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Hawaiian Fishes 



Puffer 



131-5 Canthigaster margaritatus (Ruppell) 

 The color and markings of this species vary greatly. It will reach a 

 length of about four inches. 



This puffer is distributed from the Red Sea, Zanzibar, and Mozambique, 

 through the East Indies, along the coast of China, through Melanesia, 

 Micronesia, and Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian Islands. 



Puffer 



131-6 Canthigaster striolatus (Quoy & Gaimard) 

 This puffer is marked by a dark blotch on each side of the dorsal 



fin. Several lines run forward and backward from the eye. Each side of 



the snout is marked with about three curved lines. The body reaches a 



length of about four inches. 



This puffer is distributed through the East Indies, the Philippines, 



Melanesia, and Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian Islands. 



THE PUFFER OR GLOBEFISH FAMILY 



132 Family Tetrodontidae (Chonerhinidae) 

 The members of the puffer fish family are famous for their ability to 

 inflate themselves when annoyed into a large round ball. When taken out 

 of the water, they will often fill their stomachs with air and float belly 

 upward. They are all sluggish in their habits and spend most of their 

 time swimming lazily about or perched in a quiet place. They are not 

 used as food because the flesh is reported to be unappetizing and in some 

 species is thought to be poisonous. 



Of this family at least five species are known from the Hawaiian 

 Islands, 



Puffer 



132-1 Sphaeroides lagocephalus (Linne) 



Drawn from Jordan Gr Evermonn 



