolina. 



2607. Opsanus pardus (Goode & Beau). Sarpo. 



Gulf of Mexico. 



Batrachus tan pardns Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 336, Pensacola 

 Snapper Banks. 



Genus 836. PORICHTHYS Girard. Midshipmen. 

 Porichthys Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 141 (notatus). 



2608. Porichthys porosissimus Cuvier & Valenciennes. Bagre Sapo. 



South Carolina to Montevideo; Pensacola. 



Batrachus jioroaissimns Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xii, 501, 

 1837, Surinam, Cayenne, Rio Janeiro, and St. Catherine. 



2609. Porichthys notatus Girard. Singing-fish; Midshipman; Cabezon; Sapo. 



Pacific Coast from Puget Sound to Panama. 



Porichthys notatus Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 141, San Francist o. 



2610. Porichthys margaritatus (Richardson). 



Pacific Coast of tropical America. 



Batrachus margaritatus Ricbard.son, Voyage of the Sulphur, Fishes, 1845- 

 1867, Pacific Coast of Central America. 



Genus 837. THALASSOPHKYNE Gunther. Foison Toadfishes. 

 Thalassophryne Gimther, Cat., iii, 174, 1861 {maculosa). 



2611. Thalassophryne maculosa Giintber. 



Caribbean Sea. 



Tlialassophryne maculosa Giintber, Cat., iii, 175, 1861, Puerto Cabello, near 

 Aspiuwall. 



2612. Thalassophryne reticulata (Giintber). 



Panama. 



Thalassophryne reticulata Giintber, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1864, 150, 155, 

 I'anama. 



2613. Thalassophryne dowi .Jordan & Gilljert. 



Pacific Coast of North America, from Punta Arenas to Panama. 

 Thallassophryne dowi Jordan &. Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, 388, Punta 

 Arenas. 



