trachinopsis

[Mod. Lat. trachin ( us ), and Gr.ops is =appearance.] [TRACHINIDE, 2.] trā chin-ŭs, s. [Mod. Lat., from Gr. trachys = rough.] Ichthy.: Weevers; the type-genus of Trachinina. Mouth-cleft oblique; eyes lateral, directed upward; pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, trachitis scales very small, cycloid; two dorsals, the first short; ventrals jugular, lower pectoral rays simple; villiform teeth in jaws, on vomer, and palatine bones; præorbital and pre operculum armed. Several species, common on the European coasts, absent from the Atlantic, but reappearing on the coast of Chili.