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expected in bays of the south side of Long Island. The species 

 reaches the length of 7 or 8 inches; it is known in Cuba as the 

 Tambor. 



302 Spheroides trichocephalus (Cope) 



Hairy Blowfts^h 



Tetrodon tricJiocephalus Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 120, 1870, Gulf 



Stream off Newport, R. I.; Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. 



Mus. 862, 1883. 

 SpJiaeroides tricliocephalus Jordan & Edwards, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 236, 



1886. 

 Spheroides trichocephalus Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



1737, 1898. 



Head two sevenths of total length; eye two sevenths as long 

 as the head ; interorbital width four fifths diameter of eye. 

 Profile suddenly descending from prefrontal region to premaxil- 

 lary, arched from the former point backward; belly spinous to 

 near vent; dorsal region spinous from a little behind the nares 

 to above the ends of the pectoral fins; spines on the head long, 

 close set, like seal bristles; caudal fin truncate, with prominent 

 angles. 



D. 8; A. 7. 



Brownish above, faintly vermiculated with lighter; sides yel- 

 lowish, becoming white below; fins uniform light yellow; a 

 brown spot at base of pectoral. (After Cope) 



The hairy blowfish is known only from the small specimen 

 4 inches long described by Professor Cope; the specimen was 

 taken in the Gulf Stream off Newport. Jordan and Evermann 

 suggest that it may be the young of Spheroid e s p a c h y - 

 g a s t e r (Mtiller & Troschel), from Barbados. Possibly it may 

 be nearer to S. n e p h e 1 u s (Goode & Bean), Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 412, 1882, a southern species known from Georgia to 

 Texas. 



No specimens have been recorded from waters of New York. 



Family diodontidae 



Porcupine FisJies 

 Genus trichodiodon Bleeker 

 Body oblong, little depressed; nasal tentacle present; dermal 

 ossifications very small, each with a pair of lateral roots, and 



