THE FTSHES OF SAMOA. ,H^V 



Crayracion Imeatns Bleeker, Atlas, v, 70, tab. ccvi, fig. 1, tab. cc.\!i, !ig. 1. Bali. Singapore, Celebes, Amboina. 

 Tclraodon acroslaticus J enyns, Voyage Beagle, 152, 1S4'>, locality unknown. 

 Tilraodon lineatus. Kncr, Novara Fische. 409, Tahiti. 



This species, common from Japan to the East Indies, is recorded by Giinther from Fiji, by Kner 

 from Tahiti, and by Seale from Guam. The blacli stripes on the abdomen on this and other species 

 disappear with age. 



It is very close to Trh-an.hni ^i.lhiiiix Bloch & Schneider, of the East Indies, with wltich Dr. 

 <iunther identifies it. Thr Littfi- Ikis. however, the dorsal spotted, lilie tlie caudal, besides other 

 minor differences. In Tclnindini <i,-r<ixlahcns the dorsal is immaculate. The back in both is profusely 

 spotted with black. 



1300. Tetraodon mappa Lesson. New Guinea (Macleay); East Indies. 



1301. Tetraodon hispidus Linnaeus. Sue. Hawaii; New Guinea; Samoa; Aneiteum; New Han- 



over (Peters); China; East Indies; Panama. 



1 Ttlrnodon hispidus LinmEu.s, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, '33, China; after Lagerstrom (probably Ihis species, the spots 



not indicated in Lagerstrom's figure); Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 1766, 411. 

 Triraoihm hispidus, Gunther, Cat., vm, 297, 1870, Red Sea, Zanzibar, Ceylon, Mozambique, Port Natal. 

 T<irna,J.„i i.rrfplnllans Euppell, Atlas Fische, 63, Red Sea. 



r.(r..'" ■ ,.■.,'« T.nvns, Voy. Beagle, Fi.sh, 152, 1842, Vanicolo. 



Cru;n- i- tatema in plate), Bleeker, Atlas, v, 71, tab. rev, fig. 3, Sumatra, Cocos, Solor, Timor, 



i;.i: !■ > ■ . ' i;;inda. 

 rr/rii"./ / • :: l:ir|i:irdson, Voy. Sulphur, 1842, 124, pi. LXI, fig. 2, Canton; alter an incorrect drawing by John 



Rcrvs. Ricliardson, lehth. China, 199, 1846, Canton. 

 Arcthrim Interna, Bleeker, Enum. Pise. Archip. Ind., 200. 



Tetraodon Jiixpidiis (scmislriatus), Gunther, Cat., viii, 1870, 297, Amboina, Aneiteum, Australia. 

 Arothron crelhizon Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus,, v, 1882, 631, Panama. 



This species is very abundant in the lagoons and mullet ponds about Honolulu. It is regarded as 

 excessively poisonous, muki-muhi, or deadly death, being its local name. A single specimen nearly 

 a foot long was taken at Apia. It is common in the East Indies, and we can see no difference between 

 Hawaiian specimens and others from the Riukiu Islands. It is not certain, however, that this species 

 is the original Tetraodon hispidus of Linnseus. 



The Sanioan specimen is nearly smooth, dark olive, with round brown spots on sides of head as 

 well as on sides and back of body; base of caudal fin with many round spots, smaller than those 

 on body; dark stripes on belly persistent; gill-opening black with white rings; eye with white rings; 

 vent pale; tip of caudal dusky and unspotted. 



1302. Tetraodon reticularis Bloch & Schneider. New Guinea; New Britaiti; Guam; East Indies. 



Tetrao Ion ret nl r s Bloch I S hneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 506, Malabar. Gunther, Cat. viii, 296, Amboina, Celebes, 



Pmang Peters Berl Mon 1876, 853, New Britain. Seale, Bishop Museum 1901, 119, Guam. 

 4r // nt I d a Muller \rch. Nat., ix, 330. 

 -C a t t I Bleeker \tlas, v, 71, tab. ccxil, flg. 3, East Indies; not Tetraodon tesludineus of LinnaiUS. 



1303 Tetraodon nigropunctatus Bloch & Schneider. Sue. New Guinea; Fiji; .Samoa; East 

 It h (11 WW 



T 1 rhn.idcr, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 607, Tranquebar. Gunther, Cat., VIII, 293, Zanzibar, 



r , Alhis.v, 74, tab.ccvi, fig. 4, East Indies. 



T i>. l-i-r\u:. 65, pi. XVII, fig. 3, Red Sea. 



T II \cd. Ind., V, 532, Sumatra; examples with lonfj bristles. 



Tl lijds. Ned.Ind.,VI,336, Flores. 



I I ij'ls. Ned. Ind., ix. 111. 



Tet I I J J .'.a '.uuther. Cat., vui, 293, 1870, Fiji; bright yellow examples. 



This species is very common about Apia and Pago Pago. It is known as sui, and is regarded as 

 poisonous. Most of our specimens are very typical, brown with black vent and snout, the caudal edged 

 with pale, and the spinules short. Some similarly colored have the body covered with bristles so long 

 as to give the appearance of coarse fur. Others are intermediate in this regard, and one has *l'.e 

 ground-color bright lemon-yellow. It seems clear that all belong to the same species that Giinther 

 has indicated. 



