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KLEINIAN FILE-FISH, 



Balistes Kleinii. B. oblongiusculns, maxilUsporrectis, radio dorsali 

 primo utrinque scabro, ventrali nulla. Lin, Syst. Nat. Gmel. 



Somewhat oblong File-Fish, with extended jaws, first ray of 

 first dorsal fin rough on both sides, and ventral fin wanting. 



Capriscus capite triangulato^ &c. Klein, misc. pise. 3. p. 25. 



Colour whitish : body compressed : mouth small 

 and bearded : teeth strong : in the second dorsal 

 and anal fm more than forty-five rays: tail rounded. 

 Native of the Indian seas. 



CURASSAO FILE-FISH. 



, Balistes Curassavicus. B. radio dorsali anterius scabro, ventrali 

 kumili refuso, cauda truncata, r astro obtusa. Lin. Gmel, 

 Granov. zoopk, ig6. 

 File-Fish with the first dorsal ray rough in fi'ont^ the ventral 

 low and blunt, the tail truncated, and the snout obtuse. 



Allied to jB. Capriscus. Length of the speci- 

 men described three inches : colour yellow, with 

 a black speck in each of the scales or divisions: 

 back brown : tail even. Native of the seas about 

 the Curassao islands. 



