PISCES. 185 



Bkpsias Cuv. 



Sp. Bkpsias trilohus Cuv., Val. Poiss. iii. PI. 90, Trach'mus cirrosus Pall., 

 on the coast of Kamschatka; from the same coasts is also Bkpsias hilobus 

 C0V., R. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. PI. 24, fig. 2. This geuus is very nearly- 

 allied to Haploactis Schleg. 



Genus Tcenianotus Lac, Cuv. Is it sufficiently distinct from 

 Agriopus? Head compressed, aculeate, cirrose; body mucli com- 

 pressed, covered with small scales. Dorsal fin high, of the length 

 of back, joined to caudal. (Teeth . . . ? Rays of branchiostegous 

 membrane ...'?) 



Sp. Tcenianotus triacantlms Cuv., Val. Poiss. iv. PI. 89, R. Ani., ed. ill., 

 Poiss. PI. 23, fig. 2 ; the specimen of uncertain origin, 3" long. 



Hemilepidotus Cuv. 



Sp. Ilemikpidotus Tilesii Cuv., Coitus hemikpidotus Tiles., Cuv. et Val. 

 Poiss. IV. PI. 85, R. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. PI. 22, fig. 2. 



Plerois Cuv. Head compressed, aculeate, furnished with laci- 

 niated cirri. Teeth thin, short, crowded in jaws and vomer, none 

 in palate-bones. Branchiostegous membrane with seven rays. 

 Anterior rays of dorsal Hn and rays of pectoral fins elongate ; of 

 these the first are sometimes produced as far as the caudal fin. 

 Body covered with small scales. 



Sp. Pkrois volitans Cuv., Gaskrosteus volitans L., Scorpcena volitans Gm., 

 Bloch IcJitJi. Tab. 184, Bennett Fishes on the Coast of Ceylon. London 

 1830, PI. I, Cuv. et Val. Poiss. rv. PI. 88, in the Red and Indian Seas;— 

 Pterois zeh-aCvv., R. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. PI. 24, fig. i, in the Indian Sea, 

 from the Island of Mam-itius to New Guinea. All the species are from the 

 Eastern Hemisphere. 



Scorpcena L. (excl. Scorpcena horrida). Head compressed, 

 covered by naked soft skin, aculeate, often cirrose. Eyes large. 

 Teeth sliarp, subulate, crowded in jaws, vomer and palate-bones, 

 with a zone broad anteriorly in jaws. Body scaly. Rays of bran- 

 chiostegous membrane seven. Branchige three and a half. 



Sp. Scorpcena scrofa L., Bloch Ichth. Tab. 182; the skeleton in Rosenthal 

 Ichthyotom. Taf. xv. fig. 2. This species attains a size of i^', at most of 

 2'; — Scorpcena porcus L., Diet. univ. d'Hist. nat., Poiss. PI. 4, fig. 2; this 

 species is smaller than the preceding and has smaller scales. Both occur 

 in the Medit. Sea and the Atl. Ocean ; the last comes now and then to the 

 Canal. 



Sebastes Cuv. Body scaly, without cirri. Remaining characters 

 almost those of the preceding genus. Habitus of Perca. 



