406 RKPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



2603. Kathetostoma albigutta Bean. 



Gulf of Mexico. 



Kathctiifitoma albigulla Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1892, 121, Gulf of Mexico, 



at Albatross '.Station 2103, 28^ 42' 30" N.. 85- 29' W. 



Family CXC'V. BATRACHOIDIDiE The Toadfishes. 



Genus 834. BATRACHOIDES Lac6pede. 



Batrachoidcs Lacopi'do, Hist. Nat Poiss., Ii, 451, 1800 ("/««" Lac(5p6(le=: 

 surinamensis). 



2604. Batrachoides surinamensis (Blocli & Schneider). 



Coast of (Juiaiia and Brazil. 



Bairachus Hurinameiisis I'.loch «fe Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 43, 1801, Surinam, 

 from a spociinen in the museum of Paris. 



2605. Batrachoides pacifici ((Jiiuther). 



Panama. 



Batraclnis pacijici Giiuther, Cat., in, 173, 1861, Panama. 



Genus 835. OPSANUS Eafinesque. Toadfishes. 



Opsanus Rafincsciue, Amer. Monthly Mag. 1817, 203 (cerapahts). 



2606. Opsainxs tau (Linn:cus). Toadfixh. 



Atlantic Coast from Massachusetts to the West Indies. 



(iadux tail Liuna'us, Syst. Nat., cd. xii, 439, 1760, Charleston, South Carolina. 



2607. Opsaniis pardus (Goodo & Bean). Sarpo. 



Gulf of Mexico. 



Batrachus tan pardtis Goode & Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus; 1879, 336, Pensacola 

 Snapper lianks. 



Genus 836 PORICHTHYS Girard. Midshipmen. 



ForiclitIi!/s (iirard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 141 (votatus). 



2608. Porichthys porosissimiis Cuvier & Valenciennes. Bagre Sapo. 



Soutli Carolina to Montevideo; Pensacola. 



Batrachus porosit^simiis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xil, 501, 

 1837, Surinam, Cayenne, Rio .Janeiro, and St. Catherine. 



2609. Porichthys notatus Girard. Singing-fish; Midshipman; Cabezon; Sapo. 



Pacific Coast from Puijet .Sound to Pauanui. 



I'oridithijs notaliis Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 141, San Franci-ico. 



2610. Porichthys margaritatus (Richardson). 



Pacitic Coast of tropical America. 



Batrachus margaritatus Richardson, Voyage of the Sulphur, Fishes, 1845- 

 1867, Pacitic Coast of Central America. 



Genus 837. THALASSOPHRYNE Glinther. Boisun Toadfishes. 

 Thalassophrijne Glinther, Cat., iii, 174, 1861 (maculosa). 



2611. Thalassophryne maculosa Giinther. 



Caribbean Sea. 



ThalassopUninc maculosa Giinther, Cat., ill, 175, 1861, Puerto Cabello, near 

 Aspiuwall. 



2612. Thalassophryne reticulata (Giinther). 



Paii.'ima. 



Thalassophrijne reticulata Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1864, 150, 155, 

 Panama. 



2613. Thalassophryne dowi Jordan iV (Jilbort. 



Pacific Coast of North America, from Pnnta Arenas to Panama. 

 Thallaxxophrijne dowi Jordan &. Gilbert, Proc. C. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, 388, Punta 

 Arenas. 



