ACANTHOPTERYGII. SCORPJENIDJE. 



TAB. XVII. 



SEBASTES KUHLII, Nob. 

 Reqvieime. 



The Soldier-fish or Hog-fish. 

 Char. Gen. 



Corpus squamosum : caput squameum, magnum, aculeatum, subcavemosum, compressum, parcius 

 laciniatum. Oculi approximati. Operculum bispinosum. Prseoperculum quinquedentatum. Os 

 rictusque ampla : maxillis vomereque palatinisque scobinato-dentatis. PinuEe basi sjepius squam- 

 mulosae : dorsali unica ; caudali truncata ; pectoralium radiis inferioribus sKpissime simplicibus 

 (excepto S. Bougainvillii, Cut. et Val.), apice liberis. Membrana branchiostega septem-radiata. 



Ohs. — Omnia Scorpanw, praeter caput (sc. genas operculaque nuchamque) squamosum ; lacinias 

 pauciores, aliquando nuUas ; suborbitaria paucidentata ; pinnas basi plerumque squamraulosas ; dor- 

 sum antice fere gibbosum ; aspectumque minus horridum, monstrosum ; squamasque coi-poris minores. 

 Vesica aerea ssepius adest : in nonnuUis {S. imperiaU, Cuv., incwulato, Cuv. et Val., et Bougainvillii, 

 Cuv. et Val.) deest. Species plerseque extpatropicse, Isete coloratse, rubidee, edules. 



Char. Spec. 



S. subovalis, parce laclniatus ; ruber, corpore maculis, capita strigis flavis fulvisve picto : ore 

 intus pallido, gula supeme macula rubra : rostro subproducto, acuto : suborbitario antice bispinoso : 

 carina subocularia aculeata : prajoperculi spinis insequalibus : pinnarum pectoralium axilla unispinosa, 

 radiis omnibus simplicibus ; dorsalis spina secunda tertiaque productis, apice appendiculatis ; parte 

 posteriore maxillaribusque nudis, alepidotis. 



D. 12 -f 9 ; A. 3 + 5 ; P. 17 ; V. 1 -f 5 ; C. \'\\' 



M. B. 7 ; Sq. Hn. lat. 25 ; Vertfe. 9 abd. -f 15 caud. - 24. 

 S. KuUii, Syn. Fish. Mad. p. 176. 

 Scorpcena Kulilii, Bowd. Exc, in Mad. p. 123. 



Longit. subpedalis = 3 — 3^ X alt. 

 Tcmpus, per totum fere annum. 

 Locus, in mediis profundis ; vidgatiss. 



The Requeime, though a no less common market species in Madeira 

 than the Carneiro, of not inferior brilliancy of colour, taken moreover 

 in abundance at all seasons, and still more frequently admitted to the 

 table, has hitherto almost escaped the observation of the naturalist : the 

 only extant notice of it, previous to my own, being that above referred 

 to in the work of the late Mr. Bowdich; in which it is mentioned as 

 " a new species of the Scorpana of Schneider,*" with a few brief notes 

 of character and colouring. These were, however, insufficient to establish 



