6. TKACHINUS. 233 



6. TRACIIINUS. 



Trachiiuis, (Artedi) Cuv. Reyne Anim. ; Cuv. 8f Val. iii, p. 233. 



Body cylindrical, elongate ; cleft of the month very obliqne ; eye 

 lateral, directed npwards. Scales very small, cycloid. Two dorsals, 

 the first short, with six or seven spines ; ventrals jugular ; the lower 

 pectoral rays simple. VUliform teeth in the jaws, on the vomer, 

 the palatine and pterygoid bones. Prseorbital and operculum armed. 

 Six branchiostegals ; pseudobranchia). Air-bladder none ; pyloric 

 appendages in small number. 



Mediterranean ; eastern shores of the Atlantic ; coast of Chile. 



1. Trachinus draco. 



ApoKo)!', Arhtot. viii. c. 13 ; ^lian. ii. c. 50. 



Araneus, Plin. ix. c. 48. 



Draco marinus, Plin. ix. c. 27, xxxii. c. 11 ; Salv. f. 71. 



Draco, Rondel, x. c. 11 ; Aldrov. ii. c. 50 ; Willughby, p. 288 ; Ray, p. 91, 



Trachinus, no. 1, Artedi, Genera, p. 42 ; Gronov. Zuophyl. no. 274. 



draco, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 435 ; jBrilnn. Pise. 3fass. no. 30 ; Risso, 



Ichth. Nice, p. 108, and £ur. Merid. iii. p. 260; De la Roche, Ann. 



Mus. xiii. p. 331 ; Martens, Reise nach Venedig, ii. p. 429 ; Cuv. 



<S- Val. iii. p. 238 ; Yarr. Brit. Fishes, i. p. 24; Fries och Ekstr. SIcand. 



Fisk. p. 13. t. 3. f. 1 ; Nordni. in Detnid. Voy. Russ. Merid, Poiss. 



p. 370 ; Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 46. 

 Duhamel, Peches, ii. p. 235. 

 Trachinus lineatus, Bl. Schn. p. 55. tab. 10. 

 major, Don. Brit. Fishes, v. pi. 107. 



D. 6 1 29-31. A. 30-34. Ckc. pylor. 6. Vert. 11/31 (10/30 Cuv.). 



Two small spines above the anterior angle of the orbit. PrsD- 

 orbital with a more or less obtuse anterior point. The height of the 

 body is contained 5| or 6 in the total length. The spinous dorsal 

 black. 



Coasts of Europe ; Mediten-anean ; western coasts of Africa. 



rt. Large specimen. Nortli coast of Norway. From Mr. Brandt's 

 Collection. 



h-e. Large specimens : stuffed. England. 



/, (J. Large specimens. English coast. 



h. Large specimen : skin. South Devon. From Mr. Yarrell's Col- 

 lection. 



i. Large specimen : skin. Plymouth. From Mr. Yarrell's Col- 

 lection. 



Ic. Large specimen : stuffed. Frith of Forth. 



I, m. Adult. Mediterranean. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



n. Adult. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 



0. Adult. Bay of NajDles. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 



p. Large specimen. Atlantic Ocean. From Mr. Frank's Col- 

 lection. 



q. Adult, Madeii-a. Presented by Lady Franklin. 



r. Fine specimen. Gomara. Presented by the llev. K. T. Lowo. 



