Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 241 



D. 11. P. 22. A. 10. C. 10. Length, 1 to 4 inches. 

 New York, Mitchill. 



Diodon verrucosus, Warty Balloon-fish (Mitchill), Dekay's Report, p. 325, pi. SO, fig. 184 



GENUS II. TETRAODON, Lin. 

 Jaws divided in the middle by a suture, presenting the appearance of four 

 teeth in front, two above and two below. The skin over a portion or its 

 whole extent covered with prickles. 



1. Tetraodon lagocephalus, Lin. 



Body orbicular. Yellowish brown above ; whitish, with a silvery cast, beneath. Several 

 short black or dark-brown bars of different sizes upon the back ; many round blackish spots 

 upon the sides ; sides and abdomen beset with numerous short, radiated spines. Transverse 

 brown bands upon the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins. 



D. 10. P. IS. A. 8. C. 10. Length, 12 inches. 



Yirginia, Catesby. 



Tetraodon lagocephalus, Lin., Syst. Nat., Ti-rton's Translat., i. p. 890. 

 " " Starry Globe-fish, Rloch, IV. p. 127, pi. II". 



Hare Tetraodon, Shaw's Gen. Zob'l., v. p. 441, pi. irr. 

 Orbis tevis variegatus, Globe-fish, Catesby's Hist. Carol., n. p. 28, pi. 28. 

 Tetraodon geotnetricus, Griffith's Ctjv., x. p. 568. 



2. Tetraodon laevigatus, Lin. 



Body elongated, cylindrical, tumid in front, gradually tapering behind. Abdomen pendu- 

 lous. Olive-green above. Belly only furnished with sharp prickles. The upper part of 

 the body with series of mucous pores, forming numerous lines. • 



D. 14. P. 17. A. 12, 13. C 11,13. Length, 1 to 2 feet. 



Massachusetts, Storer. New York, Mitchill, Dekay. South Carolina, Lin. Gulf 

 of Mexico, Parra. 



Tetraodon hevigatus, Lin., Syst. Nat., p. 411. 



" Shaw'., Gen. ZoSl., v. p. 4-1G. 



Tamboril, Parra, p. 37, pi, 19. 



Tetraodon lajvigatus, Brown Globe-fish, Mitchill, Report on the Fishes of New York, p. 28. 

 Tetraodon mathematicus, Mathematical Tetraodon, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and PhlL Sic. of N. Y., i. p. 474, 



pi. 6, fig. 6. 

 Tetraodon mathematicus, Mathematical Tetraodon, Storer's Supplement to Report, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hi I . 



iv. p. 183. 

 Tetraodon lajvigatus, Lineated Puffer, Dekay's Report, p. 329, pi. SG, fig. 182. 



3. Tetraodon turgidus, Mitchill. 



Body oblong, cylindrical ; when inflated, nearly globular. Olive-green above, beneath 

 white. Several undefined black blotches on the back, which, as they approach the belly. 



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