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figure. Those on the head resemble a stag’s antlers. With the tail curled round 
a stick placed in the water, it was frequently at intervals employed in making 
circular sweeps with the head and body round the glass, as if in search of food, 
or trying its extent, accompanying each sweep with a rapid vibratory flutter of 
the fin. 
Ord. PLECTOGNATHI. 
Fam. GymNoponTID&”. 
Diodon reticulatus, L.—‘‘ Sapo.” Orbis muricatus et reticulatus, Will. Ichth. p. 155. 
tab.i. No.7. Lann. Syst. Nat. ed. 10ma, 334. No. 2. 
Ostracion subrotundus ; aculeis wndique brevibus triquetris raris. Artedi, Gen. 59. 
No. 16. Syn. 86. No. 19. 
Diodon Atinga, B. reticulatus, Linn. ed. 12ma, 1. 413. 
Le Diodon orbe, Lacepede. Rarior. A foot long or more. From the synonyms, 
this would appear to be the Diodon rivulatus of Cuv. R. An. ii. 367, note. 
Tetrodon Pennantii, Yarr.—‘‘ Sapo,” Yarr. ii. 347. 
_T. levigatus, Penn. ed. 1ma. iii. 132. ¢. 20. 
T. stellatus, Flem. Brit. Anim. i. 174. 
Pennant’s Globe-fish, Yarr. loc. cit. Rariss. 
Tetrodon marmoratus, nob.—‘‘ Sapo.” 
T. pusillus ; corpore supra fusco, maculis majusculis diffusis nigris marmorato, levis- 
simo, sparsim ciliolato ; lateribus colore in lined longitudinali recta seriato-maculaté 
abrupte desinente: infra lacteo, immaculato, equi-ciliolato. 
D.7; A.6; P.14; C.7. Rarior. 
This pretty little Toad-fish seems nearest allied to T. Spengleri, which is 
also T. Plumiert, Lac. according to Cuvier, though it cannot safely be referred 
either to that, or any other species in Artedi, Linneus, or Lacepede. It scarcely 
exceeds six inches in length. The ciliz are compressed, very short and obscure, 
being concealed in iittle pits or pores ; those on the belly are regularly disposed 
quincuncially. The dorsal and pectoral fins are pale: the caudal fin is dark 
brown, like the upper half of the body, with a pale vertical band near the base. 
The anal fin is white. 
Fam. Bacisripa. 
Balistes forcipatus (List. app. Will.), Art. ‘‘ Peixe Porco.” 
Guaperya cauda forcipata, pinnis maculosis, e MS. R. Will. Ichth. App. p. 21. iii. 
tab. i, 22. 
B. cauda bifurca, pinna dorsi maculosa, Art. Gen. 54. No.3; Syn, 82. No. 3. 
Le Baliste queue-fourchue, Lacep. 
Balistes lunulatus, Risso, ii. 175. No. 57.2 Rara. 
