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ART. T.— S. TATTAKA : 



circumoral parts pale ; external margin of second dorsal, anal and 

 pectoral, and external and posterior margins of caudal blackish. 

 Caudal and lower parts of body rather pale ; a broad blackish 

 band across eye on head; iris of the same color as head with 

 radiating narrow bands of a deeper color ; both lips black. 



Total length, exclusive of caudal. 



Head 



Height of caudal peduncle 



Width of caudal peduncle 



Snout .- , 



Eye 



Interorbital 



Gill-slit 



Caudal 



41.0 cm. 



12.0 „ 



3.5 „ 

 1.8 „ 



10.0 „ 



2.0 „ 



4.3 „ 



5.7 „ 



5.6 „ 



Tetvaodon alhoreticulatus^ n., sp. 



PI. I., fig. 5. 



Head oi in total length to caudal base ; height of body 

 21 ; snout If in head ; eye SS ; interorbital 2. D. 11 ; A. 11 ; 

 P. I, 17. 



Body oblong, moderately compressed ; caudal peduncle 

 compressed. Head rather short ; eye lateral, high up, a little 

 nearer gill opening than tip of snout ; interorbital broad, flat, 

 slightly shorter than snout. Snout slightly convex and not very 

 steep ; nostrils midway between tip of snout and posterior rim of 

 eye, with a bifid tentacle, without distinct opening. Mouth 

 terminal, small ; teeth scarcely pointed, with concave cutting 

 edges, no conspicuous depression along suture, and no vertical 

 ridge on either side. Length of gill opening equal to that of 



