200 report— 1845. 



Orthagoriscus spinosus, Cuv. Reg. An. ii. p. 370; Richardson, Ichth. of 

 Sulph. Voy. p. 125. pi. 62. f. 10-12. Orth. hispidus, Bl. Schn. p. 511. 

 Diodon mola, Pall. Spic. Zool. viii. p. 39. t. 4. f. 7 ; Koelr. Nov. Com. Petr. 

 x. pl.8. f.3. 



A specimen exists in the British Museum, which was brought from the Chinese seas. 

 Hab. Sea of China. 



Orthagoriscus oblongus, Bl. Schn. p. 511. t. 97. Yarr. Br. Fishes, ii. 



p. 534.pl. Tetrodon truncatus, Penn. Br. Zool. iii. p. 170. pi. 22. Donov. 



pi. 41. Tetrodon lune, Lacep. i. pi. 22. f. 2; Icon. No. 29. Japanese 



fishes, Br. Mus. 



It is possible that several species may be confounded under the appellation of " oblong sun- 

 fish," a point which must be determined by a comparison of specimens from various quarters 

 of the ocean. Mr. Yarrell's figm-e is not so high as Bloch's, which, according to Cuvier, was 

 drawn from a fish taken at the Cape of Good Hope. Lacepede's figure corresponds with this 

 in form, but it is variously striped, and is made a distinct species in the ' Regne Animal * under 

 the name of 0. varius. Mr. Yarrell however observes, that the British examples acquired 

 beautiful waved stripes after death. The Japanese figure has the form of Bloch's. 



Hab. The whole Atlantic. Cape of Good Hope. Chinese seas. Japan. 



Ostracion cornutus, Lin., Bl. 133 ; Bl. Schn. p. 500 ; Icon. Reeves (nullo 

 numero non Hardw.). 



Hab. Chinese seas. Canton. " India. Barbadoes " (Bl. Schn.). 



Ostracion aculeatus, " Houttuyn, in Haarl. 20 Deel. ii. 346 ;" Bl. Schn. 

 p. 500. 



Not having seen a drawing or specimen of this, I do not know how far it differs from the 

 preceding species. 



Hab. " In mart Japonico " (Bl. Schn.). 



Ostracion hexagonus, " Thunberg, N. S. A. xi. 101. f. 3 ;" Stock. Trans. 

 1790. p. 107; Bl. Schn. 502. 



Hab. " Mare Japonicum " (Bl. Schn.). 



Ostracion stellifer, Bl. Schn. 499. tab. 97. f. 1. Japanese Fishes, fig. 36. 



Hab. Seas of China and Japan. Specimen in the British Museum. 



Fara. Balistid^:. 



Balistes stellaris, Lacepede (Le Baliste etoile),i.$.350. pi. 15. f. 1 ; 

 Bl. Schn. 476. Somdrum yellakah, Russ. 23 ?. Balistes occultator, Hard., 

 Icon. ined. B. oculatus, Gray, Hardw. Illust. pi. 90. f. 1. 



Specimens were brought from the Chinese seas by Sir Edward Belcher. Russell's figure 

 shows fewer and proportionally larger spots, and less star-like than those exhibited by the 

 specimens. 



Hab. Sea of China (Belcher) and the Indian ocean (Hardw.). 



Sir Edward Belcher's collection also contains Balistes aureolus (Richardson, Ichth. of Sulph. 

 Voy. p. 126. pi. 59. f. 1, 2), and B. castaneus (id. pi. 59. f. 5, 6), which may possibly be from 

 the Chinese sea; but the locality of their capture was not noted. 



Balistes vetula, Lin. Chinensia Lagoer. Amcen. Acad. 1754; Bl. 150; 

 Less. Voy. de la Coq. pi. 9. f. 2. 

 Hab. Sea of China. Indian ocean. Atlantic. Island of Ascension (Osbeck). 



Balistes hihpe, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulph. p. 127- pi. 60. f. 2; 

 Icon. Reeves, a. 35 ; Hardw. Cart. 22. Hih pe yang, " Black-skinned 

 yang or ocean-fish" (Reeves, Birch)*. 



Hub. China seas. Canton. 



* Of this Chinese name, with that of Monacanthus chinensis, the artist writing down from 

 sound has used two characters with different meanings for the same idea. 



