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T R IG L A .
G E N E R IC C H A R A C T E R .
Caput loricatum lineis scabris. Membrana
branchiostega radiis vìi. Corpus cuneatum :
digiti liberi ad pinnas pectorales.
T h e head loricated with rough lines.
Seven rays in the branchial m embrane.
T h e body w edge-form; free, articulated
digiti at the pectoral fins, (between the
pectoral and ventral fins.)
N o . C L IX .
T r ig l a digito libero solitario utrinque; corpore cuneiforme alepidoto; spina recurva ad
roslrum ; cauda trúncala.
T h e T r i g l a w ith a solitary digitus on each s id e ; a wedge-form body, without scales;
a recurve spine on the rostrum, and a truncate tail.
Called b y the Natives W o r r a h M in o o . A.
B . vi. D . 22. z . ] I. V. 6. Â . 10. C. 10.
T h e hody wedge-form, a little compressed, v e ry small near the caudal fin ; no scales.
T he head nearly as broad as the body, scabrous, and armed with many spines; the front declivous, grooved ;
a long curved spine on each side of the rostrum, two or three small prickles in front. Mouth large. Jaws
extractile, nearly equal, the superior emarginate, and two small cirri pendent from the lower. Teeth small,
aceróse. Tongue short, smooth, obtuse, loose. Palate wide, tuberculate. The eyes close to the crown in a deep
prickly orbit. Nostrils double, unequal in size, close on the point of the rostrum.
Branchial opercula rugged, and armed with small spines pointing backward ; the membrane half exposed,
the aperture large.
The trunk. The back and throat rather flat, the tail a littie compressed. The branchiae pectinate on the
inside. Lateral line supreme, gently arched, and terminates at the upper edge o f the tail. The anus remote.
The Jins. The dorsal single, the eleven spinal rays nearly equal in height, the posterior part of the fin
higher and rounded ; the pectoral broad, half as long as the trunk, acuminate at top ; the ventral broad, half the
length of the pectoral; the anal equal, narrower than the opposite dorsal; the caudal truncate, and, as in all the
others, the point of the rays extend beyond the membrane. The digiti liheri exactly under the pectoral fins.
The colour a dusky purple ; the belly pink. The points of the dorsal spines and the margin of the membrane
black, the posterior portion darkish purple. Pectoral and ventral fins reddish with a purple tint. The tail dark-
purple, with two light coloured bands.
Lengtb of the subject four inches.
N o . C L X .
T r ig l a digito uno, utrinque; cauda oblonga, acuminata; corpore squamoso, scabro; pinnis pec-
ioralibus anguslis, longitudinefere corporis; macula magna in pinna dorsedi.
T h e T r i g l a with a single digitus on each side; an oblong, pointed ta il; the body
squamous and rough ; the pectoral fins narrow, nearly as long as the body ; a large spot
on the dorsal fin.
Called also b y the Natives W o r r a h M in o o . B .
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Z .v ii . D . 24. Z. 10. V. 6. A. 10. C. 16.
T h e 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.
Thej?«s. 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. T he 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 tlie under
side green; the anal dusky, like the dorsal, without streaks. The caudal streaked transversely with yellow
fillets.
Lengtb, five inches.
A variety of this fish was brought of a light-gray colour.
N o . C L X I .
T r ig l a capite crusta ossea, scahra, rufa ; pinnida singulari ad pinnas pectorales.
T h e T r i g l a witli a head covered with a rough, bony, reddish c ru s t; a singular p in n u la
(or wing) at the pector.J fins.
T rigla volitans Linn. S. X . p . A98.
Called b y the Natives M o o r e e G o d o o .
B . y i . D .T . S. P. a s , V .5 . A. s . C. 1 2.
T h e body wcdgc-fonH, i-oimdish, very small towards the tail, scabrou.s, covered with small orbicular scales,
highly carinate in the middie. Ibrmiirg longitudat.al, rough rows on the back r the scales on the belly smooth.
The W broader than the body, sub-tetragonal, a little rounded before; tiie rostrum sllort, furrowed,
obtuse; erowu flat, with a thick, tough, bony covering, or plate, divided by engraved lines into compartments