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PUNCTATED GURNARD. 



Trigla Punctata. T. rosea, sanguineo-punctata, tapite laio, 



obtuso, postice spinoso. 

 Rose-red Gurnard, with blood-red specks, and broad obtuse 



head, spined on the hind-part. 

 Trigla punctata. Block. 



LENGTH about eight inches: head very broad, 

 obtuse, and furnished behind with strong spines: 

 colour of head and whole body bright rose-red, 

 sprinkled over on the upper parts with numerous* 

 deep-red specks : scales middle-sized : pectoral fins 

 very large, rounded, and of a dusky blue colour, 

 speckled with red, and inclining to- yellow towards 

 their tips : rest of the fins and tail yellow, speckled 

 with red. Native of the American seas. 



LINEATED GURNARD. 



Trigla Lineata. T. rubra, maculis svprafusco-sanguineis, corpore 



vtrinque lineis numerosis transversis. 

 Red Gurnard, marked above by dusky-sanguine spots, with 



the body crossed on each side by numerous perpendicular 



lines. 

 Trigla lineata. Lin. Gmel. Streaked Gurnard. Brit. Zool. 



SIZE and habit of T. Cuculus : colour bright red, 

 marked on the upper parts with dark-red patches 

 or spots : abdomen silvery : on each side the back, 

 close to the base of the dorsal fins, a row of broad, 

 serrated, short processes of a yellow colour : lateral 

 line formed by a row of similar ones : body covered 



