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SAPPHIRINE GURNARD. Class IV. 



4. Sapphi- 



RINE. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Hirundo Aldrov. The Tub- 

 fish, Cornub. Wil. Ichlh. 

 280. Ran Syn.pisc. 88. 



Trigla capite aculeate*, appen- 

 dicibus utrinque tribus ad 

 pinnas pectorales. Arted. 

 synon. 73. 



Trigla hirundo. Tr. digitis ter- 

 nis, linea laterali aculeata. 



Lin. Syst. 4Q7. Gm. Lin, 



1344. 

 Knorrhane, Knoding, Knot, 



Smed. Faun. Suec. No. 340. 

 La Galline ou le Perlon. Block 



ichth. ii. 115. tab. 60. 

 Le Trigle hirondelle. De la 



Cepede Hist, des Poissons, 



iii. 353. 



A HIS species is of a more slender form than 

 the preceding. The pupil of the eye is green ; 

 on the inner corner of each eye are two small 

 spines, but it is at once distinguished from the 

 other species by the size and colors of the pec- 

 toral fins, which are very broad and long, of a 

 pale green, most beautifully edged, and spotted 

 with rich deep blue. 



The dorsal tins are lodged between two rows 

 of spines, of a serrated form ; the back is of a 

 greenish cast ; the side line is rough ; the sides 

 are tinged with red ; the belly white. 



These fish are found on the coast of Corn- 

 wall. We have also taken them off Anglesey. 





