350 SYNOPSIS. 



rals ; brancliiostegous rays 6 ; teeth in both laws, on *.h* front 



of the vomer and palatine bones ; opnrculum wltn a Jong sDJne. 



Sp. 7. T. Draco. Great Weever. Bodv <?lone-atp'l : two 



spines before each eye ; second dorsal with about thirty 



rays ; lower jaw ascending. Fin -rays, D. fi BO : P. \5 : 



V. 1+5 : A. 1 + 31 : C. 14. Linn., Jenyns* Brit. Vwt. 9 



p. 335 ; Tarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 24. T. major, Perm. Brit. 



Zool, iii. p. 229, pi. 33. 



Sp. 8. T. vipera. Little Weever. Body comparatively short 

 second dorsal with twenty-four rays ; lower jaw nearly 

 vertical; cheeks without scales. Fin- rays, D. 6-^23 or 

 24 : P. 15 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 124 : C. U.Cuv. $ VaL, 

 iii. p. 254 ; Tarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 29. T. draco. Common 

 Weever, Perm. Brit. Zool, iii. p. 226, pi. 32 ; Don. Brit. 

 Fish., pi. 23. 



GEN. VII. MULLUS. Two dorsals widely separated ; ven- 

 trals rather behind the pectorals ; profile of the head oblique, 

 approaching to vertical ; chin with two long barbules ; oper- 

 culum without a spine, and the upper jaw without teeth. 

 Sp. 9. M. barbatus. Red Surmullet. Profile of the head 

 more nearly approaching to vertical than in M. surmuletus; 

 colour uniform, rather deep red, without longitudinal yel- 

 low lines, under side silvery, fins yellow. Linn., Block., 

 Jenyns, Penn. Brit. ZooL, iii. p. 271. Plain Red Mullet, 

 Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 36. Rouget, ou Rouget-Barbet, 

 Cm. & VaL, iii. p. 325, pi. 70. 



Sp. 10. M. Surmuletus. Striped Surmullet. Back and sides 

 vermilion-red, with longitudinal lines of golden-yellow, 

 belly white tinged with rose-colour, fins pale red. Num- 

 ber of fin-rays, D. 71 + 8 : P. 47 : V. 1+5 : A. 2 + : 

 C. 13. Linn., Don. Brit. Fish., i. pi. 12. Striped Red 

 Mullet, Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 31. 



FAM. II. Buccce Loricatce. Fam. of Mailed Cheeks. Tnfra- 

 orbitals extending more or less over the cJieeks, and articulating 

 behind with the p'eoperculim ; head commonly armed with spinal 

 processes; pectorals large. 



GEN. VIII. TRIGLA. Head covered with bony plates, and 





