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CAROLINA GURNARD. 



Trigla Carolina. T. albida rubro-punctata, digitis teniis 3 pinnis 



pectoralibus fuscis nigro transversimfasciatis. 

 Whitish Gurnard, speckled with red, with triple fingers, and 



brown pectoral fins transversely banded with black. 

 Trigla Carolina. Btoch. 



Length about ten inches : upper parts marked 

 by numerous small red spots : dorsal fins pale, 

 with the rays spotted with brown ; the first fin 

 marked by a black spot : tail slightly rounded at 

 the end, and crossed by three or four rows of brown 

 spots. Native of the American seas. 



JAPANESE GURNARD. 



Trigla Japonica. T. digitis undents membrana palmatis. 

 Gurnard with eleven fingers on each side, palmated by a mem- 

 brane. 



Trigla alata. Lin. Gmel. 



A small species : of about four inches in length : 

 head angular : lower jaw and hinder margin of the 

 gill-covers furnished with two strong spines : native 

 of the Japanese sea. 



