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nearly of a square form ; operculum, and bones of the shoulder, 

 armed with spines ; body covered with scales ; dorsals two ; 

 three detached rays beneath each pectoral fin ; branchiostegous 

 rays seven ; teeth small and velvet-like on both jaws and on 

 the fixint of the vomer. 



Sp. 11. T. cucuUts. Red Gurnard. Lateral line crossed 

 throughout its length by lines not reaching below the 

 middle of the sides ; colour bright red, the sides and belly 

 silvery white. Number of fin-rays, D. 9 — 18 : P, 10—3 : 

 V. H-6 : A. 16 : C. \\.~Linn., Cuv. <k Vol., iv. p. 26 ; 

 Tarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 38. T. pini, Blodi^ pt, xi. pi. 355. 

 T. lineata, Montagu, Mem. W&'n Soc. ii., pt. ii. p. 460. 

 Sp. 12. T. lineata. French or Rock Gurnard. Lateral line 

 crossed by lines which encircle the whole body ; profile 

 nearly vertical ; body and fins red, the latter spotted and 

 sometimes edged with a darker colour ; pectorals long, 

 tipped with blue, and marked with four rows of large 

 dark spots. Fin-rays, D. 10— 16 : P. 10—3 : V. H-5 : 

 A. 13 : C. 11. — Lin/ii., Cuv. ^ Vol., iv. p. 34; Jenym' 

 Brit. Vert, p. 339 ; Yarr. Brii. Fish., i. p. 45. T. Adri- 

 atica, Gmelin, Flem. Brit. An. Streaked Gurnard, Penn. 

 Bnt. Zool., iii. p. 377, pi. QQ ; Don. Bi'it. Fish., pi. iv. 

 Sp. 13. T. hirundo. Sappharine Gurnard. Pectorals very 

 large, reaching beyond the second ray of the anal ; sides 

 smooth, without lines or furrows ; body brownish red ; 

 pectorals bluish green on the inner side, edged and spotted 

 with bright blue. Fin-rays, D. 9—16 : P. 11—3 : V. 1 + 5 : 

 A. 15 : C. 11. — Linn., Perm. Brit. Zool, iii. p. 316, pi. 40 ; 

 Ya/rr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 47. T. laevis, Montagu, Mem. 

 Wern. Soc., ii. p. 2, p. 455 ; Flem. BHt. An. 

 Sip. Ii. T. poecilopie7'a. Little Gurnard. Plates of the head 

 terminating behind in strong spines, colour reddish brown, 

 belly silver}', sides tinged with golden-yellow ; pectoral 

 fins dark-coloured on the inner side, and marked with nu- 

 merous small milk-white spots.- — Cuv. <|f Val., iv. p. 34. 

 Little Gurnard, Thomp. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1837, p. 61 : 

 Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 49. 



