FAMILY SCORPAENIDAE — SCHULTZ 13 



426; longest ray of dorsal 72; anal 48; caudal 105; pectoral 105; 

 pelvic 43. 



Dorsal rays XIV,xxii; anal II,xxiv. (Branched rays in dorsal and 

 anal fins are incorrect in figure 135.) Pectoral xii and xii; pelvics, 

 I,iii and I,iii; caudal vii,xiii,v; vertebrae ?20-f27; anal fin origin 



Figure 135. — Allomicrodesmus dorotheae, new species, holotype, USNM 113960, from 

 Bikini Atoll. Drawn by A. M. Awl. 



under fourteenth dorsal ray. I am unable to determine the presence 

 or absence of teeth on vomer or palatines; probably 2 series of conical 

 teeth in jaws; maxillary reaches to a vertical line through front 

 margin of eye. 



Color in alcohol. — Light brownish. 



Remarks. — This new genus and species difi'ers from its close relatives 

 as indicated in the key to genera. 



Named dorotheae in honor of my wife, Dorothea Bowers Schultz, 

 who has illustrated many of the new species in this bulletin. 



Suborder Cottina ( = Scleroparei) 



By Leonard P, Schultz 

 Family SCORPAENIDAE: Scorpionfishes 



A study of the pectoral fin rays of certain scorpionfishes indicated 

 that the upper pectoral rays do not become fully branched until some 

 individuals have reached a length of 40 to 50 mm. or longer in stand- 

 ard length. Sometimes the first or second soft ray of the dorsal fin 

 is simple, but this has been ignored in recording the ray counts for 

 that fin. 



Counts and measurements made on several species are recorded in 

 table 122 and a summary of the cranial spines is given in table 123. 

 Figures 136 and 137 are intended as a guide to the names of the cranial 

 spines for scorpaenid fishes. 



In 1943 (U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 180, fig. 14, p. 168), I tried to stand- 

 ardize the names of the cranial spines by applying to each particular 

 spine the name of the bone on which it occurred, with the notable 

 exception of the "tympanic" and "nuchal." Since that time I have 

 investigated the cranial spines on ahnost all of the genera and species 



