198 TUIGLII)^. 



very distinct spines. The snout is rather short, with the upper pro- 

 file concave. Prseorbital anteriorly with a triangailar spine. The 

 pectoral reaches to the seventh anal ray. Pectoral spotted. 

 Coast of Van Diemen's Land. 



a. Adult. Port Arthur. From the Haslar Collection. — Type of the 



species. 

 h, c. Half-gro^mi : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 

 d, e. Half-gi'own : very bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



Sir John Eichardson (I. c.) has given the numbers of the rays of 

 the fins of these specimens as follows : D. 8 | 12. A. 12 ; but the 

 artist has represented tlie correct numbers in the figures. 



6. Lepidotrigla burgeri. 



Trigla burgeri, Temm. Sf Schler/. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 35. pi. 14. 

 f. 1, 2 ; Bleeker, Verhand. Batav, Genoufsch. xxvi. Japan, p. 73. 



D. 9 ] 16. A. 16. L. lat. 60. 



Scales very regular, of moderate size ; those of the lateral line 

 without spines. The snout is rather short, with the upper profile 

 straight. Prasorbital anteriorly vni\\ a flat triangular spine. The 

 pectoral reaches to the fourth anal ray. Pectoral blackish, with the 

 upper and lower margins yellowish. 



Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



a. Adult. China. Presented bj^ Su- J. Eichardson. 



b. Young. China. Presented by J. E. Eeeves, Esq. 



c. cl. Half-grown : have been dried. 



6-g. Half-grown and young. From the Haslar Collection. 



45. TRIGLA*. 



Trigla, sp., Artecli, Genera, p. 42 ; Cuv. Eigne Anim. ; Cuv. Sf Val. 

 iv. p. 9. 



Head parallelopiped, with the upper sm-face and the sides entirely 

 bony ; body wdth exceedingly small scales, those of the lateral hne 

 sometimes larger. Two dorsals, the fii'st much shorter than the second. 

 Three pectoral filaments. ViUiform teeth in both the jaws and on 

 the vomer, none on the palatine bones. Air-bladder generally with 

 lateral muscles, often divided into two lateral parts ; pyloric append- 

 ages in moderate number. 



This genus is spread from the western coasts of Europe and the 

 Mediterranean, round the Cape of Good Hope, through the Inchan 

 Ocean and Ai-chipelago, to New Zealand. One European species 

 crosses the Atlantic and is found at New York. Not yet found on 

 the coast of Mozambique, He de France, and in the Eed Sea. 



* 1. Trigla brandesii, Blcek. Sclerop. p. 24. — Banda Neira. 

 2. peronii, Cuv. tf Val. iv. p. 53. — Indian Ocean. 



