242 THE GtJRNAftD. 



jaws, and the whole inner part of the mouth, are cover- 

 ed with very fmall teeth. The eyes are large ; the irides 

 of a filver colour, with a tin£lure of brown : The noftrils 

 are fmall, and placed on the fides of the roftrum : On the 

 extremity of the gill covers, is a thick, Iharp, and long 

 fpine. The firft dorfal fin confifts of eight fpiny rays ; 

 the fides of the three firft tuberculated : The fecond has 

 nineteen rays, and is lodged, like the former, in a groove, 

 rough on each fide. The peroral fins are long and tranf- 

 parent, and fupported by ten rays ; from their bafe hang 

 three beards*. The BritiJJj fiflies of this genus are, the 

 tub fifli, the feraphine, the ftreaked, the gray, and red 

 gurnard, and the piper; the laft, Rondeletius has termed 

 the lyre, on account of its bifurcated roftrum, which 

 fomewhat refembles that inftrument among the ancients. 

 The whole of this genus is excellent food. 



• Britilh Zoology, gen. 31, 



