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Collection of Fish 
Op. Conwaii, species unica cognita . 
Radii Br. 5—5 ; P. 18 ; V. 1 | 5 ; D. 12 | 12 ; A. 3 | 12 ; C. I5|„ 
In Mr. Lempriere’s collection there are three speci¬ 
mens of Ostracion which the author considers as exam¬ 
ples of the Auritus of Shaw, of different ages, and one 
which he characterizes as a new species, also belonging 
to Mr. Gray’s sub-genus Aracana . They are known at 
Port Arthur by the name of Pig-fish. 
Ostracion spilogaster. Ostr. ( Aracana ), ventre ma - 
culato ; lateribus dorsoque fasciis interruptis ornatis , 
quorum quatuor sub oculo numerandis , tribus in 
basibus pinnarum dorsi anique ct tribus propi Jinem 
pinna* caudce anastomosantibus . 
Radii:— P. 11; D. 11; A. 11 ; C. 11. 
The three following species are also from Van Die¬ 
men’s Land, though not now characterized for the first 
time. 
Ostracion auritus (Shaw). Ostr. ( Aracana ), ventre 
pallenti unicolore ; lateribus dorsoque lineis saturatis 
rectis curvisque ornatis , quorum quinque sub oculo 
numerandis , ct tribus in j)ropriis basibus pinnarum 
dorsi, ani , caudceque . 
Radii:— P. 11; D. 11 ; A. II ; C. 11. 
Ostracion flavigaster (Gray). Ostr. ( Aracana ) 
ventre pallulo unicolore; lateribus dorsoque lineis 
saturatis per cur sis, quorum octo sub oculo numerandis 
totidemquc lineis pallidis interjacentibus; in basi 
pinna: caudce lineis quinque pallidis , ct tribus in basi¬ 
bus pinnarum dorsi caudceque. 
Ostracion ornatus (Gray). Ostr. (Aracana), lateri¬ 
bus dorsoque albo tesscllatis ; facie ventreque lineis 
purpureiSy fuscis , ct albidis numerosis , per cur sis; 
fasciis sex obscuris in pinna caudce , sub finem anas¬ 
tomosantibus. 
