4. BALISTES. 9] 1 



''■ "^tn" rZ^'^f'T ''''^'^^''So. From Dr. Bleeker's Collec- 

 tion.— Type of T. oxijcqihalu!^. 



'/SfT^; p't'i^'-. ^^^«<^«ted by Sir J. Richardson. 



/. Adult, sun. Port Essington.-In this example, which is 8 



(7, /i-A.-. AduU (7 inches) and half-grown. 



3. Triacanthus strigilifer, 



^«/£pi:ir«g 3. ""^'"' '"^- p-"'' -^^'•^'•^'^•v. p. 81), 



longirostris, Holhrd, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1854, i. p. 40 pi 2 fio- 3 



D. 5 I 22. A. 16. ' ^ • • n- • 



1 '^?u /'''•i^* ''^ ^^'^ ''°'^>' ^'^ ^ little less than one-third of the total 



tfal^'Thfif ?• ;""^* ^'''T'' ^^^^ ^^^^ upper .om 

 concave Ihe first dorsal spine as long as or lono-er than the 



head; the second twice or thrice as long L the third." Laircon- 

 siderably larger than in the other species, in which they are minnte 

 Spinous dorsal without black spot. ^ mmure. 



East-Indian archipelago ; China. 



«. Adnlt: skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection.-Type of 

 the si^ecies. ^iV^ "^ 



h, c Adult and half-grown. Ambovna. 



fS?Tv- ^^I^PPi'^i' I^"^^'- Presented by Prof. Peters. 

 e. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



Second Group. BALISTIFA. 



4. BALISTES*. 



Balistes, sp., Artedi. 

 Balistes, Cut: Rbi/ne An. 



* ^' "^s'dne J^"'''™"''""''' ^'"^y ^ ^«^''«- Vol,. Uran. Poiss. p. 209.- 

 -• -^ adspersus, Tschudi, Faun. Per. Pise. p. 31.— Huacho.— D. 3 ( 24 



3. gutturosus, IloUard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1854, i. p. 63.— Bourbon 



4. elongatus, Hollard, I. c. p. G9.-Azores ^o^XT\Mx^. 



p. 22 ; Atl. Ichfh. Bahst. p. 117, pi. 218. fig. 1 ), is established from t^n 

 Toung examples, 28 & 31 millinas. long s^" like other young ;?„^5s 

 hey are rough^ and tbe dorsal spine is^armed ^ith st^ng'-spSs 



iStion Bpecimens. Doreh. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 



^' ~d7aSni°^*^''"'' ■^''^■^' '^^^' ^"^- "■ P- 326.-Cuba.-KnoNvn from a 

 l' nebulosus, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 328 —Cuba 



Sree ;wfh t fiP: Islands.-The insuffioien, desoription doe^ uot 

 9. lima, Benn. Proc. Comm. Zoo/. Soc. i. p. IrtS.-Maiiritius. 



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