Globefish

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“Tetraodon have a remarkable power of inflating their bodies by filling their stomachs with air, the stomach being extremely dilatable, and assuming a globular form when distended, whence they have received the name Globe Fish, whilst from the spines, which stand out in all directions, like those of a hedgehog when rolled up, as if for defence of the inflated body, some of them have been designated Porcupine Fish.” — Chambers’ Encyclopedia, 1875

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Chambers's Encyclopedia (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1875)

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