192 TRIGLrO^. 



much shorter than the second. Three pectoral filaments. Villiform 

 teeth in both the jaws, on the vomer and the palatine bones. Air- 

 bladder generally with lateral muscles, and divided into two lateral 

 parts. Pyloric appendages in moderate number. 

 Coasts of the New World ; one species from Japan. 



1. Prionotus lineatus. 



Trigla lineata, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. 8f Phil. Sue. New York, i. p. 430. 



pi. 4. f. 3. 

 Prionotus strigatus, Cur. ^ VjiL iv. p. 8G; Cuv. Bx-yne Anxm. III. 



Poiss. pi. 20. f. 2 (not good). 

 lineatus, Dekay, Neto York Fauna, Fishes, p. 45. pi. 4. f. 12. 



D. 8-9 I 13. A. 13. Vert. 10/15. 



Prajorbital obtiise in front, granulated ; no spines on the side of 

 the head or above the upper posterior angle of the orbit. The pala- 

 tine teeth form a very narrow band. The pectoral appendages 

 tapering. Brown above, dotted with darker ; pectoral brownish- 

 grey, with many narrow darker cross-streaks, on the inner side 

 blackish, with a broyJ white upper margin. The first dorsal with 

 a black spot between the fourth and sixth spines; the second greyish, 

 with brownish points on the rays. 



Atlantic coasts of North America. 



a. Half-grown. 

 6. Adult. 



2. Prionotus carolinus. 



Trigla Carolina, L. Mantissa, p. 528. 



palmipes, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. ^ Phil. Soc. New York, i. p. 4;U. 



pi. 4. f. 5. 

 Pnonotus pilatus, Storer, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 77, and 



Report Fish. Massach. p. 20. pi. 6. f. 1 ; Baird, Ninth Smiths. Report, 



p. 327. 

 carolinus, Cuv. <§• Val. iv. p. 90 ; Storer, Report, p. 14 ; Dekay, 



Neio York Fauna, Fishes, p. 46. pi. 5. f. 15. 



D. 10 I 13. A. 12. L. lat. 100. Vert. 10/16. 



Praeorbital obtuse and swollen in front, coarsely granulated, with- 

 out spines on the side ; a small spine above the posterior upper angle 

 of the orbit, with a groove behind, joining that of the other side. 

 The palatine band four times as long as broad. The pectoral ap- 

 pendages dilated at their extremity ; the pectoral fin extends to the 

 vertical from the fourth anal ray. Brown, clouded with darker; 

 the first dorsal with a black spot, the second with oblique whitish 

 streaks. 



Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



a. Adult. New York. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 



