144 TRIGLID.E. 



remainder, though continuous. Yellowish or reddish, marbled with 

 brown. 



Coast of New York and further northwards. 



21. AMPHIPRIONICHTHYS. 



Amphiprionichthys, Sleeker, Koko.s, iii. p. 172. 



Head and body compressed, scaleless. Pra^orbital, pncoperculum 

 and operculum armed ; pr<roperculum and operculum small, arul not 

 cover-im/ the gill-memhrane. One dorsal, cmarginate between the 

 spinous and soft portions, with eight spines, the anal with two. 

 Villiform teeth in the jaws only. Six branchiostegals. 



Sea of the Kokos Islands. 



1. Amphiprionichthys apistus. 

 Bleeher, I. c. p. 178. 



I). -i. A.^. Y.-!-. 



14 12 2-3 



The upper surface of the head -with conical tubercles ; cheeks wdth 

 short tentacles ; cleft of the mouth subvertical. Ycllowdsh-broAATi ; 

 head and body punctulatcd with brown. {Bl.) 



Sea of the Kokos Islands. 



22. SYNANCIDIUM. 



Svnanceia, sp., Bl. Svhii. p. 194; Ciw. 4" Val. iv. p. 440. 

 Synancidium, Miill. Bed. Ahliandl. 1844, p. 1G3. 



Head irregularly formed, large ; scales none ; body, and sometimes 

 head and fins, mth skinny flaps. The soft dorsal continuous \vith the 

 spinous, which is formed by thii'tecn s])ines. Pectoral ai)pendages 

 none ; anal with about five soft rays. VilKform teeth in the jaws and 

 on the vomer ; none on the palatine bones. Branchiostegals seven. 

 Air-bladder present, small ; pyloric appendages in small number. 



East Indian and Australian Seas. 



1. Synancidium horridum. 



Renard, i. 39. f. 199. 



Scoi-paena horrida, L. Si/st. i. p. 453 ; Bhclt, 1. 183 j Laa'-p. iii. p. 261, 



ii. t. 17. f. 2. 

 Perca, sp., aronov. Zoophyl. no. 292. tab. 11 . f. 1, tab. 12. f. l,tab. 13. f. 1. 

 Synanceia hon'ida, Bl. Sehn. p. 104 ; Ciir. l^- ]'(d. iv. p. 440; Bleckcj; 



Verhand. Batar. d'enootsrh. xxii. Sclcrop. p. 0. 

 Scorpajna monatrosa, (Jronor. Si/st. ed. (•'rni/, p. 117. 

 Synanceia trachynis, Richards. Ann. Sf Mat/. Nat. Hist. 1842, ix. p. 386. 



D. 2 1 ^. A. |. C»c. pylor. 3. Vert. 10/14. 



A very large and deep hemispheric groove on the cheek ; crown of 

 the head saddle-shaped. Vomerine teeth. 



East Indian and Australian Seas (St. llolena). 



<i. Adult: stuffed. Austviilia. Pi-cscntcfl liy ,T. ]i. Jukes, Es(|. 



