[109] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



417.— SCORPiENA LinnsKUS. (351)) 



1294. Scorpaena guttata Girard. C. (103G) 



1295. Scorpaena plumieri Bloch. W. P. (10;J7) 



1296. Scorpaena grandicornis' Cuv. «fe Val. W. 



1297. Scorpaena brasiliensis- Cnv.«fe.Val. W. S. (10386.) 



1298. Scorpaena occipitalis 3 Poey. W. (1038 c.) 



418.— SETARCHES Johnson. (360) 



1299. Setarches parmatus Goode. B. (1039) 



Family CXXIV.— COTTID^. (107) 



419.— HEMITRIPTERUS Cuvier. 



1300. Hemitripterus americanus Gmelin. G.N. (1040) 

 1300b. Hemitrii)ttr us americanns cavifrona* Ijoc^iugton. A. (1041) 



420.— ASCELICHTHYS Jordan & Gilbert. (362) 



1301. Ascelichthys rhodorus Jordan & Gilbert. A. (1042) 



421.— PSYCHROLUTES Guutber. (363) 



1302. Psychrolutes paradoxus GiintLer. A. (,1043) 



' Scorpcena grandicornis Cuv. & Val. 



Gray, with brown shades and faint cross-bars; sides with numerous bright yellow 

 spots in life ; axil dark gray, with round white dots, each surrounded by a dark ring. 

 Pectoral largely blackish above; a black blotch at base below; the fin largely tinged 

 with yellow, especially on the inner side. Supraocular filament blackish, with gray 

 friuges. Soft dorsal largely blackish toward the tip; spinous dorsal chiefly dusky ; 

 "ventrals tipped with blackish; anal with three black bands; caudal with two; a 

 faint band at its base. Body rather stout ; deeper than in 6'. plumieri and much less 

 variegated in color. Sides and head with dermal flaps ; a slight depression below eye ; 

 occipital pit very deep ; spines of head sharji. A few scales on opercle. Breast with 

 rudimentary scales. Supraocular flap very large, wide aiid fringed, more than half 

 length of head, reaching to beyond front of dorsal. Maxillary reaching posterior 

 margin of eye, 2^ in head. Dorsal spines higher than in related species, the highest 

 equal to second spine of anal and about half head. Head, 21 ; depth, 2J. D. XII, 9. 

 A. Ill, 5. Lat. 1, 26 (pores.) 



West Indies, north to Key West. 



(Cuv. & Val., IV, 1829, 309; Gunther, II, 115; Poey, Syn. Pise. Cubens. 303.) 



The species of Scorpcena fouud in our waters may be readily distinguished by the 

 •color of the axillary region as follows : 



Guttata : pale, usually unspotted ; one or two dark spots behind it. 



Plumieri: jet black, with a few large white spots. 



Brasiliensis : pale, with several round blackish spots. 



Occipitalis : pale, with dark specks, and a black spot above. 



Grandicornis : dusky gray, with numerous white stellate spots. 



• Scorpana brasiliensis Cuv. & Val., V, 105; Giinther, II, 312 = Scorpcena stearnsi 

 Goode & Bean. South Carolina to Brazil. 



^Scorpcena occipitalis Poey, (Memorias Cuba, II, 171), is probably identical with 

 ■Scorpoina calcarata Goode & Beau. 



*• According to Dr. Bean, Hemitripterus cavifrmis is not distinct from H. americanus. 



