590 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF ArSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Genus Trigla, Artedi. 



Head paralleloj)iped, with, the upper surface and the sides 

 entirely bony ; body with exceedingly small scales, those of the 

 lateral line sometimes larger. Two dorsal fins. Three pectoral 

 filaments. Yilliform teeth in both jaws and on the vomer, none 

 on th.e palatine bones. Air-bladder generally with lateral muscles, 

 often divided into two lateral parts ; pyloric appendages in 

 moderate number. 



Nearly all Seas. 



462. Trigla pleuracanthica, Eichards. 



Voy. Erebus and Terror, Ichth., p. 23, pi. 16, f. 1-4.— Q-untli., 



Cat. Fishes II., p. 202. 



D. 8/14. A. 14. L. lat. 55. 



Along the lateral line a series of imbricate, scaly plates, each 

 angularly bent, and the edge terminating in a strong spine ; the 

 other scales small. The snout of moderate extent with the upper 

 profile slightly concave, Traces of a black spot on the foiu'th, 

 fifth, and sixth dorsal spines. 



Port Jackson. (Eichardson.) 



463. Trigla kumu. Less. & Grarn. 



Voy. Coquille, pi. 19.— Gunth., Cat. Fishes II., p. 204. 



D. 9-10/16-17. A. 15. Csec. pylor. 6. 



Scales extremely small, those of the lateral line without any 

 armature ; the snout is elongate, the upper profile straight ; the 

 space between the eyes concave, and less than the diameter of the 

 ej^e in width. Prc^orbital anteriorly with obtuse points ; no 

 prominent ridge along the prtcorbital and the angle of the pra3- 

 operculum ; no spine between the orbit and the superscapula. 

 The first dorsal spine smooth, or very little granular, the second 

 the longrst, and equal to the distance between the anterior nostril 

 and the angle of the praeoperculuiii. Tlie pectoral fin reaches 



