202 TEIGLID^. 



operculxim and operculum with a keel, terminating in a spine ; the 

 opercular spine exceedingly strong and grooved. Dorsal spines 

 rather strong, the third and foui'th are the longest. Back spotted 

 with brown ; the second dorsal with a series of bro^vn spots, the first 

 with a large black blotch. (ScJdeg.) 

 Sea of Japan. 



4, Trigla pleuracanthica. 

 Richards. Voy. Ercb. Sf Terr. Ichthyol. p. 23. pi. 16. f. 1-4. 

 D. 8 I 14. A. 14. L. lat. 55. 



Along the lateral line a series of imbricate scaly plates, each an- 

 gularly bent, and the edge terminating in a strong spine. The other 

 scales small. The snout is of moderate extent, with the upper pro- 

 file slightly concave. 



Sydney Cove. 



a, b. Half-grown : very bad state ; have been in chloride of zinc. 

 Sydney. From the Haslar Collection. — Types of the species. 



5. Trigla Mnindo. 



Corax, Hondel. Pise. i. lib. 10. cap. 7; Gesncr, Aqiiat. iv. p. 299; 



Aldrov. Pise. ii. cap. 57 ; Willuyhby, Ichth. iv. p. 280 ; Ray, Syn, 



Pise. p. 87. 

 Corvus, Salv. Hist. Aqiiat. p. 194. f. 71. 



Hirundo, Aldrov. Pise. ii. cap. 3. p. 133 ; Willuyhby, p. 280 ; Ray, p. 88. 

 Ijucema Venetorum, Willuyhby, iv. p. 281 ; R(iy, p. 88. 

 Trigla cviCv\\is,Brunn. Pise. Mass. p. 77; Gronov.Syst. ed. Gray,"^. 105. 

 hirundo, Bl. taf. 60 ; Bl. Schtu p. 15 ; Lacep. iii. p. 353 ; Risso, 



lehth. Nice, p. 205; Cuv. 8f Val. iv. p. 40; Parn. Fishes Frith of 



Forth, p. 16. pi. 20 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, i. p. 47 ; Guichen. Explor. 



Alyer. Poiss. p. 39. 

 ? Trigla h^Tax, Pall. Zooyr. p. 238; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Russ. 



Merid. iii. p. 375. 

 Trigla corvus, Risso, Hist. Nat. iii. p. 398. 



corax, Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesei, pi. . f. 1. 



Skeleton : Rosenthal, Ichthyoloyische Tafeln, tab. 18. f. 1. 



D. 9 I 16(17). A. 16. Ca!C. pylor. 8. Vert.-^. 



Scales extremely small, those of the lateral line without any 

 armature. The snout is ratlier elongate, with the upper profile 

 nearly straight. The space between the eyes is concave, and itg 

 width equal to the diameter of the eye. Pra^orbital anteriorly with 

 prominent spines ; the first dorsal spine somewhat tubercular ; the 

 second is the longest, and equal to the distance between the posterior 

 nostril and the angle of the pra^operculum. The pectoral reaches to 

 the vertical from the eighth (seventh) dorsal ray. Brownish-red ; 

 pectorals blackish, margined with blue. 



Mediterranean ; western coasts of Eiirope. 



a. Adult. Dalmatia. 



6. Half-grown. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. 



e. Half-grown. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Ewj. 



