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Plate 72. From its oblong shape it is easy to 

 see why the smooth puffer is called "bottle 

 fish". 



Plate 73. If you examine a blowfish closely 

 you will find that they do not have true scales 

 only small spines. Also they do not have any 

 true teeth. What appear to be teeth in the 

 mouth are the edges of the upper and lower jaws. 



Plate 74. A pen of inflated swellfish or blowfish on a fishing boat. Commercial fisherman call blowfish 

 in this condition "snowballs". 



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