258 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxiv. 
6. CHILOMYCTERUS Bibron. 
KFRR-FISHES. 
f'liilomycfems Bibkox, in Barneville, Revue Zoologique, 1846, p. 40, (reficnlatus= 
figrlmis). 
<'}nl.omycterus Kaup, Wiegni. Archiv., 1847, p. 365 {antennatus). 
(tydlchthys Kaup, Wiegni. Archiv., 1855, ]:». 231 {orbimlaris). 
CynnicJifJn/s Kaup, Wiegm. Archiv., 1855, p. 231 (cwruleus) . 
THodoi) Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., (Tymnod., 1865, p. 55 {atinga), the first species 
named by Linnanis; not Diodnn, as properly restricted by Kanp to THodon 
hyMri.r. 
l^ody broad, depressed, moderatel}" inflatable. Dermal spines short, 
stout, ininiovable, triang'ular, each with 3 roots; nasal tube simple, 
with two lateral openings: the tube sometimes rounded, sometimes 
flattened, and with the partition feeble and easily torn so that the ten- 
tacle appears undivided: caudal peduncle short; tins small, formed as in 
D/odott ; jaws without median suture. Species numerous, of smaller 
size than those of Diodon, the spines broader and lower, their bases 
forming' a coat of mail. 
(jf?\oj, lip; }Avnri]p^ nose ''Narines non closes au sommet, mais 
chacune ayant Tapparence de deux levres, ou formee de deux tenta- 
cules reunis a la base.") 
a. C'hilomvcterus: Nasal tentacle flattened, divided; fins spotted with black; snpra- 
orliital spines 3, feeble; no s]>ine on forehead; supraocular cirrus wanting; upper 
parts with short, dark streaks or bars, becoming blotches on the sides. 
caVtJoTn\erm». 
25. CHILOMYCTERUS CALIFORNIENSIS Eigenmann. 
TORABUKU (TIGER PUFFER); HISHIBUKU (DIAMOND PUFFER); KAERU- 
BUKU (FROG PUFFER). 
DiotlDii ligriiius Schlec^el, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 1847, p. 228, pi. cxxviii, 
fig. 1, Nagasaki, not of Cuvier. 
Chilomyciervf: figrinus Ishikawa. Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 1, Tokyo, Misaki. 
Chilomyctenoi ealiforniensis'^ Eigenmann, Amer. Nat., V, 1891, pp. 25, 1133, Ban 
Pedro, California. 
Chilomycterus californiensis Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1900, 
p. 361, Tokyo. 
( 'lii/iimycterus ccdifornle7ms Snodgrass and Heller, Proc. Biol. S<jc. Wash., 1901, 
(Talapagos Islands. 
^The following is the substance of Dr. Eigenmann's account: No tentacles any- 
where. Spines of back all low, those of front especially so, increasing in size toward 
belly, where the}- become much larger than those of back. No spine on middle of 
forehead. A spine at upper anterior angle of orbit; one above, somewhat behind its 
middle; one slightly behind and above its upper posterior angle; another halfway 
between the last and the upper angle of pectoral, and another before and a little 
above the upper margin of pectoral. Blue above, white below; forehead and bases 
of all the fins with small (one-sixteenth inch) dark spots, fewer on anal; back 
<lensely covered with short streaks or bars, which become larger spots on sides; a 
few round dark si^ots (one-fourth inch in diameter) on belly; spots below eye larger 
tliaii those on forehead, similar in size to those on caudal peduncle. Length 9|- 
juclies. San Pedro, California. • 
