2 7 4 STRIPED SURMULLET. Class IV. 



136. Strip- Mullus major. Salvian. 236. utrinque quatuor luteis, 



ed. Mullus major nofter et Sal- longitudinalibus, parallelis. 



'viani. 95. Cornubienjibus. Arted. fynon. 72. 



A Surmullet. Wil. Icth. 285. Mullus cirris geminis lineis 



Rait fyn. pifc. 91. luteis longitudinalibus. Lin. 



Trigla capite glabro, lineis fyjl. 496. 



*~T" > HIS ipecies was communicated to us by Mr. 

 *** Pitfield of Exeter : its weight was two pounds 

 and an half \ its length was fourteen inches j the 

 thickeli circumference eleven. It appears on the 

 coaft of Devonjhire in May, and retires about No* 

 member. 



The head fteep : the nofe blunt : the body thick : 

 the mouth fmall : the lower jaw furnifhed with 

 very fmall teeth: in the roof of the mouth is a rough 

 hard fpace : at the entrance of the gullet above is 

 a fingle bone, and beneath are a pair, each with 

 echinated furfaces, that help to comminute the food 

 before it pafTes down. 



From the chin hung two beards, two inches and 

 a half long. 



The eyes large : the irides purple : the head atid 

 covers of the gills very fcaly. 



The firft dorfal fin was lodged in a deep fur- 

 row, and confided of fix ftrong, but flexible rays; 

 the fecond of eight ; the pectoral fins of fixteen \ 

 the ventral of fix branched rays - 9 the anal of fe- 

 ven : the tail is much forked. 



The 



