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Hepatidae. 
Hepatus caeruleus (Schneider). — Kataiiui Hay. 
Hepatus hepatus (Linne), — Katama Bay. 
Balistidae. 
Balistes forcipatus Gmelin. Fig. 0. 
Bali-'<(('s poivrllii Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1S70, p. 120. 
Newport, Rhode Island. 
Head 3; depth U; D. III-I, 26; A. 11,22; scales 60 in median 
lateral series from gill-opening to caudal base; about 42 .scales in 
Fig. 6. — Balistes forcipatus Gmelin (type of Balistes powellii Cope). 
transverse series between soft dorsal origin and base of ventral spine; 
head width half its length; snout 1^; eye 3|; interorbital 2f. 
Body well compressed, deep. Caudal peduncle well compressed, 
small, long as deep. Head large, deep, profiles inclined similarly. 
Snout long, compressed, width at front of eyes If its length. Eye 
