Jordan and Evermann .Fishes of North America. 1747 



2164. DIODON MACULIFER, Kaup. 



Spines rather short, strong, remarkably flattened, and compressed trans- 

 versely. Upper part of tail without ossifications, but a pair of spines 

 ' lying alongside their root on side of dorsal fin ; roots of spines strong and 

 long. About 15 transverse series of spines between snout and dorsal fin. 

 Upper part of head and body with round black spots, each of about the size 

 of the pupil of the eye; sometimes the spots above or near the pectoral 

 confluent into a blotch. Fins and abdomen immaculate. Length 10 inches. 

 (Giinther.) Cape of Good Hope. A specimen recorded by Giinther from 

 Cuba. This is perhaps an error, as neither Poey nor any other American 

 writer has noticed specimens in the West Indies. The species is unknown 

 to us. (macula, spot; fero, I bear.) 



Diodon maculifer, KAUP, Wiegraann'a Archiv 1855, 229, Cape of Good Hope ; GUNTHER, 

 Cat,, vin, 309, 1870. 



684. CHILOMYCTERUS, Bibron. 

 ( BURR-FISHES.) 



Chilomycterus, BIBRON, in Barneville, Revue Zoologique, 40, 1846 (reticulatus=tigrinus). 

 Chilomycterus, KAUP, Wiegm. Archiv 1847, 365 (antennatus) . 

 Cyclichthys, KAUP, Wiegm. Archiv 1855, 231 (orbicularis) . 

 Cyanichthys, KAUP, Wiegm. Archiv 1855, 231 (cwruleus). 



Diodon, BLEEKEB,' All. Ichth., Gymnod., 55, 1865 (atinga), the first species mentioned by 

 Linnaeus ; not Diodon, as earlier restricted by Kaup to Diodon hystrix. 



Body broad, depressed, moderately inflatable. Dermal spines short, 

 stout, immovable, triangular, each with 3 roots; nasal tube simple, 

 with 2 lateral openings; the tube sometimes rounded, sometimes flat- 

 tened, and with the partition feeble and easily torn so that the tentacle 

 appears divided; caudal peduncle short; fins small, formed as in Diodon; 

 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, (xztkog, lip; juvxrrfp, nose. "Narines non closes au sommet, mais 

 chacune ayant Fapparence de deux levres, ou forine"e de deux tentacules 

 reunis s\ la base." ) 



CYCLICHTHYS (KV'KAO-S, round ; ix^s, fish) : 

 a. Nasal tentacle subcylindrical, not divided. 



b. Fins unspotted; supraorbital spines 2, with generally a tentacle between them; 



a spine in middle of forehead. 

 c. Superciliary edge raised. 



d. Upper parts greenish black, with a series of undulating blackish stripes 

 running from nape backward; a similar series between eyes and 

 across face ; an ocellated black spot above pectoral ; a larger one be- 

 hind pectoral ; an ocellated spot on each side of dorsal, and an elon- 

 gated spot behind each of the ventral antenna?. SCHCEPFI, 2165. 

 dd. Upper parts plain, without series of lines ; spots as in schoepfi. 



SPINOSUS, 2166. 

 ddd. Upper parts covered with black, hexagonal reticulations. 



ANTILLARUM, 2167. 



cc. Superciliary edge not raised ; upper parts with numerous black dots, some 

 with bluish centers; a black spot in middle of nape; a large kidney- 

 shaped spot above pectoral, and a subtriangular blotch before and along 

 base of dorsal fin ; a series of antenn along lower part of side. 



ANTENNATUS, 2168. 



