TKIGLOIDS. 



197 



THE GREY GURNARD (.■<\v. KNoiiiiiiANKN.) 

 TKIGLA GURXAIIOUS. 



Plate XI, fig. 1. 



Smies (if flii' hifcraJ Hue aJxiut 7:1 ii/ lunuJicy". sci(f/f(triii, reversely linrjuiforDi or ohorafi', uniicil ir'itli spiiirs. Mar- 

 flhinl jildti'x of flic dorsol fii-f/roovc ^7 or ;J8 in iittmber, tuherculaicd'', hut cxtrcmdy seldom spinous. First tivo 

 or fliri'c'' spii/oii^: rof/s of tlif anterior dorsul fii liihcnnlated. Lenyfh of flic head fo flic fij) of flic npercular fa)) 

 (relafireli/ greater in old specimens fliiui in i/onnij) from .26 to 27' % of the Icnfith of the bodij. Lenyfli of the 

 snout less than ^/„ that if the head. Breadth of the interorhital space, n-hich is slightli/ concave'', about V,'' or ^/„, 

 and the diameter if the ei/e about 22 %', cf the Icnifth of the head. Pectoral fns {asaallij longer in the male 

 than in the female) considerablij shorter than flic head'', blackish or f/rai/, irifh irhife rai/s — the ? or (/' middle 

 ones branched once — and irifh irhife spots on flic inside. Colonriiif/ of the hodij saperiorli/ f/nii/ or broirnish 

 red, irifh or irifhoiif irhife sjiofs and loHfjitadinal irhife sfrij)es on the sides. 



R. In: 7; D. 8 1. 9,18— 20; .1. 18—20; P. (1+7+3 1. 

 1 + + 4) + 3; V. '/j; C. .r + 9+.r; L. lot. 72— 7G. 



Sijn. Gornatiii' sen Gurnardiis f/riseiis, Wili.ughby (cd. Kaii) p. 

 270. Triijla, No. 8: Art., Gen. Pise, p. 40; Syn. Pise, 

 \y. 74. 



7V/;//a Gurnardas, Lin., Syst. Xat., eil. X, torn. I, p. 301 ; Bloch, 

 Fisclie Deutschl., part. II, p. 121, tab. LVIII; Retz., Fa. 

 Siiec, LiN., p. 341; Faber, Fisclie IsL, p. 123; Cuv., Val., 

 Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. IV, p. 62; Nilss., Prodr. Ichth. 

 ,Scand., p. 87; Fries, Ekstr., Wr., Skand. Fisk., ed. 1, p. 

 15, tab. 3, fig. 2; Kroy., Damn. Fiske, vol. I, pp. 83 et 

 .581; Yarr., Brit. Fisli., ed. 2, part. I, p. 53; Nilss., 

 ■Skaiid. Fn., Fisk., p. 53; Gthr, Cat. Brit. Mus., Fish., vol. 

 II, p. 205; Couch, Fish. Brit. IsL, vol. II, p. 27, tab. 

 LXVIII; Malm, Ofvers. Yet. Akad. Forli. 1870, p. 829; 

 Coll., Vid. Selsk. Forli. Christ. 1874. Tilla>gsh., p. 37; 

 Malm, Gbgs, Boh. Fn., p. 405; Winth., Zool. Dan., Fiske. 

 p. 12, tab. II, fig. 8; Id., Naturh. Tidskr. Kbhvn, ser. 3, 

 vol. XII, p. 10; Coll., Vid. Selsk. Forh. Christ. 1879, No. 

 1, p. 15; Tillier, Mem. Soc. Nat. So. Natur., Math., Cher- 

 bourg, torn. XXII (1879), p. 205; D.iY, Fi.sh. G:t Brit, 

 Irel.. part. I, p. 02, tab. XXV; Moe. Hist. Xat. Poiss. Fr., 

 torn. II, p. 274; Lillj., Sv., Aorg. Fisk., vol. I, p. 172; 

 Mob., Hcke, Fisch. Osts., p. 49; Coll., N. Mag. Naturv. 

 Christ., vol. 29 (1884), p. 57. 



Trigla Hirundo, Lin., Syst. Nat., ed. X, torn. I, p. 301; Fn. 

 Snec, ed. II, p. 120; Mus. Ad. Frid., toni. II prodr., p. 93. 



Trigla C'lcuhis, Bloch, Fisclie Deutschl., part. II, p. 124, tab. 



LIX; Cuv., Val., Hist. Xat. Poiss., vol. IV, p. 67: Gthr, 



Cat. Brit. Mus., Fish., vol. II, p. 207. 

 Trigla milvns, Lacep., Hist. Xat. Poiss., vol. Ill, pp. 340 et 



362 (adn. taracn D. 10 17; A. 15); Bonap., Fn. ItaL. Pesci, 



fasc. X, tab. 94, fig. 3: Mor.. Hist. Xat. Poiss. Fr., vol. 



II, p. 278. 

 Trigla Blochii, Yarr., Hist. Brit. Fish., ed. 2, vol. 1, p. 



50; Couch, Hist. Fish., Brit. IsL, vol. II. p. 29, tab. 



LXIX. 

 Trigla. nigripes. Malm. Vide infra. 



This Ush is known by several minies in the western 

 islands: its most comrnon name in Bohuslan is Knot, 

 in Strom.stad it is called Halhos. The name Knorr- 

 hane ("puiTin<r cock"), which is really Scanian, has 

 arisen from the circninstance that, wlien drawn out of 

 the water, the fish makes that purring sound the origin 

 of which we have explained above. 



The Grey Gurnard occurs along the \vhole of the 

 Avest coast of Scandinavia. In the Baltic, according to 

 NiLSSON, it penetrates to the coast of Blekinge, and, 

 according to Winther, to (JhristiansO (X. E. of Born- 

 holm), though it is rare there, but fairly common west 



" From 72 to 76, according to Steindachner. 



'' At least the anterior: in full-grown specimens all. 



"^ Sometimes the fifth ray too, according to Tillier. 



'' More so in young specimens. 



' From - ,3 to -/jj of the length of the head to the tip of the lower opercular spine, according to Steindachner. According to our 

 measurements varying between 17 and 21 %, i. e. about 17 "o (in young specimens) and from 18 to 21 % (in old), of the length of the head 

 to the point of the opercular flap. 



•' According to our measurements varying between 27 "i (in a specimen 70 mm. long) and 20 '■„ (in a specimen 3(>0 mm. long) of 

 the length of the head to the point of the opercular flap. 



'J From '/,g to ■• .,4 of the length of the body, according to Tillier. These fins too, are comparatively longer in young specimens than 

 in old, but their tip never extends behind the middle point of the length of the body. 



