TETRODONTIDAE . 
Spleroides spengleri (Bloch). Cons ST 1: 
Se rT ( 
Head 2 4/53; depth 43; D. ii, 6;3 hare 53; snout 2 in 
head; eye 4 1/8 to 4 7/8; interorbital (bony) 6 1/5 to 7 1/2, 
concave; head width 1 2/5 to 11/2. Predorsal, occiput and 
belly prickly, sides and rest of head and trunk smooth, 
Color in alcohol faded dull brown, marbled paler and darker 
above, lower surface whitish. Row of about 12 blackish 
blotches along side below, from chin to pectoral base and thence 
to lower surface of caudal peduncle, Length 90 to 125 mm, 
Two from Rio Janeiro, 
These agree in every way with West Indian specimens 
in the Academy, 
Spheroides hypselogeneion (Bleeker). one 6s 
Head 2 3/4; depth 3 3/5 to 4; D. ii, 7 or PS AS 445 Be 
P, 1, 14 or 15; snout 2 1/8 to 21/4 in head; eye 3 3/4 to 4; 
bony interorbital 4 3/4 to 5 1/2, concave; head width 1 1/3 
to 12/5. Interorbital, front predorsal and abdomen with 
rather strong or coarse spines, rest of body largely smooth, 
Color in alcohol brown above, mottled or obscurely spotted 
with paler, Dusky-brown band from shoulder to. base of upper 
caudal lobe, bordered all along below with equally wide yellow- 
ish band, Flanks behind pectoral base speckled with brownish, 
Under surface of body whitish. Fins dull brownish, Caudal rays 
and front dorsal rays spotted finely with dull brownish, Length 
