PISCES THORACIGI. TRIGLA. 
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No. CLX. 
Trigla digito uno, utrinque; cauda oblonga, acuminata; corpore squamoso, scabro ; pinnis pec- 
toralibus angustis , longitudine jere corporis; macula magna in pinna dorsali. 
The Trigla with a single digitus on each side; an oblong, pointed tail; the body 
squamous and rough ; the pectoral fins narrow, nearly as long as the body; a large spot 
on the dorsal fin. 
Called also by the Natives Worrah Minoo. B. 
B. vii. D. 57 P. 10. V. 7. A. To. C. 16. 
The body in shape nearly resembles the former, but is covered with carinate, rough scales. 
The head less scabrous; the crown and front furrowed; spines in front and on the side of the rostrum, as 
in the former, besides prickles on the orbit and hind head. There are three cirri from the lower jaw. The 
mouth, jaws, tongue, and eyes, as in the former. The opercula striate, and armed with short spines. The 
lateral line supreme, nearly straight, terminating at the middle, not the upper edge, of the tail. 
The f ns. The dorsal spines rise higher, and being unequal form an arch, while the posterior portion of that 
fin is more oblong and rounded. The pectoral fins are much longer, forming narrow wings; the ventral 
proportionally longer than in the former, and each has one spine. The anal is rounded like the dorsal, and has 
three spinous rays; the caudal oblong, pointed. The rays of all, as in the former, exceed the membrane. 
The colour reddish; breast and belly white. The dorsal fin dusky, with an oblong black spot on the middle; 
the posterior membrane streaked with three dusky-yellow fillets. The pectoral fin purplish, but on the under 
side green; the anal dusky, like the dorsal, without streaks. The caudal streaked transversely with yellow 
fillets. 
Length, five inches. 
A variety of this fish was brought of a light-gray colour. 
No. CLXI. 
Trigla capite crusta ossea, scabra , rufa; pinnula singulari ad pinnas pectorales. 
The Trigla with a head covered with a rough, bony, reddish crust; a singular pinnula 
(or wing) at the pectoral fins. 
Trigla volitans Linn. S. JV. p. 49 8. 
Called by the Natives Mooree Godoo. 
B. vi. D. 5 . 8. P. 28 . V. 5. A. 6. G. 12. 
The body wedge-form, roundish, very small towards the tail,, scabrous, covered with small orbicular scales, 
highly carinate in the middle, forming longitudinal, rough rows on the back : the scales on the belly smooth. 
The head broader than the body, sub-tetragonal, a little rounded before; the rostrum short, furrowed, 
obtuse; crown flat, with a thick, rough, bony covering, or plate, divided by engraved lines into compartments 
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