735 
108(6). TEIGLID^ PRIONOTUS. 
fifth dorsal spines, this ocellated below; 2 longitudinal light streaks 
below dorsal blotch; second dorsal with oblique whitish streaks. Head 
comparatively smooth above. Preopercular spine strong; opercle scale- 
less; band of palatine teeth short and broad, shorter than eye. Pec- 
torals short, not reaching middle of second dorsal, 2^ in length; pec- 
toral appendages strong, more or less dilated at their tips; ventrals 
long, reaching anal; gill-rakers rather short, about 10 below angle; 
maxillary 3|^ in head. Ilead 3; depth 5. D. X-13; A. 12; Lat. 1. 58. 
Atlantic coast of the United States; common northward. 
{V. Trivia Carolina LiuiijEUS, M.autisSa, ii, 528: Trigla j)almipes Mitcliill, Trans. Lit. 
& Phil. Soc. N. Y. i, 431, 1815: Prionotus pilatus Storer, Proc. Lost. Soc. Jsat. Hist, ii, 
77 : Prionotus pahnipes and P. pilatus StoTev, Fish. Mass. 18: Prionoties caroUnusC. & Y. 
iv, 90: Prionotus carolinus Gunther, ii, 192.) 
aa. Month large, mandible reaching at least the A’-ertical from front of orbit; no dis- 
tinct transA^erse groove bet\A’een and behind the eyes; preopercular spine 
AV’ith a smaller one at base; dorsal blotch diffuse, not ocellated. (Prionotus.) 
1125. P. ti'ibtaius Cnv. & Val. 
Dark brown above, with darker blotches and numerous small, pale 
spots; belly pale; a black blotch at base of mandible; membrane of 
spinous dorsal, between the third and sixth spines, with a black blotch 
above; second dorsal with brownish spots, forming oblique bars, and 
with 2 dark blotches at base, the posterior blotch contiuued obliquely 
downwards and forwards to below the lateral line; pectoral olive 
brown, with dark cross-bars, which are more distinct towards the tip 
of the fin; its upper edge white; pectoral appendages with dark spots; 
basal half of candal paler. Pectorals rather short, not reaching end 
of dorsal, 2 in length to base of caudal; pectoral appendages thick, 
tapering. Body robust. Head shorter and broader, snout shorter, 
and bones more strongly striate than in P. evolans; interorbital space 
deeply concave; occipital and supraorbital spines very strong and 
much compressed; band of palatine teeth as long as eye; gill-rakers 
shortish, 9 below angle; membranous edge of opercle scaly. Head 2J 
in length; depth 4. D. X-12; A. 11; Lat. 1. about 50. South Atlantic 
coast of the United States; abundant. 
(Cuv. »&. Val. iv, 98, 1829; Gunther, ii, 195; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
1878, 374.) 
1126. P. evolans (Linn.) Gill. 
Similar to var. Uneatus, but spotted also with white; the pectorals 
plain black, with pale edgings above, longer than in var. Uneatus^ 
reaching usually past the end of the second dorsal and anal, 1^-lf in 
