100 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



TELEOSTOMI. ACANTHOPTERI. 



SERRANIDAE. 



223. Rypticus bistrispinus (Mitchill). 

 Soapfish. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 

 1233; 1900, pt. 4, pi. 194, fig. 509. 



Bodianus bistrispinus Mitchill, Amer. month, mag. & crit. rev., 

 1818, vol. 2, p. 247. "Straits of Bahama." 



R. I.— Newport (Cope, 1870). 



LOBOTIDAE. 



224. LOBOTES SURINAMENSIS (Bloch). 



Flasher; Trippletail. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 

 1235; 1900, pt. 4, pi. 194, fig. 510. 



Holocentrus surinamensis Bloch, Nat. ausl. fische, 1790, vol. 3, 

 p. 98, pi. 243. "Surinam." 



Mass.— Woods Hole (Baird 1873 and Smith 1898); Menemsha 

 Bight (Smith 1898). 



R. I.— NarragansettBay; off Pine Hill (R. I. fish comm. 1899); 

 Prudence Island (Sherwood & Edwards 1901); near Saunders- 

 town (Tracy 1906). 



PRIACANTHIDAE. 



225. Priacanthus arexatus Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Catalufa; Bigeye. 



Cuv. & Val., Hist. nat. poissons, 1829, vol. 3, p. 101. "Brazil." 

 Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 

 1237; 1900, pt. 4, pi. 195, fig. 511. 



Mass.— Woods Hole; Quisset Harbor (Smith 1898). 

 R. I. — Newport (Jordan & Evermann 1896). 



