BY WILLIAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. 279 



SYGNATHID^E. 



392. Gasteotokeus biaculeatus. Bl. 

 Gunth. Cat. 8, p. 194. Cant. Mai. Fish., p. 387. 

 South East Coast. 



393. Hippocampus guttulatus. Cuv. 

 Gunth. Cat. 8, p. 202. Many synonyms. 



South East Coast. 



SCLERODERMI. 



394. Balistes papuensis. n. sp. 



D. 3. 1/26. A. 25. L. lat. 26. 



Tail with five rows of minutely armed scales on each side of the 

 tail, the longest numbering as many as fourteen indistinct spines j 

 scales of the body very warty and rough. A patch of osseous 

 plates above the gill opening. No groove in front of the eye ; 

 soft dorsal and anal fins with rounded profile ; caudal rounded ; 

 ventral spine movable, Colour greenish with roundish dark spots 

 scattered over the sides of the body, one or two darkish cross 

 bars on the soft dorsal and anal fins, and three on the caudal. 



" Aremela " of the natives. Hood Bay. 



395. Monacanthus prionurus. Bleek. 



Atl. Ichth. Y. p. 138, tab. 227, fig. 1. Gunth. Cat. 8 p. 234. 

 Hood Bay. 



396. Monacanthus scriptus. Yalent. 



Gunth. Cat. 8, p. 252. Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Y. p. 141, tab. 227, 

 fig. 4. 



Hood Bay. 



397. Monacanthus melanocephalus. Bleek. 

 Atl. Ichth. Y. p. 127, tab. 223, fig. 1. Gunth. Cat. 8 p. 242. 

 Engineer Group. 



398. Monacanthus monoceros. L. 

 Gunt. Cat. 8 p. 251. Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Y. p. 140, tab. 226, 

 fig. 2. Hood Bay. 



399. Ostracion Seb^:. Bleek. 

 Atl. Ichth. Ostrac. p. 41, tab, 4 fig. 2. Gunth. Cat. 8 p. 261. 

 " Porroni " of the natives. Engineer Group. 



