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Scales 32 + 3 close along and above on lateral line; tubular scales 

 23 + 1 in lateral line; 5 scales above, 14 below; 6 predorsal forward 

 to occiput. Head, breast, chest, prepectoral and front of belly naked. 

 Small scales on posterior part of abdomen. Lateral line complete, 



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Figure 26. — Scorpaena hemilepidota, new species. Type. 



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FiGUBE 27. — Scorpaenopsis cotticeps, new species. Type. 



continuous, axial along side of body; tubes long, simple, well ox- 

 posed. Scales with 10 to 14 basal radiating striae; 31 to 33 slender, 

 uniform, apical denticles; circuli very fine. Nostril, each supra- 

 orbital spine, occipital spines, preorbital spines and those of sub- 



