5. SEBASTES. 101 



The colour appears to have been uniform red ; but the fish is now 

 of the same whitish coloiu- which such fishes usually present if pre- 

 served in sjiirits. 



One of the fishes formed part of a collection made by Sir R. 

 Schomburgk in the West Indies, presented by him to the Museum, 

 and there is no doubt as to the locality whence it was originally ob- 

 tained. The other specimen, however, from Dr. Janvier's Collection, 

 is marked as being brought from the He de France. I have not the 

 least doubt about the specific identity of the two specimens ; but if 

 there be no mistake in the statement of the locality of the latter, 

 this species would offer a singular example in the genus, the Indian 

 foms of which are specifically different from those of the Atlantic. 



inches, lines. 



Total length of the smaller specimen 6 7 



Height of the body 1 n 



Length of the head 2 3 



Width between the eyes 2^ 



Diameter of the eye 7 



Length of the third dorsal spine 10 



Total length of the larger specimen 14 



13. Sebastes maculatus. 



Cuv. §■ Val. iv. p. 343 (not Smith). 



13 6 



Closely allied to S. dactylopterus and S.percoides. The interocular 

 space narrow, concave; the dorsal spines elevated.* Reddish; a 

 brown spot behind each dorsal spine. {Cuv.) 



Cape Seas. 



No air-bladder (?). 



14. Sebastes percoides. 



Scorpaena percoides, Solander. 



Sebastes maculatus, Richards. Trafis. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 93 (uot Cuv. or 



Smith). 

 percoides, Richards. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1842, ix. p. 384, and Vou 



Ereb. ^ Terr. Fishes, p. 23. pi. 15. f. 1, 2. 



D. 11 1 3L. A. |. L. lat. 60-65. 



The height of the body is 3| in the total length, and the length 

 of the head 31 The space between the eyes is concave, with two 

 ndges, narrow, its width being one-ninth the length of the head. 

 The snout is shorter than the diameter of the eye, which is 3-i in 

 the length of the head. Vertex with prominent spines. Ton^oTie 

 free anteriorly; the upper maxillary reaches behind the vertical 

 from the centre of the eye. The third and fom-th dorsal spines are 



