PLECTOGNATHI. 129 



436. Leptocephalus dentex. [692.] 

 Leptocephalus dentex, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 333; Kaup, Cat. Ap. Fish. p. 151. 



East coast of Africa. Penang. 



437. Leptocephalus capensis. [677.] 

 Leptocephalus capensis, (Lalande) Kaup, Cat. Ap. Fish. p. 153. 



East coast of Africa. Cape of Good Hope. 



Order PLECTOGNATHI. 



OSTRACION, L. 



438. Ostracion turritus. . [82.] 



Ostracion turritus, Forsk. p. 75. no. 113 ; Bl. i. p. 113, pi. 136 ; Rupp. N. W'.Fische, p. 5. 



(Tetrosomus) turritus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. v. p. 31, pi. 203. f. 3. 



Aden. Zanzibar. Bed Sea. East-Indian archipelago. 



439. Ostracion arcus. [39.] 

 Seb. iii. pi. 24. f. 8, 9, 13. 



Ostracion cornutus, Bl. i. p. 105, t. 133 ; Schleg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 229, t. 131. f. 4 (young). 



arcus, Bl. Schn. p. 502. 



Ostracium cornutum, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 365. 



Ostracion (Acanthostracion) arcus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. v. p. 35, pi. 202. f. 3, and 204. f. 4. 



Aden. Zanzibar. Seychelles. East-Indian archipelago. Japan. Indian Seas. 



440. Ostracion fornasini. C 314 -] 



Ostracion fornasini, Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mos. fasc. i. p. 7, and Mem. Accad. Sc. Bologn. vi. p. 151, 



pi. 1. f. 1. 

 pentacanthus, Bleek, Act. Soc. Scient. Indo-Nederl. ii. Amboina, p. 98. 



(Acanthostracion) fornasini, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. v. p. 34, t. 203. f. 4. 



Dr. Peters (Wiegm. Archiv, 1855, p. 276) states that he considers this to be only an 

 abnormal specimen of O. cornutus, Bl. ; but the figures both of Bianconi and of Bleeker 

 exactly correspond with the specimens obtained at Zanzibar. 



Zanzibar. Mozambique. East-Indian archipelago. 



441. Ostracion tetragonus. [121.] 

 Ostracion, sp., Artedi, Syn. p. 84. no. 6, and p. 85. no. 8; and Gen. p. 39. no. 4. 



