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PEIUSTIDION. 



AYirrr the general form of the Gurnards the snout is much more 

 lengthciiccl; the body completely covered with plates, uhich are 

 arranged in ridges h'ugthwise. The separate processes are only two, 

 one on each side. 



ARMED GURNARD. 



MAILED GURNARD. MALARMAT. 



Lyra altera Rondeletii, Willoughby; p. 28:'., Tab. S. H. 



Trigla cafaphrada, Linn.eus. 



Peristedion malarmat, Lacepede. Risso. Cuviek. 



Loudon's Magazine of Natural History, 

 Xew Scries, vol. i. p. 17. 

 " " Yaerell; British Fishes, vol. i, p. 67. 



Peristellus catapliraduiii, GtUNTHer; Cat. Br. Museum, vol. ii, p. 217. 



It appears that tlie Armed Gurnard is not rare in the 

 Mediterranean, where, as we are informed by Eisso, its haunts 

 are chiefly in deep water, but that it comes within reach to 

 be caught at the equinoxes. It seems, however, to be a local 

 species, for Willoughby did not find it at Venice during a 

 residence of four months, nor at Genoa beyond a sina'le examnle: 

 but in the markets of Eome it Avas of frequent occurrence. 

 It is a rare visitant to Britain, and hitherto has been taken 

 only on the coast of Cornwall. It was first announced as 

 British by Dr. Edward Moore, of Plymouth, from an example 

 taken Avith a trawl in the neighbourhood of the Eddystone; 

 and since then I have been informed by Mr. Peach of two 

 that were caught by a boat ofi" Gorran, where that gentleman 

 at that time resided. A fourth has come to mv hands from 



