Carnegie Inst. Washington Pub. 535 — Longley and Hildebrand 



Plate 23 



Fig. 1. Scorpaena plumieri, a scorpion fish. Details of markings on side of head. The 

 general color of the head is carried over the margin of the eye to the pupil. (From original 

 in color, painted from life by Manson Valentine.) 



Fig. 2. Scorpaena plumieri, a scorpion fish (center), a good example of adaptation both 

 as to color and as to pattern of background. A snapper, Lutianus sp., in background above. 



