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bone of the shoulder. Besides which, the whole 
surface of the head is roughened, like a rasp, with 
minute knobs running in various fantastic lines 
and curves. 
The ground colour of the upper parts is a 
dull olive ; that of the under parts silvery white, 
the whole tinged with pale red ; this latter hue is 
also distributed about in irregular mottlings, 
especially along the sides, on the mouth and chin, 
and on the finger-like pectoral rays. The eyes 
are large, and golden-yellow. This species at- 
tains the length of two feet or more. 
The scales are very minute, more or less 
SCALE OF SAPPHIRINE GURNARD (magnified). 
a, Natural size. 
angular in their outline, free from prickles: the 
concentric lines {strice) are fine, close-set and 
numerous, and are interrupted by lines of clear 
