196 TRIGLID^. 



6. Prionottis miles. 



Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, p. 29. pi. 6. 



D. 10 I 12. A. 11. 



Prseorbital slightly projecting beyond the snout, with six spinous 

 teeth on each side ; cheeks and temples without spines ; no groove 

 across the crown. The pectoral reaches to the vertical from the 

 fourth anal ray. {Jen.) 



Chatham Island (Galapagos Archipelago). 



7. Prionotus birostratus. 

 Richards. Voij. Sulph. Ichthyol. p. 81. pi. 42. f. 4-6. 

 D. 9 I 10-12. A. 11. 

 Praeorbital produced into an obtuse process, projecting beyond the 

 snout. Head with the spines well developed. Pectoral truncated. 

 Scales very small. 

 Gulf of Fonseca. 



8. Prionotus japonicus. 



Bleeker, Japan, p. 398, and Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxvi. Japan, 

 p. 75. tab. 5. f. 1. 



D. 9 I 14. A. 14. L. lat. 4-5-50. 



Vertex and snout without spines ; praeorbital terminating in a flat, 

 short, triangular, serrated disk ; palatine teeth very minute, in a very 

 narrow band ; the pectoral reaches to the tenth anal ray, and is 

 marked by a very large black blotch. 



Sea of Japan. 



44. LEPIDOTRIGLA. 



Trigla, sp., Cuv. ^ Val. 



Head parallelopiped, with the upper surface and the sides entirely 

 bony ; body with scales of moderate size, regularly arranged. Two 

 dorsals, the first much shorter than the second. Three pectoral fila- 

 ments. ViUiform teeth in both the jaws and on the vomer, none on 

 the palatine bones. Air-bladder generally with lateral muscles, often 

 divided into two lateral parts; pyloric appendages in moderate number. 



Mediterranean ; East Indies ; coast of Van Dicmen's Land. 



1. Lepidotrigla aspera. 



Mullus asper, Rondel, x. c. 6. p. 296 ; Gesner, iv. p. 568 ; Aldroi\ Pise. 



ii. c. 2. p. 133 ; Willuyhby, iv. c. 7. p. 279. tab. S. 1. f. 2 ; Ray, 



Si/n. p. 87. 

 Trigla cavillone, Lacep. iii. pp. 341, 366 ; Risso, Hist. Nat. iii. p. 396. 

 aspera, Cm: ^' Val. iv. p. 77; Bomtp. Faun. Ital. Pesci; Gnichen. 



Explor. Ah/er. Poiss. p. 40; Cm: Rh/ne Anim. 77/. Poixs. pi. 20. f. 1. 



D. 9 1 15. A. 15. L. lat. 50. Ctec. pylor. 6. Vert. 11/19. 

 Scales VTTV rogiilar, of moderate size, strongly serrated, tliose of 



