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6. CHILOMYCTERUS RETICULATUS. 



Ostracion subrotundus Artedi, Gen., 59, No. 16. Sueci, Desc. Spec. Pise., 

 86, No. 19, 1738. 



Crayracion No. 16, Klein, Historia Pise., 20, 1740 (after Artedi). 



Diodon reticulatus Linna3us, Syst. Nat., Ed. X, 334, 1758 (after Artedi). 

 Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1449, 1788 (copied). Lowe, Fish. Madeira, 87, 

 plate 13, 1843-60. 



Chilomycterus reticulatus (Bibron Mss ) Barneville, " Revue Zool., 141," 1846. 

 Bleeker, "Atl. Ichth., V, 54," 1865. Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 

 VIII, 313, 1870 (St. Helena ; Bermudas). Poey, Enum. Pise. Cub., 

 171, 1875. Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 21, 1876. Jordan & 

 Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. Am., 969, 1883 (Florida Reefs). Jordan, Cat, 

 Fish. N. Am., 141, 1885 (name only). 



Diodon atringa var. reticulatus Walbaum, Artedi, Pise., 596, 1792. 



Diodon atinga \&r. reticulatus Walbaum, Artedi, Pise., 596, 1792 (copied). 



Diodon atinga /?, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, 413, 1766 (India). 



? Diodon aiinga var. orbicularis Walbaum, Artedi, Pise, 588, 1792 (Pacific 

 and Indian Ocean). 



Diodon hystrix var. or-biculatus Bloch & Schneider, Ichth., 512, 1806 (Ja- 

 maica). 



Diodon tigrinus Cuvier, Mem. Mus., IV, 127, plate VI, 1818. Id., Regne 

 Animal, Ed. II, 337 (note), 1829. 



Diodon atinga Poey, Syn. Pise. Cub., 429, 1868. 



Chilomycterus orbitosus Poey, Annals Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, 1875, 69 

 (Cuba). Id., Enum. Pise. Cub., 171, 1875 (Havana). 



Habitat. — West Indies north to Bermuda and the Florida 

 Keys. 



The Diodon reticulatus differs from antennatus in the absence 

 of the antennas, and in the coloration. The fins especially are 

 marked with small black spots. 



This species is well known to naturalists, bat I have not been 

 able to examine it. 



