146 TRIGLID.I:. 



lamellae ; they are firmly joined to the inner side of the coracoid, and 

 separated from each other by a cleft extending from the symphysis 

 to the anterior extremity. The basal portion of the skull is neither 

 compressed nor globose. 



There are ten abdominal and fourteen caudal vertehrce, the centre 

 of the five anterior being much compressed in their longitudinal dia- 

 meter. The haemal, neural, interhaemal and interneural spines are 

 of moderate strength ; the three anterior interneurals are attached 

 to the supraoccipital, which also bears two pairs of ribs. The haemals 

 of the ninth to the thirteenth vertebrae are compressed, each forming 

 a completely closed arch. The first interhsemal is suspended on the 

 twelfth vertebra. 



AU the teeth are viUiform ; those of the pharjnigeal bones form 

 small patches. 



2. Synancidium erosum. 



Synanceia erosa, (Langsd.) Cuv. <§• Val. iv. p. 459. pi. 96 ; Faun. Japan. 

 Poiss. p. 45. pi. 17. f. 1. 



D.^. A.|. 



Cheek without groove ; crown of the head with a large square 

 cavity. Vomerine teeth. Eose-coloured, marbled with brownish ; 

 the pectoral and caudal fins Avith a white cross-band. 



Sea of Japan. 



a. Half-gTown. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



b. Adult : dried. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 c-e. Adult: dried. 



23. SYNANCEIA*. 



Synanceia, sp., £1. Schn. p. 194; Cuv. ^' Val. iv. p. 440. 



Head monstrous ; scales none. One dorsal, with thirteen or six- 

 teen spines ; anal rather short ; pectoral appendages none. ViUiform 

 teeth in the jaws ; none on the vomer or the palatine bones. Bran- 

 chiostegals seven ; air-bladder present ; pyloric appendages in small 

 number. 



From the Indian Ocean to Polynesia. 



1. Synanceia verrucosa. 



S}'nanceia verrucosa, Block, Schn. Si/st. p. 195. t. 45 ; Riippell, N. W. 



Fische, p. 109. 

 Scorpsena brachio, Lacep. iii. pp. 259, 272. pi. 12. f. 1. 



brachiata, Shmv, Zool. iv. pt. 2. p. 274. 



Synanceia sanguinoleiitn, Elircnb. Pise. t. 3. 



brachio. Cur. liegne Aiiim. ; Cuv, Sf Val. iv. p. 447 ; Bleeker, 



Verhand. Batar. Gcnootsch. xxii. Sclerop. p. 9 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. 



III. Poiss. pi. 25. f. 3 ; Agass. Oss. Foss. iv. p. 200. pi. L. 



D. '-§. A. I-. Cjec. pylor. 4. Vert. 10/14. 



Cheek with a rather small crescent-shaped groove ; the interocular 



* 1. Scorpsena bicin-ata, Lacep. iii. pp. 258, 270, ii. pi. 11. f. 3. — Scorpsena bi- 

 capillata, Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 273. — Synanceia bicapillata, Cuv. Hf Val. iv. 

 p. 4.54. — Indian Ocean. 



