92 Spheroides. 
pl. CXXITI, fig. 2 ; Nagasaki.—Nystrom, Hand]. Svensk. Vet. Ak., 1887, p. 
48 ; Nagasaki. 
Tetrodon fardalis Ginther, Cat. Eish., VIII, 1870, p. 281 ; Nagasaki. 
Spheroides pardalis Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1901, p. 
239; Tokyo ; Misaki, Sagami ; Matsushima ; Onomichi; Nagasaki. 
Habitat.— Hakodate to Nagasaki. 
Head 374, height of body 3} in total length without caudal. Eye 5, interorbital 
1%, its width between bony septa above eyes 23, snout 22, height of caudal peduncle 
By invhead. 014 ATi si ro ere: 
Body oblong, rather slender, but not compressed ; caudal peduncle rather long, 
conical. Dorsal and ventral contours of body very gently curved, not elevated. Head 
rather large, slightly elevated above eye ; eye moderate in size, slightly nearer to tip of 
snout than to upper end of gill-opening ; interorbital very broad, nearly flat, with a 
slight ridge above eye ; snout steep, straight, pointed; nostrils separate, on sides of 
a prominent tube. Mouth terminal; teeth bluntly pointed in front, the cutting edges 
concave ; the suture rather indistinct, leaving a distinct groove between teeth ; the 
ridges on either side indistinct. Inner fold of gill-opening partly exposed. Dorsal 

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