Jordan and Everniann. — Fishes of North America. 1841 



mandible reaching heyond orlnt, about 4 in length of body, a little less 

 than 2 in head, with prominent syniphyseal knob. Nasal spines small, 3 

 spines at tojj of orbit, 1 in front and 2 behi'id; 2 spines on each side of 

 vertex and 1 on each side of nape ; a tympanic and a humeral spine ; two 

 sjiines on opercle, 5 on preopercle, the first with a small supplementary 

 spine at its l>ase, the strong preorbital spines overhang supraniaxilla ; 

 8nl)orbital carina feeble, with 3 small spines. Top of head scaleless; 

 sides of head incompletely scaled. Cephalic filaments all small, the longest 

 above orbit, al)out 3 in eye. Gill rakers 6-f 7. Distance of spinous dor- 

 sal from tip of snout equals length of its base; first dorsal spine 2 in 

 second; third to sixth about equal, 2 in head; penultimate spine 1^ in 

 last, which is about equal to orbit; longest ray about 2 in head; caudal 

 very long, its middle rays about 3 in length of body; anal origin under 

 eleventh dorsal spine, its base 2f in head, third spine very little longer 

 than second, twice as long as first, about equal to orbit; longest ray 

 little more than \ head. Vent under tenth dorsal spine. Pectoral very 

 long, longer than head, reaching to end of anal, the uppermost 1, and 

 the lower 10 simple, the others branched; ventral reaching origin of 

 anal, nearly t as long as head. Color above, light orange yellow, creamy 

 white below latei'al line; fins all pale. Length 3f inches. Mid-ocean, 

 N.lat. 230 13', W. Ion. 39^ 10', east of Cuba^ ("Named for Alexander 

 Agassiz in recognition of his eminent services in deep-sea explorations.") 



Scorpcena agassizii, GOODE & Be^w, Oceanic Ichthyology, 247, fig. 243, 189G, N. lat. 23° 13', 

 V/. long. 39° 10', station 259, Steamer Blake. (Type in M. C. Z.) 



2237. SC0RP.E1\A ( RISTULATA, Goode Sc Bean. 



Head 2|, twice length of upper jaw; depth 3; depth of caudal peduncle 

 equal to snout ; eye nearly 3^ in head, f length of maxilla. D. XII, 9 ; A. 

 Ill, 5; P. 23; scales about 8-60-15; lateral line tubes about 35. Inter- 

 orl)ital space moderately concave, 4 in upper jaw, about 8 in head; mandi- 

 ble reaching to posterior margin of eye, slightly longer than postorbital 

 part of head; teeth in villiform bands on jaws, vomer, and palatines, a 

 naked si)ace at symphysis of maxillaries. Anterior nostril nearer eye than 

 tip of snout. A pair of spines on preorbital ; 6 spines on suborbital cai'ina; 

 5 on border of preoperculum, the uppermost largest, with a smaller sup- 

 plementary spine at its base; nasal spines developed; 3 supraorbital 

 spines on each side and 3 more on each side of the vertex and the nape; 

 a postocular (?) spine, a tympanic and 2 humerals; 2 thin, flat spines on 

 operculum. Nearly all spines of head with short filaments behind them, 

 longest filaments above orbit, scarcely ^ of eye; anterior nostril tubular, 

 with 2 dark-colored filaments. Gill rakers short, stout, the club-shaped 

 extremity armed with minute spines; 4 developed, and 2 rudiments 

 above angle, 8 developed on anterior limb, besides 5 sessile rudiments. 

 Pseudobrauchiae present. Interorbital space incompletely scaled; supra- 

 maxilla finely scaled. Distance of spinous dorsal from tip of snout equals 

 twice length of upper jaw, first spine equaling interorbital space, 

 second nearly twice as long, third about 3 in head, penultimate little 



