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7364, lohthyological collections, Leland Stanford Junior University 

 Museum. Cotypes ])ear the number oOPOS, U. S. National Museum. 



Several other specimens, all with 1'2 dorsul spines, wei'e taken for us 

 1)V Kumakichi Aoki off Misaki with lono- lines. The largest specimen 

 is 25 cm. in length. 



[ifx/iX^ioi^ flag.) 



8. SCORPvENA (Artedi) Linnaeus. 



Scorpnna Aktedi, Genera, 17, XX, 17oiS, p. 47. 



Srorpmm Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., lOtli ed., 175.S, p. 2t)(), {pormx) (breast almost 



naked). 

 I'umscorpnna Bleeker, Versl. Ak. Amst., (2), IX, 1S76, I*t. o, p. 296 {jyidn) 



(species witli the breast scaly). 



Body oblong, somewhat compressed. Head large, not much com- 

 pressed, naked above, and more or less uneven with spinous ridges, 

 often with dermal flaps. Mouth large, Avith bands of villiform teeth 

 on jaws, vomer, and palatines. Scales mostly ctenoid, of moderate size, 

 often with skinny flaps. Dorsal iin with 12 stout spines; anal with 3 

 spines, the second connnonly the longest; pectorals large, rounded, the 

 l)ase usuall}^ procurrent; some or all of the upper rays divided, the 

 lower simple; ventrals inserted behind pectorals. _ No air bladder. 

 Vertel)rie 10 + !■!: = 2-1. Species numerous in the tropical seas; fishes 

 of singular forms and bright colors; the variation in squamation and 

 armature very great, but, as in most similar cases, it is not easy to find 

 definite characters for subdivision. 



(ffKopTraiva^ the ancient (generic) name of Scorpcena sd'ofa, from 

 ffKopTrlog^ scorpion, in allusion to the dorsal spines, which inflict a 

 ver}' painful, sting-like wound.) 



a. Interorbital space relatively narrow and deeply concave; no flap on inner base of 

 pectoral. 

 b. Head about 2 J in length. 

 r. Maxillary reaching a little past posterior edge of pupil. Scales 40. .Jhnbriata, 28. 



a: jNIaxillary not reaching as far as middle of eye. Scales 45 miosloma, 29. 



bb. Head about 2}- in length; maxillary reaching nearly to posterior margin of 



eve - onaria, 30. 



(t<i. lnterorl)ital space wide and siiallow; a fiat Hap on inner base of pectoral. 

 Scales 41 izensis, 31 . 



28. SCORPiENA FIMBRIATA Doderlein. 



Scorpxna fimbrkita Steindachnek and DiiDEULEix, Fische Jai>ans, HI, 1884, 

 p. 195; off T'okyo. 



Head 2iin length without caudal; depth 2^. Dorsal XII. l(»; anal 

 HI, 6. Pores in lateral line 22; scales 10, counting subvertical series 

 al)ove lateral line. Eye 4 in head; maxillary 2i; interorbital space 7. 



Head rather short. Mouth moderate, the maxillary reaching but 

 little past posterior edge of pupil. Jaws e((ual. Knob at symphysis 

 moderate. Teeth in narrow bands on jaws, narrower on palatines and 



