86 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



BALISTID^. The Trigger-Fislies. 



415. Balistes carolinensis Gmelin. Leather Jacket; Trigger-fish. 



Peusacola (Stearns coll., Goode & Bean 1879rt, as B. capriscus; Jordan & Gilbert 



1882, as B. capriscits; and Stearns coll., Jordan 1884) ; Charlotte Harbor (Bean 1883, as 

 B. capriscHs); Key West (Jordan 1884«; Hensball 1894; LiJnnberg 1894, as B. capris- 

 cns); Florida Keys (Jordan 1884(?) ; Egmont Key (Jordan 1884e); and west coast and 

 Key West (Hensiiall 1889). 



416. Balistes vetula Linn;eus. Bessy Cerka. 



Key West (Hensball 1894; Lunnberg 1894; and C. B. Hudson coll., 1897). 



MONACANTHrD^E. The FUe-Fishes. 



417. Cantherines pullus (Rauzani). Lija Colorada. 



Tortugas (Jefferson, Porter & Moore 1878, as Monacanthus pardalis) ; and southern 

 Florida (Jordan & Evermann 1898). 



418. Monacanthus ciliatus (Mitchill). Leather-fish. 



Florida Reef (Geo. Davidson coll., Cope 1871); Pensacola, Cedar Key, and Char- 

 lotte Harbor (Stearns and Baker coll., Goode & Bean 1879a, as M. occidentalis) ; Key 

 West (Velie coll., Goode & Bean 1879^, as M. occidentalis); Florida Keys and Indian 

 Key (Wiirdemann coll.. Bean 1883, as M. occidentalis); Key West (Jordan 1884a); 

 Big Gasparilla and Garden Key (Hensball 1889); Key AVest (Hensball 1894); Key 

 West and Miami (Evermann & Kendall coll., 1896) ; Florida Keys (Jordan 1884(Z, 

 and Jordan & Evermann 1898). 



419. Monacanthus hispidus (Linnaeus). Fool-fish. 



Key West (Jordan 1884a, and Hensball 1894); Florida Keys (Jordan 188id, and 

 Jordan & Evermann 1898); Snapper Grounds (Grampus coll., Kendah 1889); Big 

 Gasparilla and Key West (Hensball 1889) ; Key West and Ozona (Lunnberg 1894) ; 

 Key West, Anclote Sponge Kraals, and Miami (Evermann & Kendall coll , 1896). 



420. Alutera schoepfii (Walbaum). Fool-fish; Lija. 



Tortugas (Jefferson, Porter & Moore 1878, as Ceratacanthiis auranticus) ; Pensacola 

 (Stearns coll., Goode & Bean 1879a; and Stearns coll., Jordan 1884); Egmont Key 

 (Jordan 1884e) ; Key West and Tampa (Hensball 1894); and Key West (Evermann 

 & Kendall coll., 1896; and C. B. Hudson coll., 1897). 



OSTEACnD^. The Trunk-Fishes. 



421. Lactophrys triqueter (Linnaeus). Trunk-fish; Shell-fish. 



Tortugas (Goode 1879, as Ostracion triqueter); Garden Key (Whiteburst coll.. Bean 



1883, as Ostracion iriquetrum) ; Key West (Jordan 1884a, as Ostracion triquetrum) ; Cape 

 Florida (Evermann & Kendall coll., 1896) ; and Key West and Pensacola (Jordan 

 «fe Evermann 1898). 



422. Lactophrys trigonus (Linnaeus). Trunk-fish; Shell-fish. 



Tortugas (Goode 1879, as Ostracion trigonus; and J. B. Holder coll., Bean 1883, as 

 Ostracium irigonum); west coast (Velie coll., Goode & Bean 1879&, as Ostracion tri- 

 gonus; and Hensball 1889) ; St. Augustine and Matanzas (Goode 1879rt, as O. trigonus) ; 

 Florida Keys (Jordan 1884(?, as 0. trigonum) ; Key West (Jordan 1884a, as 0. Irigonum) ; 

 Hensball 1894, as 0. trigonum; Evermann & Kendall coll., 1896; and Jordan & Ever- 

 mann 1898); Bird Key (Grampus coll., Kendall 1889, as O. trigonum); Biscayne Bay 

 (McCormick coll., Smith 1895) ; and Tampa Bay (Fish Hawk coll., 1898). 



423. Lactophrys tricornis (Linnaeus). Cow-fish. 



Tortugas (Jefferson, Porter & Moore 1878, as Ostracium quadricorne); Tortugas, 

 Cape Florida, Charlotte Harbor, and Pensacola (Goode 1879, as O. quadricornis); 

 Pensacola (Stearns coll., Goode & Bean 1879a, as 0. quadricornis); Jordan & Gilbert 

 1882, as Ostracium quadricorne ; and Jordan & Evermann 1898); Key West (Jordan 

 1884a, as Ostracion tricorne); Florida Keys (.Jordan 188id, as Ostracium tricorne); 

 Gulf shore (Wilcox 1886, as Ostracion quadricornis) ; Snapper Grounds (Grampus coll., 



