Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North .America, 59 



GENUS VIII. HEMILEPIDOTUS, Cuv. 



In the form of the head, and in the distribution of its spines, there is a 

 resemblance to the Cotti ; but in the solitary dorsal fin, and the teeth on the 

 palatine bones, as well as on the vomer, it partakes of the characters of the 

 Scorpaena ; it is distinguished at once from both genera by two broad, longi- 

 tudinal, scaly stripes on each side, alternating with stripes of smooth skin ; the 

 scales become visible as the skin dries. 



1. Hemilepidotus Tilesii, Cuv. 



In its recent state, it exhibits red, violet, and purple tints ; specimens are sometimes seen 

 with yellowish or olive. When dried, it is of a reddish brown, irregularly marbled, spotted, 

 or dotted with blackish. 



B. 6. D. 11-18. P. 17. V. 1-3. A. 1-14. C. 12. Length, 7£ to 9 inches. 



Aleutian Islands, Cuv. 



L'Hemilepidote de Tilesius (Hemilepidotus Tilesii. Cuv., Cottus hemilepidotus, Til., Cottua trachurus, Pall ), 



Cuv. et Val . iv. p. 276, pi, 35 

 Hemilepidotus Tilesii. Griffith's Cuv., x. pi. 53, fig. 4. 

 Hemilepidotus trachurus, Hiekejak, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Ainer., m. p. 51. 



GENUS IX. SCORP^ExNA, L. 

 The Scorpaense have a strong resemblance to the Cotti, in possessing a large, 

 spiny head, large pectorals, and, in part, the thick simple rays of these fins, 

 but they differ in the compressed form of the head, the undivided dorsal, and 

 in the presence of palatine teeth. Seven branchiostegous rays. Cutaneous 

 filaments on different parts of the body. 



1. Scorpaena porcus, L. 



Body brownish, marbled by large blotches ; beneath, the body and inferior tins of a rosy 

 tint. Six small fleshy appendages at the extremity of the snout. 

 D. (?). P. (?). V. (?). A. (.'). C. (.'). Length, 8 inches. 

 New York, Cuv. 



Sr.orpsena porcus, L., Shaw's Gen. Zoifl., IV. p. 267. 



La polite Scorpene brune, Scorpama porcus, L,, Cuv. et Val., iv. p. 300. 



Small Sea-Scorpion, Dekay's Report, p. 58. 



2. Scorpaena bufo, Cuv. 



Brown, marbled with rosaceous and violet. The base of the pectorals, beneath, black, 

 dotted with round milk-white spots. Sometimes the dorsal fin has a large black spot be- 

 tween the sixth and seventh rays. 



