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Sub-classis Ostinopterygii, MacLeay. 



Ordo Plectognathi. 



Fam. TetrodontidvE. 



Diodon punctatus, Cuv. Reg. An. ii. p. 367. D. attinga, Bl. 125. D- 

 hystrix, Bl. 126. 



Sir Edward Belcher brought several small specimens from the Chinese seas. 

 Hab. Sea of China. Malay archipelago. Indian ocean and Red sea. 



Tetrodon bimaculatus, Bennett (nova sp.), Zool. of Beechey's Voy. p.50; 



Richardson, Ichth. of Sulph. Voy. p. 119. pi. 57. fig. 7-9. Tet. fasciatus, 



M'Clelland, Cal. Journ. p. 412. pi. 21. f . 2 (non Bl. Schn.). 



Specimens were brought from China by Sir Edward Belcher, and others exist in the Chi- 

 nese collection at Hyde Park. 



Hab. Sea of China. 



Tetrodon ocellatus, Osbeck (Diodon), Eng. trans, i. p. 365 ; Bl. 145 ; 

 Icon. Reeves, 271 ; Hardw. Cart. 15. Chinese name, Yu po (Reeves) ; 

 Yu paou, "Jade bubble" (Birch); Ka'i po y (Osbeck); Rich. Ichth. of 

 Sulph. Voy. p. 120. pi. 58. f. 1, 2. 



Specimens of this fish, in spirits, exist in the British Museum and Chinese collection at 

 Hyde Park, and its dry skins are very common in the insect-boxes sold at Canton. 



Hab. China. Canton. Chusan. Japan. It is said in Bl. Schn. to inhabit fresh wafers 

 near the sea. 



Tetrodon ocellatus, var. guttulatus, Richardson, Ichth. of Sulph. Voy. 



p. 121. pi. 58. f. 3; Icon. Reeves, 96 o; Hardw. Cart. 13. Chinese name, 



Ke paou, "Fowl bubble." 



A specimen was deposited by Mr. Reeves in the British Museum. The colour in the 

 drawing is honey-yellow on the back, with the large spots above the pectorals, and at the 

 root of the dorsal dark umber-brown, the small ones silvery. 



Hab. China. 



Tetrodon albo-plumbeus, Richardson, Ichth. of Sulph. Voy. p. 121. 



pi. 58. f. 6, 7. Japanese fishes, Br. Mus. No. 1 7. 



A specimen exists in the British Museum, which may be readily confounded with the var. 

 guttulatus of ocellatus. It is distinguished by the course of the porous lines on the snout, and 

 the distribution of the spines on the body. T!ie figure in the Japanese fishes, which I have 

 supposed to represent the adult of this species, has much resemblance to the T. honckenii of 

 Bloch. 143. TtA^o&v^ kc~f/i<~ (A V& J. *L . 



Hab. China and Japan. 



Tetrodon spadiceus, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulphur, p. 123.pl.58. 

 f.4&5. 



The British Museum possesses a specimen presented by Mr. Reeves, and there are others 

 in the Chinese Collection at Hyde Park. 

 Hab. China. Canton. 



Tetrodon laterna, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulphur, p. 124. pi. 61. 

 f. 2; Icon. Reeves, 99; Hardw. Cart. 14. Chinese name, Tang lung 

 paou, "Chinese lantern-bubble" (Birch); Tsung lung paou, " Bladder 

 lantern" (Reeves) ; Tsang lung pau (Bridgem. Chrest. 239). 

 A pencil sketch made by Ellis in 1780, on Cook's last voyage, at Pulo Condore, China, most 



probably refers to this species. He states the rays to be D. 11 ; A. 1 1 ; C.9; P. 17. 

 Hab. China. 



Tetrodon hispidus, Lin., Amoen. Acad. Chinens. Lagoerstr. Dec. 23, 1754 

 (non Lacep.). 

 Hab. China. 



