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Balistes ayraudi, Quoy & Gaim., Voy. Uranie Poiss., p. 216, pl. 47, f. 2. 
Aluteres velutinus, Jenyns, Voy. Beagle Fishes, p. 157. 
Monacanthus vittatus (Solander), Rich., Voy. Erebus and Terror Fishes, p. 66; Steind., Sitsgsber. Ak. 
Wiss. Wien 1866, liii, p. 476, and 1867, lvi, p. 335. 
—_frauenfeldii, Kner, Voy. Novara Fische, p. 397. 
ayraudi, Giinth., Cat. viii, p. 244; Casteln., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8. Wales iii, p. 397 ; Macleay, 
Aust. Cat. ii, p. 262; Tenison- Woods, Fisheries of N. S. Wales, p. 89, pl. 40. 
Hab.—Australian coasts; Port Jackson, common. The Leather-jacket. Attains the length of 18 
inches. An excellent food-fish, though but little eaten through prejudice against its looks. 
MoNACANTHUS PENICILLIGERUS. 
Cuyv., Reg. Anim.; Holl., Ann. Sc. Nat. 1854, ii, p. 350, pl. 13, f. 2; Giinth., Cat. viii, p. 245 ; Macleay, 
Aust. Cat. ii, p. 263. 
Monacanthus spinosissimus, Quoy & Gaim., Voy. Uranie Poiss., p. 211, pl. 45, ff. 3-8. 
Chetodermis penicilligerus, Bleek., Atl. Ichthyol. v, p. 129, pl. 221, f. 3. 
te daceaeae | Archipelago; north and east coasts of Australia; Port Jackson (Krefft). Length, 
10 inches. 
MonAcaNtHUS TROSSULUS. 
Aleuterius trossulus, Rich., Voy. Erebus and Terror Fishes, p. 68, pl. 40, ff. 5, 6 ; Holl., Ann. Se. Nat. 
1855, iv, p: 6, pl. 1, £ 1. 
Monacanthus trossulus, Giinth., Cat. viii, p. 234; Macleay, Aust. Cat. ii, p. 264. 
Hab.—West Australia; Victoria; Port Jackson, common. Length, 3 inches. 
MonacaNTHUS OCULATUS. 
Giinth., Cat. viii, p. 23%; Macleay, Aust. Cat. 11, p. 265. 
Hab.—South Australia; Port Jackson. Length, 1°50 in. 
MonacantHts MACULICAUDA. 
Monacanthus macrurus, Macleay, Aust. Cat. ii, p. 266. 
Hab.—Port Jackson. Length, 7 inches. The name macrurus is preoccupied by Bleeker for a 
Monacanthus from the Malay Archipelago, and I have therefore substituted a name which has reference to 
the distinctive tail-markings of the species. 
OSTRACIONTINA., 
OstRACION CONCATENATUS. 
Bloch, t. 131; Holl., Ann. Sc. Nat. 1857, vii, p. 155; Giinth., Cat. viii, p. 259; Macleay, Aust. Cat. ii, 
p- 268. 
Ostracion bicuspis, Smith, Ill. Zool. 8. Afr. Pise., pl. 18. 
Hab.—Cape seas ; Chinese seas; Port Jackson, common. Length, 10 inches. 
OsTRACION DIAPHANUS. 
Bloch Schn., p. 501; Holl., Ann, Sc. Nat. 1857, vii, p. 157; Giinth., Cat. viii, p. 264; Macleay, Aust. 
Cat. ii, p. 269. 
Ostracion brevicornis, Schleg., Faun. Japon. Poiss., p. 297, t. 130, f. 3. 
Acanthostracion cornutus, Bleek., Atl. Ichthyol. Ostrac., p. 38, tt. 2, f. 2, and 4, f. 3. 
Hab.—From the Cape seas to Japan and Australia ; Port Jackson. Length, 8°50 in. 
