274 STRIPED SURMULLET. Ci.Ass IV. 



136. St ft IP- MulIiLS major. Sahjian. 236. utrinque quatuor luteis, 



ED. Mullus major nofter et Sal- longitudinaiibuf, parallelis. 



ruia-ni, 95. CornubienJ:bus, Arted. fynon. 72. 



A Surmullet. WiL Icth. 285. Mullus cirris geminis lineis 



Rail fyn. pifc. 91. luteis longitudinalibus. Z.///. 



Trigla capita glabro, lineis fyfi. 496. 



^"T~^HIS fpecies was communicated to us by Mr. 

 FitfieU of Exeter : its weight was two pounds 

 and an halfj its length was fourteen inches; the 

 thickeft circumference eleven. It appears on the 

 coaft of Bei'OTiJhire in Aiay^ and retires about No- 

 "uemher. 



The head deep : thenofe blunt: the body thick : 

 the mouth fmall : the lower jaw furnifhed with 

 very fmall teeth: in the roof of the mouth is a rough 

 hard fpace : at the entrance of the gullet above is 

 a fingle bone, and beneath are a pair, each with 

 echinated furfaces, that help to comminute the food 

 before it paHes down. 



From the chin hung two beards, two inches and 

 a half lono;. 



The eyes large : the irides purple : the head and 

 covers of the gills very fcaly. 



The x6rfl: dcrfal nn was lodged in a deep fur- 

 row^, and confiited of fix flrong, but flexible rays; 

 the fecond of eight \ the pecVoral fins of fixteen \ 

 the ventral of fix branched rays; the anal of fe- 

 ven : the tail is "much forked. 



The 



