1. URANOscopua. 227 



one-third or one-fourth of the length of the pectoral ; suboporculum 



with one strong spine, pracoperenlum with fonr or five smaller ones, 



all directed downwards. The first dorsal black, the caudal brownisli. 



Mediterranean. [Coast of Pondichcrry, cfr. Cuv. ^- Val. iii. p. 303.] 



a. Adult. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 

 6. Adult. Eiirope. 



c. Half-grown. Europe. From the Haslar Collection. 



d. Fine specimen. Lanzarote. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



e. Adidt: skin: not good state. Sine patria. Presented by tho 



Zoological Society. 

 /. Adult : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 

 fj. Head : dried. From Gronow's Collection. 



2. Uranoscopiis occidentalis. 



Agass. in Spix, Pise. Brusil. p. 123. tab. 73; Cuv. ^- Val. viii. p. 402. 

 D. 4 I 14. A. 13. 



The length of the head is 3^ in the total ; the distance between 

 the gill-openings is rather more than that betwee-i the extremities 

 of the occipital and turbinal bones. Humeral spine stout, one-third 

 of the length of the pectoral ; suboperculum with one, prseoperculum 

 with five spines. The first dorsal black. 



Atliintic coasts of Tropical America. 



a. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. 



['? b, c. Young. Gulf of Guinea. Congo Expedition.] 



3. Uranoscopus cognatus. 

 Cantor, Catal. p. 21. 



D. 3 I ^. A. 14. Cffic.'pylor. 8. 



The length of the head slightly exceeds one-fourth of the total. 

 Four prseopercular spines, placed in two pairs, an anterior and a 

 posterior, with a central space between ; the scapular spines small, 

 but distinct ; the humeral spine very strong, triangular, and longi- 

 tudinally furrowed, its length being contained 2^ in that of the pec- 

 toral fin. Head above, and back pale brownish-green ; cheeks, sides 

 and abdomen silver j% minutely dotted with black ; the first dorsal 

 black, near the base clouded with whitish ; the second dorsal, caudal, 

 and pectorals minutely dotted with black. 



Sea of Pinang. 



a. Half-grown : skin. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. — Type of the 

 species. 



4. Uranoscopus affinis. 



Cm: Sf Val. iii. p. 304. 



D. 5 I 12. A. 13. 



The length of the liead is 3^ in the total. Humeral ,)ine two- 



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