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crest. Dorsal XII 14-15; distinctly notched; commencing above upper angle of gill- 

 opening and ending just before the caudal; spinous portion higher than soft portion 

 in males, rather lower than soft part in females. Anal 16-20. Caudal rounded. Pectoral 

 as long as or longer than head, not or scarcely extending to above origin of anal. Males 

 with traces of dark cross-bars on sides, and with some large dark spots on caudal region 

 of body ; a round black spot immediately behind the eye ; spinous part of dorsal chocolate 

 brown ; anal with a narrow dark submarginal band, each ray tipped with white ; females 

 with numerous dark spots on hinder part of body, and with irregular cross-bars 

 anteriorly ; a dark spot behind the eye as in males ; anal fin spotted with brown. 



This species appears to be most nearly related to B. trigloides, Cuv. and Val., and 

 B. bufo, Lowe. 



Blennius, sp. 



St. 274. 4. viii. 27. Off St Paul de Loanda, Angola. Net (4 mm. mesh) attached to back of trawl, 

 64-65 m.: I specimen, 23 mm. 



This is perhaps the young of B. ocellaris, Linn., but appears to have a deeper body 

 and rather fewer rays in the dorsal fin (XI 13). 



BROTULIDAE 

 Brotula barbata (Schn.). 



Regan, 1915, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xv, p. 128. 

 St. 272. 30. vii. 27. Off Elephant Bay, Angola. Large otter trawl, 73-91 m.: 2 specimens, 

 510, 560 mm. 



SCORPAENIDAE 



Scorpaena canariensis (Sauvage). 



St. 274. 4. viii. 27. Oft' St Paul de Loanda, Angola. Large otter trawl, 64-65 m.: 2 specimens, 

 60, 130 mm. 



See description below. 



Scorpaena angolensis, sp.n. 



St. 271. 29. vii. 27. Elephant Bay, Angola. Large fish-trap, 20 m.: i specimen, 80 mm. 

 See description below. 



Revision of the Score aenidae of the Mediterranean and neighbouring 



parts of the atlantic 



The difficulty experienced in identifying the Scorpaenids collected by the 'Dis- 

 covery' has led me to undertake an examination of all the species occurring in the 

 Mediterranean and in the eastern Atlantic. Previous authors have found it difficult to 

 ascertain the hmits of the genera found in the Atlantic, and my own work has shown 

 quite clearly that, in order to arrive at any definite conclusions concerning the sub- 

 division of the family, a thorough revision of the species of the world will be necessary. 

 It follows, therefore, that the arrangement adopted here is a tentative one, and although 

 I have succeeded in obtaining a satisfactory idea as to the species found in the region 

 under consideration, the grouping of these into genera is open to criticism. 



