214 SCLERODERMI. 



i3alistes maculatus, Gm. L. i. p. 1468 ;'i?/. ii. p. 25, tab. 151; Bl. 



Sch)i. p. 464 ; Lac^p. i. p. 361 ; Hollunl, Ami. Sc. Nat. i. 1854, 



p. 158. 

 sufflamen, Mitch. Lit. ^ Phil. Trans. N. Yot-k, i. p. 467, pi. 6. 



fig. 2. 



oculatus, Gray, III. Incl. Zool. 



willughbeii, Beuu. Proc. C'omm. Zool. Sec. i. p. 168 ; and in 



Beechetfs Voy. Zool. p. 68, pi. 21. fig. 2. 

 ? Balistes angulosus, Qiwy Sf Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. p. 210 ; Jlollard, 



I. c. p. 57. 

 Balistes azureus, Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 121, pi. 10. fig. 2. 

 ? Balistes rotimdatus, Proce, Bull. Soc. Philoin. 1822, p. 130. 

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



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



seuticosus, Richards. Voy. Saitiar. Fish. p. 23, pi. 9. figs. 5-8 ; 



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



longissimus, Jlollard, Ann. Sc. Nat. i. p. 00, pi. 3. fig. 3. 



brevissimus, Jlollard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1854, i. p. 50, pi. 3. fig. 1. 



(Cantliiderniis) oculatus, Bleck. Atl. Ichth. Balist. p. 121, pi. 4. 



fig. 2. 

 (Canthidermis) maculatus, Bleek. I. c. p. 122, fig. 4; Kner, 



Novara, Fisch. p. 401. 



sobaco, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 324. 



macrops, Poey, /. c. p. 320. 



D. 3 I 26. A. 24. L. lat. 55-56. 



Tail without spines or tubercles ; but the scales are very conspi- 

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

 which is prominent in young examples, but disappears more or less 

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

 series running from the origin of the dorsal fi.n 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 subtruncate. 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, 

 ajad 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 Indian Oceans, 

 extending into the Pacific. Occasionally on the British coast. 



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



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



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



d. Half-grown : skin. West Indies. 



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

 f-fj. Young. Cape of Good Hopg. 



h. Young. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



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



p-(j. Young. Borneo. 



r. Young: stuffed. Sandelwood Island. Presented by F. M. Kay nor, 



Esq. Entirely black. 

 s-t. Young : skins. India. Presented by T. E. J. Boilcau, Esq. 



