BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 339 



10-16. Tetrodox Eichei, Freminv. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes, VIII., p. 285.— Blcek. Atl. Ichth. Gymnod., 



pi. 9, fig. 3. 



Body, from the lips, densely covered with minute spines. 

 Caudal peduncle smooth. Snout rather obtuse ; the eye being' 

 somewhat nearer to the end of the snout than to the gill-opening'. 

 Infra-orbital space broad. Orbit with a free fold in its entire 

 circumference. Light brownish above, with irregular blackish 

 spots and blotches. Lower parts uniform white. 



South Australia, Tasmania. Length eleven inches. 



1047. Tetrodox virgatus, Richards. 



Voy. Erebus and Terror, p. 62, pi. 39, figs. 8 & 9. — Gunth., Cat. 



Fishes, VIII., p. 291. 



Small spines cover the entire booty, with the exception of the 

 lips and the posterior half of the tail. Snout short and obtuse, 

 rather more than two-fifths of the length of the head, and equal 

 to the width of the inter-orbital space which is flat. Length of 

 the caudal fin equal to its distance from the front margin of the 

 dorsal fin. Body and sides with from si:; to twelve parallel 

 greyish longitudinal lines on each side. Caudal fin with the 

 upper and lower margins black ; root of the pectoral fin black. 



Capo York, Fort Darwin, Port Jackson. Length ten inches. 



Said to be synonymous with T. immaculatus, Bloch. 



1048. Tetrodon patoca, Ham. Buch. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes, VIII., p. 288.— Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Gymnod., 



pi. 6, fig. 2. 



Back and abdomen densely covered with very small spines, 



the snout and tail and a band along the sides being naked. 



Snout obtuse, convex, its length being less than the width of 



the inter-orbital space, which is rather convex. Upper parts 



