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lary reaches below eye, expanded posteriorly. Teeth minute, villi- 

 form, in narrow bands in jaws, apparently present on vomer, but 

 none on palatines. Interorbital low. Spines of head well developed, 

 some quite long and conspicuous. Gill openings wide, membranes 

 free and separate. Gill rakers slender, lanceolate, rather long. No 

 scales. Lateral line complete, prominent, its course rather high. 

 Dorsal spines elevated and fin well notched or separated from soft 

 dorsal, also each membrane between spines deeply incised termi- 

 nally. Soft dorsal posterior, about half size of spinous fin. Anal 

 opposite soft dorsal, similar, smaller, with 3 spines, second longest 

 and first longer than third. Caudal rounded. Pectoral large, with 

 broad base, simple rays slender and well united by membranes. Ven- 

 tral inserted opposite pectoral origin, with long spine. 



A genus of small scorpaenoids suggestive of Lytknehfhys and 

 Pterodichthys^ but with entirely different physiognomy and without 

 any scales. 



{Scorpaenella^ diminutive of Scorpaena.) 



SCORPAENELLA CYPHO, new species 



Figure 37 



Depth 2%; head 214, width 1%. Snout 4 in head from snout tip; 

 eye 4, equals snout, greater than interorbital; maxillary reaches V2 

 in eye, expansion 1% in eye, length 1% in head from snout tip; in- 

 terorbital 5, level. Gill rakers 3 + 10, rather small or 3 times long 

 as gill filaments, which li/o in eye. 



Pair of small nasal spines ; very small and low antero-supraorbital 

 spine; large, high, prominent medio-supraorbital spine; pair of very 

 small postero-supraorbital spines; occipital-nuchal keel ends behind 

 in single pair of (nuchal) spines; 3 divergent preorbital spines each 

 side, anterior largest and directed forward; suborbital stay with 3 

 low spines; preopercular spines 5, upper largest on head or about 

 1% in eye; single postocular spine and 1 at suprascapula ; 2 rather 

 widely divergent opercular spines, lower little posterior. 



Skin smooth. Pores in lateral line 21 (last part of course dam- 

 aged), in membranous canal extending whole course. No filaments 

 or flaps. 



D. X, 9, third spine 2 in total head length, first branched ray 3; 

 A. Ill, 5, second spine 2%, second ray 31/5; caudal 2V5, convex be- 

 hind; least depth of caudal peduncle 5: pectoral l^/^, rays 17?; ven- 

 tral rays I, 5, spine V% in total head. 



Largely uniform brown, with obscure darker specks or spots on 

 trunk and tail. Iris grayish. Fins pale. Ventral rays darker termi- 

 nally. 



