FISHES COLLECTED BY BAHAMA EXPEDITION. 03 



Ophichthys sp., larva. 

 Bahama Bank. 



Sphagebranchus scuticaris G. & B., 1880, P. U. S. Mus., 



il 343- 



Off Key West, in about 100 fathoms. 



SlPHOSTOMA ELUCENS. 



Syngnathus elucens Poey, 1S6S. Rep., 443. 

 Tortugas. 



Hippocampus punctulatus Guich.. 1S55, Pec. Cub., 239, 

 pi. 5. f. 2. 

 Off Key West in 20 to 60 fathoms. 



Balistes buniva La C, 1803. v. 669. pi. 21, f. 1. 

 D. 3+34: A. 30: P. 15; LI. 64; Ltr. 30. 

 Spanish Wells. 



Balistes fuligixosus DeK., 1S42, X. Y. Fish.. 339, pi. 57, 

 f. 188. 



D. 3+28; A. 27; P. 13: LI. 40; Ltr. 17. 

 Lat. 31 z 30' X.: Lon. 75^ 11' W. in Gulf Weed. 



Balistes maculatcs Gmel., 1789, Linn. S. X., 1, 1468. 

 D. 3+23; A. 20: P. 14; LI. 50: Ltr. 36. 

 Lat 31 : 30' X.: Lon. 75' 11' W., in Gulf Weed. 



Monacanthus hispidus Linn.. 1766. S. X., 1, 405. 

 Great Bahama Bank: off Key West. 



Tetrodon turgidus Mitch., 1815, Tr. Lit. & Phil. Soc. X. Y.. 

 1, 473, pi. 6. f. 5. 

 Spanish Wells. 



Tetrodon spexgleri Bloch, 17S5, Ausl. Fische, 1, 135, pi. 144. 



Diodox hystrix Linn., 1758, S. N., I, 335. 



Lat. 31 : 30' X.: Lon. 75° 11' W.. in Gulf Weed. 



Dromicus axgulifer Bibron. 1843, Rept. Cuba, 222. pi. 27. 

 In one of the jars of fishes there is a small snake with the 

 legend " Key West, in the Schooner." Very likely the spe- 

 cimen was taken on board while the vessel was off the coast 

 of Cuba as it is abundant on that island. 



