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In life sand color, with two broad blackish shades on the body and 

 one on the head ; the belly purplish ; the lower side of head finely speckled 

 in all shades of light, dark, and i:)earl3'-bluish ; upper parts cov^ered with 

 whitish cirri and profusely speckled, the surface looking as though 

 covered with sand ; eye with radiating dark spots ; dorsal colored 

 like body, with some well-marked whitish spots ; second dorsal en- 

 croached on by the dark band on the body below it; caudal variously 

 mottled, with three black and three pale bands ; anal whitish, varie- 

 gated with reddish and black ; ventral similar, but with more maroon- 

 red ; ]jectoral still more variegated, the tip scarlet shaded ; inside 

 of pectoral largely bright yellow, then blackish, tinged with cherry- 

 red; axil jet black, w4th large round white spots; lips barred with 

 black and whitish ; membranes and angle of mouth light bright yellow. 



Some specimens, especially old ones, taken in red algc^e, are largely 

 scarlet on body and fins. 



141. Scorpaena stearnsi Goode & Bean. 



Numerous young specimens taken with the seiue in eel grass. Olive 

 above, bluish below, considerably mottled, and with j^ale dermal tlaps, 

 which give the body a sanded appearance. Two faint dark shades on 

 body; vertical tins all dotted with white ; anal with same, dusky ; caudal 

 tipped with dark, and with a dark median band; some red on all the fins ; 

 ventrals red, tipped with blackish ; pectoral much mottled, yellowish 

 within; axil whitish, with numerous dark reddish-brown spots ; cirri 

 long, grayish, and mottled. 



142. Scorpeena grandicornis (Cuv. »& Val.). 



Young specimens rather common in the eel-grass; no large ones seen. 



In life gray, with faint cross shades of brown; numerous sulphur yel- 

 low spots scattered about on sides ; sides with Avhite dots ; axil dark 

 gray, with round white dots, each surrounded by a dark ring; pectoral 

 with three blackish blotches above and one toward the base below, 

 tinged with sulphur-j'ellow, especially on the inner side ; supraocular 

 filament very large (I'j in head), blackish, with gray fringes ; spinous 

 dorsal largely black ; soft dorsal edged with dusky ; anal with three 

 black bands; caudal with two, besides a faint one at base; ventrals 

 tipped with black. 



Body rather deeper than in S. plnmieri, its coloration less variegated ; 

 head and sides of body with dermal flaps ; a slight depression below 

 eye ; occipital pit very deep ; spines of head sharp ; a few scales on 

 opercle ; breast with rudimentary scales ; supraocular flap very long, 

 broad, and fringed, more than half length of head, reaching to beyond 

 front of dorsal; maxillary reaching posterior margin of eye, 2^ in head; 

 dorsal spines higher than in related species, the highest as long as the 

 long second anal spine, and about half head. 



Head, 2A; depth, 2i; D. XII, 9; A. Ill, 5; Lat. I. with about 26 

 jjores. 



