3. TETRODON. 280 



Totrodon dissutidons, Cunt. Mai. Fish. p. 'ifi^i. 



kappa, lilcck. Verh. Hut. Gen, xxiv. Blootk, p. 16, xxv. Bmy. 



p. 100, or Ndt. Tijds. Ned. hid. iii. p. 30]. 

 Loiodon patoca, Bleck. Atl. Ichth. Gymnod. p. 70, pi. G. fig. 2. 



Back and abdomen densely covered with very small spines, the 

 snout and tail and a band along the side being naked. Snout ob- 

 tuse, convex, its length being less than the width of the interorbital 

 space, which is rather convex. Upper parts brownish, with more 

 or less numerous round whitish spots. Sides silvery ; abdomen 

 white. 



Vert. 8/11. 



Coasts of the East Indies. 



a. Adult (13 inches) : stuffed. Bengal. From the Collection of the 

 East-India Company. 



h, c, d-e. Adult and young. Bengal. 



/. Young. Singapore. 



g. Adult : skin. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. — Type of 

 T. dissutidens. 



h. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



i, k. Adult and young. East-Indian archipelago. From the Collec- 

 tion of Dr. van Lidth de Jeudo. 



I, m, n, o-p. Half-grown and young. India. 



q. Half-grown. China. Presented by J. 11, llecvea, Esq. 



r-s. Adult: skeletons. 



31. Tetrodon viridipunctatus. 



Leiodon viridipunctatus, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. Sl-'J, or FisJt. 

 Malah. p. 258, pi. 20. 



The spines, commencing from the occiput, pass along the back 

 two-thirds of the distance towards the commencement of the dorsal 

 fin ; abdomen entirely covered with spines. Upper parts light 

 green, witli emerald- green spots ; a bar of the same colour passes 

 from one eye to tlie other, and also goes backwards in the mesial 

 lino towards a second irregular band of the same colour, which 

 crosses the back more posteriorly. Abdomen white. Foiu- black 

 spots under the throat. {Day.) 



Cochin. 



32, Tetrodon waandersii. 



Tetraodon waandersii, Bleek. Naf. Tyd,^. Xed. Iiid. v. p. 194. 

 Leiodon waandersii, Bleck. Atl. Ichth. Gymnod. p. 76, pi. 10. fig. 3. 



Snout and tail naked, the remainder with small and rather distant 

 spines. Greenish, with numerous black transverse lines on the side 

 of the tail. 



Banka. — Xnown from a single j'oung specimen only. 



a. Typo of the species, 45 millinis. long. From Dr. Blocker's 

 Collection. 



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