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RED GURNARD. Class IV, 



138. Red. KokhuZ ? Arift. Bijl. an. lib. Scboncvelde, yz. 



IV. c. 9 Oppian Halieut.l. Red Gurnard, or Rotchet. 



WtL lab. 281. Raii fyn. 

 pifc. 89. 

 Trigla tota rubens, roflro pa- 

 rum bicorni, operculis bran- 

 chiarum flriatis. Arted fy- 

 non. 74, 



K.cxhv% tqufyc;, Athenaus lib. 



VII. 309. 

 Pefce capone, Cocco, Orga- 



no. Sal<vian. 191. 

 Le Rouget. Belon, 199 



Cuculus. Rondel. 287. Gefner Trigla cuculus. Tr. digitis 

 pifc. 305. ternis, linea laterali mutica. 



Smiedecknecht, Kurre-fifche. Lin. Jyft. 497. 



'TpHIS fpecies agrees in its general appearance 

 with the tub fifh -, but in thefe particulars 

 differs. 



The covers of the gills are radiated : the fpines 

 are longer and flenderer in thofe of the red 

 gurnard. The nofe armed on each fide with two 

 fliarp fpines. 



The fins and body are of a fuller red: the 

 fcales are larger : head lefs and narrower : the 

 pedoral fins are edged with purple, not with 

 blue: are much fhorter, for when extended they 

 do not reach to the anal fin. The fide line is 

 ftrongly ferrated : the top of the back lefs fo than 

 that of the tub fifh. The tail red and almoft even 

 at the end. 



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