5. SEBAS'IES. 101 



The colour appears to have been uniform rod ; but the tish is now 

 of the same whitish colour which such fishes usually present if pre- 

 served in spirits. 



One of the fishes formed part of a collection made by Sir 11 

 Schomburgk in the West Indies, presented by him to the Museum, 

 and there is no doubt as to the locality whence it was originally ob- 

 tained. The other specimen, however, from Dr. Janvier's Collection, 

 is marked as being brought from the He de France. I have not the 

 least doubt about the specific identity of the two specimens ; but if 

 there be no mistake in the statement of the' locality of the latter, 

 this species would offer a singular example in the genus, the Indian 

 forms of which are specifically different from those of the Atla^itic. 



inches, lines. 



Total length of the smaller specimen 7 



Height of the body 1 11 



Length of the head 2 3 



Width between the eyes 2| 



Diameter of the eye 7 



Length of the third dorsal spine 10 



Total length of the larger specimen 14 



13. Sebastes maculatus. 



Cuv. 4* Veil iv. p. 343 (not Sttiith). 



D.|^. A.|. 



13 



Closely allied to S. dactylopterus and S.percoides. The interocular 

 space narrow, concave ; the dorsal spines elevated. Reddish ; a 

 brown spot behind each dorsal spine. (Guv.) 



Cape Seas. 



No air-bladder (?). 



14. Sebastes percoides. 



Scorpsena percoides, Solander. 



Sebastes maculatus, Richards. Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 93 (not Cue. or 



Smith). 

 percoides, Richards. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1842, ix. p. 384, and Voy. 



Ereb. 8f Terr. Fishes, p. 23- pi. 15. f. 1, 2. 



D. 11 1 3^. A. |. L. lat. 60-65. 



The height of the body is 3| in the total length, and the length 

 of the head 3^. The space between the eyes is concave, wilh two 

 ridges, narrow, its. width being one-ninth the length of the head. 

 The snout is shorter than the diameter of the eye, which is 3^ in 

 the length of the head. Vertex with prominent spines. Tongue 

 free anteriorly ; the upper maxillary reaches behind the vertical 

 from the centre of the eye. The thii'd and fourth dorsal spinas are 



