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III. — Fishes of the Fanning Group. 

 TETRODONTIDiE. 



TETRODON IMPLUTUS, Jenyns* [No. 19214]. 



Locality : Palmyra and Cliristmas Islands. 



Specimens large, and sparsely spinous. Round bluish-white spots oh 

 the dorsal regions numerous, and the longitudinal lines on the under 

 surface indistinct. 



TETRODOI^ NIGROPUNOTATUS, Bl. Schn. [No. 19215]. 



Tetrodon nigropunctatus, Bloch, Syst. Ichth., ed. Schn., 1801, 507. — Gunther, Cat. 



Fish., viii, 1870, 293. — Klunzinger, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges., xxi, 1871, Fische d. 



Koth. Meer, 643. 

 Tetraodon diadematus, Ruppell, Atl. Fiscli., 1828, 65, pi. 17, f. 3.— Gunther, Cat. Fish., 



viii, 1870, 293. 

 Tetrodon trichoderma, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., v, 1853, Sumatra, 532. 

 Tetrodon trichodtrmatoides, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. lud., vi, 1854, FJores, 336. 

 Aroiliron melanorkynchus, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., ix, 1855, 111. 

 ^7'oiArore iricAodenna, Bleeker, Enum.- Pise. Arch. Ind., 1859, 201. 



^ro<Arow itricfto£?er»i.atoMes, Bleeker, Enum. Pise. Arch. lad., 1859, 202. ;; 



Crayracion nigropunctatus, Bleeker, Atl. Ichth., v, 1865, Gymnod., 74, pi. 2, f. 4. 



Locality : Fanning Group. 



This specimen belongs to what Giiuther calls citrinella, a variety of 

 nigropunctatus. It is characterized by its lemon color, with small scat- 

 tered black spots on the sides, and large and small irregular black spots 

 on the back; by its black dorsal fin, with a large black blotch around 

 its base; eye-lids black, and black around the gill-openings. 



OSTRACIONTID^. 



OSTRACION TUBERCULATUS, Linn. [No. 19216]. 



Ostracion tetragonus, Linn., Mus. Ad. Fred., 1754, 59. — Bleeker, Atl. Ichth., v, 1865, 

 Ostrac, 39, pi. i, f. 2, pi. 3, f. 2.— GtJNTHER, Fish. Zanzi., 1866, 129. 



Ostracion tuberculatus, Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 409. 



Ostracion cubicus, Linn., Syst. Nat.,i, 1766, 410. — Bloch, Ichth., iv, 1787, 115, pi. 137. — 

 LAci;p., Hist, des Poiss., i, 1798, 461, pi. 22, f. 1.— Ruppell, Atlas Fische, 1828, 

 3. — Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen., xxiv, 1852; Balist.en Ostrac, 35, pi. 7, f. 14. — 

 HoLLARD, Ann. Se. Nat., vii, 1657, 162.— Gunther, Cat. Fish., viii, 1870, 260. — 

 Klunzinger, Verh, z.-b. Ges., xxi, 1871, 635. 



Ostracion MixibermiJatus, Bloch, Syst. Ichth., ed. Schn., 1801, 501. 

 * See synon. under Hawaiian Fishes. 



