284 SEALE. 



Siganus albopunctatus (Temminck and Schlegel). 



Head 3.1; depth 2.50; eye 3.35 in head. 



Color pale brownish above, bluish below; body covered with small 

 blue dots, considerably less than interspaces; yellowish-brown spots on 

 the shoulders. No. 2470 ; length, 222 millimeters. 



A common food-fish of Borneo ; also recorded from the Philippines. 



Siganus hexagonata Sleeker. 



Head 3.75 ; depth 2 ; eye 3 in head. 



C'olor bluish, with brownish hexagonal spots larger than the inter- 

 spaces. The young show scarcely any marking after being in alcohol a 

 short time. No. 2488; length, 235 millimeters; Nos. 2436 and 2685; 

 length, 100 millimeters. 



A common food-fish of Borneo; also recorded from the Philippines. 



Siganus fucescens (Houttuyn). 



Head 3.65; depth 2.45; eye 3.1. 



Color dull bluish with some indistinct darker spots. Kos. 2561 and 

 2754; length, 50 to 90 millimeters. 



Common in Borneo; also in the Philippines. 



Family TRIACANTHIDxE. Three-spines. 

 Triacantlius blochi Bleeker. 



Head 3.10; depth 2.80; eye slightly greater than interorbital, 3.10 in 

 head; snout 1.3 in head. 



Color silvery, with yellowish blotches on sides. Nos. 2598, 2599, 2619, 

 2688, and 2793; length. Go to 110 millimeters. 



Common in Borneo; also recorded from the Philippines. Not used 

 as food unless skinned immediately after death. 



Family MONOCANTHIDJj]. One-spines. 

 IVIonocantlius chlnensis (Bloch). 



Color dull yellowish-bro^\■n, covered with numerous small black spots; 

 caudal barred with dusky. Easily distinguished by the very elongate 

 ventral fin. Nos. 2532, 2661, 2677, 2723, and 2743; length, 70 to 150 

 millimeters. 



Common in Borneo, also in the Philippines, but not used as food as 

 it is reputed poisonous. 



Family 'TETEAODONTIDiE. Puffers, 'Poison-fishes. 



Tetraodon immaculatus (Bloch and Schneider). 



In the series before me the j'oung are colored and marked the same 

 as the adult, all being dull brown above and yellowish-white below ; with 

 four or five longitudinal lines down the back. Only one specimen. No. 



