222 TRIGLID.B. 



Dactylopterus pirapeda, Lacep. iii. p. ;j26. 



volitans, Cm: !<f Val. iv. p. 117 ; Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 



p. 40. pi. 17. f. 4G ; Castf'ln, Aiiiin. noiev. ou rarcs Amer, Slid, Poiss, 



p. 7 ; Guichen. Explor. Alger. Poiss. p. 41. 

 Polynemus sexradiatus, Mitch. Trans. Lit. ^- Phil. Soc. New York, i. 



p'l. 4. f. 10, and Am. Monthhj 3Iaf/. ii. p. 323. 

 Dactjlopteiois communis, Owen, Osteol. Catal. i. p. 50. 

 Gonocephalus macrocephaliis, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 106. 



D. 6 I 8. A. 6. Cffic. pylor. 33. Vert. 9/13. 



The first two dorsal spines detached from the others. The distance 

 between the eyes is 3^ to 3| in the length of the head, and nearly 

 eqnal to that of the praeopercular spine ; the distance between the 

 two scapular spines equals the depth of the notch between. Pec- 

 torals spotted with light blue ; each ray of the second dorsal with four 

 or five brown spots ; caudal with bands, formed by spots. 



Mediterranean ; temperate and tropical parts of the Atlantic. 



n. Adult, Mediterranean. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



h. Adult : stuifed. Cape Verde Islands. 



c. Adult : skia ia spirits. Trinidad. Presented by J. B. Richardson, 



Esq. 

 d-g. Adult, half-grown, and young: skins. Jamaica. From Dr. 



ParneU's Collection. 

 h. Adult : not good state. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 

 i. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 

 Tc. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 

 I. Adult. From the Haslar Collection, 

 m. Adult, 

 n. Adult. 



0. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological kSociety. 

 p. Half-grown : not' good state. 

 .7. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 

 r. Half-gn>wn. 

 s-M. Adult : stuficd. 

 V, IV. Half-grown : stuffed. 

 X. Adult : ' skeleton. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



A full description of the skeleton has been given by Cuvier. The 

 anterior tubiform portion of the vertebral column ap})ears to me 

 to be composed of four vertebra), and the length of the abdominal 

 portion is to that of the caudal as 1:1-5. 



2. Dactylopterus orientalis. 



Re7iard, i. pi. 10. f. 06 ; Valoit. iii. f. 35 ; Russell, pi. 101. 

 Dactylopterus orientalis, Ctiv. i§- Val. iv. p. 134. pi. 76 ; Richardson, 



Ic.hth. Chin. p. 218 ; Bleek. Amb. {<f Cer. p. 204; Tenim. ^ Schley. 



Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 37. pi. 15 A. 

 orientalis et jai^onicus, Jileeker, Japan, p. 300, and J'erh. liatar. 



Genootsch. xxvi. Japan, p. 72. 



D. 1 I 1 1 5 I 8. A. 6. Cfcc. pylor. 19. 

 A long, isolated, ray-like filament behind the occiput, another 



