BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 
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Cheetodipterus faber — Continued. 
Woods Hole, several. — Goode. Menemsha, in 
traps, August and September; very rare. Tis- 
bury Great Pond, one seined in October, 
1906. — Edwards . 
Parasites (Linton): Nematodes — Ichthyonema sp. 
Cestodes — Rhynchobothrium speciosum (cysts), 
Tretrarhynchus sp. (cysts). 
Family CheETOdontid^E. 
Chcetodon capistratus Linnaeus.® Butterfly-fish. 
H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 102 ( Chcetodon bricei ), p. 
103 ( C . striatus ); 1899; 1901a (C. bricei)', Jordan 
and Evermann, 1898, p. 1677 ( C . capitstratus), 
p. 1678 (C. bricei)', Kendall, 1908, p. in. 
Quisset Harbor, Great Harbor, Eel Pond, Ka- 
tama Bay. Common in Katama Bay in 1899; 
few prior to that date; 35 taken in 1900. — 
Smith. Only a few taken since then. — Ed- 
wards. Recorded for August, September, and 
October. Taken with seine. 
This and other members of the genus taken lo- 
cally are undoubtedly stragglers from southern 
waters. 
Chcetodon ocellatus Bloch. Parche, butterfly -fish. 
Cope, 1870 ( Sarothrodus maculocinctus) ; H.M. 
Smith, 1898, p. 102; 1899; 1901a; Jordan and 
Evermann, 1898, p. 1674; Kendall, 1908, p. 
hi. 
Katama Bay, Woods Hole, Tisbury Great Pond, 
a few specimens taken each year. Common at 
Katama Bay in 1899; 123 in 1900. — Smith. 
Newport. — Cope. Present from August till 
November. Seined among eelgrass. 
Family Teuthidid^E. 
Teuthis cceruleus (Bloch & Schneider). Surgeon 
fish. 
Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1691; H. M. 
Smith, 1899; 1900; 1901a; Kendall, 1908, p. 
112. 
Katama Bay, a number seined in 1899; again in 
1900. — Smith. Recorded from August to Oc- 
tober. Only young specimens noted . 
Teuthis hepatus Linnaeus. Surgeon-fish. 
Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1691; H. M. 
Smith, 1899; 1900; 1901a; Kendall, 1908, p. 
112. 
Katama Bay, a number seined in 1899; again in 
1900, during same months as the preceding. — 
Young specimens only. 
Teuthis bahianus (Castelnau). Surgeon-fish. 
Jordan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1693; H. M. 
Smith, 1899, 1900; 1901a; Kendall, 1908, p. 
112. 
Katama Bay, a number seined in 1899; again in 
1900, during same months as the preceding. — 
Smith. Only young specimens. 
Family Baliseid/E. 
Batistes carolinensis Gmelin. Trigger-fish, leather- 
jacket. 
H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 104; Jordan and Evermann 
1898, p. 1701; Kendall, 1908, p. 112. 
Menemsha Bight, in traps, during fall; very 
rare. 
Batistes forcipatus Gmelin. Trigger-fish. 
Cope, 1870 (Batistes poiselli); Jordan and Ever- 
mann, 1898, p. 1702; Kendall, 1908, p. 113. 
Newport. — Cope. 
Batistes vetula Linnaeus. Trigger-fish, leather- 
jacket. 
Baird, 1873; H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 103; Jordan 
and Evermann, 1898, p. 1703; Linton, 1901; 
Sharp and Fowler, 1904, p. 510; Kendall, 1908, 
p. 113. 
Menemsha, in traps during September, some 
taken every year; young at the surface and 
along the shores of Vineyard Sound, during 
summer and fall. — Smith. One at Menemsha, 
August 1, 1908, one in Buzzards Bay trap, 
Woods Hole, July 29, 1908. Nantucket. — 
Sharp and Fowler. 
Food: Amphipods, copepods, seaweed. — Linton. 
Parasites: Distomum vibex. — Linton. 
Canthidermis sobaco Poey. Sobaco, trigger-fish. 
H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 104 (C. asperrimus ); Jor- 
dan and Evermann, 1898, p. 1705; Kendall, 
1908, p. 113. 
Vineyard Sound, off Great Harbor; one speci- 
med taken in floating gulfweed, July 24, 1897. 
Family M on ac a n t hi d a; . 
Monacanthus hispidus (Linnaeus). Foolfish, file- 
fish. 
Storer, 1867 ( Monacanthus massachusettensis ); 
Baird, 1873 (Stephanolepis seiifer); Bean, 1884; 
H. M. Smith, 1898, p. 104; Jordan and Ever- 
mann, 1898, p. 1715; Linton, 1899; Kendall, 
1908, p. 114. 
Eel Pond, Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound, Ka- 
tama Bay, Great Harbor, Tisbury Pond. — Ed- 
a What is now believed to be the young of this species was described by Smith as a new species, Chcetodon bricei. 
