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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Measurements of Spheroldes nipliohles. 
Length in millimeters 
Depth expressed in hundredths of length 
Depth of caudal peduncle 
Length of caudal peduncle 
Length of head 
Width of interorbital space 
Length of snout 
Diameter of orbit 
Distance from snout to dorsal fln 
Height of longest dorsal rays 
Height of longest anal rays 
Length of caudal fin 
Number of rays in dorsal fin 
Number of rays in anal fin 
Tok 
•0, .Ta 
pan 
119 
120 
100 
98 
98 
28 
28 
26i 
26 
29 
9 
8i 
8i 
8 
8i 
24 
24i 
25 
24 
22 
3B 
32 
32 
32 
34 
lOi 
9 
10 
8i 
10 
14i 
12i 
14 
14 
If) 
8 
7 
8 
7 
7 
tJ9 
(i8 
(i9 
07 
70 
18 
18 
17i 
18 
18 
19 
17i 
17 
17* 
20 
22 
22 
23i 
21 
24 
12 
12 
12 
12 
12 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
17. SPHEROIDES RICHEI ( Freminville ). 
NAGOYABUKU. 
Tetrodon richei Freminville, Nouv. Bull. Philom., II, p. 250, pi. iv, fl^. 2. — 
Bleeker, Atlas lehth. (Tyninodontes, p. 461, pi. ix, fig. 3, Derwent, Hobart- 
town, Ta.«niania. — Guxther, Cat. Fish., VIII, 1870, p. 285, New Zealand, 
South Australia, Hobarttown. — Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 2, Kagoshima. 
Head 3i: depth 3f ; D. <); A. 10. 
Body from the lips, above, below, and on both sides, closely covered 
with small spines; caudal peduncle smooth; snout obtuse; interorbital 
space broad; orbit with a free fold for its whole circumference; no 
lateral fold on })ody or tail. 
Color greenish, whitish below, with a few large irregular l)lack 
spots or blotches above, some of these about as large as eye. 
Coasts of Australia and New Zealand (Bleeker); a specimen from 
Kagoshima, referred to this species l)y Dr. Ishikawa, is in the Imperial 
Museum of Tokyo. This identification is by no means certain. 
18. SPHEROIDES CHRYSOPS (Hilgendorf) . 
Tetrodon cJirysops Hilgendorf, Ritzgber. Naturf. Freunde, May 20, ls79, p. 80, 
Tokyo, typ- No. 10625, Mus. Bed. 
Head 2i in length; depth 2^; depth of caudal peduncle 3 in head; 
eye 5i; snout 2f, interorbital space 2|; dorsal ravs 10; anal raj'^s 9. 
Body very robust, the caudal peduncle somewhat compressed, its 
length about li in head. Head large, its length equal to distance 
between gill opening and insertion of dorsal (not quite so long in one 
specimen). Interorbital space somewhat concave, occasionallv Hat or 
slightly convex. Eye moderate, 2 or 2i in snout. Nostrils with tubes, 
the openings lateral. Teeth not pointed in front, the cutting edges 
straight or somewhat concave, the suture without a deep groove, no 
ridges bordering suture. Gill opening small, not extending above 
upper edge of base of fin,. the inner or secondary flap slightly exposed. 
Body naked, the skin covered with minute pits. Lines of nuicous 
