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still, and whicli are only wMte striated tubercles : they are 
placed, one on each side, towards tbe middle, and three on a line at 
the beginning of the belly ; one is under, and a little behind, the 
root of the pectoral, and the two others near one another and more 
backwards ; the entire carapace is very rough, covered with 
small tubercles, disposed in long quadrilaters, but not radiant ; 
the fins have eleven rays at the dorsal, ten at the caudal, 
nine at the anal, eleven at the pectorals ; the caudal fin is rounded 
at its extremity ; it is long, being equal to the length of the snout 
from its extremity to the lower margin of the eye ; the height 
of the body is contained one and a-half times in its length, to the 
base of the caudal, and the distance from the end of the snout to the 
upper base of the pectoral is contained twice in the total length 
of the body, including the caudal ; the eye is contained two and 
a-half times in the same distance ; on the belly pentagonal shields 
are well marked, they have an internal line and a small tubercle 
in the centre ; on this part (the belly) there is no other rugosities 
or tubercles ; the posterior part is not covered by the carapace, 
and is smooth. 
The upper and lateral parts of the body are of a dark purple, 
covered with numerous white, narrow, longitudinal lines, running 
all round the body : these are sometimes united two together 
or are interrupted ; on the cheeks they number four, having 
between them five purple ones broader than the others ; the 
belly is of a beautiful uniform orange colour; the fins have 
a light yellow tinge, without any spots ; the eye is yellow. 
The teeth are in small numbers, spaced, but rather large and 
conic. I have seen two specimens of this beautiful little sort — 
one caught in the cold and the other in the warm season ; each 
was two inches long. It is evidently nearly allied to Ostracion 
Auritus, that I have received from Swan Eiver, and which has 
exactly the same colours, but appears different ; I thought it might 
be the young of that species, but I have lately received from Tas- 
mania (Hobart Town) , under the name of Oow-Jish, a specimen of 
Auritus, only two inches six-eighths long, in which the arched 
spines are stronger even than those of the adult specimens, six 
inches long; - it is still nearer allied to Ornata (Gray), from 
Adelaide, but it is also distinct from it by its spines, the anterior 
profile of the head falling still more abruptly, &c. 
