no trigltd.t:. 



developed. The third dorsal spine is the longest, and 2f in the 

 length of the head, more slender than, but nearly as long as the second 

 of the anal fin. Scarlet-red : iirs rather paler, with small, irregularly 

 shaped blackish spots. (Jen.) 



Chatham Island (Galapagos Archipelago). 



12. Scorpsena erythrsea, 



Scorpasna erythrsea, Cur. ^ Val. iv. p. 316. 



aurita, Riippell, N. W. Fische, p. 106. taf. 27. f. 2. 



D. 11 I 4;. A. 4- L. lat. 45. Caec. pylor. 2. 



I 10 5 ■*^*' 



The height of the body is three times in the total length, the 

 length of the head 2|. Head entirely scaleless ; jaws equal in front ; 

 orbital tentacles moderate. The length of the snout is one-fourth, 

 the width of the space between the orbits one-seventh of the length 

 of the head. The space between the eyes is deeply concave, with 

 two low ridges, which do not terminate in spines ; vertex with a 

 very shallow groove, surrounded by strong spines. The posterior 

 spine of the prseorbital bent forwards. The fourth and fifth dorsal 

 spines are the longest, 2| in the length of the head, and much 

 shorter than the second of the anal. Body and fins marbled with 

 brown ; axil with some brown spots. 



Red Sea. 



a. Half-grown, Red Sea. 



13. Scorpaena cardinalis. 



Scorpfena cardinalis, (^Solander) Richardson, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 1842, ix. p. 212. 



D. ll||. A.|. L. lat. 55. 



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

 head 3i. Cheeks and the upper portion of the operculum with rudi- 

 mentary scales. The space between the eyes is exceedingly deep, 

 with one central and two lateral ridges ; its -nidth is half the diameter 

 of the eye, which is one-fifth of the length of the head. A slight 

 groove below the eye ; crown of the head with very strong, com- 

 pressed, trenchant spines, and with a groove, which is divided into a 

 central and two lateral portions. Orbital tentacles (in some of the 

 specimens) present. The spinous dorsal is as high as the soft ; the 

 thii-d and fourth spines are the longest, 2| in the length of the head ; 

 the length of the eleventh spine is not half that of the twelfth. The 

 second anal spine strong, with a longitudinal groove. Red, marbled 

 and spotted with brown. 



Australian Seas. 



a-c. Adult : skins. Australia. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 

 d-f. Half-grown : skins. Australia. Purchased of Mr. Warwick, 

 f/. Half-grown : dried : not good state. From the CoUeetion of the 

 Zoological Society. 



