FISHES OF THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA. 793 



6.— DIODONTID^. 



CHiLO]itYCTERUS GEOMETRICUS (Linn.) Kaup. — Spiny box-fish; rab- 

 bit-fish (Vineyard Sound): evizo (Ctiha). 



Cape Cod to Florida. 

 Trichodiodon pilosus (Mitch.) Bleeker. — Hairy box-fish. 



Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. 



7.— TETRODONTID^. 



Tetrodon l^vigatus (Linn.) Gill. — Smooth puffer; tambor [Cuha). 



Cape Cod to Florida. 

 Chilichthys turgidtjs (Mitch.) Gill. — Eough puffer; porcupine-fish; 

 blower; swell-fish; tambor (Cuba). 



Cape Cod to Florida. 



8.— OSTEACIONTID^. 



Lactophrys trigonus (Linn.)Poey — Trunk-fish; box-fish. 



West Indian ; accidental on the coast (found once at Holmes's 



Hole, Mass). 



9.— BALISTID^. 



Alutera cuspicauda DeKay. (d. s.) — Long-tailed file-fish. 



Cape Cod to Florida. 

 Ceratacanthus aurantiacus (Mitch.) Gill. — hog-fish ; file-fish. 



Cape Cod to Florida. 

 Stephanolepis imassaohusettensis (Storer) Gill. (d. s.) — Storer's 

 file-fish; fool-fish {lifeiv Yovk). 



Nova Scotia to Florida. 

 Baxistes capriscus Linn. — European file-fish ; Turbot {Berm). 



]^ova Scotia to Florida. 

 Balistes Poweli Cope. (d. s.) — Powel's file-fish. 



Ehode Island. (Accidental.) 



10.— HIPPOCAMPID^. 



Hippocampus hudsonius DeKay. — Sea-horse; horse-fish. 

 Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. 



11.— SYJS^GlSrATHIDJE. 



Syngnathus Peckianus storer. — Pipe-fish. 

 Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras. 



12.— CENTRISCID^. 



Centriscus scolopax Linn. — Snipe-fish. 



European ; accidental in American waters (found once in Massa- 

 chusetts). 



