FISHES OF THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA. 793 



6.— DIODONTID^. 



Cpiilomycterus CtEOmetricus (Linn.) Kaup. — Spiny box-tisb 5 rab- 

 bit-fish {Vineyard Sound)', erizo {Cuba). 

 Cape Cod to Florida. 

 Trichodiodon pilosus (Mitcb.) Bleeker. — Hairy box-fish. 

 Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. 



7.— TETRODONTID^. 



Tetrodon l^vigatus (Linn.) Gill. — Smooth puffer; tambor {Guha). 



Cape Cod to Florida. 

 Chilichthys turgidus (Mitch.) Gill. — Rough puffer; porcupine-fish; 

 blower; swell-fish; tambor {Cuba). 



Cape Cod to Florida. 



8.— OSTRACIONTID^. 



Lactophrys trigonus (Linn.)Poey — Trunk-fish; box-fish. 



West Indian ; accidental on the coast (found once at Holmes's 

 Hole, Mass). 



9.— BALISTID.E. 



Alutera cuspicauda DeKay. (d. s.) — Long-tailed file-fish. 



Cape Cod to Florida. 

 Ceratacanthus aurantiacus (Mitch.) Gill. — hog-fish ; file-fish. 



Cape Cod to Florida. 

 Stephanolepis massachusettensis (Storer) Gill. (d. s.) — Storer's 

 file-fish ; fool-fish {New Yorh). 



Nova Scotia to Florida. 

 Balistes CAPRiscus Linn. — European file-fish ; Turbot {Berm). 



ISlova Scotia to Florida. 

 Balistes Poweli Cope. (d. s.) — Powel's file-fish. 



Rhode Island. (Accidental.*) 



10._HIPPOCAMPID^. 



Hippocampus hudsonius DeKay. — Sea-horse; horse-fish. 

 Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. 



11.— SYNGNATHID^. 



Syngnathus Peckianus Storer. — Pipe-fish. 

 Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras. 



12.— CENTRISCID^. 



Centriscus scolopax Linn. — Snipe-fish. 



European ; accidental in American waters (found once in Massa- 

 chusetts). 



