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Spheroides lunaris. Bl. Schn. 
Tetrodon lunaris, B\. Schn. Syst. Ichth. p. 505, 1801 (Malabar) 
Russell, Fish. Vizagapatam, 1, p. 20, pl. 29, 1803; Rtipp. 
N.W. Fische, p. 59, 1838; Cantor, Cat. Malay. Fish. p. 
378, 1849 (Pinang); Blkr. Verh. Bul. Grn. xxiv, 1852, 
Blootk. p. 12 (Sunda-Molucca Archipelago), xxv, 1853, 
Bengal, p. 78, and Atlas Ichth. v, 1865, Gymnodont. p. 63, 
Diet, we. 2. jerdon, Madras jourm:-Eit..and Sc. 1855, 
p. 150; Giinth. Fish. Zanz. p. 131, 1866 (Zanzibar) and 
Cat. Fish. viii, p. 274, 1870 (Cape Seas; Zanzibar; East 
Indian Archipelago; Penang ; Sarawak ; China) ; Klunz. 
Fische Roth. Meer. 1871, p. 639 ; Day, Fish. Ind. p. 7or, 
pl. clxxxii, fig. 2, 1878 (Madras: the fry are common in 
the Hooghly) ; Gilchr. Cat. Fish. 1902, p. 161 ($. Africa). 
Tetrodon tepa, Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges, pp. 10 and 362, 1822. 
Tetrodon letopleura, Gray, Ul. Ind. Zool. 1834. 
Physogaster lunaris, Mull. Abhandl. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1839, 
De 252- 
Gastrophysus lunaris, Bibron, Rev. Zool. 1855, p. 279. 
Tetrodon (Lagocephalus) lunans, Steindr. Fische Stid-arab. und 
Sok. p. 37, 1902. (Sokotra). 
Spheroides lunaris, Jord. & Seale, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxviii, 
1905, p. 790 (Negros), and Fish. Luzon and Penay, p. 
36, 1907 (San Fabian); Jord. & Rich. Fish. Philippine 
Archip. p. 273, 1908 (Manila; Iloilo). 
Spheroides lunaris. Schleg. var spadiceus, Richards. 
(Channell- or Golden-Toby.) 
Tetrodon spadiceus, Richards. Voy. Sulphur, Ichth. p. 123, 
pl. lvii, figs. 4 and 5, 1844 (Canton) ; Blkr. Atlas. Ichth. 
v, Gymnodont. p. 64, pl. i, fig. 1, 1865 (Java; Sumatra ; 
Banka; Borneo; Celebes; Amboyna). 
Tetrodon lunaris, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 277, pl. cxxii, 
fig. 1, 1847 (Nagasaki), probably not of Schneider, 1801 ; 
Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 255, 1865; Nystrom, Hand. 
Svensk. Vet. Ak. 1687, p. 48 (Nagasaki); Ishikawa, 
wel. Cate p>, 1897 (Boshu; Tokyo): 
Tetrodon lunarts, var spadiceus, Gunth. Cat. Fish. viii, p. 
275, 1870 (Vizagapatam; coast of Malabar; Borneo ; 
East Indian Archipelago; Philippine Islds.; China; 
Japan); Gilchr. and Thomp. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. vi, pt. 
3, 1909, p. 274 (Natal, common in Durban Bay, in deep 
water). 
Lagocephalus lunaris, Waite, Mem. Austral. Mus. iv, 1899, 
p. 97 (Newcastle, New South Wales, 16-32 fms.). 
Spheroides spadiceus, Jord. & Snyd. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 
XXiV, 1902, p. 234 (East Indies, north to Japan; rather 
common); Jord. Tan. & Snyd. Cat. Fish. Japan, p. 224, 
1913 (East Indies, north to Japan; Canton); Seale, 
Cat. Fish. Hongkong, p. 74, 1914. 
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