1 50 TELEOSTEI. — AC.^'THOPTERI. — XX. 



412. C. franklini Afras«iz. Short and stout: fins low. Head 

 3A: depth 4f D. VIII -17. A. 12. L. 3. L. Superior. (To 

 Sir John Fninklin.) 



413. C. formosus Girard. Slender; head small, 4^ ; depth 54. 



D. VIII-l-:. A. 11. L. :?|. L.Ontario. (Lat., pretty.) 



188. ACANTHOCOTTUS Girard. Scclpixs. (Jjcov^a. spine : 



Coitus.) 

 a. Anal fin short, with 10 rays. 



414. A. aeneos (ilitchill). Grubby. Upper preopercular 

 spine shorter than eye, nearly twice length of next. Gravish 

 brown, much variegated with blackish ; no large white spots. 

 Head 2f ; depth 4. D. IX -13. A. lu. V. L 3. L. 6. Maine 

 to X. Y., conmioo. (Lat-, brassy.) 



aa. Anal fin long, of 14 rays. 

 b. Upper preopercular .«pine about as long as eye. reaching middle of 

 opercular spine, not twice length of the spine below it. 



415. A. scorpius (L.) Daddy Scl"lpix. Big Sculpix. 

 Dark brown, with darker bars; belly in <J dusky, with round 

 black spots ; fins spotted and barred ; top of head with spinous 

 tubercles; eye large. Head 2^; depth 4^. D. X-17. A. 14. 

 V. I. 3. L. 2.i. X. Atlantic, S. to X. Y. The American form is 

 var. grcenlandicoB C. ic V., distingrui^hed by its lanjer size, broader 

 interorbital. and higher fins; the var. scorpius ranges S. to Me. 

 (Eu.) (Lat., a scorpion.) 



bb. Upper preopercular spine ver\- long, longer than eye, reaching beyond 

 tip of opercular spine, its length more than 4 times that of the spine 

 below it. 



416. A. octodecimspinosus (^litchill). Body slender, with 

 long, narrow head ; a strong spine above eye ; top of head with 

 ridses ; eye very large. Olivaceous, with dark bars ; fins mottled. 

 He.id 2^;' depth 5^. D. IX -15. A. 14. V. L 3. L. 15. X. Y. 

 to Xova Scotia. (Lat.. octodecim, eighteen ; spinosus, spined.) 



189. ARTEDHTLLUS Jordan. (Diminutive of Artedius, a 

 related genus.) 



417. A. tuciiiatas (Krdyer). Eye very large; spine of pre- 

 opercle largL-. ho<jked upwanl. Olivaceous, mottled and barred. 

 Head 3; depth 4f D. VIII-IS. A. 11. L. 4. Cape Cod, X. 

 (Lat.. hooked.) 



190 TRIGLOPSIS Girard. (rptyXa. Trigla: o>^«f, appearance.) 



418. T. thompsoni (iirard. Bo<ly very slender; head lonjr, 

 depressed : « ye v.ry large. 4 in hea«l ; skull extreim-ly cavernous ; 

 preopercle with 4 short, sharp spines ; soft D. and -\., vltv high ; 

 lat. I. chain-like. Olivaceous, with faint dark blotches. Head 3; 



