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AMPHIBIA NANTES. TETRAODON. 
No. XXV. 
Tetraodon, cor pore pulchre maculato , antice muricato; canda oblonga, Integra. 
The Tetraodon with a body beautifully spotted ; the breast rough with prickles; the 
tail oblong, undivided. 
Called by the Natives Kappa. 
D. 10 , P. 17. V. o. A. 8. C. li. 
The body oblong, compressed, somewhat angular, polished. 
The head compressed, above depressed, the front steep. The mouth very small, the lips thickish, loose; the 
maxiflae extractile, and divided instead of teeth. The tongue thick, obtuse, sheathed at the point. The eyes low, 
or distant from the vertex: the nostrils near the orbit. 
The trunk ; the back rises a little in the middle, but declines rapidly from the dorsal fin; the abdomen is not 
nearly so prominent as in the preceding fish, but prickly; the position of the fins, and the number of rays in 
each respectively are the same. 
The colour of the upper part a dark purplish, beautifully variegated with dusky whitish, or greenish spots, 
and two or three dark transverse bands; the throat and belly white, with a streak of yellow on each side. The 
dorsal fin dark, the caudal almost black; the anal of a light colour. 
Inches. Lines. 
The length - -- -- -- 3 5 
REMARKS. 
Both these fish are common, and are never found to vary more than an inch or two in size. 
When the latter is fresh caught, the back resembles one of the large spotted shells commonly brought from 
India; but it loses its gloss when the fish dies. 
No. XXVI. 
Tetraodon, corpore ovalo-oblongo, toto hispido; cauda oblonga cuspidata. 
The Tetraodon with an ovate-oblong body, covered entirely with prickles; the tail 
oblong, sword-pointed. 
Galled by the Natives Kappa. 
D. 11. P. 16. V. 0. A. 10. C. 12. 
The body ovate-oblong, roundish, thickish, every where covered with small soft bristles. 
The head sub-ovate, small, rough. The mouth terminal, small; lips loose, thickish; the jaws extractile. A 
solitary eye on the left side, with only a faint mark of an orbit on the other : situated high, near the vertex, oval. 
The nostrils tubular, and singularly joined. The branchial aperture covered by the skin. The back, sides and 
abdomen, convex, but the latter when inflated greatly changes its shape ; the tail oblong, broad, compressed. 
The jins : the dorsal remote; the anal still nearer the tail: both are small; the former lanceolate, the latter 
round edged. The pectoral fin, when spread, appears obliquely truncate; the caudal long, broad, sword-shape. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length - -- -- -- 9 6 
