222 TBIGLIDiE. 



Dactylopteriis pirapeda, Lacep. iii. p. 326. 



volitaus, Cui\ l^- Vol. iv. p. 117 ; Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 



p. 49. pi. 17. f. 46 ; Casteln, Anim. nouv. ou rares Amer. Sud, Poiss, 



p. 7 ; Guichen. FxjjIu): Ak/er. Poiss. p. 41. 

 Polynemiis sexradiatus, Mitch. Trans. Lit. Sf Phil. Soc. New York, i. 



pi. 4. f. 10, and Am. Monthhj Mag. ii. p. 323. 

 Dactyloptevus communis, Owen, Osteal. Catal. i. p. 56. 

 Gouocephalus macrocephalus, Gronov. Sj/st. eel. Gray, p. 106. 



D. 6 I 8. A. 6. C£ec. pylor. 33. Vert. 9/13. 



Tlie fii'st two dorsal spines detached from the others. The distance 

 between the eyes is 3^ to 3| in the length of the head, and nearly 

 equal to that of the praeopercular spine ; the distance between the 

 two scapular spines equals the depth of the notch between. Pec- 

 torals spotted with light blue ; each raj of the second dorsal ■with four 

 or five brown spots ; caudal with bands, formed by spots. 



MediteiTanean ; temperate and tropical parts of the Atlantic. 



(I. Adult. Mediterranean. Purchased of ilr. Frank. 



b. Adult : stuifed. Cape Verde Islands. 



c. Adult: skin in spirits. Trinidad. Presentedby J. B. Eichardson, 



Esq. 

 d-g. Adult, half-grown, and young: skins. Jamaica. From Dr. 



Parnell's Collection. 

 h. Adult : not good state. Para. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 

 i. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 

 h. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 

 I. Adult. From the Haslar Collection, 

 m. Adult. 

 n. Adult. 



0. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 p. Half-grown : not good state. 

 c[. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 

 r. Half-grown. 

 s-u. Adult: stuffed. 

 V, IV. Half -grown : stuffed. 

 .'c. Adult : skeleton. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



A fiJl description of the skeleton has been given by Cuvier. The 

 anterior tubiform portion of the vertebral column appears to me 

 to be composed of four vertebra?, and the length of the abdominal 

 portion is to that of the caudal as 1 : 1-5. 



2. Dactylopteriis orientalis. 



Henard, i. pi. 10. f. 66 ; Valent. iii. f. 35 ; RifHsell, pi. 161. 

 Dactylopterus orientalis, Cuv. Sf Val. iv. p. 134. pi. 76 ; Richardson, 



Ichth. CJtin. p. 218; Week. Amb. ^ Cer. p. 264; Tetmn. Sf Schleg. 



Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 37. pi. 15 A. 

 orientalis et japonicus, Bleeher, Jajnin, p. 396, and Ve7-h. Batav. 



Genootsch. xxvi. Japan, p. 72. 



D. 1 I 1 I 5 I 8. A. 6. Caec. pylor. 19. 

 A long, isolated, ray-like filament behind the occiput, another 



