28 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [42] 



FISHES OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND EAST FLORIDA. 



MALTHEID^E. 



. Mai the vespertili© (L.) Cuv. Bat-fish. 



The species is credited to Newfoundland, where its oc- 

 currence was probably accidental ; it belongs to the 

 region of the southern United States, especially those 

 bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. 

 20485. Pensacola, Florida. 



!. Malthe ciiMfroms Rich. Sea Bat. 



Described from an example which was said to have 

 been taken off the coast of Labrador, but not since 

 recorded from that region. Not uncommon on the 

 east coast of Florida. 



16727. Saint Augustine, Florida, December 7, 1875. Dr. J. M. Laing, 

 U. S. A. 



DIODONTIDJE. 



i. Chilomycterus g"e<o>i8ieta*ieti§ (L.) Kaup. Spiny Box-fish ; 

 Rabbit-fish; Swell Toad. 



East coast of the United States from Southern Massa- 

 chusetts to Texas ; West Indies. 



Common about Galveston, Texas, according to Jordan 

 and Gilbert. 



21492. Pensacola, Florida. Silas Stearns. 



.-. Diodoii litairosus Shaw. Porcupine -fish. 



Diodon novemmaculatus Cuv., Me"m. Mus. Hist. Nat., iv, 1818, p. 136. 

 Biodon maculatus Gunther, Cat. Fish Brit. Mus., viii, 1870, p. 307. 



Tropical seas ; San Diego (Jor. & Gilb.). 



6150. Garden Key, Florida. 



TETRODONTIIXE. 



». Tetr®dOBi nephelus Goode and Bean. Bough Swell-fish ; 



Puffer ; Blower ; Swell Toad. 



Gulf of Mexico, abundant ; east coast of Florida (Indian 



River). 

 This is the southern representative of Tetrodon turgidus, 



from which it differs notably in having fewer and 



larger spines on the upper parts and in its larger 



dorsal fin. 

 9909. Key West, Florida. William Stimpson. 



