246 REVIEW OF TETEAODONTID^. 



13. Canthigaster rostratus. 



Tetrodon rostratus Bloch, Natiirg. der Fische, 1, pi. 146, Abt., 1782 ("India"); 

 Gmelin, Systema Naturse, 1788, 1447 (copied); Walbauin, Artedi Piscium, 

 1792, 593 (copied); Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth, 1801, 505 (copied) ; Tur- 

 tou, Syst. Nat., 1806, 891 (copied). 



Tetrodon rostratus Giinther, viii, 303 (Madeira, Funchal, Porto Praya) ; Goode, 

 Am. Journ. Sci. Arts., 1877, 290 (Bermuda) ; Giiuther, Shore Fishes Chal- 

 lenger, 9, 1880 (Bermuda). 



Psilonotus rostratus Swainsou, Nat. Hist. Fishes, etc., vol. ii, 328, 1839 (name 

 only). 



Canthigaster rostratus Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886 (Pensacola). 



Le Tetrodon Museau-AUonge Lac6pede, Poissous, 1, 502, 1798 (copied). 



Tetrodon capistratus Lowe, "Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 1839, 90" (Madeira). 



Psilonotus (or Anchisontus) caudacinctus Eichardsou, "Voyage Herald, 18r'4, 

 162, pi. 30, f. 1-3 " (locality unknown). 



Tetrodon caudacinctus Giinther, viii, 303, 1870 (copied). 



Canthogaster caudiciwctes Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, 1871, 479 (St. Martin's 



Tetrodon caudacinctus Poey, Euumeratio, 1875, 73 (Havaua). 



Tetrodon ornatus Poey, Synopsis Pise. Cubens, 1868, 433 (Havana); Giinther, 

 viii, 303, 1870 (St. Croix.) 



Habitat — West Indip-n fauna. Pensacola to the Madeiras and Bei 

 mudas. 



This species is known to us only from a single young specimen taken 

 by Mr. Silas Stearns at Pensacola. This specimen agrees very closely 

 with Dr. GUnther's description of T. rostratvs. It agrees also with the 

 T. ornatus of Poey in all respects except that there are no chestnut- 

 colored bars on the tail. According to Poey, however, these markings 

 are wanting in the young. There is not much doubt, therefore, of the 

 identity of T. ornatus and T. rostratus. The Tetrodon caudacinctus is 

 not unlikely the same species, as Poey has supi^osed. Kichardson's 

 description does not apply so well to our specimen, however, as do those 

 of the other authors mentioned. 



Dr. Giinther has identified this species with the Tetrodon rostratus 

 of Bloch. Bloch's figure represents it very poorly. It is, however, 

 evidently drawn from some species of Canthigaster, and there is no 

 other one known so much like it as this. It must, however, be re- 

 garded as somewhat uncertain. . If Bloch's name be set aside on this 

 account, the present species may stand as Cantliigastsr cai)istratus. 



14. Canthigaster punctatissimus. 



Tetrodon puiictatissimus Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., VIII, 302, 1870 (Panama. 



" South America"). 

 Fsilonotus punctatissimus Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 370 



(Cape San Lucas). Jordan, Cat. Fish. N.Am., 141, 1885 (name only). 

 Tetrodon oxyrhynchus Lockiugton, Proc. Acad Nat. Sci., Phil., 1881, 116 (Gulf 



of California). 



Habitat. — Panama fauna. Gulf of California to Panama. 



This species is known to us only from numerous specimens, the 

 largest, three inches in length, collected by John Xantus, at Cape San 

 Lucas. 



