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Kendall 1889, as 0. qtiadricornis) ; west coast (Henshall 1889, as O. tricorne) ; Tampa 

 (Henshall 1894, as 0. tricorne) ; along west coast, Clearwater Harbor, Key West 

 and New Smyrna (Lonnberg 1894, as 0. quadricorne); Key West and Tarpon Springs 

 (Evermann & Kendall coll., 1896) ; and Tampa Bay (Fish Hawk coll., 1898), 



TETEAODONTED^. The Puffers. 



424. Lagocephalus laevigatas (Linnaeus). Rahhit-fish. 



Tortugas (Jefferson, Porter & Moore 1878, as Tetrodon IcBvigatua)^ mouth of St. 

 Johns River (Goode 1879fc) ; Pensacola (Stearns coll., Goode & Bean 1879a) : Florida 

 Keys and west coast (Henshall 1889) ; Biscayne Bay (McCormick coll., Smith 1895) ; 

 and Key West (C. B. Hudson coll., 1897). 



425. Spheroides spengleri (Bloch). Southern Puffer. 



Tortugas (Cope 1871, as Tetrodon npengleri) ; Key West (Jordan 1884a, as T. neph- 

 elus, in part; Jordan coll., U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 35188, as T. nephelus, in part; L. A. 

 Beardslee coll., U. S. Nat, Mus, No. 38342, as T. nephelus; and Evermann & Kendall 

 coll., 1896) ; Garden Key (U, S. Nat, Mus., as T, nephelus, in part) ; Biscayne Bay 

 (McCormick coll,, Smith 1895); Key West and Big Gasparilla (Henshall 1899); and 

 Tampa (Henshall 1894), 



426. Spheroides maculatus (Bloch «fe Schneider), Puffer. 



Mouth of St. Johns River (Goode 1879a, as Cirrisomus turgidus); Pensacola (Stearns 

 coll., Goode & Bean 1879a, as C. turgidus; and Jordan & Gilbert 1882, as Tetrodon 

 turgidus) ; North Florida (Jordan & Edwards 1886) ; Big Estero Pass (Henshall 1889) ; 

 Ozona and Clearwater Harbor (Liinnberg 1894, as T. turgidus); and Indian River at 

 Cocoa (Evermann & Bean 1896, as S. testudineus). 



427. Spheroides nephelus (Goode & Bean). Swell Toad. 



Indian River and Pensacola (Earll & Stearns coll., Goode & Bean 1882, type of 

 Tetrodon nephelus) ; Pensacola (Jordan & Gilbert 1882, as T. turgidus nephelus) ; Key 

 West (Wm. Stimpson coll.. Bean 1883, as T. nephelus; Jordan 1884a, as T. nephelus, 

 in part ; and Jordan & Edwards 1886, in part, as S. spengleri) ; Florida Keys (Jordan 

 1884(f, as T. nephelus) ; Charlotte Harbor ( Grampus coll., Kendall 1889, as T. testudineus) ; 

 mouth of St. Lucie River at Stuart, and Indian River at Cocoa (Evermann & Bean 

 1896, as S. spengleri) ; Anclote Sponge Kraals (Evermann & Kendall coll., 1896) ; and 

 Tampa Bay {Fish Sawk coll., 1898), 



428. Spheroides testudineus (Linnseus), Tanibor; Bloxo-fish. 



Tortugas (Jefferson, Porter & Moore 1878, as Chilichthijs testudineus) ; Indian River 

 (Wiirdemann coll.. Bean 1883, as Tetrodon testudineus); south Florida (Cooper coll., 

 U. S. Nat. Mus, No. 2138, as T. testudineus) ; Key West (Jordan coll., U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 

 35077, as T. testudineus) ; and Lonnberg 1894, as T. testudineus) ; Lake Worth and Little 

 River (Smith coll., 1895); and St. Lucie River at Stuart (Evermann & Bean 1896). 



CANTHIGASTERU).S:. The Sharp-nosed Puffers. 



429. Canthlgaster rostratus (Bloch). 



Pensacola (Jordan & Edwards 1886, and Jordan & Evermann 1898), 



430. Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, Porcupine-fish. 



Tortugas (Jordan 1884a) ; Florida Keys, Key West, and Tortugas (Henshall 1889); 

 Key West (Henshall 1894) ; Biscayne Bay (McCormick coll.. Smith 1895) ; and Indian 

 River at Cocoa (Evermann & Bean 1896), 



431. Diodon holacanthus Linnaeus. 



Garden Key (Bean 1883, as D. liturosus) ; Egmont Key (Jordan 1884c, as D. liturosus) ; 

 and Florida Keys (Jordan & Evermann 1898), 



432. Chilomycterus schcepfl (Walbaum), Burr-fish, 



Pensacola (Goode &, Bean 1879a, as C. geometricus; and Stearns coll., Bean 1883, as 

 C. geometricus) ; mouth of St, Johns River, and Indian River (Goode 1879a, as C. geo- 

 metricus) ; Key West (Velie coll., Goode & Bean 1879^*, as C. geometricus ; and Jordan 

 1884a, as C. geometricus) ; Indian River (Henshall coll., Jordan 1880, as C. geometricus) ; 

 Gulf shore (Wilcox 1886, && Diodon maculato-striatus); Egmont Key (Henshall 1889); 



