FISHES OF THE PHOENIX AND SAATOAN ISLANDS 295 



Genus CANTHIGASTER Swainson 



Canthigaster S'WAInson, The uatnral history of fishes, amphibiaus and reptiles, 

 or monocardian animals, vol. 2, p. 194, 1839. (Type, Tetraodon rostratus 

 Bloch.) 



CANTHIGASTER BENNETT! (Bleeker) 



Ti-ophlichthys 'bennetti Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., vol. 6, p. 504, 1854. 

 115298, Hose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 1 specimen. 



CANTHIGASTER SOLANDRI (Richardson) 



Tetrodon solandri Richardson, The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, 

 Fishes, p. 125, pi. 57, figs. 4^6, 1845. 



115296, Tvituila Island, rock pools at Fagasa Bay, June 5, 1939, 13 specimens. 

 115295, Rose Island, lagoon, June 12 to 20, 1939, 1 .specimen. 



115294, Hull Island, reef, July 12-15, 1939, 2 specimens. 



115297, Tutuila I.sland, reef at entrance Pago Pago Bay, June 2. 1939, 3 

 specimens. 



52339, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 7 specimens. 



CANTHIGASTER AMBOINENSIS (Bleeker) 



Psilonotus aml>oinensis Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 2, p. 180, 18G5. 



115292, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 2 specimens. 

 115291, Tutuila Island, rock pools at Fagasa Bay, 2 specimens. 

 52338, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 

 117312, Pago Pago, Samoa Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



Genus SPHEROIDES Dumeril 



Spheroides (Lacepede) Dumeril, Zoologie analytique . . ., p. 342, 1806. (Type, 

 "Le Spheroide tubercule.") 



SPHEROIDES HYPSELOGENION (Bleeker) 



Tetraodon hijpsclogenion Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned., Ind., vol. 3, p. 300, 1852. 

 52337, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 2 specimens. 



Family DIODONTIDAE 



Genus DIODON Linnaeus 



Diodon Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 334, 1758. (Type, Diodon 

 hi/strix Linnaeus.) 



DIODON HOLOCANTHUS Linnaeus 



Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 335, 1758. 



115289, Tutuila Island, reef at entrance Pago Pago Bay, June 2, 1930, 1 

 specimen. 



115288, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 7 specimens. 



DIODON HYSTRIX Linnaeus 



Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 335, 175S. 



115290, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 19-39, 2 specimens. 

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