354 the proceedings op the linnean society 



138. — Gastrotokeus biaculeatus. 



Valent. Amb. 3, p. 500, No. 481 ; Renard, fig. 73. 



Sygnathus biaculeatus, Bl. Ausl. Fisch. 4, p. 10, tab. 121, figs. 

 1 and 2 ; Bl. Schn., pi 515, tab. 107 ; Cant. Mai. Fish, p. 387. 

 ,, tetragonus, L Gm. 1, p. 1453 ; Lacep. 2, p. 42. 



Sygnathoides Blochii, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 2, p. 259. 



Solegnathus Blochii, Bleek. Verb. Bat. Gen. 25, Trosk., p. 24. 



G aster otokeus biaculeatus, Kaup. Soph. p. 19. 



A number of this curious fish were taken in the seine in Hall 

 Sound, New Guinea. 



139. — Hippocampus Nov^e Hollandle. 

 Steindaclmer, Sitzgber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1866, 53, p. 471, taf. 



1, fig- 2. 



One specimen. Place of capture not indicated. 



ORDER VI. 



Plectognathi. 



Family Sclerodermi. 



140. — Triacanthus biaculeatus. 



Balistes biaculeatus, Bl., tab. 148, fig. 2. 



Triacanthus biaculeatus, Cuv. Regn. Anim.; Cant. Mai. Fish., 

 p. 360 ; 1 Day Fish. Malabar, p. 260. 



,, oxycephalus, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. 24, Balist. p. 



27, tab. 5, fig. 10 ; or Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 2, p. 496 ; or, Atl. 

 Ichth. 5. p. 80. Balist. pi. 6, fig. 3. 



,, Blochii, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 3, p. 81 ; 



or Atl. Ichth. 5, p. 89, Balist. pi. 3, fig. 1 ; Kner. Novara, Fische, 

 p. 394. 



,, angustifrons, Hollard, Ann. Sc. Nat., 1854, 1, p. 45, 



pi. 2, fig. 2. 



,, macrurus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. 5, p. 91, Balist. pi. 8, 



fig. 3. 



Abundant about Cape York. 



