142 ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



II. FAMILY OF MAILED CHEEKS. 

 BUCCiE LORICATiE. 



Bepresentathes in British Fauna. — Gen. 6. Sp. 21, 



Gen. 8. Trigla. Sp. 11. T. cuculus. . . Red Gurnard. 



12. T. lineata. , . Streaked Ditto. 



13. T. Mr undo. . . Sapphirine Do. 



14. T. poeciloptera. . The Little Do. 



15. T. lyra. . . . The Piper. 



16. T. gurnardus. . Grey Gurnard. 



17. T. Blochii. . . Bloeh's Do. 



18. T. lucerna. . . Shining Do. 

 9. PERISTEDION . 19. P. malarmaU . Mailed Do. 



10. CoTTUS. . . 20. C, gobio. , . . River Bullhead. 



21. C. scorpius. . . Short-spined Cot- 



tus. 



22. C. hvhalis. . . Long-spined Do. 



23. C quadricornis. Four-homed Do. 



11. AsPiDOPHORUS. 24. A. EuropcBus. . Armed Bullhead. 



12. Sebastes. , . 25. S. Norvegicus. . Norway Haddock. 



13. Gasterosteus. 26. G. traclmrus. . Rough- tailed 



Stickleback. 



27. G. Semiarmatus. Half-armed Do. 



28. G. leiurus. . . Smooth- tailed Do. 



29. G. brachycentrus. Short-spined Do. 



30. G. spinulosus. . Four-spined Do. 



31. G. pungitius. . Ten-spined Do. 



32. G. spinachia. . Fifteen-spined Do. 



The Family of the Mailed or Hard Cheeks, 

 though it comes far short of the foregoing as to 

 numbers, is still an extensive one, comprehending 

 about 170 species, not one-fifth of which is Euro- 

 pean. It prevails, however, in northern waters; 



