Claf IV. PUB Hikes Ee 235 
_ The firft dorfal fin confifted of nine very ftrong 
fharp fpines, the fecond of which is the longeft, 
the fecond fin begins juft behind the firft, and con- 
fifts of eighteen foft rays: the pectoral fins were | 
long, and had twelve branched rays; the ventral 
fins fix, very ftrong and thick: the anal eighteen, 
the firft fpiny: the tail {mall, in proportion to the 
fize of the fith, and forked. 
The back on each fide the dorfal fin was armed 
with a fet of {trong and very large fpines, pointing 
towards the tail like the teeth of a faw. 
The fcales were fmall, but very hard and rough : 
the lateral line bent a little at its beginning, that 
went {trait to the tail, and was almoft fmaoth. 
IV, They PUB obF od So Bi 
Hirundo Aldrov. the Tub-fifh, Trigla hirundo. Tr.  digitis 
Cornub. Wil. Icth. 280. Rait ternis, linea laterali acu- 
Syn. pife. 88. leata. Lin, fff. 497. 
Trigla capite aculeato, ap- Knorrhane, Knoding, Knot, 
pendicibus utrinque tribus -Smed. Faun. /uec.. No. 
ad pinnas pectorales. Arted. 340. ADEA 
Synon. 73. 
HIS fpecies is of a more flender form than 
the preceding. 
The pupil of the eye is green : on the inner cor- 
ner of each are two fmall fpines. But what at 
once diftinguifhes this from the other fpecies is the 
breadth and colors of the pectoral fins, which are 
very broad, of a pale green, moft beautifully edged, 
and {potted with rich deep blue. 
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