Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758)

Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Jelks, Howard L., 2014, Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 3803 (1), pp. 1-120 : 30

Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) — Sargassumfish

Listed as both Antennarius inops and Histrio histrio by Clavijo et al. (1980:8).

Justification: UF 180971 (13, 11–41 mm SL), from sargassum off Bethlehelm Middle Works ; ZMUC P.922755 (1, 56 mm SL), St. Croix, 1847 .

Distribution: Pietsch and Grobecker (1987) WA ( BD, FL, GOM, BA, GA, VI, WC, nSA, sSA), EA, IWP.

OGCOCEPHALIDAE —batfishes (2 species)