204 TRIGLID^. 



dulated bands at the extremity, and with a dark blotch on the lower 

 half, dotted with white. {Benn.) 



Coast of Trebizond. 



This fish is probably identical with T. pceciloptera, if the number 

 of the dorsal spines were accidental in the specimen examined by 

 Mr. Bennett. 



9. Trigla kumu. 



Trigla kumu, Less. 8f Gam. Coqu. Foiss. pi. 19 ; Cm\ Sf Val. iv. p. 50 ; 

 Jemjns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, p. 27 ; Faun. Japan. Foiss. p. 37. pi. 14 A, 

 f. 3 ; Oioen, Osteol. Catal. i. p. 55 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Ge- 

 nootsch. xxvi. Japan, p. 74. 



Trig-la spinosa, HFClelland, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 396. pi. 22. f. 2. 



D. 9-10 I 16-17. A. 15. C«c. pylor. 6. 



Scales extremely small, those of the lateral line without any arma- 

 ture. The snout is elongate and its upper profile straight. The 

 space between the eyes is concave, and its width is less than the dia- 

 meter of the eye. Prseorbital anteriorly with obtuse points ; there 

 is no prominent ridge along the praeorbital and the angle of the prae- 

 operculum ; no spine between the orbit and the suprascapula. The 

 first dorsal spine is smooth, or very little granular ; the second is the 

 longest, and equal to the distance between the anterior nostril and 

 the angle of the prseoperculum. The pectoral reaches to the vertical 

 from the tenth dorsal ray. Eeddish-brown ; the pectorals with a 

 large black blotch, and white spots in variable number. 



From New Zealand to the coasts of China. 



Var. A. Jcuniu. A bluish-black blotch on the lower half of the 

 pectoral, with six or eight white spots. 



a. Adult. New Zealand. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 

 6. Half-grown. New Zealand. Presented by the Lords of the 

 Admii'alty. 



c. Many half-grown specimens. New Zealand. From the Haslar 



Collection. 



d. Half-grown. Australia. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



e. Adult : stiiffed. Australia. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 

 /. Half -grown. 



g. Half-grown : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 



Yar. B. spinosa. Bluish-white spots extending over nearly all 

 the lower half of the pectoral fin. 



h. Adult. China. Presented by J. E. Eeeves, Esq. 



i. Half-grown. Hongkong. Presented by J. C. Bowling, Esq. 



10. Trigla polyommata. 



Trigla polyommata, Ricliards. Froc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 96, and Trans. 

 Zool. Soc. iii. p. 87. tab. 5. f. 2. 



D. 7 I 13. A. 12. Ciec. pylor. 8. 



Scales exceedingly small. Praeorbital, suprascapula, coracoid, 



