NAKED-TOOTHED FISHES. 
287 
sive, at the mercy of the waves, that this animal 
is really most secure ; for the numerous spines 
with which the surface of the body is universally 
beset are raised and erected by the stretching 
out of the skin, thus presenting an armed front 
to the enemy on whatever side he may venture 
to begin the attack.”^ 
Specimens of a species called Pennant’s Globe- 
fish [Tetraodon Pennantii^ Yarr.) are occasion- 
pennant’s globe-fish. 
ally taken on the coast of Cornwall. It is about 
a foot and a half in length ; of a rich blue colour 
on the superior parts, and silvery white on the 
sides and belly, studded all over the last-named 
part, which is capable of inflation, with clusters 
of spines, each group consisting of four radiating 
from a centre. 
Bridgewater Treat, i. 433. 
