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[[underlined]] Syngnathus [[/underlined]] sp.
1, dried example 50 mm. Anse a Galet, Gonave Island, Haiti. March 22.

[[underlined]] Monacanthus hispidus [[/underlined]] (Linnaeus).
Balistes hispidus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. XII, 1766, 405, Carolinas.
1, 11 mm. Bigie Bay, Haiti. April 23.
1, 42 mm. Cayo Grande Moa, Cuba. March 4.

[[underlined]] Chapinus bicaudalis [[/underlined]] (Linnaeus),
Ostracion bicaudalis, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 330, "India"; after Artedi.
2, 117-123 mm. Petit Baraderes Bay, Haiti. April 9, Yellowish with small round dark spots over entire body except ventral surface, a dark area between eyes anteriorly, another about size of eye on each side of back near median line. Base of dorsal dark, fin translucent. Caudal spotted like trunk.