. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF PISHES. 351 303. OHILOMYOTERUS SPINOSUS (Linnaeus). "Swell-toad"; "Lemon-toad"; "Spiny Toad-fisli"; Bur-fisli. Diodon spinosua LinnEGUs, Systema Naturae, ed. x, 335, 1758; India.* Diodon schoBpii Walbaum, Artedi Genera Piscium, 601, 1792; Long Island, N. Y. Chilomycterus geometricua, Yarrow, 1877, 203; Beaufort. Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 366; Beaufort. Jenkins, 1877, 93; Beaufort. Wilson, 1900, 355; Beaufort. ChiU)mycleru8 8ch(Epii Jordan, 1S8Q, 30; Beaufort. Jordan & Evermann, 1898,1748, pi. c
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF PISHES. 351 303. OHILOMYOTERUS SPINOSUS (Linnaeus). "Swell-toad"; "Lemon-toad"; "Spiny Toad-fisli"; Bur-fisli. Diodon spinosua LinnEGUs, Systema Naturae, ed. x, 335, 1758; India.* Diodon schoBpii Walbaum, Artedi Genera Piscium, 601, 1792; Long Island, N. Y. Chilomycterus geometricua, Yarrow, 1877, 203; Beaufort. Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 366; Beaufort. Jenkins, 1877, 93; Beaufort. Wilson, 1900, 355; Beaufort. ChiU)mycleru8 8ch(Epii Jordan, 1S8Q, 30; Beaufort. Jordan & Evermann, 1898,1748, pi. cclxvi, fig. 649. Linton, 1905, 403; Beaufort. Diagnosis.—Body short and broad, the depth somewhat less than breadth and .33 total length; depth of caudal peduncle at junction with fin equal to diameter of eye; head less than depth; nasal tentacle as long as pupil; eye large, lateral, about equal to snout; interorbital space concave; gill-slit equal to diameter of eye, opposite upper half of pectoral base; dermal spines broad-based, far apart, and short, their height averaging diameter of pupil; a series of about 9 spines between eye and caudal; 2 supraorbital spines, 1 spine on middle of forehead; spines on abdomen smallest and partly imbedded; a short cirrus above each eye; a fleshy tip on some of the posterior spines; cirri on chin; dorsal rays 12, their tips reaching caudal; anal rays 10; cau- dal small, lanceolate; pectorals much broader than long, the upper rays longer. Color: green- ish above, whitish or pale yellow below (sometimes black in young); back and sides with 10 to 16 black longitudinal stripes about width of interspaces, those on sides becoming oblique;' simi- lar narrower stripes on head extending crosswise; a black oceUated spot about size of eye above each pectoral, a larger black spot behind each pectoral, another black spot on each side of back at base of dorsal, and a smaller black spot below it; a narrow dark bar across dorsal fin near its base; fins o
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