146 



TETEODONTID-^. 



10. Yj 



11. Yg. 



12. Yff. 



Muskeiige, Bakubu Countiy, 



Kasai. 

 Baiizyville, Ubanglii. 

 Uen-e R., Upper Ulianglii. 



E. Torday, Esq. (P.). 



Capt. Royaux (C). 

 M. DeBauw(C.). 



?,. TETRODON PUSTULATUS. 

 A. Murray, Proc. R. Pliys. Soc. Edinb. i. 1857, p. 253 ; Gimtli. Cat. Fisb. viii. 



p. 2(31 (1870). 

 Tefraodon leiogaxter, J. A. Smitb, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. iii. 1865, p. 268. 



Head as long as broad or a little longer than broad, its length 3 to 

 o} times in total lengtli. Snout rounded, 1^ to 2^ times as long as 

 eye, which is lateral and 41 to 7 times in length of head ; interoibital 



I'ig. 99. 



Tetrodon pusttdatus. 

 Old Calabar. |. 



region feebly convex, about \ length of head ; no nostril, but two nasal 

 tentacles on each side, measuring about ^ diameter of eye. Dorsal 

 obtusely pointed, 11-12. Anal rounded or obtusely pointed, 9-10, 

 opposite dorsal. Pectoral rounded-subtruncate, f to -J length of head. 

 C'audal truncate, as long as or a little shorter than head. Caudal 

 peduncle |- to § length of bead, 1§ to 2 times as long as deep. Head 

 and body with minute spines, except on snout and on caudal region; 

 laieral-line system represented by very distinct furrows. Brown above, 

 with or without darker spots, and with red, black-edged ocelli, which 

 may be numerous or few and confined to the sides ; tins and lower parts 

 whitish. 



Total length 340 millim. 



Old Calabar, Gaboon. 



