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to the synon-Ymy of Pseudobatrachus dubius in McCulloch’s Check-List (Austr. Mus. 
Mem. V, 1929, p. 3o8). Another species, P. dahli Hendahl (Medd. Zool. Mus. 
Ki’istiania v, 1922, pp. 164 & 195), from Roebuck Bay, north-western Australia, was 
omitted from the Australian Check-List through inadvertence. 
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Family BALISTIDAE. 
Genus BALISTOIDES Fraser-Brunner, 1935. 
Balistoides Fraser-Brunner, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) xv, June 1, 1935, p. 662. 
Orthotype, Balistes viridescens Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 1801, p. 477, 
from Mauritius. 
The strikingly handsome Balistes conspicillum enters the Balistoides section of 
Fraser-Brunner’s key, but differs from the genotype in coloration and probably deserves 
subgeneric separation. Lac^pede referred to this sjjecies under the vernacular name 
“ Le Bahste Americain (Hist. Nat. Poiss. i, 1798, p. 375, pi. xvi, fig. 2) but whilst 
his iVIanritius specimen was B. conspicillum, his American record was erroneous, and 
should not be confused with Batistes americanus Gmelin (Syst. Nat. Linne, ed, 13, i, 
1789, p. 1473), a different species. Some authors call Balistes conspicillum by the 
specific name niger, but that is not valid for this particular sj^ecies. 
BALISTOIDES CONSPICILLUM (Ifioch and Schneider). 
(Plate XIII.) 
Balistes niger Bonnaterre, Tabl. Encycl. Meth., Ichth., 1788, p. 19, pi. Ixxxv, fig. 352. 
Mauritius. Not Balistes nigra Osbeck, Voy. China and Bast Indies ii, 1771, p. 92 and preoccupied 
by Balistes niger Bloch, Ichtyologie, 1787, p. 24, pi. clii, fig. 2. Not Balistes niger Mungo Park, 
Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. iii, 1797, p. 37. 
Balistes conspicillum Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 1801, p. 474. Habitat mare Indicum 
et Americanum (not American references), and of most later authors. 
Balistes bicolor Shaw, Gen. Zool. (Pise.) v, 2, 1804, p. 407, pi. clxviii. Indian Seas (Leveriaft 
Museum). 
Rhinecanthus conspicillum Swaiuson, Nat. Hist. Class. Fish Amphib. Kept, ii, July, 1839, 
p. 325. 
Balistes {Balistapus) conspicillum Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. v, 1869, p. 116, pi. ccxxi, fig. 2 
(references and synonyms). 
Balistes niger of many modern authors, ex Bonnaterre or Mungo Park, preoccupied and 
thus invalid. 
A fine example (Qld. Mus. regd. No. I. 5243) measuring about 273 mm. overall, 
from Flat Rock, Moreton Bay, presented by Mr. B. Tucker. There is another specimen 
in the Queensland Museum from Point Lookout, South Queensland. 
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