138 TRIGLID^. 



3. Agriopus peruvianus. 



Agi'iopus peruvianus, Cuv. 6f Val. iv. p. 389; Gay, Hist. Chil. Zool. 

 ii. p. 181, Ictivl. lam. 2 bis, f. 1 ; Citv. JRegtie Anini, III. Poiss. 

 pi. 25. f. 1. 



13-12 8-9 



Tlio height of the body is 3| in the total length. The fourth, fifth 

 and sixth dorsal spines are the longest, and shorter than the head. 

 A small spine before each orbit. Skin smooth. Largely marbled 

 with black. 



Coast of Chile. 



a. Adult. Chile. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 h. Adult: bad state. South America. From Mr. Bridge's Col- 

 lection. 



c. Adult : di'ied. Chile. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. — (Cfr. Zool. 



Beagle, Fishes, p. 40, and Proc. Zool. Soc. ii. 1832, p. 5.) 



d. Adult : stuffed. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



4. Agriopus verrucosus. 



Cuv. S,- Val iv. p. 387. pi. 91. 



"• 14- ^- 6=7- 



Skin rasp-like ; no spine before the eye. The third dorsal spine 

 is as long as the head, and thi-ee times longer than the last spine. 

 Yellowish -brown, marbled with darker ; no black blotch on the dor- 

 sal fin. 



Cape Seas. 



a, h. Adult : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Sir 



A. Smith. 

 c-e. Half-grown : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Sir 



A. Smith. 

 /. Half-grown. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



5. Agriopus spinifer. 



Agi-iopus spinifer, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. Pisces, pi. 3. 

 Cephalinus granulatuS; Groiiov. Si/st. ed. Gray, p. 161. 



X}. -^. A. y. 



Skin rasp-like. A prominent spine before each eye, and the prae- 

 orbital with three rough spines anteriorly. The fourth and fifth 

 dorsal spines are the longest, shorter than the head. The spinous 

 dorsal with two black blotches. 



Cape Seas. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



— Type of the species. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. Purchased of Mr. "Warwick. 



