262 CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES, ETC. 



generally three ; scales prickly ; suborbital bones 

 very large^ covering the cheeks ; the whole head hard 

 and granulated ; dorsal fins Vxo, the first composed 

 of spiney rays^ the anterior of "which is sometiines 

 serrated ; lateral line carinated ; teeth very small : 

 Europe and India. 



TrigJa Linn. Pectoral and ventral fins of nearly equal 

 length ; body covered vrith small scales ; caudal fin 

 truncate or lunate. 



gurnardus Linn. Capensis. Cuv, iv. 55. 



cuculus. Linn. lb. 34. Blochii. Yarr. p. 50. 



hirundo. Bloch, pi. 60. papilio. Cuv, iv. 80. 



lineata. lb. 354. phalana. 



pini. lb. 355. papillionacea. Less. Atl. 19. 



poecilaptera. Cuv. iv. 47. lyra. Bloch, 350. 



Peronii. lb. 53. &:c. See Appendix. 



Prionotus Lac. Head very large ; pectoral fins nearly 



as long as the body ; caudal fin truncate or lunate. 



tribulus. Cuv. pL 74. 



OrnichtJiys Sw. Pectoral fins very large ; spines on the 

 head small ; caudal fin rounded ; lateral line smooth ; 

 America ; ventral fins very small. 

 Carolinensis. Bl. 352. punctatus. lb. pi. 353. 



Peristidion Lac. Body angulated^ lengthened, slender, 

 entirely covered with large scale-like plates, which 

 form carinated angles along the body ; mouth without 

 teeth, placed beneath two projecting plates on the 

 muzzle, and furnished with short branched cirri ; 

 digitated processes two on each side. 



P. cataphracta. Bloch, pi. 349. 



Dactylophorvs. Head very obtuse ; eyes very large^ 

 close to the tip of the muzzle ; crown of the head 

 and angle of the operculum extended into very long 

 spines ; pectoral processes united together. 



DcLctylophorus Lac. Pectoral fins nearly as long as the 



body; the processes united, and forming a spurious fin. 



volitans. Cuv. trigloides. Sw. Appendix, 



occidentalis. Sw. Appendix. Orient alls. Cuv. pi. 76. 



Blochii. lb. App. bispinosus. Russ. pi. 160. 



tentaculatus. lb. x\pp. Chinensis. Sw. App. 

 fasciatus. lb. App. 



