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148. Scorpaena cirrhosa. [34.] 



Perca cirrhosa, Thunberg, Nya Handl. Stockh. xiv. 1793, p. 199, pi. 7. f. 2. 



Scorpseiia cirrhosa, Cuv. §■ Val. iv. p. 318 ; Schleg. Fauna Japonica, Poiss. p. 42, pi. 17. f. 2, 3 ; Giinth. 

 Fish. ii. p. 120. 



D. 11 | 9^Q. A. J. L. lat. 50-58. 



Aden. East-Indian, Chinese, and Japanese seas. 



149. Scorpasna longicornis, sp. n. Plate VIII. fig. 1. [570.] 



D. 11 | g. A. J. L. lat. 36. 



Palatine teeth. The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and is one-third of the total length. The head is nearly entirely scaleless. The jaws 

 are equal in front. The orbital tentacles are very long, scarcely fringed, subcylindrical, 

 extending, when laid back, to the fourth dorsal spine. The length of the snout is two- 

 sevenths that of the head ; interorbital space deeply concave, with scarcely any ridges 

 within its concavity. Vertex with a deep subquadrangular groove, much broader than 

 long, surrounded by spines. 



The fifth and sixth dorsal spines are the longest, their length being contained twice and 

 one-third in that of the head ; the third is much stronger than the second of the anal, 

 which is half the length of the head. There are five pectoral rays branched. Six 

 longitudinal series of scales between the dorsal fin and the lateral line. 



Colour reddish, marbled with white and black ; a black blotch on the back, beneath and 

 in front of the first four dorsal spines. Axil of pectoral marbled with light brown. 



Length 2\ inches. 



Zanzibar. 



150. Scorpaena zanzibarensis, sp. n. Plate VIII. fig. 2. [400.] 



D. 11 | \. A. J. L. lat. 37. 



Palatine teeth. Height of body somewhat less than the length of the head, which is 

 contained four times and one-third in the total length. Head nearly entirely scaleless ; 

 snout short, its length being about a quarter of that of the head. Interorbital space 

 deeply concave, with scarcely any ridges at the bottom. Orbital tentacles well deve- 

 loped, reaching, when laid back, to the first dorsal spine ; the part before the root of the 

 pectorals scaly. Four pectoral rays branched. The fourth, fifth, and sixth dorsal 

 spines the longest, their length being contained twice and two-thirds in the length of the 

 head. The third dorsal spine much shorter than the second of anal, which is half the 

 length of the head. Six longitudinal series of scales between the base of the dorsal fin 

 and the lateral line, which has tentacles. 



Colour brown, marbled with darker and lighter. The caudal with two light cross 



