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STRIPED TRUNK-FiSH. 



Ostracion Striatus. 0. cceruleo fiamque UnedtuSy spina utrinque 

 supraocular'ij duabus utrinque dorsalibus ventralibusque, unica 

 laterali. 



Trunk- Fish with yellow and blue stripes, and spine over each 

 eye J two on each side the back and abdomen, and one on 

 each side the body. 



Size and habit of the preceding fish : colour a 

 beautiful variation of bright blue and yeJlow, in 

 the form of lines disposed in different directions, 

 but principally in a longitudinal one, over the 

 whole fish : above each eye a strong spine as in 

 the former : on the ridge of the back two pair, dis- 

 posed as in that species ; and on each side the ab- 

 domen three, the middle of which is higher than 

 the rest : fins and tail pale blue, the dorsal and 

 anal fin blue and yellow at the base, and the tail 

 (which is slightly lunated), edged with yellow; all 

 the spines are of a blue colour. Whether this fish 

 be a sexual difference of the preceding, or a distinct 

 species, may perhaps be doubted. It may also be 

 added that the Eared Trunk-Fish may in reality be 

 no other than the present animal, changed entirely 

 in colour from having been long preserved in spirits 

 of wine. Described from a drawing by Captain 

 G. Tobin, by whom it v/as observed about the 

 coasts of Adventure Bay in Van Dieman's Land, 



