ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. 139 



Illustration. Page. 



151. "SPHEROIDES MARMORATUS." 1733 



Blow-fish ; No illustration. 



Spiny-back. 



Swell-fish ; 

 Tambor ; 

 Globe Fish. 



152. "SPHEROIDES TESTUDINEUS." 646 1734 



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153. "DIODON HYSTRIX." 648 1745 



Porcupine-fish; " Head 3 ; depth 3#. D. 13 to 15; A. 13 



Erizo ; to 15. Spines strong, dilated at base, with a pair 



Puerco Espino. of basal grooves ; frontal spines not as long as 

 post-pectoral spines (in adults not y 2 as long, about as long as eye) ; 

 post-pectoral spines longer than any others, especially in the adult, 

 usually about as long as pectoral fin, those of the posterior part of 

 back and tail short and broad, 3-rooted, and therefore not erectile ; 

 predorsal spines very short, 3-rooted, fixed or nearly so ; about 20 

 spines in a series between snout and dorsal ; upper lobe of pectoral 

 little longer than lower ; upper and lower part of tail with 2 or 3 

 pairs of 3-rooted, immovable, recumbent spines. Adult above every- 

 where covered with small round black spots, these largest in front of 

 dorsal, smallest on naked area about mouth ; white below ; fins all 

 more or less spotted in the adult, nearly plain in the young. Length 

 about 3 feet." 



