354 SYNOPSIS. 



Sp. 23. C. quadricornis. Four-homed Cottus. Occiput with 



four rough tubercles or horns, two near the eyes and two 



on the nape ; preopereulum with three spines ; colour of 



the head brown, tinged with red on the gill- covers ; back 



brown, sides yellow, belly greyish- white ; fins mottled 



with brown. Fin-rays, D. 8—14 : P. 17 : V. 1 -t-.3 : A. 15: 



C. 11. — Linn., Cuv. & Val., iv. p. 168; Yarr. Brit. Fish., 



i. p. 83. 



Gen. XI. AspiDOPHORUS. Body mailed with angular plates 



which render it octagonal ; head thick, flat below, the snout 



with recurved spines ; two distinct dorsal fins ; vomer and 



palatines without teeth. 



Sp. 24. A. Europceus. Armed Bull-head, or Pogge. Upper 

 jaw rather longest, chin and branchiostegous membrane 

 furnished with many thread-like filaments ; snout with 

 four recurved spines ; preopereulum with a large spine ; 

 operculum unarmed ; body octagonal from the vent (which 

 is under the middle of the pectorals) to the termination 

 of the second dorsal, beyond that hexagonal ; caudal 

 rounded : brown above, white beneath, marked with dusky, 

 which assumes the appearance of four indistinct bands ; 

 pectoral with a dusky bar across the centre ; tail brown. 

 Fin-rays, D. 5—7 : P. 15 : V. 1 -f-2 : A. 7 : C. U.—Cuv. 

 ^ Val., iv. p. 201 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 85. Asphido- 

 phorus cataphractus, Jenyns' Brit. Vert., p. 346. Cata- 

 phractus Schoneveldii, Flem. Brit. An. 

 Gen. XII. Sebastes. Body and head completely covered 

 with scales ; dorsal single, the anterior part spinous, the poste- 

 rior with flexible rays ; lower rays of the pectorals simple ; pre- 

 opereulum and operculum ending in three or more spines : 

 teeth velvet-like, placed on both jaws, the vomer, and palatine 

 bones. 



Sp. 25. S. Norvegicus. Bergylt, or Norway Haddock. Ge- 

 neral form resembles that of the Perch ; under jaw longest ; 

 colour of the back dark red, becoming lighter on the sides, 

 and silvery white, slightly glossed -with red, on the belly ; 

 fins red. Fin-rays, 15-hl5 : P. 19 : V. 1-f 5 : A. 3-^8 : 



