2. AGNUS. 229 



8. Uranoscopus sulphureus, 

 Cuv. Sf Val. viii. p. 495. 



D. 5 j 13. A. 13. 



Humeral spine very strong and broad, deeply grooved ; suprascapula 

 and infraorbitals without spines ; five praeopercular spines. {Val.) 

 Friendly Islands. 



9. Uranoscopus y-graecum. 

 Cm. 8,- Val. ill. p. 308. 



D. 4 I 14. A. 13. 



The bony plate of the crown is nearly four times as bro^d as long ; 

 from the middle of its anterior margin arises an apophysis, wbich 

 bifurcates, each branch running towards the orbit ; there is a free 

 space, without cuirasse, between the eye, the bony plate of the 

 crown, and the apophysis. Prseoperculum, suprascapula, and coracoid 

 without spine. Dorsal spines short and stout. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult : stuffed. West Indies. 



10. Uranoscopus filibarbis. 

 Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 307. 



D. 4 I 14. A. 13. 



Chin with a long and slender barbel. Four prseopercular spines. 

 The first dorsal black. {Cuv.) 

 Indian Ocean. 



2. AGNUS*. 



Uranoscopus, sp., Cuv. Sf Val. viii. p. 493. 



Habit and teeth as in Uranoscopus. Scales none. Two dorsals, 

 the first with about four spines; venti'als jugular; pectoral rays 

 branched. No filament in the mouth; some bones of the head 

 armed. Six branchiostegals. Air-bladder none. 



Atlantic coasts of North America. 



1. Agnus anoplus. 



Uranoscopus anoplos, Cuv. 8c Val. viii. p. 493; Dekaxj, Ncto York 

 Fauna, Fishes, p. 37. pi. 22. f. 65. 



D.4|± A. 13. 



Suborbital ring and prseopercular limb veiy narrow ; cheek covered 

 with soft skin ; no spines on the prajoperculum ; humeral spiiie very 

 small. No filament in the interior of the raandibula. Coloration 

 uniform ; fins whitish. 



Atlantic coasts of North America. 



* "Ayvos was one of the denominations given by the Greeks to the Mediterra- 

 nean species of Uranoscopus. 



