42g 



EARED TRUNK-FISH. 



Ostracion Auritus. O. fuscus, spina utrinque supraocufari^ 

 duabus utrinque dorsalibus, duabus ventralibus, unica laterali. 



Brown Trunk-Fish, with a spine over each eye, two on each 

 side the back and abdomen, and one on each side the body. 



Ostracion auritus. Nat, Misc. t. 338. 



Habit thick, broad, and short, with the back 

 very convex : shape sHghtly subtriangular : above 

 each eye a very strong, thick, sharp-pointed spine, 

 curving backwards, so as to give the resemblance 

 of a pair of ears : on each side the middle of the 

 ridge of the back two others of similar appearance: 

 on each side the abdomen two more, and on each 

 side the middle of the body a single spine, shorter 

 than the rest : colour of the whole animal deep 

 brown, except the spines and fins, which are pale: 

 length of the specimen described about four inches 

 and a half : pectoral fins somewhat lanceolate : tail 

 nearly even, but with a slight approach towards a 

 lunated shape. Native of the Indian seas: observed 

 during the voyages of Captain Cook, and preserved 

 in the British Museum. 



