6. SCORP^NA. 107 



pendages. The spinous dorsal half as high as the body. Brown, 

 marbled and variegated with darker. 

 Seas of Amboyna and Sumatra. 



a, b. Half-grown. Purchased of Mr. Erank. 



c. Young. Ambo^Tia. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



d-f. Young. East Indies. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher. 



6. SCORPiENA*. 



Scorpsena, Artedi, Genera, p. 47 ; Cut: Sf Val iv. p. 286. 

 Seorpffina et Scorpoenopsis, Heck. Ann. Wien. Mits. ii. 1840, p. 168. 

 Scorp;iena et Scorpienichthys, (not Girarcl) Bleek. Bueroe, p. 402. 



Head large, slightly compressed, with a nahed groove on the occiput, 

 aimed with spines, and generally with skinny flaps ; body covered 

 with scales of moderate or rather small size, and generally with 

 skinny appendages. One dorsal, more or less deeply notched, gene- 

 rally with the formula 11 I ~ ; anal |-. Ventrals thoracic ; pectorals 

 large, rounded; no pectoral appendages. Villiform teeth in the 

 jaws, on the vomer, and generally on the palatine bones. Seven 

 branchiostegals. Air-bladder none ; pyloric appendages in moderate 

 number. 



AH the Tropical Seas, extending northwards into the Mediterra- 

 nean and along the Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



A. Species with palatine teeth. 



1. Scorpsena porcxis. 



? Scorptena, Sali: f. 201. 



Scoi-pfena, no. 1, Artedi, Genera, p. 47. 



porous, L. Syst. i. p. 452 ; L. Gm. i. p. 1214 ; Briinn. Ichthyol. 



MassH. p. 32 ; B/. taf. 181 ; Bl. Schn. p. 192 ; Lacep. iii. pp. 259, 

 275 ; JRisso, Ichtliyol. Nice, p. 187 ; De la Ruche, Ann. Mas. xiii. 



* 1. Scorprena asperella, 5p?!w. Zool.Joimi.vf. 1829, p. 40. — Sandwich Islands. 



2. scrofina, Cuv. cf- Val. vs.. p. 465. — Brazil. 



3. inermis, Cuv.^- Val. iv. p. 311. — Martinique. 



4. noYx guinefe, Cnv. §■ Val. iv. p. 320. — S. papuensis, Cuv. ^ Val. iv. 



p. 321. — New Guinea. 



5. mauritiana, Cuv. ^ Val. iv. p. 322. — He de France. 



6. mossambica, Peters, in Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 241. — Mozambique. 



7. Scorpsenopsis neglecta. Heck. Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 1840, p. 159. — East 



Indies. 



8. Seorpfena burra, Bichards. I.e. p. 215. — Depuch Island. 



9. Russell, i. pi. 6(5. — Scorpa^na venosa, Cue. ^- Val. iv. p. 317. — Pondicherry. 



10. Scorp.tna neglecta, Temm. ^ Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 43. pi. 17. f. 4 ; 



Bichards. Ichth. Chin. p. 216. — Japanese Sea. 



11. fucata, Valenc. Voy. V4nus, v. Zool. p. 313. pi. 3. f. 2. — Gkilapagos 



Archipelago. 



12. rawakensis. Quay Sf Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. p. 325. — Polynesia. 



13. guamensis, Qiioi/ 8( Gaim. I.e. p. 326. — Guam. 



14. guttata, Gir. Proc. Ac. Nat. 8c. Philad. 1854, p. 145, and U. S. Pacif 



if. B. Krped. Fishes, p. 77. pi. 17. f. 1-4.— Coast of California. 



