4. BALISXES. 217 



Balistes vidua, Richards. Voy. Sulph. Fish. p. 128, pi. 59. figs. 9, 10; 



Blcek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. iii. p. 5G5 ; Hollard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1854, 



i. p. 319. 

 Melichthys vidua, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. v. p. 109, pi. 217. fig. 2. 



D. 3 I 34. A. 30. L. lat. GO. 



Tail without spines or tubercles. About thiity-two scales in a 

 transverse series running from the origin of the soft dorsal fin to 

 the vent. A patch of enlarged scales behind the gill-opening. 

 Dorsal and anal fins rather elevated ; caudal truncated. Dark- 

 brown, end of the tail and caudal whitish ; dorsal and anal fius with 

 black margins. 



Indian archipelago and Pacific. 



a. Adult: Meached. Otaheiti. Old Collection. Probably from Cook's 



voyage, and type of the species. 

 6, c. Adult. China, Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

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



7. Balistes capriscus. 

 Seha, iii. 24. 16. 



Capriscus, Salv. fol. 206 B ; Willughh/, p. 152, tab. J. 19. 

 IJalistes, sp., Gronov. Zoophyl. no. 187. 

 Balistes capriscus, Gm. L. i. p. 1471 ; Bl. Schn. p. 476 ; Lac6p. i. 



p. 372, pi. 13. fig. 3 ; Jenyns, Man. p. 492 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish. 2nd 



edit. ii. p. 472, and 3rd edit. ii. p. 422 ; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 51 ; 



Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 30 ; Hollard, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1854, i. 



p. 309; Coda, Faun. Regn. Napol. Pesce, tab. 61, 62. 



lunulatus, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 175. 



File-fish, Shaio, Zool. v. pt. 2. p. 411, pi. 168* ; Couch, Hist. Brit. 



JYsA. iv. p. 369, pi. 243. 

 Balistes carolinensis, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 29. 

 fuhginosus, Dekay, Neio York Fauna, Fish. p. 339, pi. 57. fig. 



188. 

 castaneus, Richai'ds. Voy. Sulph. Fish. p. 126, pi. 59. figs. 6,6. 



D. 3 I 28. A. 24-25. L. lat. 62. 



Tail without spines or tubercles, but with a rudimentary lateral 

 line. About thirty-two scales in a transverse series running from 

 the origin of the dorsal fin to the vent. A patch of enlarged scales 

 behind the giU-opening. Anterior parts of the dorsal and anal fins 

 rather elevated ; caudal lobes produced in old examples. Ventral 

 spine moveable. Dried examples uniform brownish ; a young ex- 

 ample with numerous small dark-brown spots. 



Mediterranean ; occasionally on the British coast ; Pacific. 



a. Adult : stuffed (14 inches long, without caudal filaments). Corn- 

 wall. Presented by J. Couch, Esq. 



b-c. Half-grown : skins. Great Britain ? 



d. Half -grown : stuffed. From the Collection of the Zoological So- 

 ciety. 



e,f-g. Half-grown. Mediterranean. Purchased. 



h. Half-grown. Madeira. Presented by J. Y. Johnson, Esq. 



