198 TRIGLID^. 



very distinct spines. The snout is rather short, with the upper pro- 

 file concave. Prseorbital anteriorly with a triangular spine. The 

 pectoral reaches to the seventh anal ray. Pectoral spotted. 

 Coast of Van Diemen's Land. 



a. Adult. Port Arthur. From the Haslar Collection. — Tyne of the 



species. 

 h, c. Half-grown : not good, state. From the Haslar Collection. 

 d, e. Half-grown : very bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



Sir John Richardson {I. c.) has given the numbers of the rays of 

 the fins of these specimens as follows : D. 8 [ 12. A. 12 ; but the 

 artist has represented the correct numbers in the figures. 



6. Lepidotrigla biirgeri. 



Trigla biirgeri, Temm. 8f Schleg. Faun. Japon. Potss. p. 35. pi. 14. 

 i.\,2; Bleeker, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxvi. Japan, p. 73. 



D. 9 I 16. A. 16. L. lat. 60. 



Scales very regular, of moderate size ; those of the lateral line 

 without spines. The snout is rather short, with the upper profile 

 straight. Prseorbital anteriorly with a flat triangular spine. The 

 pectoral reaches to the fourth anal ray. Pectoral blackish, with the 

 upper and lower margins yellowish. 



Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



a. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 h. Young. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 c, d. Half-grown : have been dried. 

 t-g. Half-grown and young. From the Haslar Collection. 



45. TRIGLA*. 



Trigla, sp., Artedi, Genera, p. 4:^ j Cuv. lUgne Anim. ; Cuv. 8f Val 

 iv. p. 9. 



Head parallelepiped, with the upper surface and the sides entirely 

 bony ; body with exceedingly small scales, those of the lateral Hne 

 sometimes larger. Two dorsals, the first much shorter than the second. 

 Three pectoral filaments ViUiform tfeeth 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 append- 

 ages in moderate number. 



This genus is spread from the western coasts of Europe and the 

 Mediterranean, round the Capo of Good Hope, through the Indian 

 Ocean and Archipelago, to New Zealand. One European species 

 crosses the Atlantic and is found at New York. Not yet found on 

 the coast of Mozambique, He de France, and in the Red Sea. 



* 1. Trigla brandesii, JBleek. Sclerop. p. 24. — Banda Neira. 

 2. peronii, Ciiv. ^ Val. iv. p. 53. — Indian Ocean. 



