60 Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



B. 7. D. 12-9. P. 19 or 20. V. 1-5. A. 3-5. C. 13 or 14. Length, 17 to 16 

 inches. 



Newfoundland, Richardson. Gulf of Mexico, Parka. Carihbean Sea, Cuv. 



Rascacio, Parra, p. 31, pi. 18, fig. 1. 



La Scorpene crapautl de Mer, Scorptena bufo, Cuv. et Val. , i v. p. 306. 



Scorpauia bufo, Sea-Toad, Rich , Fauna Boreal. Americ, in. p. 300. 



" " Spoiled Sea-Scorpion, Dekay's Report, p. 59, pi. 70, fig. 227. 



3. Scorpaena grandicornis, Cuv. 



Brownish, abdomen whitish. A brown spot at the base of the pectorals beneath, sprin- 

 kled with small white spots. Very large acute spines upon the head. Large filaments re- 

 sembling feathers are distributed upon different parts of the head, over the eyes, cheeks, and 

 at the snout ; also upon the sides of the body. 



D. (?). P. (?). V. (?). A. (?)■ C. (?)• Length, 4 to 6 inches. 



Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



La Scorpena Plumier, Lacepede, hi. p. 282. 



Scorpania Plumieri, Plumler's Scorpaena, Shaw's Gen. Zool , iv. p. 270. 



La Scorpene a longs lentacules, Scorpaena grandicornis, Cuv. et Val., iv. p. 309. 



4. Scorpaana inermis, Cuv. 



Russet, marbled with deeper brown; beneath, paler; fins with irregularly distributed 

 brown spots. Inconspicuous spines, and crests upon the head. Eyes very large. Very 

 small cirrhi upon the body. 



D. (?)• P- (.')• V. (?)• A. (?). C. (.')• Length, (?). 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



La Scorp6ne sans armea, Scorpaena inermis, Cuv. et Val., iv. p. 31 1. 



GENUS X. SEBASTES, Cuv. 

 Body oblong, compressed, covered with scales ; all the upper parts of the 

 head also covered with scales ; eyes large ; preoperculum and operculum end- 

 ing in three or more spines ; branchiostegous rays, seven ; teeth small, nu- 

 merous, equal in size, placed on both jaws, the vomer, and palatine bones ; 

 a single dorsal fin, part spinous, part flexible ; inferior rays of the pectoral fin 

 simple. 



1. Sebastes Norvegicus, Cuv. 



All the upper part of the body, and the fins, of a reddish color ; darker upon the head and 

 back, lighter upon the sides ; nearly white beneath. A brown blotch upon the posterior por- 

 tion of the operculum. 



