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STELLATED TETRODON. 



Tetrodon Stellatus. T. sphxricus griseus, subtus alhidas, corpore 

 . sphiis radiatis ohsito. 



Spherical grey Tetrodon, whitish beneath, with the body beset 



with radiated spines. 

 Tetrodon etoile. Cepede, 



Length twelve or fourteen inches : shape, when 

 inflated, nearly spherical, so as to resemble a foot- 

 ball : colour greyisb, deeper on the back, and 

 marked with dusky specks : under parts whitish : 

 vent surrounded by a black circle : whole body 

 covered by very numerous small stellated or radi- 

 ated spines : dorsal fin rounded at the tip, and 

 attached at the base by a kind of footstalk: tail 

 oval : native of the Indian seas : observed by Com- 

 merson. 



PUNCTATED TETRODON. 



Tetrodon Punctatus, T. sphoericus fuscus nigro-pundatus, subtus 

 albidus^ pinna dorsali angusiissima. 



Spherical brown Tetrodon with black specks, whitish abdo- 

 men, and very narrow dorsal fin. 



Tetrodon pointille. Cepede. 



Size that of the stellated Tetrodon : shape, when 

 inflated, nearly globular : upper parts brown, with 

 numerous black specks : under parts w^hitish, with 

 large irregular black spots : first ray of the pectoral 

 fins large and black : dorsal fin extremely narrow, 

 and hardly shewing any distinct appearance of 



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