1 02 



Xew ^'ni'k, 1 |»1. 1 lis;-, id, ami Am. .Monthly Mag. T p. :52o. 



!u the tide di'aiiis on the (jeeau coast ul" Worcester county, • 

 and in the lower jiart of Chesapeake Bay. 



Acad. Ooll. 



IMMONOTi^S (Laeep.) (Juv. c*(; Val. 



r. LLN'EATUS. 



The Banded Gurnard, or Sea-Kobin. 



(.\vlindi"ieal, l»-(jadened in front, tapering rapidly towards 

 the tail: itead l)roader than tiie l)ody, eomj^jsed of seven dis- 

 tinct hony plates, the iirs trough, covering the whole iVont and 

 ujiper ])art of the head, ending heliind in two .stout spines; 

 over the eyes botli hcfore and heliind are snniller spines; and 

 with a stout spine at the base of the forward gill-cover, at- 

 tached to a serrated ridge; gill-cover triangular, ■svith two 

 spines l)ehind, the upper one directed upwards, and the lower 

 one larger and directed backwards. Scales small: the lateral 

 line curving downwards from the up]v_'r itartof the gill op,en- 

 ings. Fingei's three, long, placed under the base of the pec- 

 toral fins, the hmgest being neaidy one-half as long as these 

 tins. First dorsal s(!t in a groove, the tirst ray serrated along 

 its whole lengtii, ;ind the two fidlowing I'ays less serrated: 

 the pectoial tins exteiid to the middle nf the second dorsal, 

 broad ;>nd blunily-jiointed, almost black and witli i-eddisii 

 bands : caudal njicven, slightly reddish, ahnosi Innate. — 

 dolor ]'iclL (hirk brown, or tinged with slaty, with darker 

 brown Idotches ii'rcguhirly }tlaced: sides cream-yellow, niai'ked 

 wjtii i)atches <tt' iron-i'Usi color: lateral line lirowu: beneath 

 this is a. broad reddish iirowii line extending in the tip, and 

 there bi'caking n[) into scries of siiort lines and sjiots: first 

 dorsal pale Avith a Idack s]u)t between tiu.' fourth and sixth 

 rays: anal reddish. 



Lengtii '.J--1S inches. 



lMn^ays:--D. !t, tli: 1'. lib H: A". 1, 3: A, II: ( '. 15. 



r. Unctdii-^ iruenilwr. 11 y. WKt. 



Trhjla Uncnia^ Mitch., Trans, hit. A- IMiil. Soc. Ne\^- Y-uk, 



I, p. iao, vd. 1 H- 4. 



rrionotu'i ■'<lri(i<iin'<, (Juv. iV Val. IV |). SCi. 

 - liiu'otcs, DeJvay. New York b'a.una. I'^ishes, ]i. h"), pi. 4 

 tiir. 1'-!. 



