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2126. Aiigelichthys iodocus ( Jordan & Rutter). 



Galapagos Islands. 



Eolacanthus iodocus .Jordan & Rutter, Proc. V. S. Nat. Mn8.1896, Galapagos 

 Islands. 



2127. Angelichthys ciliaris (Linna^ne). Jtif/el-psh; TsaheUia; YeUotv Jngel. 



West Indies north to Key West. 



Chatodon ciliaris Linna?us, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 276. 17.58, Indies ; in part. 



Family CLXVIII. ZANCLIDiE. The Moorish Idols. 



Genus 662. ZANCLTIS Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 Zanclus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vii, 102, 1831 (cornutus). 



2128. Zanclus cornutus (Linnieus). Moorish Idol ; Fiquier; Porte-Enseigne; Besan. 



East Indies and islands of Polynesia, ranging east to the Revillagigedos. 

 Chcetodon cornutus Linna3us, Syst. Nat.,.ed. x, 273, 1758, "Indies"; after 

 Artedi. 



Family CLXIX. TEUTHIIDIDiE. The Surgeons. 



Genus 663. TEUTHIS Linnaeus. Doctor-fishes. 



Texthis 'Linna'us. Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 507, n66{hepatus,jarus; after Hepat us 

 Gronow, same species). 



2129. Teuthis triostegus (Linnjeus). 



Pacific Ocean, from New Zealand and Australia to the Hawaiian Islands 



and the Revillagigedos. 

 Chcetodon triostegus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 274, 17,58, India. 



2130. Teuthis cceruleus (Bloch & Schneider). Barbero; Blue Surgeon; Blue Tang. 



West Indies, Key West and Bermuda to Bahia. 



Acanthurus caruleus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 214, 1801, Carolina; 

 Havana; Jamaica; after Catesby, Parra, and Browne. 



2131. Teuthis hepatusLinnseus. Common Surgeon; Doctor-fish; Lancet-fish; Barber: 



Tang-Barbero. 

 West Indian fauna; Florida to Bahia; Key West and Cuba; Charleston, 



South Carolina. 

 Teuthis hepatus Liun;pus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 507, 1766, Carolina. 



2132. Teuthis crestonis Jordan & Starks. Barbero Negro. 



West coast of Mexico and Central America, Mazatlan to Panama. 



Teuthis crestonis Jordan & Starks, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci.1895, 485, pi. 47, Mazatlan. 



2133. Teuthis bahianus (Castelnau). Barbeiro. 



West Indies and both coasts of tropical America, from Key West and 



Mazatlan to Bahia and Panama. 

 Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. on Rares de rAm<^r. du Sud, 



24, pi. 2, tig. 1, 1855, Bahia. 



Genus 664. XESURUS Jordan & Evermann. 



Xesurus Jordan iV- Evermann, new genus (jyunctatus). 



2134. Xesurus punctatus (Gill). Cochinito. 



Cape San Lucas; Mazatlan; Creston Island. 



Prionurus punctatus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 242, Cape San Lucas. 



2135. Xesurus clarionis Gilbert & Starks. 



Galapagos Islands. 



Xesurus clarionis Gilbert & Starks, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1896, Clarion Island, 

 Galapagos Archipelago. 



2136. Xesurus laticlavius (Valenciennes). 



Galapagos Islands; only the type known. 



Prionurus laticlarius Valenciennes, Voyage V6nus, ,335, pi, 7, fig. 2, 1846, 

 Galapagos Islands. 



