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12. SPHEROIDES OCELLATUS (Osbeck). 
Tetrodon ocellatus Osbeck, Iter Chinensi.s, 1757, p. 226; English ed. I, p. 364; II, 
p. 331, Canton. — Linn^us, Syst. Nat, 12th ed., p. 411, after Osbeck. — Rich- 
ardson, Voyage Sulphur, 1843, p. 120, pi. lviii, figs. 1, 2; Canton, Japan. — 
GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish., VIII, 1870, p. 279, China. 
Head 3; depth 3. D. about 14; A. 14. Body rather robust, cov- 
ered with minute spines from near nostrils to dorsal fin; abdomen 
entirely cov^ered with similar spines, sides naked; dorsal and anal low, 
slightly falcate; lateral ridge obscure; caudal truncate; upper teeth 
without ridge in front; olivaceous, sides silvery, young with round 
pale spots; a large black spot behind pectoral on each side, this con- 
nected with its fellow b}^ a black cross band over the back; this band 
and the spots edged all around by white; a black, white-edged blotch 
at base of dorsal. Length about a foot. (Giinther); (Richardson). 
Coasts of China, mentioned b}" Richardson as from Japan, where it 
is probably' rare; not seen by us. Common about Canton. {Ocellat-m, 
ocellate.) 
13. SPHEROIDES ALBOPLUMBEUS (Richardson). 
XAGOYABUKU (XAGOYA PUFFER); KOMONBUKU (SMALL MARBLED 
PUFFER); SHIWOSAIBUKU (ESTUARY PUFFJER). 
Tetraodon alhoplumbeus Rich.vrdson, Voy. Sulphur, Ichth., 1S44, p. 121, pi. lviii, 
figs. 6, 7, Canton; Ichth. China, p. 199, Canton. — Bleeker, Atlas Gymno- 
dontes, p. 62, pi. i, fig. 1, Sumatra, Borneo, Java. 
Gastrophysus alboplumbeus Bleeker, Nat. Tydskr. Nederl. Ind., VII, p. 104. 
Lagocephalus alboplumbeus Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , 1900, p. 360, 
Tokyo. 
Tetrodon oblongus var. alboplumbeus GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish., VIII., p. 278, Sumatra, 
China, Japan. — Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 2, Izu, Riukiu, Kiusiu, Tokyo. 
Tetrodon parilonofus Sciilecjel, Fauna Jap., 1847, p. 279, pi. cxxvi, fig. 2, Nagasaki. 
Tetrodon niveatus Brevoort, Japan. Fish., 1856, p. 284, Shimoda. 
f Tetrodon hartlandi Bianconi, Mem. Accad. Bologna, VI, p. 146, pi. 11, fig. 1, 
Mozambique. 
f Gastrophysus niicrophthalrnus Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, XXIX, 1867, p. 174, 
Sifang. 
Head 3i in length, depth 3|; depth of caudal peduncle 3f in head; 
eye of; snout ^i; interorbital space 3; dorsal rays 12; anal ra3^s 11. 
Body rather elongate, the dorsal contour little elevated; caudal 
peduncle not compressed, its length li in head; length of head much 
less than distance between gill opening and base of caudal. Eye 2^ in 
snout; interorbital space broad. Hat. Nostrils in elevated, oblong, 
papilla?, the openings lateral. Teeth scarcely pointed before, the 
cutting edges somewhat concave; suture without groove; no vertical 
ridges on either .•side of suture. Inner flap at gill opening exposed; 
width of gill opening equal to base of pectoral. 
Lateral fold prominent. Lines of mucous pores as described in 
aS'. abbottl^ with the addition of one extending from chin backward and 
