l^iSHES. BRANCHIOSTEGOUS. 58. Tetrodon. 889 
'"'^utus, Qiiadrangular, frontal and fubcaudal fpines 2. 
Inhabits India. » 
Dorf. 9: pcEl. 10: an. 9: taiid. 10 rays. 
Browri ; fpines i over each eye, 2 each fide the back and 
2 each fide the belly. 
Inhabits the iflands of the Facifc Ocean. 
Nat. Mifcd. tab. 338. 
J. 
^^‘^cula. Quadrangular,- unarmed ; dorfal tubercles 4. 
Inhabits India. 
Quadrangularj unarmed,- gibbotisr . _ . 
Inhabits Africa ; is probably a variety of O. tfiqueter. 
Q 
Quadrangulari unarmed ; fides flattilh 
Inhabits India ; body Ipotted. 
Dorf.^: pect. 10: an. 10: caud. 10 rays. 
Somewhat fquare ; blackifh, fpeckled -with white. 
Inhabits the Southern Ocean ; 6 — 8 inches long ; beautifully 
marked with ianumeiable white Ipots. 
Nat. Mifcel. tab. 253. 
r8. TETRODON. jaws bony, extending, 
divided at the end : aperture of the 
giLls linear: body muneate beneath; 
.ventral fins o. 
Quadrangular ; head very large. ^ 
Inhabits the American and tacifc Oceans ; 2— 2f feet long , 
the flesh is poifonous. 
Belly flat, fmoother; back with h 
Inhabits India ; body above a little rough, beneath With toall 
punaures, within which are fecreted short pticlcies, 
DorJ.i)-. pek. 14: a«, 6: cflwd. 9 rays; 
Vcl, I. -» 5 X 
