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SINGLE-SPOTTED FILE-FISH. 



Balistes Unimaciilatus. jB. viridis, macula utrinque magna 



jiigra, abdomine albo. 

 Green File-Fish, with a large black spot on each side, and 



white abdomen. 

 Le Baliste Pralin. Cepede. 



Size of a Perch : colour deep green above, white 

 beneath : on each side the body a very large black 

 spot : from the snout to the base of the pectoral 

 fins on each side a purple stripe : and from the base 

 of the pectoral fins to the eye five stripes, of v^^hich 

 the middle and two exterior are blueish, and the 

 two others reddish : pectoral fins red : edges of the 

 tail yellow : head large, measuring nearly a third 

 of the whole fish : lips somewhat extensile : first or 

 small dorsal fin three-rayed : native of the Indian 

 seas : observed by Sonnerat : said to be esteemed 

 as a food, and to frequent rocky places. 



cinereous file-fish. 



Balistes Cinereus. B. cinereus, fascia utrinque thoracica nigra j 



tribusque hmatis coeruleis prope caudam. 

 Cinereous File-Fish, marked on each side by a black thoracic 



band, and by three lunated blue bands near the tail. 

 Le Baliste cendre. Cepede. 



Size large : habit similar to that of B. Mono- 

 Ceros : small dorsal fin consisting of three rays ; 

 the first strong and rough : dorsal and anal fin op- 



