214 SCLEKODERMI. 



Balistes niaculatus, Gm. L. i. p. 1468 ; Bl. ii. p. 25, tab. 151 ; Bl. 



Schn. p. 464 ; Lacip. i. p. 861 ; Hollard, Ann. Sc. Nat. i. 1854, 



p. 158. 

 sufflamen, Mitch. Lit. ^ Phil. Trans. N. Ym% i. p. 467, pi. 6. 



fig:. 2. 



oculatus, Gray, III. Ind. Zool. 



wiUughbeii, Benn. Proc. Comm. Zool. Sac. i. p. 168 ; and in 



Beechej/s Voy. Zool. p. 68, pi. 21. fig. 2. 

 ? Balistes augulosus, Quay Sf Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. p. 210 ; Hollard, 



I. c. p. 57. 

 Balistes azm'eus, Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 121, pi. 10. fig. 2. 

 ? Balistes rotundatus, Ih-oce, Bull. Soc. Philom. 1822, p. 130. 

 Balistes coiispicillum, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 344 (not syn.). 



longus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 37. 



senticosiis, Michards. Voy. Samar. Fish. p. 23, pi. 0. figs. 5-8 ; 



Bleek. Nat. T. N. Lid. v. p. 93. 



longissimus, Hollard, Ann. Sc. Nat. i. p. 60, pi. 3. fig. 3. 



brevissimus, Hollard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1854, i. p. 56, pi. 3. fig. 1. 



(Canthidermis) oculatus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Balist. p. 121, pi. 4. 



fig. 2. 

 (Cantliidermis) niaculatus, Bleek. I. c. p. 122, fig. 4; Kner, 



Nocara, Fisch. p. 401. 



sobaco, Poey, Mem. Cid). ii. p. 324. 



macrops, Poey, I. c. p. 326. 



D. 3 I 26. A. 24. L. lat. 55-5G. 



Tail without spines or tubercles ; l)ut the scales are very conspi- 

 cuously granulated and proTided with a larger prickle at the base, 

 which is prominent in young examples, but disap])cars more or less 

 with age. From tliirty-one to thirty-nine scales in a transverse 

 series running from the origin of the dorsal fin to the vent. No 

 enlarged scales behind the gill-opening. The anterior parts of the 

 dorsal and anal fins are much elevated, more so in adult than in 

 young examples. Caudal subtruucate. Ventral spine short, some- 

 times anchylosed with the pelvic bone. Brown, with round or ovate 

 whitish spots. In young examples these spots are more indistinct, 

 and mixed with darker spots of the same size, and pure white. dots. 

 Sometimes uniform brown or uniform deep black. 



Tropical and subtropical parts of the Atlantic and Inchan Oceans, 

 extending into the Pacific. Occasionally on the British coast. 



a. Half-grown : stuffed. Polperro. Purchased. 



h. Young. Fernando Po. From Mr. Fraser's Collection. 



c. Adult: skin. Jamaica. Purchased of Mr. Parnell. 



d. Half-grown : skin. West Indies. 



e. Yonng. West Indies. From the Haslar Collection. 

 f-fj. Y''oung. Cape of Good Hope. 



h. Y^^oung. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



i-o. Young : skins. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



p-g. Young. Borneo. 



r. Young: stuffed. Sandelwood Island. Presented by F. M. liayner, 



Esq. Entirely black, 

 .s-^. Young : skins. India. Presented by T. E. J. Boileau, Es(i. 



