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655. Tetraodon fluviatilis Hamilton-Buchanan. Philippine Islands (Giinther) ; 



Manila (Proce 1 ), T. nigroviridis=fluviatilis fide Bleeker, Atlas). 



CHELONODON Mil Her. 



656. Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton-Buchanan). Philippine Islands, Sta. 203, 



(Gtinther, A) ; Manila (Jordan & Richardson) ; Mindanao (Smith & 

 Scale) ; Zamboanga (Scale & Bean). 



CANTHIGA3TER Swainson. 



657. Canthigaster compreesus (ProcS). Manila (Proce); Philippine Islands 



(Gunther, Tetrodon striolatus) ; Cavite (Jordan & Scale, A) ; Negros 

 (Jordan & Seale, B) ; Philippines (Evermann & Seale, A) ; Zamboanga 

 (Evermann & Scale, B) ; Znmboanga (Seale & Bean). 



658. Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker). Bacon (Evermann & Seale, A). 



Family DIODONTID^B. 



DIODON Linnaeus. 



659. Diodon holacanthus Linnaeus. Sulu Sea (Gunther, Diodon maculatus, 



var.). 



660. Diodon hystrix Linnaeus. Luzon (Peters, C) Diodon punctatus. 



CHILOMYCTERUS Bibron. 



661. Chilomycterus orbicularis (Bloch). Straits near Cebu (Gunther, A). 



Family OSTKACIID^E. 

 OSTRACION Linnxus. 



662. Ostracion tuberculatum Linnaeus. Cavite (Jordan & Scale, A); Jolo 



(Evermann & Seale, A). 



663. Ostracion gibbosum Linmpus. Cavito (Jordan & Seale, A) ; Jolo (Ever- 



mann & Seale, A). 



664. Ostracion cornutum Linnsrus. Cavite (Jordan & Seale, A) ; Negros (Jor- 



dan & Seale, B). 



Family GOBIID.E. 

 BOSTRYCHUS LacSpede. 



665. Bostrychus sinensis (Lacepede). Manila (Kner). 



VALENCIENNEA Bleeker. 



666. Valenciennea muralis (Quoy & Gainmrd). Cuvier & Valenciennes. Phil- 



ippine Islands (Gunther). 



667. Valenciennea strigata ( Broussonet ) . Bacon (Evermann & Seale, A). 



668. Valenciennea violifera Jordan & Seale. Negros (Jordan & Seale, B). 



Valenciennea violifera Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish. XXV, 1905, 



383; Samoa. 

 Valenciennea species, Jordan & Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXVIII, 1905, 



794; Negros. 



ELEOTRIS Gronow. 



669. Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider). Luzon, Samar (Peters, C) ; Palawan 



(Boulenger, A) ; Sibuyan; Aparri (Jordan & Richardson). 



