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unifonn scarlet, shading into pale flesh-colour on tic ab- 

 domen ; dorsal fins cnmson, the others pale grey. Fin- 

 rays, D. 7, 19 : P. 12, 2 : V. 1 +5 : A. 18 : C. 11.— Cm 

 & Val, iv. p. 101. INIailed Gurnard, Mag. Nat. Hist., i. 

 N. 8, p. 17; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 67. Trigla catar 

 phracta, Bloch, pt. x. pi. 349. 



Gen. X. CoTTUs. Head broad and depressed, generally 

 armed with spines and tubercles ; two dorsals ; body without 

 scales ; teeth in front of the vomer, but none on the palatines ; 

 branchiostegous rays six. 



Sp. 20. C. gobio. River Bull-head. Head nearly one-third 

 of the whole length, and as broad as long, the surface 

 nearly smooth ; preopereulum with a single curved spine 

 at its posterior angle ; operculum terminating behind in a 

 blunt point ; second dorsal twice as high, and nearly three 

 times as long as the first, the two connected by an inter- 

 vening membrane ; colour brownish-grey, sides lighter, 

 and slightly spotted ; fins barred and spotted with brown. 

 Fin-rays, D. 6 to 9—17 or 18 : P. 15 : V. 3 : A. 13 : 

 C. 11. — Linn. Cuv. ^ Val., iv. p. 145. River Bull-head, 

 Penn. Brit. Zool, iii. p. 291, pi. 43 ; Don. Brit. Fish., 

 pi. 80 ; Yair. Brit. Fish., i. 71. 



Sp. 21. C. scorjoius. Sea Scorpion, or Sliort-spined Cottus. 

 Preopereulum with three spines, the longest not extending 

 beyond the operculum ; two spines before the eyes ; colour 

 reddish grey mottled with purple-brown, the tint varying 

 considerably. Fin-rays, D. 8 or 9—14 : P. 17 : V. H- 3 : 

 A. 11 : C. \2.—Cuv. & Val, iv. p. 160 ; Jenyns' Bi-it. 

 Ve7i., p. 344 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 75. 



Sp. 22. C. hubalis. Long-spined Cottus, or Father-lasher. 

 Preoperculxmi with four spines, the longest extending be- 

 yond the operculum ; two spines before the eyes ; lateral 

 line rough. Fin-rays, D. 8—12 : P. 16 : V. H-3 , A. 9 : 

 C. 10. Colom-s nearly the same as in C. scorpius. — Gun;. 

 S[ Vol., t. iv. p, 165, pi. 78. Cottus scorpius. Father- 

 lasher, Penn. Brit. Zool, iii. p. 294, pi. 44 ; Don. BriU 

 Fish., pi. 35. 



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