4. BALrsTEs. 227 



rlfl ^'f^ '''' 1'""^ ''''"'^' ^" ^^^^ «^^^e' arranged in a double series 

 Twenty-four scales xn a transverse series, running from the origin of 

 the dorsal fin to the vent. Some small osseous plates beS he 



!^ulTr^- 1 ^''''^r'^ ^-^"^1 fi"'^ rather low, with rounded profile 

 caudal fin siibtruncate. Blackish brown; head and body S 

 numerous oblique and somewhat undulated yellowish or redd sh 

 stripes ; two broader than the others, proceed from the lips and are 

 confluent into one posteriorly. The first dorsal fin black the other 

 fins^ orange-coloured. The spines on each side of the tail'in a black 



Indian and Pacific Oceans. 

 a Adult : stuffed Red Sea. From Dr. Eiippell's CoUection 



Sn!™^'^"- ^'""^''- F--Lieut.-Col.Playfai?sCol- 

 c, d~e. Half-grown. Moluccas. 



^- ^o^Llp^cies'^^"^'^" ^^^" ''^'^^"° ^^^^'^ Collection.-Type 

 g-h. Adult and half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Hr Frank 

 l^'T} T""Tl\. ^''''^- ^^^'^-^'^^ of Mr. Stevenf 



M^ Jamrll ^■^"°"" ^''" (P^iPPi-s). Purchased of 



:: Ad';^ ; st';SJ:d." !:X'' '^ ^^^o-A^r.^^, S. E. Pelcher. 



li-'j. Adult : stufi'ed. Louisiade archipelago 



r. Adult : skin. From Gronow's CoUection 



s-t. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



w. Adult : skeleton. From the Haslar Collection. 



The following species appears to belong to this division :— 

 24. Balistes oire. 



Bennett, llltaUng Voyage, ii. p. 262. 



P.nW f ^f °"f -f '^Y ^^"'"^ longitudinal rows of curved pricUes on 

 Wsf f ^^^ *^^! i *^ t^^° ^PP*^^ r«^« containing ten prickles, the 

 lowest three ; a black spot on the skin around the base of each spine 

 Back dusky marked with longitudinal black lines ; abdomen white.' 

 l^^ht blue hues on the sides of the head, and encircUng the mouth 

 Lips orange-colour ; broad bands of the same hue ext^ncHng from 



he Zi F ' 'v/""^ f"" ?^ '^'''^ ■' ' 5-^"°- -°« "-"d 

 the S • r' ^^'ll- V ^ ^"'^ ^'^''''^ ^'^"tral fin is attached to 

 tbe abdominal spme (balista) of this fish. 



^_^^Habitat. Coral reefs of Eaiatea, Society Isles. Native name, 

 2. Teeth white, even, incisor-like : Melanichthys. 



25. Balistes brmiva. 

 Willughhy, tab. J. 24. 

 Canriscus, no. .3, Klein, Pise. 3Iiss. iii. p. 2o. 



Ualafate, Parra, p. 18, lam. 11. fig. 1. 



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