PISCES. 113 



TELEOSTOMI. ACANTHOPTERI. 



BALISTIDAE. 



Mass. — Squam River, Annisquam (B. S. N. H., Hyatt coll.); 

 New Bedford (Luce 1883); Woods Hole (Smith 1898). 



R. I.— Newport (Bean 1880); Narragansett Bay (R. I. fish 

 comm. 1899); Wickford (B. S. N. H., Lewis coll.); West Passage; 

 Connanicut Island (Tracy 1906). 



260. Balistes forcipatus Gmehn 



Triggerfish. 



GmeUn, Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, p. 1472. 'Brazil." Jordan 

 & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1898, pt. 2, p. 1702. 



R. I. — Newport (Cope 1870) ; Narragansett Bay (R. I. fish 

 comm. 1899). 



261. Balistes vetula Linne. 



Old wife ; Bessy corker. 



Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 329. "in insulam 

 AscENSiONis." Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 

 1898, pt. 2, p. 1703. 



Mass.— Woods Hole (Baird 1873 and Smith 1898 [young]); 

 Nantucket (Sharp & Fowler 1904). 



262. Canthidermis sobaco Poey. 



Sabaco. 



Poey, Memorias, 1860, vol. 2, p. 324. "Havana." Jordan 

 & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1898, pt. 2, p. 1705. 



Mass.— Vineyard Sound (Smith 1898). 



MONACANTHIDAE. 



263. MoNACANTHUS ciLiATUs (Mitchill). 



Filefish. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1898, pt. 2, p. 

 1714; 1900, pt. 4, pi. 259, fig. 634. 



