PENNANTS GLOBE-FISH. 



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PLECTOGNATHI. 



GYMNODONTID&. 



PENNANTS GLOBE-FISH. 



Tetrodon Pennanlii, Pennant's Globe-jish, YARRELL. 



stellatus, Stellated ,, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 64. 



Tetraodon lavigatus, Globe Diodon, PENN. Brit. Zool. ed. 1776, vol. 



iii. p. 132, pi. 20. 

 Tetrodon lagocephalus, Globe Tetrodon, PENN. Brit. Zool. ed. 1812, vol. 



iii. p. 174, pi. 23. 

 Tetraodon stellatus, Stellated Globe-fish, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 174, sp. 31- 



Proceedings Zool. Soc. 1833, 

 p. 115. 

 Tetrodon ,, ,, ,, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 489. 



TETRODON. Generic Characters. Both jaws are divided in the middle by a 

 suture, producing the appearance of four teeth in front, two above and two 

 below. The skin, over part of the body, armed with numerous short spines. 

 The branchial orifice small. 



IN this order of fishes, the Plectognathi of Cuvier's ar- 

 rangement, the principal distinctive character consists in the 

 maxillary bones being firmly attached to the intcrmaxillaries, 

 and both united to the palatine arch. 



Three examples of this singular-looking fish have been 

 taken in this country, and all three in Cornwall. Pennant 

 first described it as British from a specimen caught at Pen- 



