Bloch’s gurnard. 
31 
‘T U„der 
b„d f « “* •*’' '^“pV™; the ja*. 
;l::nTeir'‘7 r 7.chT„ge; 
or middle Im nuL 7 T ‘*“-“““1 «*“■ 'Hm .econd 
on it. lo,ei ,la« thl 7° "“'''"'''’P'd ^Bd spines 
of the gill.pl.„s ;m fnrtHm'dislgnTthis It 
other species, the ty, £„t beina® striated Vl n o 
punctul.ted, the roughness being as if '"”'i”oot 
The ridge bordering , he roon ,h. d f n * T“' 
broad firm plates whieh wh 1 ■ formed of 
teeth. Scales „r, he iody thl'"^^ “"‘‘"I “"O 
edge, and not arranged in re<rukrlv 1 posterior 
Streaked Gurnard T.tn 1 , ° lines, as in the 
toriorly, the roughnest tmed tfTtl’ “h" 
the fins the body is round Ii,h rf 
the margin of the tail. Pectol I,” ‘ 
reaching to the vent and ‘i l ^ inches long, not 
longest finger less than four hi^L^^The 
and a half. The first rav nf tV •’ ^Imrlest two inches 
than the three sucted"; fay^thT^"" 
yellow, and light green; tis ortll ' 
dusky red, but (chiefly near the h "’ihite; the back a 
curved lines of pea green- tP -/T^' ^ I'lmoil ^ith definite 
The pectorals were pale on th ^ yellow; belly silvery. 
ivith tints of blue oii the edge^ 
red; the ventral and anal whhe T 
blue, 'bhis specimen weighed five’ poundr"'^''^ 
eleven, vLtral bbeenrlnareighteeu'^ ctudl 1'®'=^°'^^! 
The fish above described agrees in T ^ 
with -the species of Trivia noticed bv A " \ 
IV, p. 67,) under the name of T. cululus m’ f 
description it differs only in the want f 
first dorsal fin, a circumstance which Cuvfe \ °ri a 
be Uahle to variation. U is rem^th^b^"^^^ 
