Volume 1

Natural history of Victoria : prodromus of the zoology of Victoria; or figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorian indigenous animals / by Frederick McCoy.

  • Frederick McCoy
Date:
[1885-90]
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Credit: Natural history of Victoria : prodromus of the zoology of Victoria; or figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorian indigenous animals / by Frederick McCoy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Plate 5. LEPIDOTRIGLA VANESSA (Rich.). The Spiny-sided Butterfly-Gurnard. [Genus LEPIDOTRIGLA (Gunth.) (Sub-kingd. Vertebrata. Class Pisces. Order Acantbopterygia. Fam. Triglidae.) Gen. Char.—Head subrhomboidal, with the top and sides bony, covered with granular ridges ; scales of body moderately large (much larger than in Trigla) ; anterior dorsal fin much shorter than posterior dorsal; three long slender pectoral filaments ; teeth villiform in numerous rows on both jaws and a few on the vomer, none on the palate hones ; air-bladder bilobed in front.] Description.—Fin-rays: dorsals, anterior 10, posteriori?; anal, 15 or 1? ; ventral, 6; pectoral, 10; caudal, 29. All the rays of the first dorsal and the first four of the second dorsal simple; all the rays of the anal simple except the penulti- mate one ; 3 lower rays of the pectoral simple; first ray of ventrals simple. Scales : 5 rows above and 17 to 22 rows below the lateral line, finely serrated at posterior edge; those of lateral line 71, larger than the others and each with one or two large compressed spines; the posterior end of the lateral line branches into two ridges, with about 17 pores on each, running one along the second ray above the middle, and the other along the ray next below the middle. A row of 10 small and about 20 larger spines extends on each side at base from second ray of the first dorsal to the last ray of second dorsal. Head with profile concave, snout short, suborbital angles only slightly produced beyond a right angle, with 3 or 4 short spines on each side of the one at the angle, which is half a line long; eye large, diameter two-fifths the depth of the head; head, from snout to tip of opercular spine, one-fourth the total length to upper end of caudal; depth of bead vertically under middle of eye equal to length from tip of snout to same vertical line; anterior frontals forming upper anterior quarter of orbits serrated, two of the teeth larger than the others; no spine behind the eye; suprascapular spine, opercular spine, and coracoid spine about 1 line long; space between the orbits very deeply concave, equal to diameter of eye. Third ray of first dorsal longest, five-sixths the depth of body at its base; fifth (or first branched) ray of second dorsal longest, and equal to the fifth ray of first dorsal; pectoral reaching to seventh ray of anal, or second of dorsal; eighth ray of anal longest and equal to seventh of first dorsal. Colors: head, back, and upper portion of sides pale dull brick-red, clouded with irregular large darker patches, the darkest of which is on upper base of tail; dorsal fins very pale-brownish, with a reddish tint above; a large rounded blackish spot with an indistinct whitish border extends from the fifth to the seventh ray of the first dorsal, nearer to the upper than the lower ends of the rays; caudal whitish at end margin, red at base, and red rays and purplish membranes at middle ; anal and ventral fins opaque whitish or nearly colorless towards the base and pale reddish towards margin; pectoral filaments pinkish-white, slightly chequered with brownish near base; pectoral fins with two or three large black blotches near end of first to third rays on under edge of inner side, the membrane between the rays dull greenish-yellow, with a broad border of intense bright ultramarine blue and numerous irregularly scattered oblong spots of the same color between the rays ; outer side of pectorals brownish-pink; chin, throat, and
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