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Genus 653. OKEOSOMA Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Oreosoma Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 51.5, 18.30 {atlanthmm). 



2105. Oreosoma atlanticum Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Open Atlantic; only two specimens known. 



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

 open Atlantic. 



Family CLXV. CAPROIDiE. The Boar-Pishes. 



Genus 654. ANTIGONIA Lowe. 



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



2106. Antigonia capros Lowe. Shishidai. 



Atlantic and Pacific; Tokio; Ki Islands and Manado. 

 Antigonia capros Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1843, 85, Madeira. 



Suborder SQUAMIPINNES. The Scaly-fins. 



Family CLXVI. EPHIPPIDiE. The Angel-Fishes. 



Genus 655. CH.ffiTODIPTEIlUS Lacepede. 



Chwtodipterus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 503, 1803 (plumiiri^^faher). 



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



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

 ChcBtodon faber Broussonet, Ichth. Dec. i, v, pi. 4, 1782, Jamaica. 



2108. Chaetodipterus zonatus (Girard). 



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

 Ephippus zonatus Uirard, 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 imnamensis Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., in, 51, 1875, Panama. 



Family CLXVII. CHiETODONTIDiE. The Butterfiy-Fishes. 



Genus 657. PKOGNATHODES Gill. 



Prognafhodes Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 238 {pelta). 



2110. Prognathodes aculeatus (Poey). 



West Indies. 



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



Genus 658. CH.ff:TODON (Artedi) Linnaeus. 



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

 includes all species. 



Subgenus CHiETODONTOPS Bleeker. 



Chcetodontops Bleeker, Rev. Famille Ch;ctodontoidoB, .53, 1877 {coUarin). 



2111. Chaetodon nigrirostris (Gillj. 



Cape San Lucas, Lower California. 



Sarothrodus nigrirostris Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 243, Cape San 

 Lucas, Lower California. 



2112. Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch. Parche; TsaheUta de lo Alto. 



Havana; Gulf Stream; New Jersey and Rhode Island. 

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



2113. Chaetodon humeralis Giinther. 



Pacific Coast of America, from Guaymas to Panama. 



Chatodon humeralis Giinther, Cat., ii, 19, 1860, "Sandwich Islands" by 

 error. 



