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spines preceded by ridges; two strong occipital spines; two post-tem- 

 poral spines. Head naked, except upper part of opercular flap and on 

 preoperclc; the scales of the latter region large, smooth, embedded, 

 and difficult to detect. Body everywhere with scales, except a small 

 axillary space; thos(^ on the upper parts strongly ctenoid; those cov- 

 ered by pectoral tin smooth and more or less embedded; breast and 

 region anterior to base of pectoral with deeply embedded, smooth 

 scales. Along the lateral line and scattered over the head and body 

 are small epidermal flaps. Third dorsal spine longest; contained two 

 and one-half times in head; length of first contained two and one-half 

 in third; fourth spine little if any shorter than third; others gradually 

 shorter to the last, which equals the eighth in length. Edge of soft 

 dorsal rounded; longest rays 2i in head. Second anal spine much 

 stronger than others; longest; 3 in head; first spine one-half as long 

 as second. First ray longest; 2-k in head. Edge of caudal rounded. 

 First uppermost and 10 lower rays of pectoral simple, the lower ones 

 covered with thick skin. Ventral rays reaching a little beyond tips of 

 pectorals. Color in alcohol, light, clouded above, with darker; a few 

 small dark spots scatti^red over the liody and tins, except ventrals; an 

 elongate dark blotch on upper part of spinous dorsal, between tifth 

 and tenth spines. 



Two other specimens (cotypes, No. 6275, Leland Stanford Junior 

 Univ. Mus.), which difi'er slight!}^ from the one descril)ed, were col- 

 lected. One has a nuich smaller blotch on the spinous dorsal, and the 

 small spots on the body are more distinct. The other has no spots on 

 the tins. 



Scorpcena onaria resembles S. Jimhriata in general appearance. 

 The former has a much larger and more strongly armed head, larger 

 eye and mouth, and higher dorsal spines. 



Measurements of Scorpicna onarkt. 



Length of body in mm 



Length of head in body 



Depth of body 



Distance from snout to dorsal 



Distance from snout to anal 



Depth of caudal jieduncle 



Length of snout 



Length of maxillary 



Diameter of eye 



Width of interorbital space 



Length of base ni si>in(ius dorsal 



Length of base di s< if t di irsal 



Length of first dorsal spine 



Length of third dorsal spine 



Length of longest dorsal ray 



Length of base of anal 



Length of first anal spine 



Length of second imal spine 



Length of third anal spine 



Length of longest anal ray 



Length of lon.Lrest pectoral ray 



Lengtli of lon.ijest ventral ray 



Length of caudal 



Number of dorsal rays 



Number of anal rays 



Number of peetoriil rays 



Number of Jk ires in lateral line 



Number of scales above lateral line to base of fifth spine. . 



