Long-spine porcupinefish, Diodon holocanthus (Diodon sex maculatus), and smooth trunkfish, Lactophrys triqueter (Ostracion triqueter). Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d'Orbigny's "Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle" (Universal Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1849.

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