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Teuthis bahianus, Jordan & Evermann, op. cit., 1693, pl. 256, fig. 629; 
Evermann & Marsh, op. cit., 254. 
Three specimens (nos. 132, 133 and 135), 6 to 8 inches long, 
taken May 14, at Barbados. 
Head 3.7; depth 22; eye 3; D. IX, 25; A. ITI, 23. 
This is the common ocean tang or surgeon-fish of the West 
Indies. It attains a larger size than any other tang of the 
region. 
42. Melichthys piceus (Poey). Blue Trigger-fish. 
Balistes piccus Poey, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 180, Cuba. 
Melichthys piceus, Jordan & Evermann, op. cit., 1711. 
One specimen (no. 79), 6.5 inches long, taken May 17, at 
Barbados. 
Head 3.2; depth 1.9; eye 3.1 in snout; D. II-I, 34; A. 31; 
seales 54; first dorsal spine 1.8 in head, the third almost obso- 
Iete. Teeth even; scales on posterior part of body keeled; 
several larger scales behind gill-opening; a groove in front of 
eye; no lateral line. 
Color in alcohol uniform black with a narrow white line along 
base of dorsal and anal. 
43. Cantherines pullus (Ranzani). Lija Colorada; Tile-fish. 
Monacanthus pullus Ranzani, Nov. Com. Act. Sci. Inst. Bonon., V, 4, pl. 
1, 1842, Brazil. 
Cantherines pullus, Jordan & Evermann, op. cit., 1713; Evermann & 
Marsh, op. cit., 258. 
One specimen (no. 93), 6.25 inches long, taken May 14, at 
Barbados. 
Head 3.9; depth 2; eye 3.25; D. II, 35; A. 31. First dorsal 
spine equal to snout, above front of eye. 
Color in alcohol dull grayish, fins lighter. 
44. Alutera scripta (Osbeck). Unicorn Filefish. 
Balistes scriptus Osheck, Iter Chinensis, I, 144, 1757, China. 
Alutera scripta, Jordan & Evermann, op. cit., 1719, pl. 260, fig. 637; 
Evermann & Marsh, op. cit., 261, fig. 73. 
One specimen (no. 80), 19.75 inches long, taken June 4, at 
Barbados. 
Head 3.7; depth 2.5; eye 5.4; D. I, 47; A. 50. 
Color in aleohol dul! drab, with some darker marblings. 
