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tically, with small spines before each, and a strong one on the 
operculi; ventral and anal fins placed far forward; destitute of a 
swimming bladder. 
Trachinus draco. — The Dragon Weever. 
Plate LXXXI. fig. 9. 
Brownish-yellow; first dorsal fin black, and having five rays. 
Twelve inches long. Inhabits the seas of Northern Europe. 
Genus 87.— URANOSCOPUS. —Linnceus. 
Generic Character. — Head depressed, nearly cubical, thicker 
than the body; eyes placed above, and directed upwards; lower 
jaw longer than the upper one; mouth vertically cleft; pre-oper- 
culi crenated beneath; each shoulder provided with a strong 
spine ; first dorsal fin small, the rays of which are striated; the 
second and anal fins long and soft; destitute of a swimming 
bladder. 
Uranoscopus scaber .— The Star-Gazer. 
Plate LXXXI. fig. 7. 
Back brown, sides gray, abdomen white; interior lip of the 
lower jaw with a long filament •, lips with smaller cirri. Twelve 
inches long. Inhabits the Northern seas. 
Genus 88.—TRIGLA.— Linnceus. 
Generic Character .—Head cubical, covered with a bony plate, 
formed by the very large suborbitaries; teeth shaq), and crowd¬ 
ed in the form of the pile of velvet; pre-operculi, operculi, occi¬ 
put, and shoulder, usually with a spinous termination behind; 
scales small •, lower rays of the pectoral fins separated from the 
rest; with a bilobate swimming vessel. 
Trigla hirundo. —The Swallow Gurnard. 
Plate LXXXIL'fig. 1. 
Brown ; snout slightly notched; pectoral fins equal to a third 
of the body in length, spotted with blue. Two feet long. In¬ 
habits the European seas. 
Genus 89.—PERISTEDION_ Lacepede. 
Generic Character. —Snout forked, formed by the suborbitary 
