146 



TETKODONTID.E. 



10. Yg. 



11. Yg. 



12. Yg. 



Muskenge, Bakubu Country, 



Kasai. 

 Banzj-ville, Ubanglii. 

 Uerre R., Upper Ubanglii. 



E. Torday, Esq. (P. 



Capt. Royaux (C). 

 M. De Bauw (C). 



3. TETRODON PUSTULATUS. 



A. Murray, Proo. R. Phys. Soo. Edinb. i. 1857, p. 253 ; Giinth. Cat. Fish. viii. 



p. 261 (1870). 

 Tetraodon leiogaster, J. A. Smith, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. iii. 1865, p. 268. 



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

 3| times in total length. Snout rounded, 1£ to 2h times as long as 

 eye, which is lateral and 4| to 7 times in length of head ; interorbital 



Fig. 99. 



Tetrodon pustulatue. 

 Old Calabar. J. 



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 \ length of head. 

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

 peduncle \ to § leDgth of head, If to 2 times as long as deep. Head 

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

 lateral-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. 



