10 



WITH HARD CHEEKS. 



ACANTHOPTERYGll. 



WITH HARD CHEEKS. 



THE MAILED GURNARD. 



Peristedion Malarmat. 



Malarmut, Belon, p. 209. 



Cornutus, sive Lijra altera, Rondei.et, Lat. Edit. p. 299. 



ForchatP, Malarmat, ,, Fr. ,, p. 237. 



Lyra altera, Wili.ougiibv, p. 283, tab. S. 3. 



Trigla cataphructa, Malarmat., Brunnich, p. 72. 



Malarmat, Duhamel, t. iii. Sect. 5, p. 113, pi. 9. f. 2. 



Trivia cataphracta, he Malarmat, Bloch, pt. x. pi. 349. 

 Peristedion malarmat, Cuv. et Val. Hist. Pois. t. iv. p. 101. 



,, ,, Mailed Gurnard, Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. i. N. S. p. 17. 



Generic Characters. — Body covered with bony plates, forming a defensive 

 armature. The nasal bone divided into two points. The mouth has no teeth. 

 In other respects the characters are similar to those of the genus Trigla. 



This singular-looking species, allied to the Gurnards, was 

 made known as an addition to the catalogue of our British 

 Fishes by Dr. Edward Moore of Plymouth, in the Maga- 

 zine of Natural History for 1837, conducted by Mr. Charles- 

 worth, as quoted among the references placed below the 



