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Genus 682. LIODON Linnaeus. Porcujyiiie-fishes. 



Diodon lAnmvwfi, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 335, 17.58 (hi/strix). 



2187. Diodon hystrix Liuu;T»iis. Porcupine-fish ; Erizo; Fuerco Espino; Boursap. 



Tropifal seas, north to Lower California, TIawaiiau Islands and to Florida. 

 Diodon hi/strix Linn;BU8, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 33.5, 1758, India; after Artedi. 



2188. Diodon holacanthus Linnaeus. 



All warm seas; north to Florida Keys; Lower C'alifornia and Hawaiian 



Islands. 

 Diodon holacanthus Linn;fus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 335, 1758, India; based on 



Artedi. 



2189. Diodon maculifer Kanp. 



Cape of Good Hope; Cuba ? . 



Diodon maculifer Kaup, Wiegmann's Arch., 229, 1855, Cape of Good Hope. 



Genus 683. CHILOMYCTERUS Bibron. Burrfiahes. 



Chilomycterns Bibron, in Barnville, Revue Zoologique, 40, 1846 {reticulatus =: 

 iigrinus). 



Subgenus CYCLICHTHTS Kaup. 



Ci/clichfhi/s Kaup, Wiegni. Archiv, 231, 1855 (orhicularis). 



2190. Chilomycterus schcepfi (Walbaum). Common liurrfish; Rahhit-fish; Swell 



Toad. 

 Cape Cod to the West Indies. 

 Diodon schwpfi Walbaum, Artedi Pise., 601, 1792, Long Island ; after Schopf. 



2191. Chilomycterus spinosus (Linnams). 



West Indies and coast of Brazil. 



Diodon spinosus Linnieus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 335, 1758, India. 



2192. Chilomycterus antennatus (Cuvier). 



AVest Indies and southward; St. Croix; Jamaica; Porto Rico; Cape of 



Good Hope. 

 Diodon antennatus Cuvier, M6m. Mus., iv, 131, pi. 1, 1818. 



Subgenus CHILOMTCTERUS Bibron. 



2193. Chilomycterus atinga (Linna?ns). Atinga. 



West Indies to Bermuda and Florida Keys. 



Diodon atinya (misprinted atringa) Linuanis, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 3.34, 1758, India. 

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2194. Chilomycterus californiensis Eigenmann. 



"San Pedro, California. 



Chilomiicterus californiensis Eigenmann, Am. Nat., 1891, 1133, San Pedro, 

 California. 



Family CLXXVII. MOLIDiE. The Headfishes. 



Genus 684. MOLA Cuvier. Headfishes. 



Mola Cuvier, Tableau fik^ni. Hist. Nat. Animaux, 323, 1798 {rotunda^=mola). 



2195. Mola mola (Linmeus). Sunfish; Headfish; Mola; Fez Luna. 



Temperate and tropical seas, northward to England, Cape Cod, and San 



Francisco; rare in the West Indies. 

 Tetrodon mola Linna'us, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 334, 412, 17.58, Mediterranean. 



Genus 685. RANZANIA Nardo. King of the Mackerels. 

 Fanzania Nardo, Ann. Sci. Regn. Lombard. Venet., x, 1840, 105 (truncatua). 



2196. Ranzania truncata (Retzius). 



Pelagic; occasionally on Atlantic Coast; Bermudas. 



Tetrodon truncatua Retzius, Vet. Ak. Nya. Handl., vi. 2, 116, 1785. 



