CKKV (aUNAIil). 



lJ>i) 



Mai,\i fuiind ri[)e ei:',iis in :i fi'ui.-ilc (iivv riiirinii'il .-it the flesh is soinewliat fliiljhy .•md insipid. There 



ih<' ini(hllc of .lul\-; imd the lishciMiicn assured him is no spcciiil lisiicry for it, however. Its food con- 



thiit this lish 'h.-is no (\isil)lc) roc, cither in spring or sists chiefly of shelltisii, crustaeeans and small fishes, 



in aulunm." Acrordini;- to Saijs the c^^s float at the Malm found the stomach of a female crammed with 



surface durin,ii' their dc\clopment". Sprats. 



This tish is eaten in Sweden as well as in utiier (I'KiKs, Smitt.) 



countries, though it is not considered a- delicacy, as 



Table showing partly the most important changes of growth in Trig/a gurnardus and partly the relations 



between this species and the following one: 



Ti'jgla f/arnnrtUts 



Triijla lucema. 





^ o o 

 ^3.1^ = 



„ ), » 



r, », )» 1, 



Lpnvctli cif tlic body from tlic miilillc of lh(^ tip of IIil' snout lo llie iiiiilille of tlic liinil marifiii of the caudiil tin, 

 expressed in mill i metres _ _ 



I.eiiL'lh of the head lo the tip of the opereuliir (lap in % of the ieniilli ol' llie liody 



,, „ .. top of tlie hind iiinri;in of llie preopereuluni ,, ., „ ., ,, ., ., ,, 



,, „ .. snout.. .. anter'Ior inari^In of the oi-liii , ., ., ., ,, ,, ,, ,, 



,. anterior nostril 



Length of the body from the middle of the tip of the snout to the tip of the 

 peetoral tins when folded 



Length of the peetoral lins - ,, ,, ,, ., 



,, „ ,, ventral ., ,, ,. ,. ., 



,, ,, „ liody from the middle of llie li|i ol llie siioiil lo the lent 



,. base of the tirst dorsal liii , ,, „ ,, 



., .. ., .. ,, ., second .. .. „ „ ., ., 



., „ .. ., ,. anal „ , ,, ., ., 



., .. seeoud ray in the lirst dorsal tin.-- - , ,, ,. ., 



(irealest depth of the body (at the hesrinning of the lirst dorsal lin) ., ,. .. ,, 



., breadth „ ,, „ .. .. .. ., .. 



Least depth of the tail... , „ ,. .. 



Least breadth of the interorbital space , ., .. .. 



Longitudinal diameter of the e\c , 



'S-s 



3 3 

 3 2 



3 > 



= 2 



" N. Mag. Naturv., flirist., 15. 15 (ISCiC). \>. 126; ami .\iiii. Mag. Nat. Hist., str. 4, vol. 1 (1868). p. .'iOO. 

 * G//:/.->., Uoli. Fn., p. 403. The Iciigtli of the specimens varies between 245 and 555 mm. 



