129. TETRODONTID^E TETRODON. 861 



wrinkles of the skin; no caudal fold; nasal tentacles distinctly per- 

 forate. Interorbital area flat; sides without cirri. Head 3; depth 4J. 

 D. 7; A. G. San Diego to Panama; very common southward. 



(Tetrodon politiis Girarcl, U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. Fish. 1858, 340: Tetrodon politus 

 Giiuther, viii, 281.) 



l>b. Skin prickly, more or less. 



1330. T. tcstudiiieus L. 



Dark brown above, marbled with lighter; sides to below pectoral 

 fins .yellowish brown, marked with many round dark spots; belly and 

 fins immaculate; back, from interorbital region nearly to base of dorsal 

 fin, axils of pectoral and belly nearly to vent covered with minute, 

 imbedded spines. Snout, sides, and tail naked ; snout rather produced, 

 the eye being nearer the root of pectoral than tip of snout. Interorb- 

 ital area generally concave; sides sometimes with cirri; length of cau- 

 dal equal to its distance from dorsal. Head 3. D. 8; A. 6. West 

 Indies ; occasional on our coasts. 



(Tetrodon testndineus Linii. Amceu. Acacl. i, 309, and Syst. Nat i, 309: Tetrodon testu- 

 dinens Giiuther, viii, 282.) 



1331. T. sjucng-Ieri Bloch. 



Dark brown above and on sides to base of pectoral fins ; sides below 

 yellowish, with a series of about twelve round dark-brown blotches 

 about as broad as eye; belly white; caudal fin with a brown ba^ at its 

 base and a broader one at its margin. A patch of minute spines from 

 the occiput half-way to the dorsal fin; belly spinous to near the vent; 

 head, tail, and most of sides smooth ; sides usually with numerous 

 small cirri. Snout produced, the eye nearer root of pectoral than tip 

 of snout. Head compressed, narrow; iuterorbital space slightly con- 

 cave, very narrow, about half as broad as eye. Head 3. D. 7; A. 6. 

 West Indies ; occasional on our coast. 



(Tetrodon apengleri Bloch, Ausl. Fisclie. i, 135: Telrodon spengleri Giinther, viii, 284: 

 Cirrhisomus spengleri Swainson, Class. Fish, ii, 328, 1839.) 



1332. T. turgidus Mitch. Puffer; Swell Toad; Blower. 



Olivaceous above, marbled with black; belly light orange; sides of 

 body and tail with narrow irregular black cross-bars; an inky blotch 

 below and behind pectoral fin; fins plain. Body about as wide as deep 

 when not inflated ; interorbital space slightly concave; profile not very 

 steep, depressed in front of the eyes. Caudal peduncle, lips, and bases 

 of fins smooth; skin everywhere else rough with small three-rooted 

 spines, wbich are largest on the back and belly. No cirri. Eyes 



