296 GYMNODONTES. 



b. Adult (12 inches). East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Blcekcr's 



Collection. 

 c-d. Adult: etuttod, India. 



e-f. Adult {2'2 and 13 inches) : stufl'ed. Australia. 

 g-i. Thirty inches long : stulted. 



Tar. /3. Sides of the abdomen \rith from two to six oblique black 

 spots, those nearest to the pectoral tin being the last to disajipear. 



k. Half-grown (8^ inches). Madras. From Mr. Day's Collection. 

 l. Half-grown. Amboyua. Purchased of Hr. Fi-ank. 

 m-n. Hidf-grown : stutied. 

 0. Young (4| inches). 



Var. y. Abdomen ivith obJique black bands. 



p-q. Young. Port Xatal, From Mr. Ajtcs's Collection. 



r-s. Young : skins. Zanzibar. From Lieut.-Col. Playfair's Col- 

 lection. 



t. Five inches. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Bleekcr's Col- 

 lection. 



K. Young. Amboyna, Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



V. Yery young. Amboyna. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. — Type 

 of 2\ astrotaniia. 



w. Half-grown (G inches). Japan. 



.r. Half-grown. Feejee Islands. Yoyage of the ' Herald,' 



40. Tetrodon reticularis. 



Tetrodon testudiueus, (not L.) Bl. Ausl Finch, i. p. 123, tab. 189 ; 



Lacep. i. p. 477 ; Bl. ScJm. p. o02 ; Shaw, Zovl. v. p. 444, pi. 178 ; 



Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 376 ; Bkek. Vvrh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Blootk. p. 14, 



or Nat. Tij(h. Ned. Lid. iii. p. 78. 



reticularis, Bl. Schn. p. 500. 



Arothron testudiuarius, 3Iiill. Arch. Xtrg. ix. p. 330. 



Crayi-acion testudineus, Blcek. Atl. Ichth. Gymnod. p. 71, pi. 8. fig. 3 ; 



Jbaij, Fish. Malabar, p. 257. 



Yen- small spines cover the whole body from the nostrils to the 

 root of the caudal fin ; those on the abdomen with two, three, or 

 four roots. Snout short and obtuse, about. one-third of the length 

 of the head, and two-thirds of the width of the broad and flat inter- 

 orbital space. Length of the caudal fin equal to its distance from the 

 front margin of tlie dorsiU. Abdomen with rather numerous brown 

 or black longitudinal bands, obliquely ascending over the cheeks to 

 the upper part of the head, and passing on the side into a brown 

 network, the meshes enclosing round whitish spots. On the back 

 the brown is the ground-colour, with round whitish spots. Caudal 

 fin with round yellowish spots, se])aratcd by a blackish network. 



Yert. 8/10. 



East-Indian Ocean and archipelago. 



a,b,c. Adult and young. East-Indiiin archipelago. 

 d, e-f. Half-grown and young. Amboyna. 



