Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North diner ica. 51 



D. 9-13. P. 12. V. 6. A. 11. C. 15. Length, 9 to 18 inches. 

 Massachusetts, Stoker. New York, Mitchill, Cuv-, Dekay. 



Trigla lineala, Gurnard, or Sea-Robin, Mitchill, Trans Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., p. 430, pi. 4, fig. 4. 

 Le Prionole strie, Prionolus atrigatua, Cuv. et Val., iv. p 



Grunier, Storer's Report [■ 18 

 Avi. Hit iv p, 253. 



Prionotua linea u Band LGumard, DekayV R i pi, I fig. 12 



2. Prionotus Carolinus, Cuv. 



Above of a reddish brown color, with irregular blotches and shadings of a darker brown : 

 abdomen nearly white. The fleshy free rays, beneath the pectorals, of a yellow color, and 

 widened at their extremities. 



D. 9-13. P. 14. V. 6. A. 12. C. 21. Length, 12 to 18 inches. 



Massachusetts, Storer Connecticut, Ayres. New York, Mitchill, Cuv., Dekay. 

 Carolina, Cuv. 



' • pal Web-fingered Gurnard, Mitchill. Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y, p. 431, pi. 4, fig. 5. 



Le Prionole de la Caroline, Prionotus Carolinus, Cuv. et Val , iv. [i 90. 



Web-fingered Grunter, Storer's Report, p. 14. 

 " Ayres, Bost. Journ. Nav. Hist., iv. p. 258. 



Web-fingered Gurnard, Dekay's Report, p. 46, pi. 5, fig. 15. 



3. Prionotus tribulus, Cuv. 



Brown above, white beneath. Pectorals reaching to the end of the anal fin. All the spines 

 upon the head, particularly those behind the orbit, and upon the subscapular, are acute and 

 flattened like sword-blades. 



D. 10-13. P. 13. V. 1-5. A. 12. C. 11. Length, 7 to 8 inches. 



New York, Carolina, Cuv. 



Le Prionole chausselrape, Prionotua tribulus, Cuv., Cuv. et Val.. iv. p. 93. 



" " Spinous Gurnard, Dekay's Report, p. 48, pi. 70, fig. 226. 



4. Prionotus punctatus, Cuv. 



Above grayish brown, with clouded russet spots; sides yellowish ; abdomen white. A 

 black spot upon the first dorsal, between the fourth and sixth rays ; small russet dots are 

 scattered over the remainder of this fin. Brownish spots upon the pectorals. Two small 

 spines upon each side of the snout. 



D. 10-12. P. 13-3. V. 1-5. A. 11. C. 11. Length, 1 foot. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Rubio volador, I'arra, p. 98, pi. 38. 



Trigla punctata, Bloch, 353? Punctated Gurnard, Shaw's Gen. ZoSl., iv. p. 626. 



Le l'ii te ponctue, Prionotus punctatus, Cuv. et Val., iv. p. 93. 



" Dekay's Report, p. 48. 



