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CATALOGUE OF BRITISH FISH. 
2. Okthragoriscus oblongus. Oblong Sun-Fish. 
Orthragoriscus oblongus, Bloch , Schneid. Syst. Ichth. 51 1. 
Orthagoriscus oblongus, Jen. Man. 491. Yarr. Brit. Fish. 2 ed. ii. 
469. (Fig. copied from Donovan). 
Orthagoriscus truncatus, Flem. Brit . An. 175. Jen. Cat. of Brit. 
Vert. An. 31, sp. 181. 
Orthragus oblongus, Rafin. Indice. 
Tetrodon truncatus, Gmel. Linn. i. 1448, pt. 3, Don. Brit. Fish. ii. 
pi. 41. 
Cephalus oblongus, Shaw , Gen. Zool. v. 439, pt. 2, pi. 176. Turt. 
Brit. Faun. 116. Swains. Lardn. Cycl. Fish. ii. 330. 
Gastrophysus oblongus, Midi. Wiegm. Arch . 1843, 330. 
Ranzania oblonga, Nardo . Bonap. 
Sun-Fish from Mount’s Bay, Borl. Cornw. 268, pi. 26, f. 7. 
Oblong Diodon, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 113, pi. 19. 
Oblong Tetrodon, Penn. Brit. Zool. (ed. 1812) iii. 170, pi. 22. 
Truncated Sun-Fish, Donovan. 
Hab. — Coast (occasional visitor). 
Fam. II. BALISTID2E. 
Sclerodermes, p., Cuv. R. A. ii. 371, 1829. 
Scleroderma, p., Latr. Fam. R. A. 115. 
Chismopnes, p., Dum. Zool. Anal. 105, 1806. 
Sclerodermi, p., Jen. Man. 325. Bonap. Specchio Gen. 10. 
Balistidae, Gray , Syn. Brit. Mus. 1842, 150. Swains. Lardn. Cycl. 
Fish. ii. 193. 
Balistidae, Balistini, Bonap. Pesc. Eur. 
Balistini, Mull. Wiegm. Arch. 1845, 137. 
1. BALISTES. 
Balistes, L. 
Capriscus, Rafin. Swains. Lardn. Cycl. Fish. 
1. Balistes Capriscus. Mediterranean File-Fish. B.M. 
Balistes Capriscus, Gmel. Linn. i. 1471, pt. 3. Cuv. R. A. ii. 372. 
Jen. Man. 492. Yarr. Brit. Fish. 2 ed. ii. 472. 
Capriscus, Will. Hist. Pise. 152, t. I., 19. 
