102 FISHES. THORACIC*. 24. Trigfa. 



83. M. Surmulletus. lied, with 2 or 3 longitudinal yellow 

 stripes each side. 



Striped Surmullet. 5r. Zoo/, t. 53. Donovan t, 12. 



itofy about a foot long, a little silvery beneath : fcales silvery with 

 tawny lines: eyes round ; pupil blue, furrotinded with a red ring ; 

 ins silvery: upper gill-cover ending in a f o f t blunt elongation: 

 lateral-line arched with the back ; fins yellowish, with the rays 

 mostly red : lower-jaw with 2 beards : dorsal-fins 7, o-rayed < pectoral 

 16 • ventral 7 ;, anal 8 ; tail forked, 20-rayed. 



24. TRIGLA. Gurnard. 



84. T. Gumardus. Throat with 3 appendages : above 

 grey with whitish and dusky spots, beneath silvery : 

 lateral-line clothed witli rounded whitish scales. 



Grey Gurnard. Br. Zool. t. 54. Donovan t. 30. Shaw Zool.t. 90. 



Body 1-3 feet long, covered with fmall white fcales: above tht 

 eyes^ 2 short (pines each side: iris silvery: nofe sloping, slightly 

 forked, with 3 short fpines each side ; gill-covers radiate, ending in 

 a point : vent nearer the head: rays of the fins longer than the 

 membrane; dorsal-fins 7, 19-rayed, the first grey fpotted with 

 white, the fecond reddish-ash ; pectoral dark-grey, 1 o-rayed ; ventral 

 whitish, 6; anal reddish-ash, 20; tail lunate, dark grey, 14- 

 rayed. 



85. T. Lyra. Throat with 3 appendages : red* beneath 

 silvery : nose 2-lobed, with 3 spines each side. 



Piper. Br. Zool. t. 55. 



Body about 2-feet long : upper-jaw much longer than the lower c 

 on the inner corner of each eye a strong fpine, the plates of the 

 head ending each side in another, and a large one over the pectoral- 

 fins: back ferrate with sharp fpines : dorfal-fns yellowish .with red 

 rays, ic, 18-iayed ; pectoral slightly tinged with blue, 12-rayed; 

 ventral yellowish with red rays, G-raycd with a fpine ; anal 18, the 

 first fpinous ; tail lunate, tinged with blue. 



8$. T. Cucirfus. Throat with 3 appendages : red, "beneath 

 silvery : first dorsal-fin with a black spot. 



Red Gurnard. Br. Zool. t. 57. Shaw Zool. t. 90. 



Body about a foot long, more or less marked with whitish tranf- 

 verfe bands, covered with minute fcales : nofe with 3 fpines each 

 side : lateral-line with broad silvery fcales edged with black, and 

 another row each side the back : dorfal-fns 9, 16-rayed, the fecond 

 with a yellowish edge j pectoral 10 ; ventral 6; anal 16; tail lu- 

 nate, 13-rayed. 



$1. T.Hirundo. Throat with 3 appendages: grey- v brown, 

 beneath silvery : pectoral-fins very large, olive-green., 

 spotted and edged with rich blue. 



Sapphirine Gurnard. Br. Zool. t, 56. Donovan t. 1. 



Body a foot or more l-ong, tinged with red at the sides : lateral-line 

 rough : eyes with 2 fpines at the inner corner of each : nofe cloven, 

 fpinous: vent near the head: dorsal-fins with 9, 17 simple rays; 

 pectoral 9 branched rays ; ventral 6, branched; anal 14,, simple ; tail 

 brownish, slightly lunate, 16-rayed. 



,88. T. lineata. Throat with 3 appendages : red, beneath 

 . white, with numerous ridges across the sides. 



StreakCd'GtirHafd. Br. Zool. i. 57. Donovan t. 4. 



Body about a foot long : head large, fuddenly sloping, radiate on 

 the sides : nofe cloven,, with short fpines: back ferrate : lateral-line 

 plated : fins with dusky fpots : dorsal 10, 17-rayed j, pccttral 10 ; 

 vtatralQ; anal 15 i tail slightly luaate,i O-rayed, 



