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d. Adult. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Bleeker's Collec- 



tion. — Type of T. oxyceplmlns. 



e. Half-grown. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



/. Adult: skin. Port Essington. — In this example, which is 8 



inches long, the dorsal spine has a length of 3| inches. 

 g, h-h. Adult (7 inches) and half-grown. 



3. Triacanthus strigilifer. 



Triacanthus strigilifer, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 363, pi. 9 ; Bleek. Act. Soe. 



Sc. Indo-Neerl. ii. Amboyna, viii. p. 97 ; or Atl. Ichth, v. p. 89, 



Balist. pi, 15. fig. 3. 

 longirostris, Hollard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1854, i. p. 40, pi. 2. fig. 3. 



D. 5 I 22. A. 16. 



The height of the body is a little less than one-third of the total 

 length (without caudal). Snout produced, with the upper profile 

 concave. The first dorsal spine as long as or longer than the 

 head ; the second twice or thrice as long as the third. Scales con- 

 siderably larger than in the other species, in which they nre minute. 

 Spinous dorsal without black spot. 



East- Indian archipelago ; China. 



a. Adult : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. — Type of 



the species. 



b, c. Adult and half-grown. Amboyna. 



d. Half-grown, Philippine Islands. Presented by Prof. Peters. 



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



Second Group. BALISTINA. 

 4, BALISTES*. 



8, Sp., . 

 3, CuV. 



Balistes, Cuv. Bkgne An. 



* 1. Balistes jacksonianus, Qy^y ^ Gaim. Voy. Uran. Poiss. p. 209. — 

 Sydney. 



2. adspersus, Tschudi, Faun. Per. Pise. p. 31. — Huacho. — D. 3 | 24. 



A. 21. 



3. gutturosus, Hollard, Ann. 8c. Nat. 1854, i. p. 63. — Bourbon. 



4. elongatus, Hollard, I. c. p. 69. — Azores. 



5. heteraeanthus, Bleek. {Act. Soo. Sc. Indo-Neerl. vi. New Guinea, 



p. 22 ; Atl. Ichth. Balist. p. 117, pi. 218. fig. 1 ), is established from two 

 young examples, 28 & 31 millims. long ; like other young Balistes. 

 they are rough, and the dorsal spine is armed with strong spinelets , 

 they are probably the young of one of the species known {B. cinerciis). 



a. One of the typical specimens. Doreh. From Dr. Bleeker's Col 

 lection. 



6. t£Eniopteru8, Poey, Mem. Cid). ii. p. 326. — Cuba. — Known from a 



drawing. 



7. nebulosus, Poey, Mem. Cuh. ii. p. 328. — Cuba. 



8. caprinus, Valenc. in Wchh %• Berthd. lies Canar. Poiss. p. 94. 



pi. 16. fig. 3. — Canary Islands. — The insufficient description does not 

 agree with the figure. 



9. lima, Benn. Proc. Comm.,Zool. Sac. i. p. 168. — Mauritiiis. 



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