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Genus PTEROIS, Cuv. 



171. Pterois antennata, Cuv. ; Scorptena antennata, Bloch. 



Kg. Bloch, Hist. Nat. des Poissons, vol. iii. pi. 185. Cuv. et Val. vol. iv. 



p. 265. 

 Hob. Sumatra. 



172. Pterois antennata. 



Fig. Cuv. et Val. vol. iv. p. 265. 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



173. Pterois zebra. 



Fig. Cuv. et Val. vol. iv. p. 269. 

 Hab. Mauritius. 



174. Gini-matra or Great Fire of the Malays (Pterois volitans, Cuv. ; 



Scorpcena volitans, Bloch; Gasterosteus volitans, Linn.). 

 Fig. Bennett, Fishes of Ceylon, fasc. i. no. 1. Cuv. et Val. vol. iv. p. 258. 

 Hab. Java. 



Notwithstanding the nomen triviale imposed on this species by Linnaeus, 

 there is no certain testimony that this fish ever raises itself above the 

 water and supports itself in the air for any distance. The faculty is, 

 indeed, denied it by Mr. Bennett, both on the authority of the native 

 fishers of Ceylon, and inferred from the deep notches or interspaces in 

 the pectoral fins. 



Genus APISTES, Cuv. et Val. 



175. Apistes marmoratus, Cuv. et Val. 



Fig. Cuv. et Val. vol. iv. p. 306. 

 Hab. King George's Sound. 



176. Apistes marmoratus. 



A smaller and better marked specimen. 



Genus PELOR, Cuv. 



177. Pelor tigrinum, Richardson. 



Fig. Richardson, Report on the Ichthyology of China and Japan, Report 



of the British Association for 1845. 



Hab. The China Seas. Presented by O. Tradescant Lay, Esq. 



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