146 TRIGLID^. 



lamellae ; they are firmly joined to the inner side of the coracoid, and 

 separated from each other by a cleft extending from the symphysis 

 to the anterior extremity. The basal portion of the skull is neither 

 compressed nor globose . 



There are ten abdominal and fourteen caudal vertehrce, the centre 

 of the five anterior being much compressed in their longitudinal dia- 

 meter. The hiEmal, neural, interha^mal and interneural spines are 

 of moderate strength ; the three anterior interneurals are attached 

 to the supraoccipital, which also bears two pairs of ribs. The ha^mals 

 of the ninth to the thirteenth vertebrae are compressed, each forming 

 a completely closed arch. The first interhaemal is suspended on the 

 twelfth vertebra. 



All the teetli are villiform ; those of the pharyngeal bones form 

 small patches. 



2. Synancidium erosum. 



Synanceia erosa, (Laitf/sd.) Cuv.^ Val. iv. p. 459. pi. 90; Faiai. Japon. 

 ■ Poks. p. 45. pi. 17. if. 1. 



D.H A.i. 



Cheek without groove ; cro^\^l of the head with a large square 

 cavity. Vomerine teeth. Rose-coloured, marbled with brownish ; 

 the pectoral and caudal fins with a white cross-band. 



Sea of Japan. 



a. Half-groMTi. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



b. Adult : di-ied. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 c-e. Adult: dried. 



23. SYNANCEIA*. 

 Synanceia, sp., Bl. Schn. p. 194 ; Cut: iy Val. iv. p. 440. 



Head monstrous ; scales none. One dorsal, with thirteen or six- 

 teen spines ; anal rather short ; pectoral appendages none. Villiform 

 teeth in the jaws ; none on the vomer or the palatine bones. Bran- 

 chiostegals seven ; air-bladder present ; pyloric appendages in small 

 number. 



From the Indian Ocean to Poljiiesia. 



1 . Synauceia verrucosa. 



Synanceia verrucosa. Block, Schn. Si/st. p. 195. t. 45 ; Jiiippcll, N. W. 



' Flsche, p. 109. 

 Scoi'paena brachio, Lacep. iii. pp. 259, 272. pi. 12. f. 1. 



brachiata, Shaw, Zool. iV. pt. 2. p. 274. 



Synanceia sanguinolenta, Ehrmh. Pise. t. .3. 



bracliio, Ciiv. liegne Anim. , Cur. ^- Val. iv. p. 447 ; Bhrker, 



Verhaml. Batav. Genootsch. xxii Sclerop. p. 9 ; Cur. Rer/ne Anim. 

 III. Poiss. pi. 25. f. .{ ; Ar/ass. Oss. Foss. iv. p. 200. pi. h. 



J). J. A. 1. Ca;c. pyldr. 4. Vert. 10/14. 



Cheek with a rather small crescent-shaped groove ; the interoculai- 



* 1. Snorp.Tiia bioirrata, Lacrp. iii. pp. 258, 270, ii.pl. 11. f. 3. — Scorp.Tiia bi- 

 capilliita, Shaw. 7awJ. iv. p. 273.- — Synanceia bioapillata, Vuv. &( Val. iv. 

 p. 4,")4. — Indian Owau. 



