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This puffer fish shades from black above through steel blue on the 

 sides to a silvery bluish-white beneath spotted with black. It reaches a 

 length of five inches. 



This puffer is distributed from South Africa and Mauretius, along 

 India, through Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian 

 Islands. It is also found in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean. 



Swell Fish 



132-2 Sphaeroides hypselogenion (Bleeker) 

 The body of this fish is marked by a lateral band, by widely scattered 



.spines, and by many spots distributed over the head and back. The body 



reaches a length of about six inches. 



This fish is distributed from the Red Sea and Zanzibar through the 



East Indies, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia as far as the Hawaiian 



Islands. 



Blow Fish 



132-3 Liosaccus cutaneus (Gunther) 



This puffer is olive gray in color above, pure gray beneath, and is 

 without markings. It reaches a length of at least fourteen inches. 



This fi.sh is probably circumtropical in its distribution. It occurs at 

 St. Helena, the Cape of Good Hope, and in other parts of the Atlantic 

 Ocean. It is an uncommon species in Hawaiian waters. 



Oopuhue 



Also known as the Maki-maki, Keke, or Akeke 

 132-4 Tetrodon hispidus Linne 



Plate VIII. Figure 11 



Drawn from Jordan & Evermonn 



