Sgz FISHES. BRANCHIOSTEGOUS. 59. Diodon. 
*2. Unarmed, fmooth, (ComprefTed, oblong ; tail very Hi®''* ’ 
anal and dorfal fins conneiled ; fpiracles 
- fliaped. Oblong Sun-ff' 
Inhabits European and Mediterranean feas; grows to * 
bulk, fometimes to 4 — 500 pounds weight, yet feldom ^ ^ 
ceeds li foot in length; has the refcmblaiice of a f(h ® 
in the middle ; body carinate each fide ; back black, 
filvery, beneath white ; Ikin thick, mucous, rough. . 
Eyes orbicular, furniflied with a niftitant membrane ; 
fmall ; teet,h in the lower jaw 18, unequal, obtufe, . 
preffed ; tail furrounded with a circular band before the hf ’ 
Jins black. 
DorJ, 1 7 : pect. j 4 ; an. 1 7 : caud. — rays. 
59. DIODON. Jaws bqny, extended, 
divided: aperture of the lineal • 
body covered on all Iides with loi?^ 
ftrong, moveable fpines, varied 
white and black, hollow within, ^ 
covered with the common fkin: 
ti'al fins o. 
. \oofl 
Hyjhix. Nearly fpherical ; ^ ines triangular. 
2. Somewliat round ; fpines fhorter, triangular. 
3‘ Roundifh ; fpines triangular at the bafe. 
4 * Conic oblong, fpines long, a little rounded. 
Inhabits the Indian and American feas ; grows to 2 feet 
body oblong, pale brown ; has the power of ereft'fS ^ , ; 
deprefling its fpines, and of inflating or contrafting its h® 
fiefh hard and rank. ‘ .jj, 
ifeaii Imall; large, iris yellow; Jns fliort, fpotted 
black, the rays branched ; dorfal and anal oppofite. 
Dorf. 14: ped. 2a: an, 12; caud 10 rays. 
j^nga. Oblong; fpines round. 
2. Spines of the head and neck longer. 
inhabits the American leas and round the Cape of Good 
*2 — 1 5 inches long ; body comprefled at the fides, 
back broad, round, blackifli ; belly broad, long, white, 
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