1842 Bulletin 47, United States National Museiim. 



more than \ length of last; longest soft dorsal ray \ base of spinous 

 dorsal. Caudal slightly rounded, middle rays nearly \ of head. Origin 

 of anal under last dorsal spine. Anal spines stout, second and third 

 about equal, al)Out twice as long as first, longest ray about 3 in head; 

 veuiral slightly longer than maxilla, not quite reaching vent ; pectoral 

 reaching vent; 1 upper and 8 or 9 lower rays simple, the other 13 

 divided. Color (in alcohol) light orange yellow, a faint dusky Idotch on 

 upper part of opercle; an irregular area of dusky under second half of 

 spinous dorsal extending down to about middle of l>ody; another ill- 

 defined blotch f length of eye on basal half of soft dorsal ; membrane of 

 spinous dorsal beginning behind fourth spine intermingled with dusky. 

 Length 6 inches. Only the type knoAvn. Deep water off coast of Georgia. 

 (Goode & Beau.) {cristulatus, with a small crest or tuft.) 



Scorpcena crishdata, Goodk & Bean, Oc. Icbth., 246, fig. 242, ]896, N. lat. 30o44',W. Ion. 



79° 26', off Georgia, in 440 fathoms, at Albatross Station 2415. (Type, No. 39326.) 

 ficorpwtm schinita, Kuhler, Ann. Univ. Lyons, xxvi, 474, 524, pi. 27, figs. 4 to 6, 1896, Bay 



of Biscay, in 700 fathoms. 



2238. SCOEP.EIVA BRASILIENSIS, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Head 2J; depth 2| to 3; orbit 4 in head. D. XII, 10; A. Ill, 5 (5^); 

 transverse rows of scales (oblique) about 25 to 30, (vertical) 50 to 60; 

 tubes 25 to 30. Body short, compressed, profile convex, depth of caudal 

 peduncle a little less than 4 in head. Head compressed; interorbital 

 space narrow, a little more than I orbit, about 7 in head, deeply concave, 

 deepest between preocular spines, and with 2 marked longitudinal ridges 

 on frontal bones, parallel with the supraocular ridges; a deep pit at the 

 occipnt, deepest behind, its anterior side sloping back from base of coro- 

 nal (tympanic) spines, its posterior side nearly vertical; preocular, supra- 

 ocular, postocular, and coronal (tympanic) spines moderate, parietal and 

 nuchal spines sharpest, their ridges thin and sharji; exoccipital spines 

 and ridges present; spine between orbit and occipital small, not bifid. 

 Preorbital very broad, with 2 sharp spines; no pit between anterior infe- 

 rior border of orbit and suborbital stay, the latter low, witli 2 or 3 small 

 spines; upjiermost preopercular spine much the longest, a small spine at 

 its base, the others very small or almost obsolete; opercular spines rather 

 small, with not very prominent ridges; all ridges of head less prominent 

 than in Scorpacna plumicH. Jaws equal, the lower with a small symphy- 

 seal knob ; maxillary reaching posterior edge of pupil, about 2J in head ; 

 teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines in rather narrow bands. Pseudo- 

 branchi;p reaching down nearly to epihyal bone; gill rakers short, com- 

 pressed, about 7 on anterior limb. Dorsal fin deeply notched, membrane 

 reaching halfway up the twelfth spine; dorsal spines slender, low, the 

 longest equal to maxillary, about 2} in head; soft rays higher, about If 

 in head ; anal spines graduated, the second a little the thickest, soft rays 

 If in head ; caudal truncate, or very slightly ronnded ; pectoral reaching 

 beyond origin of anal, a little shorter than head, its base not procurrent, 

 the 10 lower rays slightly thickened, exserted and simple, the upper 



