310 PISHES AND FISHING. 



surface of the pectoral fins, dark yellowish green, 

 with large black marks towards their bases, speckled 

 with a number of pure white irregular spots. Iris, 

 red. Length, twelve inches. 



Baron Cuvier, in giving a very short diagnosis of 

 this species, specimens of which were sent him from 

 the Cape by Delalande, remarks, that " the dark spots 

 at the inner surface of the pectoral fins were 

 wanting ;" but I have reason to believe that his 

 specimens had faded, and that, through the eifect of 

 the spirits in which they were preserved, the natural 

 colours had been more or less obliterated. Experience, 

 and the accounts of the fishermen here, convince me 

 that this and the following species are the only ones 

 of the genus caught in our bays. 



Cuvier's observation, that the fish bears a great 

 resemblance to the Trigla Kumu of New Zealand, is 

 perfectly correct. Flesh firm, but palatable. Caught 

 in summer with the hook, but not very common in 

 Table Bay. 



2. Tkigla. Peeonii. Cuv. and Yal. {Graanwe 

 or hruine Knorhaan^ Grey Gurnard.) Head, large ; 

 forehead, sloping ; body, declining in breadth towards 

 the tail; muzzle, projecting; teeth, small, but 

 numerous ; upper mandible longest, divided into two 

 lobes, and beset at its margin with five denticles. 

 Two spines, unequal in length, are placed above each 



