3. TETHODON. 297 



(J. Ilalf-grown. Celebes. 



h. Young : skin. Piuang. From Dr. Cantor's Collectiou. 



i-l. Adidt (17 inches) : stuffed. Indian Ocean. 



m, 11, 0. Adult and j'oung. 



p. Adult: skeleton. Pui'cliased. 



41. Tetrodon hispidus. 



PHTetrodon hispidus, L. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 411 (not sj'non.). 



P Tetrodon hispidus, Bl. Ausl. Fisch. i. p. 130, tab. 142; Ul. >Schn. 



p. 504. 

 Tetrodon hispidus, Lacep. i. p. 487, pi. 24. tig. 1 ; Richards. Voy. 



Samur. Fiah. p. 17, pi. 9. figs. 3 ^: 4. 

 Tetraodon perspiciUaris, Itiipp. Atl. Fische, p. G3. 



seniistriatus, liiipp. N. W. Fische. p. 58, pi. IG. fig. 3. 



Tetrodon iniplutus, Jeni/ns, Vvy. Bcar/le, Fish. p. 152. 



stellatus, Eijd. ^- Soul. T'oy. Bunite, Poiss. p. 212, pi. 10. fig. 2 



(not Laccp.). 

 laterna, Richards. Voy. Sulphur, Zool. p. 124, pi. 61. fig. 2, and 



Ichth. Chin. p. 199; Bkeh. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Blootk. p. 23, or 



Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. in. p. 299 ; Gilnth. Fish. Zanz. p. 131. 

 Crayracion mr^hxiws, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Gymnod. p. 71. 

 laterna, Bleek. I. c. pi. 1. fig. 3. 



Very small spines cover the whole body from the snout to the 

 space between dorsal and anal fins, the hind part of the tail being- 

 naked ; abdominal spines with two, three, or four short roots. 

 Snout of moderate length, with the upper profile slightly concave. 

 Orbit prominent, situated in the middle of the length of the head. 

 Interorbital space concave, not twice as broad as the orbit. Length 

 of the caudal fin equal to its distance from the front margin of the 

 dorsal. Brown above, ■nath not very numerous rounded bluish-white 

 spots. One or two bluish rings round the gill-opening and pectoral, 

 and round the orbit. The coloration of the lower parts varies : — 



Var. a. Four or five subvertical black blotches along each side of 

 the abdomen. These spots are generally crossed by incomplete 

 whitish longitudinal bands (thus approaching var. /3), the remainder 

 of the abdomen white : T. perspiciUaris, hispidus. 



Eed Sea and Eastern Africa ; Ceylon. 



a-b. Half-grown, lied Sea. Presented by Dr. A. Giinther. 



c. Adult : dried (18 inches). Red Sea. Presented by Sir G. Wil- 

 Idnson. 



il. Adidt. Zanzibar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 



e-f. Adult : stufted. Zanzibar. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Playfair. 



g. Young. Mozambique. Presented by Dr. Li\-ingstone. 



h. H.ilf-grown. Port. Natal. From Mr. Ayres's Collection. 



i. Adult: stufted . Ceylon. From Dr. Kelaart's Collection. 



k-l. Adult and young. From the Collection of the Zoological So- 

 ciety. 



m. Half-grown. (Atlantic??) Presented by Sir J. Hichardson (2'. 

 hispidus). 



n. Adidt: stutfed. Old Collection. 



