6. TRACHINUS. 



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6. TEACHINUS. 



Trachimis, (Artech) Cm. E'egne Anim. ; Cm. ^ Val. iii. p. 233. 



Body cylindrical, elongate; cleft of the month very obUqne ; eve 

 lateral directed upwards. Scales very small, cycloid. Two dorsals, 

 the farst short, with six or seven spines ; ventrals jugular ; the lower 

 pectoral rays simple. Villiform teeth in the jaws, on the vomer 

 the palatine and pterygoid bones. Prteorbital and operculum aimed' 

 tsix bi-ancluostegals; pseudobranchiae. Air-bladder none ; pvloric 

 appendages m small number. ^^ 



Mediterranean ; eastern shores of the Atlantic ; coast of Chile. 



1. Trachinus draco. 



ApaKuv, Aristot. viii. c. 13 ; jElian. ii. c. 50. 



Araneiis, Plin. ix. c. 48. 



Draco marinus, Plin. ix. c. 27, xxxii. e. 11 ; Sale f 71 



Draco, Rondel, x. c. 11 ; Ahlrov. ii. c. 50 ; Wilhujhhj, p. 288 ; Ray, p. 9] 



Trachinus, no. 1 Artech, Genera, p. 42; GroLv. Zoophyl. noMu 



-—draco Z. S>/si.Nat. i. p. 435 ; Rriinn. Pise, llass. no. 30 ; Risso 



Ichth. Mee, p 108, and Urn. Merid. iii. p. 260; De la Roehe Ann'. 



Mas xm. p. .331; Martens, Reise nachVenedio, ii n 429 ■ C, 



^isL^. 13. t. 3. f 1; Nordm. m Bemid. Voy. Ross. Merid. Poiss. 

 p. 3/0; Gronoi\ Syst. ed. Gray, -a. 46. 

 Dahamel, Peches, ii. p. 235. 

 Trachinus lineatus, Bl. Schn. p. 55. tab. 10. 



major, Dun. Brit. Fishes, v. pi. 107. 



D. 6 I 29-31. A. 30-34. Caic. pylor. 6. Vert. 11/31 (10/30 Cuv.). 



Two smaU spines above the anterior angle of the orbit Prfe- 



orbital with a more or less obtuse anterior point. The height of the 



body IS contained 5^ or 6 in the total length. The spinous doi^al 



Coasts of Europe; Mediterranean; western coasts of Africa. 



a. Large specimen. North coast of Norway. From Mr. Brandt's 



Collection. 

 b-e. Large specimens : stuffed. England. 

 /, g. Large specimens. English coast. 

 h. Large specimen : skin. South Devon. From Mr. Yarrell's Col 



lection. 



i. Large specimen: skin. Plymouth. From Mr. Yarrell's Col 



lection. 

 I: Large specimen : stuffed. Frith of Forth. 

 7, m Adult. Mediterranean. From Mr. Frank's CoUection 

 n. Adult. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq 

 0. Adult. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq 

 p. Large specimen. Atlantic Ocean. From Mr.' Franks Col 



lection. 

 q. Adult. Madeii-a. Presented by Lady Franklin. 

 r. Fine specimen. Goniara. Presented by the l{ev. E. T. Lowe. 



