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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [140] 
  

  

  Family 
  CLIV.— 
  BALISTID,E. 
  

  

  578.— 
  BALISTES 
  Linnams. 
  (477) 
  

  

  1658. 
  Balistes 
  vetula 
  Linnaeus. 
  W. 
  (1318) 
  

  

  1659. 
  Balistes 
  carolinensis 
  l 
  Gmelin. 
  S.W.Eu. 
  (1319) 
  

  

  1660. 
  Balistes 
  powelli 
  Cope. 
  Ace. 
  (1320) 
  

  

  1661. 
  Balistes 
  polylepis 
  2 
  Steindachner. 
  P. 
  

  

  1662. 
  Balistes 
  capistratus 
  3 
  Shaw. 
  P. 
  

  

  579.— 
  MONACANTHUS 
  Cuvier. 
  (478) 
  

   § 
  Monacanthus. 
  

  

  1663. 
  Monacanthus 
  ciliatus* 
  Mi 
  tchill. 
  W. 
  (1321,1323) 
  

  

  1664. 
  Monacanthus 
  hispidus 
  Linnaeus. 
  S.N. 
  (1322) 
  

  

  1665. 
  Monacanthus 
  spilonotus 
  Cope. 
  W. 
  (1324) 
  

  

  § 
  Cantherhines 
  Swainson. 
  

  

  1666. 
  Monacanthus 
  pullus 
  Ranzani. 
  W. 
  (1325) 
  

  

  580.— 
  ALUTERA 
  Cuvier. 
  (479) 
  

  

  1667. 
  Alutera 
  schcepfi 
  Walbaum. 
  N. 
  S. 
  n32<">) 
  

  

  1668. 
  Alutera 
  scripta 
  Osbeck. 
  W. 
  (1327) 
  

  

  Family 
  CLV.— 
  TETRODONTlDiE. 
  

  

  581.— 
  LAGOCEPHALUS 
  Swainson. 
  (480) 
  

  

  1669. 
  Lagocephalus 
  laevigatus 
  Linnaeus. 
  W. 
  S. 
  (1328) 
  

  

  582.— 
  TETRODON 
  5 
  Linnaeus. 
  (481) 
  

  

  1670. 
  Tetrodon 
  politus 
  Girard. 
  C.P. 
  (1329) 
  

  

  1671. 
  Tetrodon 
  testudineus 
  Linnaeus. 
  W. 
  (1330.) 
  

  

  l 
  Balistes 
  carolinensis 
  Gmelin, 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  1788, 
  1468 
  (as 
  variety 
  of 
  B. 
  vetula). 
  Balistes 
  

   capri8cus 
  Gmelin 
  occurs 
  first 
  on 
  page 
  1471, 
  and 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  confusion 
  of 
  several 
  

   species. 
  Balistes 
  powelli 
  is 
  possibly 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  ^Balistes 
  polylepis 
  Steindachner, 
  Ichth. 
  Beitr., 
  V, 
  21, 
  1876. 
  Mazatlan 
  to 
  Panama. 
  

  

  ^Balistes 
  capistratus 
  Shaw, 
  Gen. 
  Zool., 
  V, 
  417, 
  1804 
  (based 
  on 
  Baliste 
  bride 
  Lac6pede)= 
  

   Balistes 
  mitis 
  Bennett 
  = 
  Balistes 
  frenatus 
  Richardson. 
  Mazatlan 
  to 
  Panama. 
  

  

  *Balisiles 
  ciliatus 
  Mitchill, 
  Amer. 
  Monthly 
  Mag., 
  1818, 
  326 
  = 
  Monacanthus 
  occidentalis 
  

   Giinther 
  = 
  Monacanthus 
  davidsoni 
  Cope. 
  See 
  Jordan, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884, 
  145. 
  

  

  6 
  The 
  earliest 
  attempt 
  at 
  subdivision 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Tetrodon 
  as 
  left 
  by 
  Cuvier 
  seems 
  

   to 
  be 
  that 
  of 
  Swainson. 
  In 
  his 
  restricted 
  genus 
  Tetrodon 
  no 
  Linmean 
  species 
  are 
  

   retained, 
  his 
  "Tetrodon 
  testudineus" 
  being 
  that 
  of 
  Bloch, 
  not 
  of 
  Linnaeus. 
  The 
  next 
  

   attempt 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  Miiller, 
  who 
  did 
  not 
  retain 
  the 
  name 
  Tetrodon 
  for 
  any 
  of 
  his 
  sub- 
  

   divisions. 
  The 
  next 
  attempt 
  at 
  subdivision 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  that 
  of 
  Bleeker, 
  who 
  retained 
  

   the 
  name 
  Tetrodon, 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  his 
  custom, 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  species 
  mentioned 
  by 
  

   Linnaeus, 
  T. 
  testudineus. 
  This 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  the 
  earliest 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  restricted 
  name 
  

   Tetrodon 
  which 
  can 
  stand. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  recent 
  paper, 
  Dr. 
  Gill 
  (Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884,420) 
  has 
  adopted 
  a 
  different 
  

   view. 
  The 
  Tetrodon 
  of 
  Swainson 
  contains 
  three 
  species 
  congeneric 
  with 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   Linnaean 
  species 
  (lineatus). 
  This 
  species 
  belongs 
  to 
  Miiller's 
  genus 
  Arothron, 
  and 
  to 
  

   Arothron 
  Dr. 
  Gill 
  transfers 
  the 
  name 
  Tetrodon, 
  reserving 
  for 
  the 
  Tetrodon 
  of 
  Bleeker 
  

   and 
  of 
  our 
  Synopsis 
  the 
  name 
  Cirrhisomu* 
  of 
  Swainson. 
  

  

  