3. TF.TRODOJT. 285 



I, m, n-o. Adult aud young. 



ji. Adult: skelotou. Madeira. Presented hj J. Y. Johnson, Es(j. 



q. Young : skeleton. 



20. Tetrodon turgidus. 



Toad-fish, Schoepff, Bvnhacht. Gcs. ntrf. Freimd. Berl. viii. p. 189. 

 Tetrodon turgidus, Mitch. Lit. lS" Phil. Trans. Nno York, i. p. 473, 



pi. 6. fig. Z) ; Dehay, Nav York Faun. Finh. p. 327, pi. 55. fig. 178 ; 



Aijres, Jourti. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 285 ; Storer, Mem. Am. 



Hoc. viii. p. 410, pi. 33. fig. 5. 



Body, from the lips, covered with very small spines ; caudal pe- 

 duncle smooth. Snout rather produced, the eye being somewhat 

 nearer to the root of the pectoral tin than to the end of the snout. 

 The osseous portion of the intcrorbital space is very nari-ow, not 

 wider than the diameter of the eye. Length of the caudal fin equal 

 to its distance from the dorsal fin. Sides without tentacles. Upper 

 parts brownish, clouded with darker or with numerous black dots. 

 One or two series of rounded brownish-black spots, or vertical bars, 

 along each side of the body. Lower parts uniform white. 



Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



a. Adult (8 inches). New York. Purchased of Hr. Brandt. 

 h. Half-grown. Texas. Purchased of Hr. Brandt. 

 c. Young. Lake Champlain. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 

 d-f. Adult and young. Lake Poutchartrain. From M. Salle's 

 Collection. 



21. Tetrodon richei. 



Tetraodon richei, Friminv. Kouv. Bull. Philum. ii. p. 2-jO, pi. 4. fig. 2 ; 



Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Gijmnod. p. (il, pi. 9. fig. 3. 

 Gastropliysus richei, Bleek. J'erh. Ak. Wet. Amstenl. ii. p. 24, fig. 3. 

 Amblyrhyuchotus richei, Bibr. Rev. Zool. 1855, p. 280. 



Body, from the lips, densely covered with minute spines. Caudal 

 peduncle smooth. Snout rather obtuse, the eye being somewhat 

 nearer to the end of the snout than to the gill-opening. luterorbital 

 space broad. Orbit with a free fold iu its entire circumference. 

 Light brownish above, with irregular blackish spots and blotches. 

 Lower parts uniform white. 



South Australia ; New Zealand. 



a. Adult : stuffed (11 inches). South Australia. 



b. Half-grown : in bad state. Hobart Town. From Dr. Bleeker's 



Collection. 



c. Half-grown. New Zealand. Presented by "\V. Colenso, Esq. 



22. Tetrodon multistriatus. 



Anchisomu.s niultistriatu.'', Richard'^. J'<ii/. Herald, Fish. p. IGO, 



pi. 29. 



Spines rather Iar(/e, smtlercd, tiro-roofed. A single spine stands 



on the median line immediately before the nostrils ; six in two rows 



occupy the top of the head ; on the occiput there are three in one 



