1750 Bulletin //, United States National Museum. 



2168. CHILOMYCTERUS AXTENNATUS (Cuvier). 



Spines strong, but short; 2 above the orbit, 1 more or less prominent 

 in the middle of the forehead. Superciliary edge not raised; generally a 

 tentacle between the superciliary spines. Tentacles along lower part of 

 side, 1 on each side and in advance of anal fin being especially devel- 

 oped. Tail spineless, but the roots of 1 pair of spines reaching across 

 behind dorsal fin. 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 ; generally a small black spot below eye ; some or all of these 

 spots edged with lighter; upper and lateral parts with numerous black 

 dots, some with a bluish pupil ; abdomen brown ; fins unspotted. Length 

 8 inches. West Indies and southward ; recorded from St. Croix, Jamaica, 

 Porto Eico, and the Cape of Good Hope. Not seen by us. (antennatus, 

 having feelers.) 



Diodon antennatus, CUVIER, Mem. Mus., iv, 131, pi. 7, 1818. 



Chilomycterus puncticulatus, POEY, Anal. Hist. ISTat., 346, 1881, Porto Rico. 



Chilomycterus antennatus, KAUP, Wiegm. Archiv 1855,232; GUNTHER, Cat., vm, 311, 1870. 



Subgenus CHILOMYCTERUS. 

 2169. CHILOMYCTERUS ATINGA (Linnaeus) 



(ATINGA.) 



Head 2f; depth 2f. D. 12 or 13; A. 12 or 13; P. 12; C. 10. Spines very 

 short, compressed, with long, strong, flat, ridged roots, the anterior root 

 the longest; supraocular cirrus well developed. Forehead flat, without 

 spine. Three feeble supraorbital spines, the inner root of the foremost 

 overlapping frontal bones. Nostrils in front of orbit. Generally 2 osseous 

 stripes across back of tail, behind dorsal fin ; abdominal ossifications nearly 

 as much developed as those on back ; 8 in a longitudinal series nearest to 

 median line of back. Body and fins mostly covered with small round 

 black spots ; a large black blotch before and around dorsal ; another on 

 each side above gill opening and pectoral; spots of the back more or less 

 ocellated, and of the size of the pupil; those of the fins much smaller. 

 West Indies, north to Bermuda and Florida Keys, common southward; 

 readily known by the spotted fins, (atinga, a Portuguese name of the 

 species in Brazil.) 



Orbis muricatus et reticulatus, LISTER, in Willughby, HistoriaPiscium, 155, pi. i, No. 7, fair, 

 1686, no locality. 



Ostracion subrotundus aculeis undique brevibus triquetris raris, ARTEDI, Genera, 59, 1738, 

 description from a specimen seen in the Green Dragon at Stepney, presumably of this 

 species, as LISTER is quoted in the synonymy, and his figure is characteristic. 



Ostracion bidens sphcericus aculeis undique densis triquetris, ARTEDI, Genera, 59, 1738, 

 based on a specimen in the collection of Seba at Amsterdam "maculce nigrce latce, ad 

 pinnas et caudani; " reference in synonymy to Atinga alter minor orbicularis, LISTER, 

 in Willughby, Historia Piscium, 155, 1686, which seems to be Chilomycterus spinosus. 



Diodon atinga (misprinted atringa), LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, 334, 1758, India; after 

 Ostracion bidens sphcericus of ARTEDI ; not of most later authors. 



