45. TRIGLA. 



199 



skin 



1. Trigla pini. 



^'rS T^^f'- ^- ff • ;^^^- ^"'''''- "• P- 93, and^,/5^. Naf. p 497- 



i'?iS^: p:'S'''"'''"'^p'- -^^cdorsainotgooS); Z;;^ 



— pini, mod, Uh. 355; Z«rf>. i?^^. i\r«^. Po,-,^. ^j, 43. ^, 



*/(«. p. 14 ; Misso, Ichth. Nice, p. 206 ^" ' 



Po^ynemus tridigitatus, BlitcJuU, Trans. Lit. ^-Fkil. Soc. Ne^oYo,■k, i. 



D. 8-9 I 18. A. 16-17. Cffic pylor. 10. Vert.-H_. 

 Scales very smaU ; the lateral line crossed by vertical folds of the 

 ^n. The upper profile of the snout descends abn ptlv and i^ 

 concave, m older specimens less so than in younger on Tlie s .ce 

 be ween he eyes is very concave, one-half or little 2[-o thSi one 



nculations. Ihe fii-st dorsal spme tubercular; the second is the 

 ongcst and equal to, or even longer than, the chstance bXeen the 

 tip of the snout and the angle of the pra^operculum. The pectord 



Mediterranean; Atlantic coasts of Eiu'ope ; Now York. 

 a~d. Adult : stuffed. English coast 



.. Adult; skin. England. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 

 /. Half-gro^ra ; skin. England. From Mr. Yarrell's CoUection 

 5^. Fine specimen. Brighton. Presented by I)l^ A Giinther 

 A. Half-grown. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson,Es 

 J. Fine specimen. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. E. T. Lowe 

 ..Half-grown. Madeira. From the HaJlar Collection 

 I. line specimen. Lisbon. Presented by the llev. R. T. Lowe 

 m. Hdf-grown. Lisbon. Presented by the Rev. P. T.W 

 n-i^ Half-grown ; bad state ; have been in chloride of zmc. ' 

 q. Halt-grown : not good state. 

 r, s. Adult ; stuffed. 



t. Adult : skin. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 ^l. Large specimen : skeleton. 



Md n MoJth ^^'-^^^'-^^-yand intermaxmarycan be neariy entirely 

 dops ,?.f \ P™""'^f t '^'^Se of the infraorbitals; the former 

 doe, not reach as far backwards as the manchbulary, Lid beZcs 

 gradually broader posteriorly. The intermaxillary is much hortei 



rfaSfow Th'^ P-teriorprocessesvery short' The maSl' 

 is rather low. The vomer is broad anterioriy, ^dth an elevated mid 



Sintfbilf^r ''™' ^' ''^''^I' ^'' intlmipted\t?mwl' 

 Iho inliaoibital bones are arranged in two series : a superior formed 

 by two small bones, and entering the orbit, and an inferior fomed 

 by three arger bones, and cuirassing the cheek. The fiiSt ^1^0 



S fowe o ;o o? T y, '', '^"''f^'' ^"btriangiaar, .situated along 

 loMci edge of the check, and reaching to the pra)operculum ; 



