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sides, and belly; none on fins excepting on caudal, on whicli they extend 

 nearly to tip ; those in lateral line elongate, enlarged. Pelvic hone dia- 

 mond-sbai^ed, not scaled. If in head, its width twice in its length; 

 region of axil of ventrals and pectorals nated. Base of spinous dorsal 1^^ 

 in head, third spine If in head, all the spines smooth ; base of soft dor- 

 sal \\ times as long as head, longest soft ray 2\ in head ; base of anal 

 slightly greater than head ; pectoral reaching about to seventh anal ray, 

 24 in body ; tlie upper detached i)ectoral ray the longest, \\ in head, mid- 

 dle detached ray 1^ in upper, lower 1^ in middle; ventrals reaching 

 origin of anal, 1^ in head. Color (in spirits) : back and upper half of 

 sides reddish brown; lower portion of sides golden silvery; belly, anal, 

 base of pectorals, and base of ventrals white ; head light chocolate brown ; 

 dorsals, caudal, ventrals, and detached rays of pectoral translucent, the 

 membrane of pectorals satin -like and very dark brown, the rays white; 

 6 or 7 conspicuous, small white spots on the inside of pectoral on its lower 

 half. Type 13 inches long, in the museum at Hamburg, said to have been 

 sent from Barbados. This specimen agrees perfectly with descriptions of 

 Chelidonichthys kumu (Lesson & Garuot) from New Zealand. It probably 

 came from the South Seas, not from Barbados, and should not be admit- 

 ted in this work. Chelidonichthys sjnnosus McClelland, of which we have 

 specimens from Japan, although closely related, is a different species. 

 The following is the substance of Ur. Kaup's account : 



Pectoral reaching seventh or eighth anal ray; dorsal spines smooth, 

 reddish brown above, yellow on sides; belly white ; pectoral colored on 

 the inner side as in Trigla peronii and in Trxgla kumu ("a large black 

 blotch and Avhite spots in variable number"). First dorsal uniformly 

 colored ; 4 black spots along median line of Itack, and 2 spots on side, par- 

 allel with the first 2 dorsal spots ; a black spot before the first dorsal spine ; 

 a similar spot below the hiuder half of the eye. One specimen a foot long 

 in the Hamburg Museum from Barbados. (Kaup.) 



The subgenus Chelidonichthys to which it is referred is thus described: 

 Preorbital plate of the steeply truncate snout somewhat prominent, 

 with blunt teeth; si>ines of preopercle and opercle short; first dorsal 

 with slender spines, the anterior entirely smooth or somewhat rough; 

 first dorsal with 9 or 10; second with 1 spine and 16 soft rays; anal with 

 15 or 16 soft rays; scales very small; lateral line somewhat prominent, 

 without spines. The species reach a length of 8 inches to afoot or more. 

 {pictus, painted; pinna fin.) 



Trigla pictipinnis, Kaup, Archiv flir Naturgeschiclite 1873, 87, Barbados ? (Coll. Elir- 

 Lardt. Type,Mus. Hamburg.) 



795. TRIGLA (Artedi) Linnaeus. 



(Mailed Gurnards.) 

 Tricjla (Artedi) Linn.5:us, Syat.Nat., Ed. x, 300, 1758 (cnculut). 



This genus diflers from Chelidonichthys, with which it agrees in the ab- 

 sence of palatine teeth, in having the sides of the body armed with trans- 

 verse bony plates, crossing the lateral line. Species numerous; very 



