'3. TETKODON. 295 



Tetrodon maculatus, Lifebvre, Voi/. Abyss, vi. p. 237, pi. 7. 



pantlierinus, Eydinix i^'- Soul. Voy. Bonite, Puiss. p. 215, pi. 10. 



fig. 3. 

 Ilolocantbii.s v.ariolo.su.s, Grwiov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 2r). 

 Crayi-acion stellatus, BIcck. Atl. Iciith. (hjmnod. p. 73, pi. o. fifr. 2. 



/3. Synonijiiuj of examples loith lateral hands or spots. 



Willuyhhy, Hist. Pise. tab. J. 3. 

 Ostracioii, sp., Artedi, Gen. p. 58. no. 12. 

 Tetrodon pointille, Lnc6p. i. pp. 474, 485. 

 Tetrodon p-seudoptiTus, Bl. Schn. p. 508. 

 Calamarah kappa, liussr/!, i. p. 10, pi. 28. 



Tetraodon calauiara, Piipp. Atl. Fisc/i. p. 04, taf. 17. fig. 1 ; Bleck. 

 Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Bloutk. p. 15. 



y. Synonymy of examples loitli abdominal hands. 



Tetrodon lineatiis, (not Z.) Bl. Ansl. Fisch. i. p. 128, tab. 141 ; Bl. 



Schn. p. 503 ; Peters, Arch. Ntry. xxi. p. 274; Schle(i. Faun. Japan. 



Poiss. p. 287, tab. 125. fig-. 2. 



aerostaticus, Jcnyns, Zoul. Beagle, Fish. p. 152. 



astrotaania, Blcek. Nat. Tyds. Ked. Ind. iv. p. 129. 



Arothron lineatiis, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxvi. N. jValez. Japan, p. 40, 



or Act. Soc. Sc. Imlu-Neerl. i. Amboina, p. 07. 

 Cravracion lineatiis, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Gymnod. p. 70, pi. 2. fig. 1, and 



pi. 8. fig. 1. 

 astrottenia, Bleek. I. c. p. 09, pi. 10. fig. 2. 



Small but rather prominent spines cover the entire body, extend- 

 ing forward to or nearly to the lips, and behind nearly to the root 

 of the caudal fin. Snout short, obtuse, two-fifths or rather more 

 than two-fifths of the length of the head, and rather more than the 

 width of the interorbital space, which is fiat or but shghtly concave. 

 Length of the caudal fin equal to its distance from the dorsal. Ab- 

 domen white in old examples, in younger with more or less broad 

 black bands obliquely ascending backwards ; they are not very regu- 

 lar, are more or less broken up or confluent, sometimes disappearing 

 towards the middle of the abdomen. Vent with a black ring. All 

 the upper parts with black or brown dots, which are confluent into 

 parallel stripes in very j'oung individuals. Fins with brown spots, 

 sometimes absent on the dorsal and anal fins. Some black spots 

 round the root of the pectoral. 



Vert. 8/lU. 



Indian Ocean and archipelago ; Pacific. 



On examining a large series of examples it will be found that 

 the abdominal bands gradually disappear : it seems as if they dis- 

 appeared with age. However, we have examples about G inches 

 long, some of which have scarcely a trace of tlie bands left. 



Var. a. Large examples spotted above, but without abdominal 

 bands or large lateral blotches. 



a. Adult (23 inclics): stufl:ed. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Cul. Play- 

 faii"'s Collection . 



