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Subgenus ACANTHOSTRACION Bleeker. 



Acanthostracion Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., v, 27, 1865 (quadricornis). 



2167. Lactophrys tricornis (LinuiPus). Cuckold; Toro; Cowjish. 



Tropical parts of Atlantic, from Caroliua to Brazil, ranging north in the Gulf 

 Stream to Charleston and Chesapeake Bay ; Gulf of Mexico, at Pensa- 

 cola and Galveston, eastward to Guinea and Cape of Good Hope. 



OslracioH tricornis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 331,1758, "In India"; after 

 Artedi. 



Suborder GYMNODONTES. 



Family CLXXIV. TETRAODONTIDiE. The Puffers. 



Genus 676, LAGOCEPHALUS Swainson. 

 Lagocephalus Swainson, Nat. Hist, and Classn. Fishes, ii, 194, 328, 183'J {pen- 

 nanU:=:Ia(/ocephalus). 



2168. Lagocephalus laevigatas (Linnaius). Smooth Puffer. 



Cape Cod to Brazil; rare north of Cape Hatteras. 



Tetrodon hrrigatits Linnteus, Syst. Nat.,ed. xii, 4:11, 1766, (Charleston, South 

 Caroliua. 



2169. Lagocephalus pachycephalus (Ranzaui). Juyjish. 



Jamaica to Brazil. 



Tetrodon pacluiccphalits Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bouou., iv, 1840, 

 73, pi. 2, tig. 2, Brazil. 



Genus 677. SPHEROIDES Lacepede. SweUjishes. 



Les spheroides Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 1, 1798 (French name only, 

 tiibercule). 



Subgenus SPHEROIDES Lac6p6de. 



2170. Spheroides angusticeps (Jenyns). 



Pacific Coast, La Paz to the Galapagos Islands. 



Tetrodon angusticeps Jenyns, Voyage Beagle, Fishes, 154, 28, 1842, Galapagos 

 Islands. 



2171. Spheroides lobatus (Steindachner). Botcte. 



Gulf of California to the Galapagos Islands; Mazatlan; Panama. 

 Canthogaster.' lobatus Steindachner, Ichth. Notizeu, x, 1875, 18, pi. 5, fig. 3, 

 Altata. 



2172. Spheroides spengleri (Bloch). Southern Puffer ; Swell Toad; Tamhor. 



West Indies; coast of Texas and Florida, south to Rio Janeiro and to the 



ISIadeiras and Canaries. 

 Tetrodon spengleri Bloch, Ichth., i, 135, pi. 144, 1782, East Indies. 



2173. Spheroides marmoratus (Ranzani). Spiny-back Blowjlsh. 



West Indies to Brazil; Jamaica. 



Tetrodon marmoratus Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bonon., iv, 1840, 

 72, pi. 10, fig. 1, Brazil. 



2174. Spheroides maculatus (Bloch &. Schneider). Puffer; Swell Toad; Blower. 



Atlantic Coast of the United States, from Cape Ann to St. Johns River and 



Biscayne Bay, Florida. 

 Tetrodon hispidus var. maculatus Bloch &, Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 504, 1801, 



Rhode Island; after SchiJpf. 



Subgenus CHEILICHTHYS Muller. 



CheilichthysMnWer, Abhandl. Akad.Wiss. Berl., 252, 1839 (1841) (testudineus). 



2175. Spheroides testudineus (Linnaeus). Tavibor ; Globefish ; Blowjlsh. 



West Indies; Gulf Stream as far as Newport, Rhode Island. 

 Tetraodon testudineus LinnaMis, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 332, 1758, in India; based 

 on Balk and Artedi. 



3176. Spheroides annulatus (Jenyns). 

 Pacific Coast of tropical America. 

 Tetrodon annulatus Jenyns, Zool. iieagh-, 15;-!. 1X12, (ialapagos Islan<ls.. 



