1. UEANOSCOPTJS. 227 



one-third or one-fourth of the length of the pectoral ; suboperciilimi 



with one strong spine, prfeoperculum with four or five smaller ones, 



all directed downwards. Tlic first dorsal black, the caudal brownish. 



Mediterranean. [Coast of Pondicherry, cfr. Cuv. 6j- Val. iii. p. 303.] 



a. Adult. Bay of JN'aples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 

 i. Adult. Europe. 



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



d. Fine specimen. Lanzarote. Presented by the Rev. E. T. Lowe. 



e. Adult : skin : not good state. Sine patria. Presented by the 



Zoological Society. 

 /. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 

 g. Head : dried. From Gronow's Collection. 



2. Uranoscopus occidentalis. 



Agass. in Spix, Pise. Brasil. p. 123. tab. 73; Cuv. 8) Val. viii. p. 492. 

 D. 4 I 14. A. 13. 



The length of the head is 3| in the total ; the distance between 

 the gUl-openings is rather more than that between the extremities 

 of the occipital and tm-binal bones. Humeral spine stout, one-third 

 of the length of the pectoral ; suboperculum with one, praeoperculum 

 with five spines. The first dorsal black. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. 



[■?6, c. Young. Gulf of Guinea. Congo Expedition.] 



3. Uranoscopus cognatus. 



Cantor, Catal. p. 21. 



D. 3 I :!. A. 14. Cffic. pylor. 8. 



The length of the head slightly exceeds one-fourth of the total. 

 Four prseopercular spines, placed in- two pairs, an anterior and a 

 posterior, -with a central space between ; the scapular spines small, 

 but distinct ; the humeral spine very strong, triang-ular, and longi- 

 tudinally furrowed, its length being contained 2k in that of the pec- 

 toral fin. Head above, and back pale brownish-green ; cheeks, sides 

 and abdomen silveiy, minutely dotted with black ; the first dorsal 

 black, near the base clouded with whitish ; the second dorsal, caudal, 

 and pectorals minutely dotted with black. 



Sea of Pinang. 



«. Half-grown : skin. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. — Type of the 

 species. 



4. Uranoscopus aflBinis. 

 Cuv. df Val. iii. p. .304. 



D. 5 I 12. A. 13. 



The length of the head is 3| in the total. Humeral spine two- 



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