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102. Scorpaena stearnsi Goode & Bean. 



A single specimeu obtaiued. This may be identical with S. hrasil- 

 iensis C. & V. The description of the latter given by Kner (Novara 

 Fische, 114) applies well to our specimen. 



103. Priouotus palmipes (Mitch.) Storer. 



f? TrUjJa Carolina, Linn., Mantissa. 



Trifjla 2)almij)es, Mitch. Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y., I. 43L 



Prionotus carolinus, C. & V., iv, 90. 



Evidently not abundant in Southern waters, no specimens being ob- 

 taiued by us during the summer. Several examples are, however, pre- 

 served in the Charleston museum, Irom the coast of South Carolina. 

 Linnieus' description of Trigla Carolina appbes almost equallj^ well 

 to auy of our species. The fin formula given by him ("D. X — 13; A. 

 12 ") is found commonly only in the present species and in scUulus, but 

 this does not lend any high degree of probability to the identification. 

 We must, therefore, make use of Mitchill's name palmipes, it having 

 been given prior to the use of carolinus, definitely for this species, by 

 Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



104. Prionotus scitulus J. & G. — Sea BoMii. 



Not rare, several specimens having been obtained. Probably not 

 reaching as large a size as other species of the genus, the largest exam- 

 ples seen being but 5^ inches long. 



The coloration given by us (Proc. U. S. ]^at. Mus., 1882, 288) was 

 apparently drawn from a female specimen. The following is the life 

 color of the male : 



Light oUve brown, with four saddle like dark blotches on back, one 

 downwards and forwards from middle of spinous dorsal to humeral spine; 

 a second from front of soft dorsal ; a third from end of dorsal downwards 

 and forwards to below lateral line, thence continued forwards as a nar- 

 row horizontal streak ,• a fourth on caudal peduncle ; sides everywhere 

 with reddish-brown spots, as in the female. Opercle reddish-brown; 

 branchiostegal membrane, and palatine region largely jetblack. Spin- 

 ous dorsal olive-brown, with two irregular lengthwise translucent streaks 

 and an intense well-defined black spot on membrane above, between 

 fourth and fifth spines. Second dorsal olive-brown vermiculated with 

 whitish translucent, and without round spots. Caudal reddish-brown, 

 blackish towards tip, with a conspicuous white longitudinal streak on 

 upper lobe. Anal blackish, with white base and margin. Pectoral dark 

 brown, irregularly barred and blotched with greenish and light brown. 

 Free rays of pectorals, and inner face of ventrals dusky, tinged with 

 orange. 



Head 2a to 3; depth 5^ to (5; D. X— 13; A. 12. Longest dorsal spine 

 (in S) If in head; jjcctoral fin 2^to2f in body. Preopercular spine 

 with an inconspicuous cusp above and one below its base ; small speci- 

 mens show also inconspicuous spinous teeth on preorbital. 



