RECORDS OF IV. A. MUSEUM. 
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PTEROPHRYNE HISTRIO, Linnaeus. 
Atitennarius muytnovatus , Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, V,, 1S76, p. 162, pi. C. 
fig- a. 
One specimen from Western Australia, without definite locality. 
Length 67 mm. 
Family TETRAODONTIDAE 
SPHEROIDES PLEUROGRAMMA, Regan. 
Tetvodon hypseloseneion, Steindachner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, LIII, 1866, p. 478, 
Id.. Gunther. Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., VIII, 1870, p. 277 
(part). Id., Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, VI. 
1881, p. 337. Id , Waite, Rec. Austr. Mus., V., 1903, p. 
38 (not T. liypselogeneion, Bleeker). 
Tetrodon pleurogramma , Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1902 (1903), IP. P- 3 o0 > pf XXIV 
fig. 2. 
A large example, 165 mm. long, from Fremantle, differs from 
smaller ones from Eastern Australia only in having the white spots 
on the back larger and more distinct. The Australian Museum 
collection includes specimens from near Sydney, New South Wales; 
Moreton Bay, Queensland ; and Lord Howe Island. 
Family BALISTIDAE. 
ABALISTES STELLARIS, Bloch and Schneider, 
var. PHALERATUS, Richardson. 
Batistes phaleratus, Richardson, Stokes’ Discov. in Austr., I., 1846, p. 484, pi. V., 
fig- 4- 
Batistes slellalus, Gunther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., VIII., 1870, p. 212. 
Two young specimens from Port Hedland, 110-115 mm. long, 
differ from Indian specimens of the typical stellaris in some details 
of colour marking. Instead of the small light spots on the body, 
the sides bear numerous large angular grey spots, and the blackish 
marking on the upper parts is formed of similar darker spots placed 
closer together. The first dorsal is largely black, and the second 
dorsal, anal, and caudal are marked with large greyish spots and 
bands, the last named fin also having a blackish margin. This 
form is evidently a variety of A. stellaris, and was described and 
figured from Western Australia by Richardson as B. phaleratus. 
