450 



SNOUTED TETHODON. 



Indian seas : observed by Commerson : when taken, 

 makes a kind of grunting noise like several other 

 fishes of this and the neighbouring genera. 



ELECTRIC TETIIODON. 



Tetrodon Electricus. T, maculis ruhris viridibus ef albis, supra 



fuscus, subtus thalassinus, ad latera fiams, fdnnis viridibus. 



Lin, Gmel. Paters. Act. Angl. 76. 2. p. 382. i. 13. 

 Tetrodon with the body brown above, yellow on the sides, 



sea-green beneath, and varied with red, green, and white 



spots. ' 



Length seven or eight inches : eyes large, with 

 red irides : native of the Indian and American 

 seast inhabiting rocky places among corals : when 

 touched affects the hand with an electric or gal- 

 vanic shock. 



SNOUTED TETRODON. 



Tetrodon Rostratus. T. fusco-cceridescens, subtus albidus, ore 



elongato, abdomme antice spinoso. 

 Blueish-brown Tetrodon, whitish beneath, with elongated 



mouth, and abdomen spiny in front. 

 Tetrodon maxillis in rostrum elongatis. Block, t. 146. 



Shape oblong-ovate : suddenly contracting to- 

 wards the mouth and tail : length a few inches : 

 snout lengthened, so as to appear slightly tubular : 

 colour blueish brown, whitish beneath : fore-part 

 of the abdomen beset with spines : a few spines are 

 also dispersed over the back : fins brown. Native 

 of the Indian seas. 



