324 CLASSIFICATIOX OF FISHES_, ETC. 



Lactophrys Sw. {fig. 102.) Body triangular, armed with 

 strong 

 spines ; 

 curved 



backwards -___ _ 



i ust before f-^v:-".",> vn-^^^t^- ;^ Vv^? •_.-.T7-r> :^l^ 

 the anal "~"'^4^':->-^iv>-^:Vf;\v;r.>^i:vj^S^ 



fin^ and ge- 

 nerally with two others, resembling horns. 



L. trigonus. Bl. pi. 35. comutus. Bl. 133. 



bicaudalis. lb. 132. quadricornis. lb. 134. 



Rhinesomus Sw. Body triangular, entirely destitute 

 of spines, and often scored or reticulated as in the 

 Balistes. 

 R. triqueter Bloch, pi. 130. concatinatus. lb. pi. 131. 



Platycanthus* Sw. Compressed, subtriangular, , with 

 broad obtuse plates or spines scattered over the body 

 and eyes. 



P. auratus. Shaw, Nat. Miss. pi. 338. 



2. SuEFAM. BALISTIX.E. 



Body compressed, oval-fusiform, covered with a gra- 

 nulated coriaceous skin, which is (typically) reticulated ; 

 muzzle conic, much prolonged, ending in a very small 

 mouth, furnished with a few sharp teeth in each jaw ; 

 pelvis sometimes forming a single ventral fin ; dorsal 

 fins two, armed in front with spines. 



Balistes Linn. Body scored, or divided into diamond- 

 shaped granulated divisions ; the interstices smooth ; 

 dorsal fins two, the first spinous ; tail armed on 

 each side by two or more series of acute prickles. 



Balistes Linn. Spines in the first dorsal fin smooth, 



acute, with three membranaceous rays ; caudal fin 



generally rounded. 



Medinella. Freys. Atl. pi. Lamarouxii, lb. fig. 1 . 



46. 2. (fig. i03.) aculeatus. Bloch, pi. 149. 



* Acarana Gray. 



