144 ORDER ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



The TjEnianotes are scorpasnas, with a compressed 

 body, and in which the dorsal fin, which is very high, 

 is united to the caudal. 



Sebastes, Cuv., 



Have all the characters of scorpasna, except that they 

 want the cutaneous filaments, and that their head is 

 scaly instead of prickly. 



There is a ?arge species in the North Sea, called 

 Mar 'Ike, and in some places Carp, {Sebastes Nor- 

 vegicus, Cuv., Perca marina, Pen., Perca Norveglca, 

 Mull.) Bonnat. Ency. Method, pi. d'Ichtyol. fig. 210. 

 Red, and frequently exceeds two feet. It is dried for 

 eating. The dorsal spines serve the Esquimaux as 

 needles. 



The Mediterranean has one like it, but with the 

 dorsal rays less numerous, (Sebastes imperialis, Cuv., 

 Scorpoena dactyloptera, Laroche, Ann., Mus. XIII. 

 pi. xxii. f. 9.) The palate is black ; it is destitute of 

 air-bladder, although the preceding species has one '. 



Pterois, Cuv., 

 Have the characters of the scorpaena, properly so called, 



Mem. de Stock, xiv. 1793. pi. vii. f. 2. ; Scorp. papillosa, Forst., 

 Bl., Schn., 196 ; Sc. plumier, Lacep. i. 19. 3. ; Sc. venosa, Cuv. 

 Russ. 50, and many new species described in our fourth volume. 



1 The pretended Scorjjcena malabarica, Bl. Schn. 190, is a 

 sebastes, the same as the Mediterranean species ; Scorp. capensis, 

 Gm. Holoc. albofasciatus, Lacep. iv. 372 ; Perca variabilis, Pall, or 

 Epinephelus ciliatus, Tiles. Mem. de l'Ac. de Petersb. iv. 1811. 

 pi. xvi. f. 1 0. 



