150 ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



Habitat. — Two specimens, obtained in tlie East Indies, were presented to the Paris Museiim by M. Bonare. 



Genus, 4 — ScoEP^NOPSis, Hechel. 

 Scor2'>w)iichfhys and ParascorjKcna, Bleeker. 

 Differs from ScoTjimna in having no palatine teeth. 

 Geocjraphical distribution. — Trojiical seas, also with, those of the last genus. 



SYNOPSIS OP SPECIES. 



1. Scorpn'nopsis Guamensis, D. 12 | i, P. 'J+X, A. |, L. r. 43. No orbital tentacle. Stales over cheeks 

 and opereles. Brown, marbled with darker. East Indies to the Malay Archipelago. 



2. Scoijmnopsis cirriiosa, D. 11 | Jo. P- G+XII, A. |, L. r. 6G. Orbital tentacle, if present, small. Head 

 scaleless. Pinkish brown marbled with darker. 



3. Seorpmnopsis o.eyce^jhala, D. 11 | ■^, P. 6+XII, A. f , L. r. 4G. Orbital tentacle well developed. Scales 

 on the upper portions of operele and preopercle. Reddish brown, spotted and blotched with darker. Nicobars 

 to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



4. ScorpfPMopsis rosea, D. 11 | Jg, P. 6+XII, A. f , L. r. 43. An oi-bital tentacle. Scales on upper portion 

 of opereles. Reddish brown, marbled. Seas of India. 



_ 5. Scorpcenopsis venosa, D. 11 | i, P. 6+XII, A. |, L. 1. 38. Apparently no orbital tentacle. Head scaleless. 

 Reddish brown blotched with dai-ker. Seas of India. 



1. Scorpsenopsis Guamensis. 



Scorpmna Guamensis, Quoy and Gaim. Voy. Frey. Zool. p. 326. 



.*' Scorjxena pohjlepis, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. 18-31, ii, p. 173. 



Sebastes pohjlepis, GLinther, Catal. ii, p. 106.* 



B. vii, D. 12 I 1 P. 9+X, V. 1/5, A. f, C. 13, L. r. 43. 



Length of head 1/3, of caudal 1/.5, height of body 2/7 of the total length. %es— diameter 2/7 of length 

 of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, and 3/4 of a diameter apart. Interorbital space concave. No groove 

 beneath the eyes. Supraorbital edge spinate. No orbital tentacle. The maxilla reaches to below the middle 

 of the eye. Spines on head acute. Tee^//.— villiform in jaws and on the vomer. Fins — highest dorsal spines 

 equal half of the height of the body. Sades — present on cheeks and opereles. Colours — brown marbled with 

 darker. 



Habitat. — Malay Archipelago, and said to have been brought from the East Indies. 



2. Scorpsenopsis cirrhosa.f 



Perca, cirrhosa, Thunb. Nya Handl. Stockh. siv, 17;t3, p. 109, pi. 7, fig. 2. 



Scorpcuna cirrhosa, Cuv. and Val. iv, p. 318 ; Gunther, Catal. ii, p. 120 ; Klunz. Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien, 

 1S70, p. 801. 



ScorpcPMa negleeta, Temm. and Schleg. p. 42, pi. 17, fig. 2, 3; Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. xxvi, p. 79. 



Scorjxena barbata, Riipp. N. W. Pische, p. 105, t. 27, fig. 1. 



B. vii, D. 11 i 3L, p. 6^X11, V. I/.5, A. I, C. 1.3, L. r. 50. 



Length of head 1/3, of caudal 1/6, height of body 3/10 of the total length. %es— diameter 1/5 of length 

 of head, 1| diameters from end of snout, and 2/3 of a diameter apart. Interorbital space deeply concave, with 

 two low ridges along its whole extent which do not end in spines : a deep groove below the anterior edge of 

 the orbit : a shallow groove over occiput : occipital and temporal ridges strongly spinate. Two strong spines 

 along the upper edge of the orbit. Sometimes an orbital tentacle of small size, which is however mostly absent. 

 A spinate ridge from the preorbital across the cheeks, preopercle spinate : operele with two spines. Tentacles — 

 besides the orbital one, there are many more about the head and a veiy large one above the angle of the mouth : 

 there are also some on the body. Teeth — in jaws and vomer, none on the palate. Fins — dorsal spines increase 

 in length to the fourth, which is half as high as the body, and usually shorter than the second of the anal, 

 which equals half the length of the head : ventral reaches the anus : caudal cut nearly square. Scales — none 

 on the head. Colours— Pinkl'ih brown marbled with darker : fins spotted and blotched. 



Habitat. — West coast of Africa, seas of India to Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



3. Scorpfenopsis oxycephala, Plate XXXVI, fig. 3. 



Scorpcena oxycephalus, Bleeker, Sclcrop. p. 20, and Verh. Bat. Gen. xxii, Sclerop. p. 7 ; Kner, Novara 

 Fische, p. 116. 



Scorpaina cirrhosa, Giinther, Catal. ii, p. 120 (in part). 



Seorpmnopsis oxycephala, Sauvage, Nov. Arch. Mus. t. ix, p. 52, pi. 6, fig. 3 and 3a. 



B. vii, D. 11 1 J^, P. 6+XII, V. 1/5, A. I, C. 13, L. r. ||, L. tr. 7/22. 



* Specimens marked Sebastes polylepis, B. M. Catal. ii, p. 107, belong to this species, under which designation they are now 



. t_The specimen of Scorpcena pohjprion, B. !m. Catal. ii, p. 115, recorded as " d. Half grown, Cevlon, presented by Captain 

 Gascoigne, appears to belong to this species. 



