74 Fishes of the South Pacifii . 



Balistes capistratus Shaw. 



Three specimens, Nos. 2124-2127* B. M.. from Nukuhiva, 

 Marquesas Ids. 



Balistapus undulatus (Mungo Park . 



One specimen, Xo. 14S0 B. M., was taken inside the reef at 

 Papeete, Tahiti. 



Tliree specimens, Nos. 965, 964 and 1050 B. M., from Fate,. 

 New I [ebrides. 



Two specimens, Xos. 1141' and 1164 B.M., from Shortland 

 Id., Solomons. 



Two specimens, Nos. 1588 and 1589 B. M., from Raiatea, 

 Society Ids. 



Balistapus aculeatus I Linnaeus). 



One specimen, No. 1336 B. M., from Tahiti. Length 4.75 in. 



One specimen, No. 1987 B. M., from Rarotonga, Cook Ids. 



Six specimens, Nos. 846, 889, 890*-892, and 936* B. M., 

 from Fate, New Hebrides. 



Two specimens, Nos. 1586 and 1587 B. M., from Raiatea, 

 Society Ids. 



Two specimens, Nos. 2127* and 2128 B. M., from Nukuhiva, 

 Marquesas Ids. 



Balistapus verrucosus (Linnaeus). 



Two specimens, Nos. 1239 and 12 16 B. M., from Shortland 

 Id., Solomons. 



Balistapus rectangulus (Bloch). 



Two specimens, Nos. 876 and 882 B. M., from Fate, New 

 Hebrides. 



One specimen, No. 2229* B. M., from Nukuhiva, Marquesas 

 Ids. 



Family MONACANTHID^. 



Monacanthus fatensis Seale, new species. 



Depth 1.75; head 3.25; eye 4 in head; 3.75 in the first dorsal 

 spine; interorbital very convex, 3 in head; snout 1.10 in head; 

 D. 1, 34; A. 31. 



Body compressed, without scales, velvety to the touch; upper 

 profile of the snout concave; a single dorsal spine without barbs 

 and scarcely roughened, its length 1.20 in head; the origin of the 

 first dorsal spine is anterior of eye; snout somewhat produced, 

 equal to length of the first dorsal spine; four rather long cutting 

 teeth in lower jaw, six in the upper; base of soft dorsal 2.60 in 

 length of fish without caudal: distance between anterior base of 



