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10. Tetrodon stellatus, Plate CLXXXIII, fig. 3. 



A. — Synonymy of old examples without lateral or abdominal hands or large spots. 



Tetrodon etoile and mouchete, Lacep. i, pp. 474, 475, 483, 491, t. xxv, f. 1. 



Tetrodon lagocejylialus, var. stellatus, and Commersonii, Bl. Schn. pp. 503, 508. 



Tetrodon, maeulatus, Lefebvre, Voy. Abyss, vi, p. 237, pi. vii. 



Tetrodon }mntherimis, Eydoux and Sonl. Voy. Bonite, Poiss. p. 215, pi. x, fig. 3. 



Holocanthus variolosus, Gronov. ed. Gray. p. 26. 



Craijracion stellatus, Bleek. Atl. Ichtli. v, p. 73, t. ccix, fig. 2. 



Tetrodon stellatus, Gunther, Catal. viii, p. 294 ; Klunz. Fische Roth. Meer. 1871, p. 644. 



B. — Synonymy of examples with lateral bands or spots. 



Tetrodon pointille, Lacep. i, pp. 474, 485. 

 Tetrodon pseudopterus, Bl. Schn, p. 508. 

 Tetrodon calamara (Cavier), Bleeker, Beng. p. 78. 



Tetraodon, Rassell, Fish. Vizag. i, p. 19, and Calamarah kajipa, pi. xxviii. 



Tetraodon calamara, Riipp. Atl. Fisch. p. 64, tab. xvii. fig. 1 and N. W. Fisclie, p. 61 ; Bleeker, 

 Blootk. p. 15. 



Arothron stellatus, Riipp. Sench. Mus. Fisclie, p. 35. 

 Arothron calamara, Bleek. En. Pise. p. 200. 



C. — Synonymy of examples with abdominal hands, 



Tetrodon lineatus (not Lin.), Bl. tab. exli ; Bonn. Ich. p. 23, t. xvi, f. 51 ; Bl. Schn. p. 503 ; Peters, Arch. 

 Ntrg. xxi, p. 274 ; Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 287, tab. cxxv, f . 2 ; Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 328 



Tetrodon aerostaticus, Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fish. p. 152. 



Tetrodon astrotmnia, Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. iv, p. 129. 



Arothron lineattis, Bleeker, Japan, p. 40, and Amboina, p. 67. 



Crayracion lineatus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. v, p. 70, pi. ccvi, fig. 1, and pi. ccxii, fig. 1. 



Crayracion astrotcenia, Bleek. 1. c. p. 69, pi. ccxiv, fig. 2. 



B. V, D. 11, P. 18-21, A. 11-12, C. 11. 



Length of head equals its distance from the base of the dorsal fin. Eyes — rather above two diameters 

 from the end of the siout, and 2j apart : interorbital space nearly flat and the osseous portion extending the 

 whole distance. Teeth — of about the same size in. both jaws. Fins — dorsal situated in the last 1/4 of the 

 distance between the end of the snout and the base of the caudal fin, which is rounded and about 1/6 of the 

 total length. Spines — small, extended all over the body, from just behind the lips almost to the base of the 

 caudal fin. Air-vessel — horse-shoe shaped. Colours — generally of a brownish-yellow tint along the back: the 

 whole of the back and sides as low as the lower level of the pectoral covered with brown spots divided by 

 yellowish- white lines above, but further apart lower down. Caudal spotted : dor.sal and anal dark : pectoral 

 j-ellowish, often with a black base margined by a white line, also a black streak below its base inferior to which 

 are three black blotches : anus in a black ring : lower lip black, yellow at the angle, inside of mouth and 

 tongue black. 



In the variety lineatus there are concave black bands on the abdomen, which however, are not constant 

 in their direction, often become confluent and are usually lost in adults. 



Owing to its reputed poisonous quality it is forbidden to sell this fish at Batavia. 



Habitat. — Red Sea, East coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond, attaining 

 at least two feet in length. The example figured (eight inches long) was from Madras. 



11. Tetrodon reticularis, Plate CLXXX, fig. 5. 



Tetrodon testudineus (not L), Bl. Ausl. Fisch. t. cxxxix ; Lacep. i, p. 477; Bl. Schn. p. 502; Shaw, 

 Zool. V, p. 444, pi. clxxviii ; Cuv. Regn. Anim. ; Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 328 ; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 376 ; Bleeker, 

 Blootk. p. 14 and Singap. p. 78. 



Tetrodon reticularis, Bl. Schn. p. 506 ; Gunther, Catal. viii, p. 296. 



Arothron testudinarius. Mull. Arch. Ntrg. ix, p. 330. 



Arothron testudineiis, Bleeker, En. Pise. p. 201. 



Crayracion testudiveus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. v, p. 71, pi. ccxii, fig. 3; Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 257. 



Paatha, Mai. : Ko-pud-dah, Andamanese. 



D. 10-11, P. 19, A. 10-11, C. 10-11, Vert. 8/10. 



Length of head equals its distance from the base of the dorsal fin. Eyes — situated in about the middle 

 of the length of the head, the interorbital space broad and flat. Teeth— of about the same size in either jaw. 



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