NO. 1254. (n'MXODOXT FISHES OF JAPAX—JORDAX AXD SXYDER. 261 
Mala roturnla Ccvier, Tableau Elem. Nat. Hist., 1798, p. 323; after Tetrodon mola 
Linnseus. 
Tetrodon lune Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., I, 1798, p. 509. 
Orthragoriscus Idsjndus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 511. 
OrthagoriscHS fasciatus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 511. 
Cephalus brecis Shaw, Gen. ZooL, V, 1804, p. 437, pi. clxxvi. 
Cephahis pallasimms SnAvr, Gen. Zool., V, 1804, p. 440. 
Diodon carinatus Mitchill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, II, 1815, p. 264, pi. 
V, fig. 1, New York. 
Acanthosoma carinatum De Kay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 1842, p. 330, pi. lv, 
fig. 179. 
Orthugoriscus spinosus Cuvier, Regne Animal, 1817. 
Cephalus 07-thagoriscus Risso, Eur. Merid., Ill, 1826, p. 173. 
Ozodura orsini Ranzani, Nov. Connn. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bonon., Ill, 1839, p. 82, 
Mediterranean Sea; Nov. Coinm. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bonon., 111,18.39, pi. vi. 
Tympanomium inland Ranzani, Nov. Conim. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bonon., Ill, 1839, 
p. 82, Adriatic Sea. 
Dtplanchias nasus Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bonon., Ill, p. 82, "in 
marei siculo." 
Trematopsis icillughbei Ranzani. Nov. Comm. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bonon., Ill, \>. 82, in 
oceano. 
Orthragoriscus retzii Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bonon., Ill, p. 82, no 
locality. 
Orthragoriscus ghini Ranz.\ni, Nov. Comm. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bonon., Ill, p. 82, Medi- 
terranean Sea. 
Orthragoriscus rondeletii Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bonon., Ill, p. 82, 
3Iediterranean Sea. 
Orthragoriscus blochii Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bonon., Ill, p. 82, 
"in mari oceano." 
Orthragoriscus alexandrini Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Ac. Sci. Inst. Bonon., Ill, p. 82, 
Adriatic Sea. 
Orthragoriscus red i Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Ac. Inst. Bonon., Ill, p. 82, Mediter- 
ranean Sea. 
OrtJiragorisais oculeatus Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Ac. Inst. Bonon., Ill, p. 82. 
Orthragoriscus lunaris Gronow, Cat. Fishes, ed. Gray, 1854, p. 165, Mediterranean 
Sea. 
Orthragoriscus Solaris Gronow, Cat. Fishes, ed. Gray, 1854, p. 165, Mediterranean 
Sea. 
Orthragoriscus elegans Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Ac. Inst. Bonon., Ill, Atlantic Ocean. 
Orthragoriscus battarse Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Ac. Inst. Bonon., Ill, Adriatic Sea. 
AJedon storeri Castelnau, Poiss. Afr. Austr., pp. 75, 76. 
Aledon capensis Castelnau, Poiss. Afr. Austr., jjp. 75, 76, Cape of Good Hope. 
Pallasia pallasi Nardo, Ann. Sci. Regno Lombard., Venet., X, 1840, p. 112, Venice. 
Orthagoriscus analis Ayres, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., II, 1854, p. 31, fig. liv, San 
Francisco. 
Mola ma^us Steenstrup and Lutken, Overs. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forh., 1863, p. 36. 
Mola retzii Steenstrup and Lutken, Overs. Dansk. Yid. Selsk. Forh., 1863, p. 36. 
Orthragoriscus ozodura Harting, Verhand. Ak. Wet. Amsterd., 1868, pp. 1—48, 
pis. I-VIII. 
Ostracion boops Richardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, Ichth., 1844, p. 52, South 
Atlantic. 
Head 3; depth Ig; D. IT; A. 16, Dorsal and anal lin.s high in front, 
rapidly decreasing backAvard, the height of each about 2i in length of 
