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MINUTE GURNARD. 



Trigla Minuta. T. digitis terms, dorso bicarinato. Lin. Gmch 

 Gurnard with triple fingers, and bicarinated back. 



A small species : at least the specimen described 

 by Linnaeus measured only three inches in length ; 

 though perhaps not arrived at its full size : head 

 hard and rough ; emarginated and denticulated in 

 front, and furnished with two spines above the eyes, 

 two at the hind-head, and two stronger ones at the 

 back part of the crown ; posterior gill-covers spiny : 

 pectoral and ventral fins very sharp-pointed : tail 

 rounded. Native of the Indian seas. 



CAVILLONE GURNARD. 



Trigla Cavillone. T. rubra, capite spina utrinque super oculos, 



Sr sex utrinque ad occiput. 

 Red Gurnard with a single spine above each eye, and six on 



each side the back of the head. 

 Cavillone. Rondel. Cepede. 



Described and figured by Rondeletius : length 

 about three inches; head furnished with a spine 

 above each eye, and six large ones at the hind 

 part : body covered with small, denticulated, rough 

 scales: colour red: pectoral fins white above, and 

 dark-green or olive beneath : native of the Medi- 

 terranean, and known about some parts of the 

 French coasts by the title of Cavillone. 



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