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Sul;>geuus ACANTHOSTBACIO-V Bleeker. 



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



2167. Lactophrys tricornis (Liuuit'us). Cuckold; Toro; Coujish. 



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. 



Ostracion tricornis Liumeus, 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, 1839 (pen- 

 naiiti:=Iagocephalus). 



2168. Lagocephalus laevigatu.s (Linnajus). Smooth Puffer. 



Cape Cod to Brazil; rare north of Cape Hatteras. 



Tetrodon htrigatus Liunieus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, -ill, 1766, (Charleston, South 

 Carolina. 



2169. Lagocephalus pachycephalus (Ranzani). Jugjish. 



Jamaica to Brazil. 



Tetrodon pachi/cephalus Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bouou., iv, 1840, 

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



Genus 677. SPHEEOIDES Lacepede. Swelljishes. 



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

 tiihercule). 



Subgenus SPHEROIDES Lac^pfede. 



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). Botete. 



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

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

 Altata. 



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



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



Madeiras and Canaries. 

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



2173. Spheroides marnioratus (Ranzani). Spiny-back Blowfisli. 



West Indies to Brazil; Jamaica. 



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

 72, pi. 10, tig. 1, Brazil. 



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



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



Biscayne Bay, Florida. 

 Tetrodo)! Iiispidus var. maculatus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 504, 1801> 



Rhode Island ; after Schiipf. 



Subgenus CHEILRHTHYS Miiller. 



Cheilichthij s^iuller, Abhandl. Akad.Wiss. Berl., 252, 1839 (1841) (testudineus). 



2175. Spheroides testudineus (Liunajus). "Tambor; Globefish ; Blowfish. 



West Indies; (iiilf Stream as far as Newport, Rhode Island. 

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

 on Balk and Artedi. 



2176. Spheroides annulatus (Jenyns). 



Pacific Coast of tropical America. 



Tetrodon annulatus Jenyus, Zool. Beagle, 1.^)3, 1812, (Jalapagos Islands. 



