'{. TETUODON. 2S'.) 



Tetrodon dissutidoiis, Cant. Min. Fiah. p. ;>S2. 



Icnppa, lilcck. VrrJi. I'xit. (lot. xxiv. i^/oo//.-. p. 10, wv. Vunij. 



p. 100, or Nnt. Ti/<h. Kcd. JixL iii. p. ;U)L 

 Leiodoii patooa, Blcck. Atl, Iclith. Oi/ninod. p. ?(>, pi. (>. lifi-. '2. 



Back and abdomen lonsely covered with very Rniall s]iines, fli(< 

 snont and tail and a band along the side being naked. Siiont ob- 

 tuse, convex, its length being less than the width of the interorbil.d 

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

 or less numerous round whitish spots. Sides silvery ; abdonien 

 white. 



Vert. 8/11. 



Coasts of tho East Indies. 



a. Adult (13 inches) : stuffed. Bengal. From tho 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. dissuiidcns. 



h. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Ilr. Frank. 



7, />•. Adult and young. East-Indian archipelago. From the Collec- 

 tion of Dr. van Lidth do Jeudo. 



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



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



r—s. xVdult : skeletons. 



31. Tetrodon viridipimctatus. 



Leiodon viridipmictatus, Day, Froc. Zool. Soc. 1805, p. 31/5, or Fish. 

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

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

 line to-'.ards a second irregular band of the same colour, which 

 crosses the back more posteriorly. Abdomen white. Four black 

 spots under tho throat. {Day.) 



Cochin. 



32. Tetrodon waandersii. 



Tetraodon waandersii, Blt-ek. Xut. T>/(h. Xed. Ind. v. p. IIU. 

 Leiodon waandersii, Blcck. Atl. Ichtli. Gymiiod. p. 70), pi. 10. tig. 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. 



Bauka. — Known from a single young specimen only. 



a. Type of the species, 45 millims. long. From Dr. Bleeker's 

 Collection. 



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