118 CA.TALOGUE OF BRITISH FISH. 



2. Orthragoriscus oblongus. Oblong Sun-Fish. 



Orthragoriscus oblongus, Block, Schneid. Syst. Ichth. 511. 

 Orthagoriscus oblongus, Jen. Man. 491. Yarr. Brit. Fish. 2 ed. ii. 



469. {Fig. copied from Donovan). 

 Orthasforiscus truncatus, Flem. Brit. An. 175. Jen. Cat. of Brit. 



Vert. An. 31, sp. 181. 

 Orthragus oblongus, Rafin. Indice. 

 Tetrodon truncatus, Gmel. Linn. i. 1448, pt. 3, Don. Brit. Fish. ii. 



pi. 41. 

 Cephalus oblongus, Shan\ Gen. Zool. v. 439, pt. 2, pi. 176. Turt. 



Brit. Faun. 116. Swains. Lardn. Ci/cl. Fish. ii. 330. 

 Gastrophysus oblongus, Midi. Wiegm. Arch. 1843, 330. 

 Ranzania oblonga, Nardo, Bonap. 



Sun-Fish from Mount's Bay, Borl. Cornw. 268, pi. 26, f. 7. 

 Oblong Diodon, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 113, pi. 19. 

 Oblong Tetrodon, Penn. Brit. Zool. (ed. 1812) iii. 170, pi. 22. 

 Truncated Sun-Fish, Donovan. 



Hab. — Coast (occasional visitor). 



Fam. IT. BALISTIDiE. 



Sclerodermas, p., Cuv. R. A. ii. 371, 1829. 

 Scleroderma, p., Latr. Fam. R. vl. 115. 

 Chismopnes, p., Dum. Zool. Anal. 105, 1806. 

 Sclerodermi, -p., Jen. Man. 325. Bonap. Specchio Gen. 10. 

 Balislidae, Gray, Syn. Brit. Mus. 1842, 150. Swains. Lardn. Cycl. 



Fish. ii. 193. 

 Balistidae, Balistini, Bonap. Pesc. Eur. 

 Balistini, Mull. Wiegm. Arch. 1845, 137. 



1. BALISTES. 



Balistes, L. 



Capriscus, Rafin. Swains. Lardn. Cycl. Fish. 



1. Balistes Capeiscus. Mediterranean File-Fish. B. M. 



Balistes Capriscus, Gmel. Linn. i. 1471, pt. 3. Cuv. R. A. ii. 372. 



Jen. Man. 492. Yarr. Brit. Fish. 2 ed. ii. 472. 

 Capriscus, Will. Hist. Pise. 152, t. I., 19. 



