350 SYNOPSIS. 



rals ; branchiostegous rays 6 ; teeth in both jaws, on the front 

 of the vomer and palatine bones ; operculum with a long spine. 

 Sp, 7. T. Draco. Great Weever. Body elongated ; two 

 spines before each eye ; second dorsal with about thirty 

 rays ; lower jaw ascending. Fin-rays, D. 6 — 30 : P. 15 : 

 V. 1 + 5 : A. 1 + 31 : C. 14. — Limi.^ Jenym'' Brit. Vert., 

 p. 335 ; Ta/rr. Brit. Fish., L p. 24. T. major, Perm. Brit. 

 Zool, iii. p. 229, pi. 33. 

 Sp. 8. T. vipera. Little Weever. Body comparatively short ; 

 second dorsal with twenty-four rays ; lower jaw nearly 

 . vertical; cheeks without scales. Fin-rays, D. 6 + 23 or 

 24 : P. 15 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 1—24 : C. 11.— CW. ^ Val, 

 iii. p. 254 ; Tarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 29. T. draco, Common 

 Weever, Perm. Brit. Zool, iii. p. 226, pi, 32 ; Don. Brit. 

 Fish., pi. 23. 

 Gen. VII. Mullus. Two dorsals widely separated ; ven- 

 trals rather behind the pectorals ; profile of the head oblique, 

 approaching to vertical ; chin with two long barbules ; oper- 

 culum without a spine, and the upper jaw without teeth. 

 Sp. 9. M. harhatus. Red Surmullet. Profile of the head 

 more nearly approaching to vertical than in M. swrmulMus; 

 colour uniform, rather deep red, without longitudinal yel- 

 low lines, under side sUvery, fins yellow. — Linn., Bloch., 

 Jenyns, Perm. Brit. Zool., iii. p. 271. Plain Red Mullet, 

 Tarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 36. Rouget, ou Rouget-Barbet, 

 Cm. & Val, iu. p. 325, pi. 70. 

 Sp. 10. M. Surmuletus. Striped Surmullet. Back and sides 

 vermilion-red, with longitudinal lines of golden-yellow, 

 belly white tinged with rose-colour, fins pale red. Num- 

 ber of fin-rays, D. 7—1 + 8 : P. 17 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 2 + 6 : 

 C. 13.— Linn., Dm. Brit. Fish., i. pi. 12. Striped Red 

 Mullet, Ya/rr. Brit. Fish., i. 31. 

 ¥ PiM. 11. Buccce Loricatce. Fam. of Mailed Cheeks. Infra- 

 orbitals extending more or less over the cheeks, and articulating 

 behind with the preoperculvm ; head commonly armed with spinal 

 processes; pectorals large. 



Gen. VIII. Teigla. Head covered with bony plates, and 



