PINE TRIGLA. 627 



with small scales: sides marked above and below 

 the lateral line into very numerous, narrow, per- 

 pendicular divisions : pectoral fins pretty large, 

 rounded, and of a dusky brown, spotted with 

 black : rest of the^ fins yellowish, with a tinge of red, 

 especially the tail, which is slightly lunated : native 

 of the Mediterranean. 



var. ? 



Trigla Adriatica. T. corpore squamis verticillato, linea laterali 

 aculeata, pinnis pectoralibus subtus nigris, digitis ternis, Lin. 

 Gmel. 



Gurnard with the body verticillated by scales, with aculeated 

 lateral line, pectoral fins black beneath, and triple ringers. 



This chiefly differs from the preceding in being 

 varied with bands of black spots, and having the 

 spots of the pectoral fins disposed into two trans- 

 verse bands, while the edges are marked beneath 

 by a row of blue spots : observed in the Adriatic 

 sea. 



PINE TRIGLA. 



Trigla Pini. T. rubra, digitis ternis, corpore utrinque lineis nume- 



rosis transversis eonvexis. 

 Red Gurnard, with triple fingers, and body marked on each 



side by numerous transverse convex lines. 

 Trigla Pini. Block. 



Habit similar to that of the Piper ; but in other 

 respects greatly allied to the lineated Gurnard : 



