tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727653.post116797942392940135..comments2023-10-27T00:42:05.512+13:00Comments on Books and Writing: That FishSherrylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04405534589743973581noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727653.post-1167995506087039882007-01-06T00:11:00.000+13:002007-01-06T00:11:00.000+13:00It's definitely a porcupine fish (cousin of the to...It's definitely a porcupine fish (cousin of the toadies and pufferfish). It looks very much like the <A HREF="http://www.woodbridge.tased.edu.au/mdc/Species%20Register/Globefish.jpg" REL="nofollow">globefish (<EM>Diodon nicthemerus</EM>)</A> but I'm not sure if that has a trans-Tasman distribution. (I would imagine it does.)<BR/><BR/>Darwin <A HREF="http://www.bartleby.com/29/1.html" REL="nofollow">observed the behaviour of porcupine fish</A> while he was on HMS Beagle.Snailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063904446757916981noreply@blogger.com