350 SYNOPSIS. 



rals ; branchiostegous rays 6 ; teeth in both iaws. on th« <Tont 

 of the vomer and palatine bones ; operculum wltn a Jong SDine. 

 Sp. 7. T. Draco. Great Weever. Body ^loneate<l: two 

 spines before each eye ; second dorsal with about thirty 

 rays ; lower jaw ascending. Fin-rays, D. f^ — 30 : P. \.^ : 

 V. 1 + 5 : A. l + J^'l : C. 14. — Linn.^ Jenyns' Brit. V^^t.^ 

 p. 335 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 24. T. major, Penn. 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. \\.~Cuv. ^ Val.y 

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

 Weever, Penn. 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. swrmuletus; 

 colour uniform, rather deep red, without longitudinal yel- 

 low lines, under side silvery, fins yellow. — Linn., Block. ^ 

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

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

 Cm. cfc Val., iii. p. 325, pi. 70. 

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

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

 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. IB.—Zinn., Don. Brit. Fish., i. pi. 12. Striped Red 

 Mullet, Yarr. Brit. Fish.^ i. 31. 

 ¥a.u. 11. Buccce Loricatce. Fam. of Mailed Cheeks. Tnfror 

 orhitals extending more or less over the cheeks, and articulating 

 'behind with the preoperculmn ; head commonly armed with spinal 

 jrrocesses; pectorals large. 



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



