200 REPORT—1845. 
ORTHAGORISCUS sPINosuS, Cuv. Rég. An. ii. p. 370; Richardson, Ichth. of 
Sulph. Voy. p. 125. pl. 62. f. 10-12. Orth. hispidus, Bl. Schn. p. 511. 
Diodon mola, Pall. Spic. Zool. viii. p. 39. t. 4. f.'7; Keelr. Nov. Com. Petr. 
x. pl. 8. f.3. 
A specimen exists in the British Museum, which was brought from the Chinese seas. » 
Hab. Sea of China. 
OrtHacoriscus oBLoncus, Bl. Schn. p. 511. t.97. Yarr. Br. Fishes, ii. 
p. 534.pl. Tetrodon truncatus, Penn. Br. Zool. iii. p.170. pl.22._ Donov. 
pl. 41. Zetrodon lune, Lacép. i. pl. 22. £.2; Icon. No. 29. Japanese 
fishes, Br. Mus. 
It is possible that several species may be confounded under the appellation of ‘ oblong sun- 
fish,” a point which must be determined by a comparison of specimens from various quarters 
of the ocean. Mr. Yarrell’s figure is not so high as Bloch’s, which, according to Cuvier, was 
drawn from a fish taken at the Cape of Good Hope. Lacépéde’s figure corresponds with this 
in form, but it is variously striped, and is made a distinct species in the ‘ Régne Animal * under 
the name of O. varius. Mr. Yarrell however observes, that the British examples acquired 
beautiful waved stripes after death. The Japanese figure has the form of Bloch’s. 
Hab. The whole Atlantic. Cape of Good Hope. Chinese seas. Japan. 
OsTRACION cornutus, Lin., Bl. 133; Bl. Schn. p. 500; Icon. Reeves (nullo 
numero non Hardw.). 
Hab. Chinese seas. Canton. “India. Barbadoes” (BI. Schn.). 
OsTRACION ACULEATUS, “ Houttuyn, in Haarl. 20 Deel. ii. 346 ;” Bl. Schn. 
p- 500. 
Not having seen a drawing or specimen of this, I do not know how far it differs from the 
preceding species. 
Hab. “ In mari Japonico” (Bl. Schn.). 
OstTRACION HEXAGONUS, “ Thunberg, N.S. A. xi. 101. f.3;” Stock. Trans. 
1790. p-107; Bl. Schn. 502. 
Hab. “ ?fare Japonicum” (Bl. Schn.). 
OsTRACION STELLIFER, Bl. Schn. 499. tab. 97. f.1. Japanese Fishes, fig. 36. 
Hab. Seas of China and Japan. Specimen in the British Museum. 
Fam. BALISTID#. 
BALISTES STELLARIS, Lacépéde (Le Baliste étoilé), i. p.350. pl. 15. f.1 ; 
Bl. Schn. 476. Somdrum yellakah, Russ.23?. Balistes occultator, Hard., 
Teon. ined. B. oculatus, Gray, Hardw. Illust. pl. 90. f. 1. 
Specimens were brought from the Chinese seas by Sir Edward Belcher. Russell’s figure 
shows fewer and proportionally larger spots, and less star-like than those exhibited by the 
specimens. 
Hab. Sea of China (Belcher) and the Indian ocean (Hardw.). 
Sir Edward Belcher’s collection also contains Balistes aureolus (Richardson, Ichth. of Sulph. 
Voy. p. 126. pl. 59. f.1, 2), and B. castaneus (id. pl.59. f. 5, 6), which may possibly be from 
the Chinese sea; but the locality of their capture was not noted. 
BALISTES VETULA, Lin. Chinensia Lagoer. Ameen. Acad. 1754; Bl. 150; 
Less. Voy. de la Coq. pl. 9. f. 2. 
Hab. Sea of China. Indian ocean. Atlantic. Island of Ascension (Osbeck). 
Bauistes niapé, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulph. p. 127.0), G0. te 25 
Teon. Reeves, a.35; Hardw. Cart. 22. Hih pe yang, “ Black-skinned 
yang or ocean-fish” (Reeves, Birch) *. 
Hab. China seas. Canton. 
%* Of this Chinese name, with that of Monacanthus chinensis, the artist writing down from 
sound has used two characters with different meanings for the same idea. 
