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Suborder SCLERODERMI. 



Family CLXX. TRIACANTHID-SJ. 



Genus 665. HOLLARDIA Poey. 



IloUardin Pooy, Mcinnrias, ii, 31S, ISt'.l (holhirdi). 



2137. Hollardia hollardi Pocy. 



UoUardia hollardi Poey, Memoriiis. ii, :MS, pi. 18, fig. 11, 1861, Cuba. 



Family CLXXI. BALISTIDiE. The Trigger-Fishes. 



Genus 666. BALISTES (Artedi) Linnaeus. 



BaUsies (Artedi) J.iiuia'us, Syst. Nat., e<l. x, 327, 1758 (retula). 



Subgenus CAI'UISCrs Itaflnesquc. 



Capriscus Rafinesciue, Indice, 41, 1810 {cn))risciis). 



2138. Balistes polylepis Steindachner. 



Lower California to Panama. 



Balistes pohjUpis Steindachner, Iclith. Beitr., v, 21, 1876, Majyfdalena Bay; 

 Mazatlan ; Acapulco. 



2139. Balistes naufragium Jordan A Starka. Piz Puerco de las Picdras. 



INIazatlan. 



Balistes naufragium J ordiin & Starks, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 488, Mazatlan. 



2140. Balistes carolineiisis Guielin. J.iaihcr Jacket; "Turhot"; Cticuijo. 



Tro])ical parts of the Athmtic; (iulf Stream; Mediterranean. 

 Jialiaies carolhieuHis Umeliu, Syst. Is'at., i, 1468, 1788, Carolina. 



2141. Balistes forcipatus Gmelin. 



West coast of Africa and the neighboring islands. 



Balistes forcipatus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1472, 1788, Brazil; after Guaperva 

 lata of Lister. 



2142. Balistes powellii Cope. 



Newport, Rhode Island; West Indies; in the Gulf Stream. 



Balistes powellii Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pbila. 1870, 120, Newport, R. I. 



Subgenus BALISTES (Artedi) Linnxus. 



2143. Balistes vetula Ijinuieus. Bessy Cerka. 



Tro])ical parts of the Atlantic; West Indies; Gulf Stream to Woods Hole. 

 Balistes retula Linna-ns, Syst. Nat., eil. x, 329, 17.58, Ascension Island; after 

 Balistes retula of Osbeck, Iter Chineusis, 294, 1757. 



Genus 667. PACHYNATHUS Swainson. 



Pacliynathus Swainson, Classn. Fishes, li, 326, 1839 (triangularis^^ capistra- 

 tits): not J'dclnignatlia nor J'achijgnathus; both these names earlier used 

 for genera of spiders. 



2144. Pachynathus capistratus (Shaw). Pez Puerco. 



Pacific Ocean; East Indies; China; Pacific Coast of tropical America, from 



Magdalena Bay to the (ialapago.^. 

 Balistes capistratus ^[m\\, Genl. Zool., V, 417, 1804, after Lac(5p^de. 



Genus 668. CANTHLDERMIS Swainson. Sobacos. 



Canthidermis Swainson, Nat. Hist, ("lassn. Anini., n, 325, 1839 {angulosus=: 

 maculatus). 



2145. Canthidermis sobaco (Poey). Sohaco. 



West Indies. 



Balistes sobaco Poey, Memorias, ii, 324, 1861, Havana, 



2146. Canthidermis asperrimus (Cope). 



St. Martins, West Indies. 



Balistes asperrimus Vo\)ii, Trans. Amer. Pbilos. Soc. 1871, 478, supposed to be 

 from St. Martins. 



