1 42 ACANTHOPTER YGH. 



II. FAMILY OF MAILED CHEEKS. 

 BUCOE LORICATE. 



Representatives in British Fauna. Gen. 6. Sp. 21 



Gen. 8. TRIGLA* Sp. 11. T. cuculus. . . lited Gurnard. 



12. T. lineata. . . Streaked Ditto. 



13. T. liirundo. . . Sapphirine Do. 



14. T. pcecihptera. . The Little Do. 



15. T. lyra. . . . The Piper. 



1 6. T. gumardus. . Grey Gurnard* 



17. T. Blochii. . . Bloch's Do. 



18. T. lueerna. . . Shining Do. 

 0. PERISTEDION . 19. P. malannat. . Mailed Do. 



10. COTTUS. . . 20. C. gobio. . . . River Bullhead. 



21* C. scorpivs. . . Short-spined Cot- 

 tus. 



22. C. lubalis. . . Long-spined DC. 



23. G. quadricornis. Four-horned Do. 



11. ASPIDOPHORUS. *24. A. Europaeus. . Armed Bullhead. 



12. SEBASTES. . . 25. S. Norvegicus. . Norway Haddock. 



13. GASTEROSTEUS. 26. G. tracliurus. . Rough- tailed 



Stickleback. 



27. G. Semiarmatus. Half-armed Do. 



28. G. leiurus. . .Smooth^tailedDo. 

 29^ G. brachycentrus. Short-spined Do. 



30. G. spinulosus. . Four-spined Do. 



31. G. pungitius. . Ten-spined Do. 



32. G. spinachta. . Fifteen-spinedDo. 



The Family of the MAILED or HARD CHEEKS, 

 though it comes far short of the foregoing as to 

 numbers, is still an extensive one, comprehending 

 about 170 species, not one^fifth of which is Euro- 

 pean. It prevails, however^ in northern waters; 



