50 



347. Monocantkus pardalis, RUpp. 



Fig. Cat. of Plectognathoid Fish in Brit. Mus. p. 24. 

 Hab. Indian Seas. 



Genus ALEUTERES, Cuv. 



348. Aleuteres Icevis, Bloch ; Batistes Icevis, Rich. 



Fig. Bloch, 414. Richardson, Voy. of the Sulph. p. 131. pi. 61. f. 3. 

 Hab. China Seas. 



349. Aleuteres cuspicauda. 



Fig. Cat. of Plectognathoid Fish in Brit. Mus. 

 Hab. China Seas. 



Genus OSTRACION, Linn. 



350. Ostracion quadricornis, Linn. 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 888. Bl. and Schn. t. ii. p. 113. tab. 134. 

 Hab. China Seas. 



Order VII. LOPHOBRANCHII. 



Endoskeleton partially ossified ; exoskeleton ganoid ; gills tufted ; opercular 

 aperture small ; swim-bladder without air-duct. 



Genus PEGASUS, Linn. 



351. Pegasus natans, Linn. 



Fig. Cat. of Lophobranchiate Fish in Brit. Mus. p. 4. tab. 1. fig. 3, 1856. 



Richardson, Voy. of Sulphur, tab. 50. fig. 5. 

 Hab. Indian Seas. 



352. Pegasus natans, Linn. 



Two young specimens, both from the China Seas. 



Presented by Capt. Sir E. Home, Bart., R.N. 



Genus HIPPOCAMPUS, Cuv. 



353. The Short-nosed Hippocampus (Hippocampus brevirostris, Cuv.). 



Fig. Cuv. Regne An. t. ii. p. 263. Yarrell's Hist, of Brit. Fishes, vol. ii. 



2nd edit. p. 452. 

 Hab. South coast of Britain. 



