FAMILY OSTRACIONID^ — LACTOPHRYS. 343 



For tlie above description, I am indebted to Dr. Slorer. It will undoubtedly be found in our 

 waters. 



Tiie Oslracion scx-cunnitus, or Si.r-hurncd Trunk-Jish, which appears in Dr. Mitchill's 

 Supplement to his Memoir on the Fishes of New- York, was brought from the Gulf of Mexico. 

 It belongs to this genus. 



The Shagreened Ostracion, noticed by Pennant as occurring off the coast of New-England, 

 is not sufficiently described to enable us to indicate with any certainty the species. 



