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second below and somewhat in front of the pectoral, the third below and behind that 

 fin, and the last at some distance behind the third. The curved white lines round the 

 orbit and base of pectorals are as described by Bleeker. 

 Aden. Zanzibar. Red Sea. East-Indian archipelago. 



450. Tetrodon stellatus. [725.] 



Tetrodon etoile, Lacep. i. pp. 474, 483; Eyd. ty Soul. Zool. Voy. Bonite, All. Poiss. t. 10. f. 2 (var.). 



commersonii, Bl. Schn. p. 508. 



punctatus, Bl. Schn. p. 506. 



lagocephalus, Bl. Schn. p. 503. 



Calamara kappa, Russell, pi. 28 (var.) . 



Tetrodon calamara, Riipp. All. Fische, p. 64, t. 17. f. 1 (var.), and N. W. Fische, p. 61. 



Tetrodon panthere, Eyd. &; Soul. 1. c. t. 10. f. 3. 



Crayracion stellatus, Bleek. AH. Ichth. v. p. 73, t. 209. f. 2. 



Zanzibar. Mauritius. Red Sea. Coromandel. Sandwich Islands. New Ireland. 



451. Tetrodon nigropunctatus. L 2 " 6 -] 



Tetrodon nigropunctatus, Bl. Schn. p. 507. 



Crayracion nigropunctatus, Bleek. All. Ichth. v. p. 74, tab. 206. f. 4. 



Zanzibar. East-Indian archipelago. 



452. Tetrodon immaculatus. [37, 469.] 



Tetrodon immaculatus, Lacep. i. p. 475, 486, t. 24. f. 1; Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 373. 



Kappa, Russell, i. p. 19. f. 26. 



Tetrodon sordidus, Riipp. N. TV. Fische, p. 60, t. 16. f. 4. 



scaber, Eyd. «f Soul. Voy. Bonite, Zool. p. 214; AH. Poiss. t. 10. f. 1. 



Crayracion immaculatus, Bleek. All. Ichth. v. p. 75, pi. 211. f. 1. 



Aden. Zanzibar. Seychelles. Reunion. Mauritius. Red Sea. East-Indian archi- 

 pelago. 



453. Tetrodon valentyni. [3*99-] 



Ikan kakassee, Valent. Ind. orient. Amb. p. 353. f. 19, and p. 408. f. 195. 

 Tropidichthys valentynii, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. iv. Amb. iii. p. 130. 

 Holocantbus balistaeformis, Gron. Cat. Fish. ed. Gray, p. 25. 

 Tetrodon taeniatus, Peters, Wiegm. Archiv, 1855, p. 275. 

 Canthogaster valentyni, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. v. p. 80, pi. 208. f. 1. 



The specimens from Zanzibar differ somewhat in coloration from those previously 

 described. The general colour of the upper part, between the bands, is yellowish ; 

 the belly white ; the snout is brownish, with numerous darker longitudinal lines 

 above ; four short blue lines issue from the posterior margin of the eye ; the sides of 

 the head have numerous round brown spots. 



