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expected in bays of the south side of Long Island. The species 



reaches the length of 7 or 8 inches; it is known in Cuba as the 



Tambor. 



302 Spheroides trichocephalus (Cope) 



Hairy Bhwfish 



Tetrodon trichoceiJhalus Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 120, 1870, Gulf 



Stream off Newport, E. I.; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. 



Mus. 8G2, 1883. 

 Sphuvroides triclwcephalvs Jordan & Edwards, Proc. XJ. S. Nat. Mus. 236, 



1S86. 

 Spheroides trichocephalns Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



1737, 1898. 



Head two sevenths of total length; eye two sevenths as long 

 as the head; interorbital width four fifths diameter of eye. 

 Profile suddenly descending from prefrontal region to premaxil- 

 lary, arched from the former point backward; belly spinous to 

 near vent; dorsal region spinous from a little behind the nares 

 to above the ends of the pectoral fins; spines on the head long, 

 close set, like seal bristles; caudal fin truncate, with prominent 

 angles. 



D. 8; A. 7. 



Brownish above, faintly vermiculated with lighter; sides yel- 

 lowish, becoming white below j fins uniform light yellow; a 

 brown spot at base of pectoral. (After Cope) 



The hairy blowfish is known only from the small specimen 

 4 inches long described by Professor Cope; the specimen was 

 taken in the Gulf Stream off Newport. Jordan and Evermann 

 suggest that it may be the young of Spheroides p a c h y - 

 g a s t e r (Mtiller & Troschel), from Barbados. Possibly it may- 

 be nearer to S. u e p h e 1 u s (Goode & Bean), Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 412, 1882, a southern species known from Georgia to 

 Texas. 



No specimens have been recorded from waters of New York. 



Family idiodoktidae 



Porcupine Fishes 



Genus trichodiodon Bleeker 



|{o(ly ()l)l()ng, little depressed; nasal tentacle present; dermal 



ossificalions v.t.v small, each with a pair of lateral roots, and 



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