234: Pop RORY Re Bee 
HS. ON The UID teh al es 
ie Arift. Hip. an. lib. iv. Trigla roftro longo diacantho, 
naribus tubulolis. Arted. /yn. 
BAS ‘Remieb 298. Ge/ner pifc. Fee St 
516. Trigla Lyra. Tr: digitis ter- 
The Piper. Wit, tah. 282: nis, naribus tubulofis. Liz. 
Raii ya. pife. 39. Sf. 499. 
H1S fpecies is frequently taken on the weftern 
coafts of this kingdom, and choos an e€x- 
cellent fifh. | 
The weight of one which was communicated to 
us by Mr. Pitfela®, was three pounds and an half; the 
thickeft circumference thirteen inches, the left, which 
was next the tail, only three: the length near two feet. 
The head was very large, and that part of the 
body next to it very thick: the nofe divided into 
two broad plates, each terminated with three {pines : 
on the inner corner of each eye is a ftrong fpine: 
the bony plates of the head terminate on each fide 
with another. 
The covers of the gills are armed with one very 
fharp and ftrong fpine, and are prettily ftriated : im- 
mediately over the pectoral fin is another {pine very 
large and fharp pointed. 
The noftrils very minute: the eyes large. 
The lower jaw much fhorter than the upper: the 
teeth in both very minute. | 
* We have been informed that this fifh 1s found at all times 
of the year on the weftern coafts, and is taken in nets. 
The 
