2. AGxrs. 229 



8. Uranoscopus sulphureus. 



Cuv. S,- Val. viii. p. 405. 



D. 5 I 13. A. 13. 

 Hiuneral spine very strong and broad, deeply grooved ; suprascapiila 

 and infraorbitals without spines ; five prajopercular spines C Val \ 

 Friendly Islands. i ^ ■; 



9. Uranoscopus y-graecum. 

 Cuv. ^- Val. iii. p. 308. 



D. 4 I 14. A. 13. 



The bony plate of the croM-n is nearly four times as broad as long ; 

 from the middle of its anterior margin arises an apophysis, Mdiich 

 bifurcates, each branch running towards the orbit ; there is a free 

 space, without cuirasse, between the eye, the bony plate of the 

 crown, and the apophysis. Pra3operculum, suprascapiila, and coracoid 

 without spine. Dorsal spines short and stout. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. 



10. Uranoscopus filibarbis. 

 Cuv. 4- Val. iii. p. 307. 



D. 4 I 14. A. 13. 



Chin with a long and slender barbel. Four praopercular spines. 

 The first dorsal black. {Cuv.) 

 Indian Ocean. 



2. AQNUS*. 



Uranoscopus, sp., Cuv. d,- Val. viii. p. 493. 



Habit aud teeth as in Uranoscojnis. Scales none. Two dorsals, 

 the first with about foiu- spines; ventrals jugular; pectoral raya 

 branched. No filament in the mouth ; some bones of the head 

 armed. Six branchiostcgals. Air-bladder none. 



Atlantic coasts of North America. 



1. Agnus anoplus. 



Uranoscopus anoplos, Cuv. Sf Val. viii. p. 493 ; Dcl:ai/, New York 

 Fauna, Fishes, p. 37. pi. 22. f. 65. 



D-4|^ 



A. 13. 



Suborbital ring and praeopercular limb very narrow ; cheek covered 

 with soft skin ; no spines on the pi-aeopcrculum ; humoral spine verj- 

 small. No filament in the intciior of the mandibula. Coloration 

 uniform ; fins whitish. 



Atlantic coasts of North America. 



* Ayros was one of tlie denominations given by the Greeks to the Mediterra- 

 nean species of Uranoscopus. 



