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oral line curving downwards from the upper part of tlie gill 

 openings. Fingers three, long, placed under the Base of the 

 pectoral fins, the longest being nearly one-half as long as 

 these fins. First dorsal set in a groove, the first ray serrated 

 along its whole length, and the two following rays less ser^ 

 rated; the pectoral fins extend to the middle of the second 

 dorsal, broad and bluntly jiointed, almost black and with 

 reddish bands; caudal uneven, slightly reddish, almost lu- 

 nate. Color rich dark drown, or tinged with slaty, with 

 darker brown blotches irregularly placed; sides cream-yelloAv, 

 marked with patches of iron-rust color; lateral line brown; 

 l)eneath this is a broad reddish brown line extending to the 

 tip, and there breaking up into series of short lines and spots; 

 first dorsal pale with a black spot between the fourth and 

 sixth rays; and reddish. Length, 9 — 18 inches. 



Fin-rays:— D. 9, 12; P. 13, 3; V. 1, 5; A. 11; C. 15. 



P. Uneatus, Guenther II, p. 192. 



Triglalineata, Mitchell, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. New York, 

 I, p. 430, pi. 4, fig. 4. 



Prionotus strigahis, Cuv. & Yal. IV^ p. 86. 



— Uneatus, DeKav, New York, Fauna. Fishes, i>. 45., pi... 

 4, fig. 12. 



Occurs in the same localities as the preceding species 

 Acad. Coll. 



2— P. carolinus. 



Web-Fingerad Gurnard, 



Body cylindrical, tapering towards the tail. Head de- 

 pressed, with a deep depression between the eyes, and ending 

 in a bilobed snout; each lobe is furnished with blunt spines- 

 in front. Scales small, nearly square. Pectorals very large 

 and broad, like wings; the lingers or fleshy processes, three 

 in number, serve as important organs of touch. Color 

 •grayish, or chocolate broAvn. Dorsal and anal fins with pale,^, 

 oblique bars. The first dorsal fin with a dusky, roundish 

 spot between the fourth and fifth ray. Four to six obscure 

 brownish bands across the back, obsolete on the sides. — 

 Length, 12 inches. 



Fin-rays:— D. 10, 14; P. 14; V. 5; A. 12; C. 11. 



P. carolinus, Guenther, II, p. 192. 



Trigla Carolina, L. Mantissa, p. 528. 



— palmijyes, Mitchell, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. New York,. 

 I, p. 431, pi. 4, fig. 5. 



