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2147. Canthidermis sufllamen (Mitcbill). Sohaco. 



AVest Indies; Havana. 



lUiliafes siifjinmen Mitchill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. N. Y., i, 1815, locality 

 iinkuown, said by DeKay to be from the South Atlantic. 



2148. Canthidermis maculatus (Bloch). 



West Indies. 



lialistes niaculaius Bloch, Ichthyologia, pi. l!")!, 1786, West Indies. 



2149. Canthidermis -willughbeii (Lay »t Bennett). 



East Indies and Pacific Coast of Mexico. 



Balistes willughben Lay & Bennett, Zoology, Beechey's A'oy.age, 68, pi. 21, 

 tig. 2, 1839, Acapulco, Mexico. 



Genus 669. XANTHICHTHYS Kaup. 



Xanihichilnjs Kaup, in Richardson, Enc. Brit., ed. xii, 313, 18.56 {curassa- 



vivus). 



2150. Xanthichthys ringens (Linnaeus). Cocuyo. 



West Indies and southward, recorded from Mauritius. 

 Balistes ringens Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 329, 1758, no locality. 



2151. Xanthichthys mento (Jordan & Gilbert). 



West coast of IMexico. 



Balistes mento Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 228, Clarion 

 Island, of the Revillagigedo group. 



Genus 670. MELICHTHYS Swainson. 



Melichthys Swainson, Class. An., ii, 325, 1839 (ringens Bloch, not of Linnieus). 



2152. Melichthys piceus (Poey). Galafate; Calafate. 



West Indies and southward. 



Balistes piceus Poey, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 180, Cuba. 



2153. Melichthys bispinosus Gilbert. 



Clarion and Socorro islands. 



Melichthys bispinosus Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 125, Clarion and 

 Socorro islands, of the Revillagigedo group. 



Family CLXXII. MONACANTHIDiE. The File-Fishes. 



Genus 671. CANTHERINES Swainson. 



Cantherines Swainson, Cla.ssn. Fishes, ii, 327, 1839 (nasutus=::zsanivichensis). 



2154. Cantherines pullus (Ranzani). Lija Colorada. 



West Indies and coast of Brazil; southern Florida. 



Monacanthns pnllus Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Act. Sci. Inst. Bonon., v, 4, pi. 1, 

 1842, Brazil. 



Genus 672. MONACANTHUS Cuvier. 



Monacanthns Cuvier, Rcgne Animal, ed. i, 152, 1817 {chinensis). 



2155. Monacanthus ciliatus (Mitchill). Leather-fish; Lija; Flap-niingo. 



West Indies and Florida; Florida Keys. 



Balistes ciliatus Mitchill, Amer. ^Monthly Mag. A Crit. Rev., March, 1818, 326, 

 Bahama Straits. 



2156. Monacanthus hispidus (Linn;eus). Fool-fish; File-fish; Leather-fish ; Lija; 



Mingo. 



Cape Cod to Cuba; South Atlantic Coast and Florida Keys; West Indies 



to Brazil. 

 Balistes hisjiidus Linnicus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 405, 1766, Carolina. 



2157. Monacanthiis spilonotus Cope. 



Gulf of iMexico. 



Monacanthus spilonotus Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos, Soc. Phila., xiv, 1870, 476. 



