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uniform scarlet, shading into pale flesh- colour on tVc ab- 

 domen ; dorsal fins crimson, the others pale grey. Fin- 

 rays, D. 7, 19 : P. 12, 2 : V. 1+5 : A. 18 : C. 11. Cur. 

 <k VaL, iv. p. 101. Mailed Gurnard, Mag. Nat. Hist., i. 

 N. 8, p. 17; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 67. Trigla cata- 

 phracta, Bloch, pt. x. pi. 349. 



GBN. X. COTTUS. Head broad and depressed, generally 

 armed with spines and tubercles ; two dorsals ; body without 

 scales ; teeth in front of the vomer, but none on the palatines ; 

 branchiostegous rays six. 



Sp. 20. C. gobio. River Bull-head. Head nearly one-third 

 of the whole length, and as broad as long, the surface 

 nearly smooth ; preoperculum with a single curved spine 

 at its posterior angle ; operculum terminating behind in a 

 blunt point ; second dorsal twice as high, and nearly three 

 times as long as the first, the two connected by an inter- 

 vening membrane; colour brownish-grey, sides lighter, 

 and slightly spotted ; fins barred and spotted with brown. 

 Fin-rays, D. 6 to 917 or 18 : P. 15 : V. 3 : A. 13 : 

 C. II. Linn. Cuv. $ VaL, iv. p. 145. River Bull-head, 

 Penn. Brit. Zool., iii. p. 291, pi. 43 ; D&n. Brit. Fish., 

 pi. 80 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 71. 



Sp. 21. C. scorpius. Sea Scorpion, or Short-spined Cottus. 

 Preoperculum with three spines, the longest not extending 

 beyond the operculum ; two spines before the eyes ; colour 

 reddish grey mottled with purple-brown, the tint varying 

 considerably. Fin-rays, D. 8 or 914 : P. 17 : V. 1 + 3 : 

 A. 11 : C. 12. Cuv & VaL, iv. p. 160 ; Jenyn? Brit. 

 Vert., p. 344 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 75. 



Sp. 22. C. bubalis. Long-spiiied Cottus, or Father-lasher. 

 Preoperculum with four spines, the longest extending be- 

 yond the operculum ; two spines before the eyes ; lateral 

 line rough. Fin-rays, D. 812 : P. 16 : V. 1 + 3 A. 9 : 

 C. 10. Colours nearly the same as in C. scorpius. Cuv. 

 (J* Vol., t. iv. p. 165, pi. 78. Cottus scorpius, Father- 

 lasher, Penn. Brit. Zool., iii. p. 294, pi. 44; Dim. Brit. 

 Fish., pi. 35. 



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