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HIPPOCAMPINA. 
4SO SOLENOGNATHUS SPINOSISSIMUS. 
Giinth., Cat. vili, p. 195 ; Macleay, Aust. Cat. ii, p. 237. 
Hab.—Tasmania; Port Jackson (Aust. Mus.) Length 15 inches. 
SoLENOGNATHUS FASCIATUS. 
Giinth., Voy. Challenger Shore Fishes, p. 30, pl. 14, f. B; Macleay, Aust. Cat. App., p. 61. 
Hab.—Twofold Bay, 120 fathoms. Length 12 inches. 
PHYLLOPTERYX FOLTATUS. 
Syngnathus foliatus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. v, p. 456, pl. 180. 
Phyllopteryx foliatus, Kaup, Lophobr., p. 21; Giinth., Proe. Zool. Soe. 1865, p. 327, pl. 14, and Cat- 
viii, p. 196; M‘Coy, Prodr. Zool. Vict. dec. vii, pl. 65, f. 1; Macleay, Aust. Cat. li, p. 237. 
Hab.—Tasmania; South coast of Australia; Port Jackson. Length up to 14 inches. 
HippocaMPuUS NOVEH-HOLEANDI®. 
Steind., Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien 1866, liii, p. 474, t. 1, f. 2; Giinth., Cat. viii, p. 201; Macleay, Aust. 
Cat. ii, p. 241. 
Hab.—South coast of Australia; Port Jackson, common. Long-snouted Sea-horse. Length up 
to 4°50 inches. 
HiprpocaAMPUS BREVICEPS. 
Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin 1869, p. 710; Giinth., Cat. viii, p. 200; Macleay, Aust. Cat. ii, 
p. 241. 
Hab-——Tasmania; South coast of Australia; Port Jackson. Short-snouted Sea-horse. Length up 
to 3 inches. 
PLECTOGNATHI. 
SCLERODERMI. 
BALISTINA. : 
BaLisTES MACULATUS. 
Linn. Gmel. i, p. 1468; Bloch, t. 151; Bleek, Atl. Ichthyol. v, p. 122, t. 218,f. 4; Kner, Voy. Novara 
Fische, p. 401; Giinth., Cat. viii, p. 213; Day, Fishes of India, p. 687, pl. 176, f. 3, & Brit. 
Fishes ii, p. 268, pl. 146. 
Balistes oculatus, Gray & Hardw., Ill. Ind. Zool. ; Bleek., Atl. Ichthyol. v, p. 121, t. 218, f, 2. 
Hab.—Tropical and sub-tropical regions of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, extending into the 
Pacific ; Sydney, (Kner). Spotted Filefish. Grows to the length of 16 inches. 
BAistEs VIDUA. 
Rich., Voy. Sulphur Fishes, p. 128, pl. 59, ff. 9, 10; Giinth., Cat. viii, p. 216. 
Melichthys vidua, Bleek., Atl. Ichthyol. v, p. 109, t. 217, f. 2. 
Hab.—tIndian Archipelago and Pacific; Port Jackson (Aust. Mus.) Mr. Ramsay thinks that 
there are grave doubts as to the authenticity of the locality assigned to this specimen, as it is said to have 
been presented by Mr. J. Macgillivray, all of whose fishes came from the South Sea Islands. 
Quoy & Gaimard (Voy. Uranie Poiss., p. 209) describe a Balistes jacksonianus from Sydney, but the species has not 
been recognized since; nevertheless Count Castelnau includes it in his catalogue of Port Jackson fishes without any comment 
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(Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8. Wales iii, p. 356). 
