18+ 



Records of the S.A. MusSsum 



iSi/inplerichthijs r(rr)irosiis Mc(/ull. (!c Waitf. Urv. S. Aiist. ^ilns.. i. IfllS, p. 7(i. 

 pi. vii, fig. 3. 



Order PLECTOGNATHI. 



Division S C L E R O D E R M 1 . 

 Family MONACANTHIDAE. 



CANTHERINES Swainson, 1839 (nasutiis). 



CANTHERINES GRANULATUS Shaw (Rou-h Lc-atlier-jaclu't). 



Balistes (jnimiUiin Shaw, in White's \\)\. X.S.W., 17i)0, ]>. 2i)."), pi. xxxi.K, fi<r. 2. 

 Monacanthus <jranul<iti(s Rich., Zool. Ercl). (Isc Tot., 18l(i. p. 63, jil. xl, fig. 1, 2. 

 Mo7iacanthus yrtmuJosiis Cruiith., Cat. Fi.sh. Bi-it. Miis., viii, 1<S7(), p. 243. 

 Monacanthus peridifer Cast., P.Z.S.. \'irt., i, 1(S72, p. 24."). 

 Monacanthus rnargaritifcr and M. hruinieiis Cast., op. cit., ii, 1873, ]i. 80, 14."). 

 Monacanthus ubscurus Cast., Res. Fish. Aust.. 187.1, p. .'')1. 

 Monacanthus saiicii-joaHui Cast., P.L.S., X.S.AV., ii. 1878, ]). 246. 

 Pseudonwiuiranthus f/rduuhifns Waitc. IMem. X.S.W. Nat. Chil), ii, 1004, p. 56. 



Fifir. oU.j. Cantlurincs (/ruiiulatiiv. 



The Leather-jackets are exeelleiit food, but ie(inire to l)e skinned before 

 cooking. As their appearance is prejudicial they are oi'ten skinned before being 

 expo.sed for sale. 



