88 TRIGLlD^Ti, 



B, Tlie spinous portion of the dorsal less 

 developed than the soft or than the 

 anal c. Cottina. 



II. Body completely ciiirassed by bony, keeled 



plates or scales d. Cataphracti. 



Synopsis of tJie Genera. 



First group : Heterolepidina. Tr'ujVulce with the body covered 

 with ordinarj^ scales, and with many pyloric appendages. The two 

 portions of the dorsal fin and the anal elongate and equally developed. 



Several lateral lines I . Chiru.s. 



One lateral line ; scales cycloid ; prseoperculum slightly 



armed 2. Ophiodojt 



One lateral line ; scales small, ctenoid ; praeoperculum 



not armed 3. Agrammus. 



One lateral line; scales minute, with the posterior 



mar^n comb-like 4. Zaniolepis. 



Second group : Scorpsenina. Triglidm with the spinous portion 

 of the dorsal fin equally or more developed than the soft and than the 

 anal, which is not elongate, with the body naked or covered with 

 ordinary scales, and with the pyloric appendages in small number. 



a. Body iviili vemf distinct scales. 



Occiput without groove ; fins not elongate ; dorsal 



notched, with twelve or tliirteen spines 5. Sebastbs. 



I 1 3 



Occiput vrith a groove. D. 11|-— . A. y 6. ScoRPiKNA. 



Occiput veith a groove ; dorsal with seventeen spines ; 



pectoral appendage none 7. Glyptauchek 



Spines and rays of some of the fins elongate, isolated, 

 and the latter branched ; pectoral appendages 

 none 8 Pterois. 



Rays of all the fins simple ; one dorsal, deeply notched. 9. PTEROiniCHTiirs. 



Dorsal continuous with the caudal 10. T^nianotus. 



Occiput without groove ; pra^orbital spiniferous ; dorsal 

 with fourteen or fifteen spines ; pectoral appendage 

 none 11. Centropogon. 



One pectoral appendage 12. Apistus. 



Lateral line interrupted ; three separate dorsal finfl ... 13. Enneapterygius. 



/3. Body with rudimentary scales, or mithout lai.y. 



Praeorbital with an acute spine ; a cleft behind the 

 fourth gill ; pectoral appendage none ; dorsal 

 with twelve to thirteen spines 14. Pentakoge. 



