10S(h). TRIGLID/E — PRI0N0TU8. 735 



fifth dorsal spines, this ocelhited below; 2 longitudinal light streaks 

 below dorsal blotch; second dorsal with oblique whitish streaks. Head 

 comparatively smooth above. Preopeicuhir si)ine strong; opercle scale- 

 less; baud of pahitine teeth short and broad, shorter than eye. Pec- 

 torals short, not reaching middle of second dorsal, 2;', in length; i)ec- 

 toral appendages strong, more or less dilated at their tips; ventrals 

 long, reaching anal; gill-rakers rather short, about 10 below angle; 

 maxillary 3.'j in head. Head 3; depth 5. D. X-13; A. 12; Lat. 1. 58. 

 Atlantic coast of the United States; common northward. 



(Tl Trif/la carolhia Linnicns, Mantissa, ii, 528: Trif/la palmipes Mitchili, Trans. Lit. 

 & Phil. Soc. N. Y. i, 431, 1815: Pnonotiia pilatus Storer, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Ilist. ii, 

 77: Frionot UN palmipes ami P. pilatm Storer, Fish. Mass. 18: Prionoiua caroUnusQ. &,Y . 

 iv, 90: Prionotus carolinu8 GuniXieT, ii, 19:3.) 



aa. Mouth large, mandible reaching at least the vertical from front of orbit; no dis- 

 tinct transverse groove between and behind the eyes; preopercnlar spine 

 ■with a smaller one at base; dorsal blotch diii'nse, not ocellated. {PrionotiiH.) 



1125. P. tribsilGis 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 continued obliquely 

 downwards and forwards to below the lateral line; i^ectoral olive 

 brown, with dark cross-bars, which are more distinct towards the tip 

 of the tin; its upper edge white; pectoral appendages with dark si)ots; 

 basal half of caudal paler. Pectorals ratlier 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 2i 

 in length; depth 4. D. X-12; A. 11; Lat. 1. about 50. South Atlantic 

 coast of the United States; abundant. 



(Cnv. & Val. iv, 98, 1829; Gimther, U, 195; Jordan &, Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mua. 

 1878, 374. ) 



1126. P. evolans (Linn.) Gill. 



Similar to var. lineatus, but spotted also with white; the pectorals 

 plain black, with pale edgings above, longer than in var. Ihieatus, 

 reaching usually past the end of the second dorsal and anal, li-lf in 



