3. TRTACAXTHFS. lIU9 



2. HOLLARDIA. 



IloUardia, Poeij^ Mem. Cub. ii. p. 848. 

 Body compressed, with short tail, covered with small spiny scales. 

 A single series of ten small conical teeth in each jaw. Anterior 

 dorsal fin formed by six spines, the first of which is much stronger 

 and longer than the others. Ventrnl fins formed by a pair of strong 

 spines joined to the pelvic bone. 

 West Indies. 



1 . HoUardia hoUardi. 



Poei/, I. c. tab. 18. fig. 11. 



D. 6 I 17. A. 14. 



Tbe height of the body is nearly one-half of the total length 

 (without caudal). The upper and lower profiles of the snout equally 

 oblique. (Poey.) 



Cuba. 



a TRIACANTHUS. 



Triacanthus, Cuv. Rhym Anim. 



Body compressed, covered with very small or minute rough 

 scales. Tail narrow, prolonged. Teeth in a double series in each 

 jaw, those of the outer series incisor-like, ten in number, those of 

 the inner more rounded, two or four in number. Anterior dorsal 

 fin with three or five small spines behind a very large one. Ventral 

 fins formed by a pair of strong spines, joined to the pelvic bone. 

 Vert-. 9/10. 



Indian and Australian Seas. 



On the anatomy, see Hollard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1853, xx. p. 77 et 

 seqq., pi. 3. 



1. Triacanthus brevirostris. 



Hoornvisch, Nieuhof, Lant- en Zee-R. p. 272. 



riscis comutus, WiUiKjhby, Aj^end. p. 5, tab. 10. fig. 2. 



Balistes, sp., Gronov. Mus. i. p. 52. no. 115 ; Zoophyl. p. 53. no. 194. 



Russell, i. p. 14, pi. 21. 



Balistes biaculeatu8, Benn. Fish. Ceyl. pi. 15 (not Bl.). 



Triacanthus brevirostris, Schley. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 294, tab. 129. 



fig. 2 ; Hollard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1854, i. p. 45, pi. 2. fig. 1 ; Bleek. 



Atl. Ichth.BaliM. pi. 17. fig. 3. 



biaculeatus, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxii. Madur. p. (5 (not Cuv.). 



rhodopterus, Bleek. I. c. xxiv. Bnlist. p. 25, tab. 4. fig. 8. 



russellii, Bleek. I. c. 



nieuhofi, Bleek. I. c. p. 20, tab. 4. fig. 9, or Nat. Ti/ds. Ned. Lid. 



iii. p. 459, or Atl. Ichth. v. p. 92, pi. 3. fig. 3. 



brachysonia, Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. iv. p. 128. 



Balistes bipes, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 37. 



D. 5 I 22-2o. A. 17-20. 



The height of the body is contained from twice to twice and four- 

 fifths in tbe total length (without caudal), young exanij)l<'s bnving 

 a still deeper body. Snout notprodnccd, witb the upper profile 

 nearly stniight. Dorsal spine of adult examples sliorfei- than tlio 



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