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fin, its spine weak and longer than the head, not serrated. Candal deeply forked, lower 
lobe somewhat the longer. Lateral-line — strongly marked in its first four scales. 
Co Zo^^rs— olive, superiorly becoming silvery on the sides and belo w : a brassy tinge along 
the lateral-line and over the cheeks and gill-covers. Fins amber : dorsal and candal with 
a narrow black edge. 
Hahitat. — Colonel Tickell procured it at Moulmein, where he found it to be common. 
His figure is 5i inches long. 
Page 652. Family CiiiEOCENTEiDiE. After “ intestinal canal short,” add “ and furnished with spiral folds.” 
Page 679. Add Stngnathus conspicillatus. 
Syngnatlius fasciahis, Gray, Ind. Zool. c. fig. (not Risso). 
,, conspicillatus^ Jenyns, Voy. Beagle, Fish. p. 147, pi. xxvii, f. 4 ; Gunther, 
Catal. viii, p. 174. 
Syngnatlius hcematopterus, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. ii, p. 258. 
CorythoichtJiys fasciatus, Kaup, Lophob. p. 25 ; Kner, Novara Fisch. p. 391. 
D. 29-32, P. 14, A. 3, 0. 10, osseous rings 16-17 + 34-37. 
Length of head about 10^ in the total length : tail portion more than twice as long as 
that of the body. Snout slender. The upper profile of the head rises abruptly above the 
eyes. Opercle crossed by a ridge : a median ridge on the occiput and nucbal shields : a 
supraorbital ridge which is continued along each side of the crown. Body slightly deeper 
than broad, ridges well developed : egg pouch not quite half so long as the tail. Fins— 
the dorsal commences on the anal or first caudal ring. Colours — trunk grayish-brown, 
with deep brown interrupted transverse bands, and sometimes large white intermediate 
spots. Fine brown lines on the head, and a band below the eye over the lower side of the 
opercle. Dorsal fin a little spotted. 
Habitat. — From the east coast of Africa to the Pacific Ocean. The Colombo Museum 
possesses five specimens procured from Jafiha in the northern portion of Ceylon (Haly, 
Taprohanian i, 1886, p. 165). 
Page 692. Add Balisies buniva. 
Batistes niger, Osbeck, Voy. China, ii, p. 93 (not Linn.) ; Bl. taf. 152, f. 2 ; Bl. Schn. p. 472 ; 
Lacep. i, p. 370, pi. xviii, f. 1 ; Richards. Voy. Samarang Fishes, p. 21, pi. vi, fig. 1-4, 
and Icb. China, p. 201 ; Gunther, Fish Zanzibar, p. 135, pi. xix, f. 1. 
Batistes bimiva, Lacep. v, p. 669, ^fi- f- 1 j Gunther, Catal. viii, p. 227. 
,, pictus, Poey, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1863, p. 180. 
Meliclithys ringens, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. v, p. 108, Balistes, pi. ccxx, f. 2. 
B. vi, D. 2-3/31-33, P. 15, A. 28-30, L. 1, 53 (65 Bleeker). 
Length of head 4, of caudal fin 8, height of body nearly half of the total length. 
Byes— 5 diameters in the length of the head, and 3|- from the end of the snout : a 
groove before the eye. Teeth — white, even, and incisor-like. Fins — first spine of 
dorsal fin very strong : caudal posteriorly with an S -shaped outline, in old specimens the 
lobes are slightly produced. Scales — enlarged osseous plates behind the gill-opening. 
Seven or eight raised and spiny lines on the side of the tail. Colours — ^black with a 
raised white line along the bases of both the second dorsal and anal fins. 
Habitat. — Tropical parts of Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. It has been captured 
in Zanzibar (Playfair) and Ceylon (Haly), where it appears to be common. 
Page 693. Add Monacanthus tormentosus. 
Balistes tormentostis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 405 ; Gronov. ed. Gray, p. 34 ; La Ce23ede, i, 
pp. 333, 359. 
Monacantlius tormentosus, Cuv. Regne Anim ; Bleeker, Atl. Ich. v, j). 127, Balistes pi. vi, 
fig. i, male, and pi. xvi, fig. i, female : Gunther, Catal. viii, p. 238. 
,, liajain, Bleeker, 1. c. p. 126, Balistes, pi. i, fig. 1, female, and pi. xvi, fig. 1, 3, male. 
„ trichurus, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. iv, p. 125. 
,, lielleri, Steind. Sitz. Ah, Wiss Wien. 1867, Iv, p. 712, t. iii, f. 3. 
B. vi, D-1/26-29, P. 11, A. 25-27, C. 10. 
Length of head 4, of caudal fin 5|-, height of body 2|- in the total length. Byes — 
situated high up in the posterior half of the head over the gill-opening and 2 diameters 
from the end of the snout. Body somewhat elevated, profile from snout to first dorsal 
