1 42 ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



II. FAMILY OF MAILED CHEEKS. 

 BUCCiE LORICATE. 



Representatives in British Fauna. — Gen. 6. Sp. 21 



-Oen. 8. Trigla. Sp. 11. T. cuculus. . . Red Gurnard. 



12. T. lineata. . . Streaked Ditto. 



13. T. hirundo. . . Sapphirine Do. 



1 4. T. vmcihptera. . The Little Do. 



1 5. T. lyra. ... The Piper. 



16. T. gurnardus. . Grey Gurnard. 



17. T. Blochii. . . Bloch's Do. 



18. T. lucerna. . . Shining Do. 

 9. Periptedion . 19. P. malarmat. . Mailed Do. 



iO. CoTTUs. . . 20. C. gohio. . . . River Bullhead. 

 '2\. C. scorpiiis. . . Short-spined Coi- 

 tus. 



22. C. buhalis. . . Long-spined Dc. 



23. G. quadricornis. Four-homed Do 



1 1. AsPinoPHORUS. 24. A. EuropcBus. . Arnied Bullhead. 



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



13. Gasterosteus. 26. G. trachunis. . 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. spi/iachia. . Fifteen-spinedDo. 



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; 



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