112 TEIGLID^. 



" 2. The second supraorbitary spine is sufficiently distinct. 

 " 3. The ventrals are shorter than the pectorals, yet reach as far 

 backwards, viz. to the origin of the anal. 



*' 4. The whole upper part of the fish is dark blackish ; body (sides) 

 mottled with suffused black spots on a brown ground, freckled with 

 bright green specks about the nap© and the shoulders ; dorsal spotted 

 with black ; anterior portion of the soft dorsal and the lower of the 

 caudal rosy ; a large suffused black patch from the seventh to the 

 tenth ray [spine ?]." 



Spec. II. Spec. III. 

 inches. inches. 



Total length 8^ 7| 



Height of the body 2^ 2| 



Length of the head 3 2| 



Diameter of the eye 0| 0|- 



Distance between the eyes — 0|- 



Length of the pectoral 2 l|-2 



of the ventral 1-|- 1| 



4. Scorpaena brasiliensis. 



Cuv. 8f Vol. iv. p. 305; Casteln. Anim. nouv, ou rares Amer. Sud, Poiss. 

 p. 7. 



D. 1] -i. A. 4. L. lat. 50. 

 1 9 3 



The height of the body is 3f in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3j. The base of the operculum is scaly, the remainder of the 

 head scaleless. The length of the snout is nearly one-fifth of that 

 of the head, the width of the space between the orbits one-sixth. 

 The space between the orbits is deeply concave, and is provided with 

 two low ridges ; vertex with a deep quadrangular cavity, broader 

 than long, surrounded by strong spines. Orbital tentacles moderate. 

 The fourth dorsal spine is the longest, one-half the length of the 

 head ; the third anal spine is rather longer than the second, and 2| 

 in the length of the head ; pectoral fin elongate, extending to the 

 vertical from the first soft anal ray. Nearly uniform blackish (in 

 spirits), with some obscure black clouds and dots. 



Coast of Brazil. 

 a. Adult. South America. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 

 6. Adult. Bahia. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 

 c. Half-grown. Rio Janeiro. Presented by A. Fry, Esq. 



5. Scorpaena cnienta. 



Scorpaena cruenta, Solander (Hichards.) Ann. Si- Mag. Nat. Hist. ix. 

 1842, p. 217. 



erpastulorum, Richards, ibid. 



militaris, Richards. Voy.Ereb. Sf Terr. Fishes, p. 22. pi. 14. f. 1, 2. 



D. llU. A.l. L. lat. 45. 



I lU o 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the lengtli of the head, 



