3 TETRODOX, 271 



1. Xenoptems naritus. 



Tetraodon naritus, Richards. Voy. Samar. Fish. p. 18, pi. 8 ; Cant. 



Mai. Fish. p. 38.S, pi. 10 ; lUeek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Blootk. p. 21, 



or Nat. Ti/dschr. Ned. hid. iii. p. 439. 

 Tetrodon grandispina. Van der Hoevcn, Handb. Dierk. 2nd edit. ii. 



p. 275. 

 Clinnerhinus naritus, Blcek. Ail. Ichth. Gymyiod. p. 77, pi. 7. fig. 2, 



D. 32-38. A. 28-32. The abdominal spines ascend to above the 

 level of the pectoral, in front and behind this fin. Eye not larger 

 than the nostril (in adult examples). 



Vert. 12/17. This species has very frequently osseous tumors on 

 the first interhaemal and on the last haemal and neural spines. These 

 enlargements are constantly observed in certain Acanthopterygians. 



Rivers of Sumatra and Borneo ; Sea of Pinang. 



a. Type of the species. Sarawak. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 h. Eleven inches long. Borneo. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 c-d. IIalf-gro^vn : skins. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 e. Adult : skeleton. 



2. Xenopteras modestus. 



Tetraodon modestus, Bleek. Nat. Ti/ds. Ned. Ind. i. p. 16, and iii. 



p. 440, or Verh. Bat. Got. xxiv. Blootk. pp. 19, 21. 

 Chonerhinus modestus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Gymnod. p. 78, pi. 9. fig. 8. 



D. 25-26. A. 23-25. The abdominal spines do not extend up- 

 wards beyond the root of the pectoral. Eye larger than nostril. 

 Rivers of Sumatra and Borneo. 



a. Four inches long. Borneo. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



b. One of the typical specimens. Borneo. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 



lection. 



3. TETRODON*. 



Tetraodon, sp., Linne. 



Gastrophysus (Physogaster), Chelonodou, CheiUchthys ct Arothron, 



Midler, Abhandl. Berl. Ak. 1839, p. 252, and Wiegm. Arch. 1843. 



p. 330. 

 Holacanthus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 23. 

 Prilonotus vel Anchisomus, Katip, i?i Voy. Herald, Fish. 1854. 

 Tropidichthys, Sleeker, 1854. 

 Anosmius, Peters, Wieym. Arch. 1855, p. 274. 

 Promecoc^phale, Dilobomyctere, Tetrodon, Amblyrhynchote, Ge- 



neion, Catophorhynque,Batrachops, Monotrete, RhjTichote, Bibrmi, 



Bev. et Mag. Zool. 1855, p. 279 et seqq. 



* 1. Tetraodon brunneus, Brevoort, Exped. Japan, Fish, p. 284. — Japan. — 

 Founded on a rude drawing. 



2. lineolatus, Poey, Rcpcrt. Fis.-nat. Cxiha, 1868, p. 432.— Cuba. 



3. grammatoceplialus, Schlcg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 2SG, pi. 12G. 



fig. 3. — Japan. 



4. Crayracion cochinchinensis, Sfeindachncr, Verh. zool.-hot. Gcs. Wicvi 



18*66, p. 480, taf. 5. fig. 1.— Cochinciiina. 



5. Tetraodon blochii, Casf.lnau, Poiss. d'Afr. Axsfr p. 7'>. — Kalk Bay, 



South Africa. 



