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OXYMONACANTHUS LONGIROSTRIS (Bloch) 



Balistes hispidus var. lotn/irostris Bloch, in Schneider, Systema ichthyologiae 

 . . ., p. 464, 1801 (on Seba, Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri . . ., 

 vol. 3, p. 20, fig. 19, 1758). 



52292, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 4 specimens. 



Family OSTRACIIDAE 



Genus OSTRACION Linnaeus 



Ostracion Linnabhjs, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 330, 175S. (Type, Ostracion 

 cuticiis Linnaeus.) 



OSTRACION CUBICUS Linnaeus 



Ostracion cuMcus Linnab:us, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 332, 1758. 

 52335, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 3 specimens. 



OSTRACION SEBAE Bleeker 



Ostracium sebae Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nod. Ind., vol. 2, p. 259, 1851. 

 52331, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 2 specimens. 



OSTRACION LENTIGINOSUM Bloch 



Ostracion lentiginosus Bloch, in Schneider, Systema Ichthyologiae . . ., p. 501, 

 1S01. 



115302, Rose Island reef, June 11-14. 1930, 2 specimens. 



Family TETRAODONTIDAE 

 Genus TETRAODON Linnaeus 



Tetraodon Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 332, 1758. (Type, Tctraodon 

 Jhieatus Bloch, as restricted by Bonaparte in Iconographia della fauna 

 italica.) 



TETRAODON NIGROPUNCTATUS Bloch 



Tetraodon nigropunctatus Bloch, in Schneider, Systema ichthyologiae . . ., p. 

 507, 1801. 



115299, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 1 specimen. 



115300, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 2 specimens. 

 52499 Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 4 specimens. 



TETRAODON HISPIDUS Linnaeus 



Tctraodon hispidus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 333, 1758. 



115301, Tutnila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 1 specimen. 

 5246G, Apia, Samo, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



TETRAODON IMMACULATUS Bloch 



Tetraodon immaculatus BrocH, in Schneider, Systema Ichthyologiae .... p. 

 507, 1801 (on Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 1, p. 486, pi. 24, 

 fig. 1, 1798). 



52517, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 3 specimens. 



