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OBLONG TETRODON. 



Tetrodon Oblongus. T, oblongus^ dorso fasciis tr answer sis fusds. 

 Oblong-bodied Tetrodon, with the back crossed by bro^^n 

 bands. 



T. oblongus, T, oblongus^ maxillis cequalibus. Block, t. 146. 



Length six inches : shape lengthened : colour 

 whitish, with the back grey, and marked by numer- 

 ous, semi-decurrent, broj^n bands ; fins and tail 

 cinereous : lateral lines two, viz. one near the 

 back, the other near the abdomen. Native of the 

 Indian seas. 



SMOOTH TETRODON. 



Tetrodon Lsevigatus. T. ccerulescens, subtus albidus, abdomine 

 antice aculeato. 



Blueish Tetrodon, whitish beneath, with the abdomen aculeated 

 in front. 



Tetrodon laevigatus. T. abdomine antice aculeato, Lin. Sysf. 

 Nat. 



A LARGE species : colour blueish above, marked 

 on each side with two white stripes : under parts 

 white, and from beneath the mouth to the end of 

 the pectoral fins aculeated ; the other parts being 

 smooth. Native of the American seas : observed 

 about Carolina by the late Dr. Garden. 



