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363k. C. castlenavi. Monacanthus peronii Castlenau P.L.S. N.S.W. iii., 

 1879, p. 398 (not M. peronii Hollard). M. castlenaui Macleay, P.L.S. 

 N.S.W. vi., 1881, p. 31t> — substitute name. 



The few characters given in Castlenau's paper are insufficient for the re- 

 cognition of this species. It is doubtless synonymous with one of the preceding 

 species. 



(C. plat if rons Hollard, has been incorrectly included in New South Wales 

 lists on the authority of Gunther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish, viii., 1870, p. 229, who 

 erroneously gave New South Wales as the locality of the holotype instead of 

 King George's Sound. 



C. convexirostris Gunther was included without comment in a mere list of 

 New South Wales fishes by Castlenau, but it has not since been recognised from 

 these waters ) . 



364. Osbeckia Jordan & Evcrmann, Kept. U.S. Fish. Conun. 1895 (1896), p. 

 424 (scripta). 



364a. 0. maculicauda. Monacanthus maculicauda Ogilby, Cat. Fish. N.S. 



Wales. 1886, p. 64. 

 A very rare species. Length 7 inches. 



365. Brachaluteres Bleeker, Nat. Tijd. Dierk. iii., 1866, p. 13 (trossulus). 

 365a. B. trossulus. Pigmy Lkather-jacket. Aleuterius trossulus Rich- 

 ardson, Ichth. Erebus & Terror, 1846, p. 68, pi. 40, 5-6, (PI. xlii.). 



Very common on weedy flats and around wharf-piles and jetties. Length 

 3* inches. 



CLIX. Family Ostraciidae. 



A. Carapace closed behind the anal fin. 



B. Carapace with four or five angles. Ostracion (366). 



BB. Carapace with three angles. Lactophrys (367). 



AA. Carapace not closed behind the anal fin. Anoplocapros (368). 



366. Ostracion Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th ed., 1758, p. 330 (cubicus). 



A. Large spines on middle of back and supralateral ridges; supraorbital spines 



shorter than eye; caudal rays with several branches, diaphanum (366a). 



AA. Median dorsal and supralateral spines small or wanting; supraorbital spines 



longer than eye; caudal rays mostly bifurcate. cornutus (366b). 



366a. O. diaphanus. Box-fish. Ostracion diaphanus Bloch & Schneider, 

 Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 501. O. cornutus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. v., 1865, 

 p. 33, pi. 204, 3 (not O. cornutus Linne). 

 A tropical species which is sometimes stranded on our ocean beaches. Length 

 9 inches. 



366b. O. cornutus. Cow-fish. Id. Linne, Syst. Nat. 10th. ed., 1758, p. 



331. O. arcus Bleeker, Atlas. Ichth. v., 1865, p. 35, pi. 202, 3 (PI. 



xliii.). 

 Another tropical species, occasionally wandering southward to Port Jackson. 

 Length 15 inches. 



367. Lactophrys Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fish. Amph. Rept. ii., 1839, p. 324 



(trigonus) . 

 367a. L. stellifer. Turret-fish. Ostracion stellifer Block & Schneider, 

 Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 499, pi. 98. Lactophrys tritropis Snyder, Froc. U.S. 

 'Nat. Mus. xlii., 1912, p. 424, pi. 54, 1 (PI. xliii.). 

 A widely distributed speeies, often stranded on our ocean beaches. Length 

 6 inches. 



