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TORTOISE-SHELL TETRODON. 



Tetrodon Testudineus. T, supra fusco-ferrugineus cceruko 



maculatus, suhtus ccerulescens,fasciis longitudinalihus fuscis. 

 Ferruginous-brown Tetrodon with blue spots, beneath blueish 



with longitudinal brown bands. 

 Tetrodon testudineus. T. ahdomine piano lieviorCf^ dor so suturis 



curvis albis picto. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Tetrodon corpore oblongo, maxilla superiore longiore. Block, » 



t. 139. 



Length two feet : shape lengthened : colour 

 rufous brown above, marked by numerous round, 

 pale-blue spots : beneath blueish or ash-colour- 

 ed, beautifully varied by longitudinal brown 

 streaks: fins and tail bright ferruginous: the whole 

 abdomen is furnished with numerous small spines, 

 which, when the animal is in a quiet state, are 

 imbedded in so many corresponding cavities in the 

 skin : but are elevated when the fish, on any 

 alarm, distends its body. Native of the Indian 

 seas. The Linnaean name of this fish is supposed 

 to have been given from its tortoise- like beak, but 

 perhaps, with more propriety, from its variegated; 

 ^kin. 



