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Trigla, Cuv. 



The Triglae, properly so called, have small crowded teeth in the 

 the jaws and before the vomer. The pectorals are large, but not 

 sufficiently so to raise them above the v/ater. Numerous species are 

 found on the coast of Europe. 



Tt. jomj, B1., 355; Trig, cuculus, L.,^ Numerous vertical and 

 parallel lines along each side of the body, intersecting the late- 

 ral line, and formed by folds of the skin, in each of which is a 

 cartilaginous lamina; muzzle oblique. A good fish of a fine red 

 colour. 



TV. Uneata, L.; TV. adriatica, Gm.; BI. 35; Rond. 295; Mar- 

 tens, Voy. to Venice, II, pi. ii. The muzzle much more ver- 

 tical, and the pectorals longer; the lines on the flanks encircle 

 the body like rings. 



TV. hirundo, L. ; BL, 60.(1) Neither spines nor furrows on the 

 sides; back brownish, sometimes reddish; pectorals one fourth 

 of its length, the inner side edged with blue. It is the largest 

 species taken on the coast of Europe, sometimes exceeding two 

 feet in length. 



Neighbouring species are found in India.(2)" 

 TV. lyra, L.; Bl., 350; Rond. 298. The muzzle divided into 

 two dentated lobes; a stout spine on the operculum, super-sca- 

 pular, and particularly on the humeral; spines along the dor- 

 sals; lateral line smooth; pectorals one third of its length; a 

 beautiful fish, bright red above and a silvery white beneath. 



TV. gurnardus, L.; Bl. 58. A pointed spine on the shoulder 

 and operculum; scales on the lateral line slightly carinate; ge- 

 nerally grey-brown above, spotted with white, and white be- 

 neath; some of them, however, are reddish or red. Common 

 in the markets in France. 



TV. cuculus, BL, 59.(3) A neighbouring species which is al- 

 ways red with a black spot on the first dorsal. 



TV. lucerna, Briin.; Rondel. 287.(4) Scales on the lateral 

 line higher than they are wide; the second dorsal spine pro- 

 longed into a filament. 



(1) It is the Tr. cuculus, of Briinnich. 



(2) They are new; we describe them in the fourth volume of our Ichthyology. 

 (o) It is the Tr. hirundo o( Brunnich; but it is neither the cuculus nor the 



hirundo, Lin. 



(4) It is not the Tr. lucerna, Lin., but hFs Tr. obscura, described Mus. Ad. 

 Fred, part II, and subsequently forgotten. The Tr. lucerna, L., is a factitious 

 species. 



