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D. 15-15. P. 18. V. 1-5. A. 3-7. C. 19. Length, 2 feet. 



Greenland, Fabricius. Gulf of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, Richardson- Massa- 

 chusetts, Stoker. New York, Dekay. 



Perca Norvegica, Fab., Fauna Groen., p. 167. 

 Perca marina, Sea-Perch, Penn., Brit. Zool., p. 226, 

 Serranus Norvegicus, Fi.em., Brit An., p. 212, up. 110. 

 Scorpsna Norvegica, Northern Sebastea, Jenyns's Brit. Vert., p. 347. 

 Sebastes Norvegicus, Griffith's Cuv., x. p. 144. 



La S6baste septentrionale, Sebaatea Norvegicus, Cuv. et Val., iv. p. 327, pi. 87. 

 ScorpEiia (Sebastes) Norvegica, Northern Sebaatea, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ., ill. p. 52. 

 Sebastes Norvegicus, Bergylt, Norway Haddock, Yarrell's Brit. Fishea (2d edit.), i. p. 87. 

 " Norway Haddock, Rose-fish, Hemdurgan Snapper, Storer's Keport, p. 26. 



" Northern Sebastes, Bekay's Report, p. 60, pi. 4, fig. 11. 



2. Sebastes variabilis, Cuv. 



Brown; beneath, white; in the female, the abdomen is reddish. This species has the 

 head less armed than any other ; there are not even crests on the cranium, or over the orbits, 

 and no teeth on the suborbitars ; the preoperculum has five short, obtuse teeth, and the oper- 

 culum two points. 



D. 13 - 15. P. 18, of which 9 are simple. V. 1-5. A. 13 - 9. C. 17. Length, 2 feet. 



Aleutian Islands, Cuv. 



La S6baste variable, Sebastes variabilis, Cuv. et Val., iv. p. 347. 



Scorpania (Sebastes) variabilis, Tochoo, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ., in. p. 53. 



GENUS XI. BLEPSIAS, Cuv. 



The spiny preoperculum, compressed head, mailed cheek, palatine teeth, 

 short, simple, and half-detached lower rays of the pectorals, and fleshy append- 

 ages of the snout, connect this genus with Scorpaena ; from which, however, 

 it is distinguished by its five branchiostegous rays, and its high dorsal, divided 

 into three unequal lobes, as in Hemitripterus ; while the compressed head 

 prevents it from entering the latter genus. 



1. Blepsias trilobus, Cuv. 



In its appearance, this species resembles some of the Blennies. The skin is destitute of 

 scales, but is rough, with fine grains, which appear to be disposed in three longitudinal 

 stripes, separated by narrow intervals. It is of a reddish brown color, with three bluish 

 bands upon the cheeks, and a similarly colored spot at the extremity of the operculum. The 

 pectoral and caudal fins are crossed by three brown bands. Oblique or irregularly distribut- 

 ed bands on the dorsal and anal fins. 



D.7-24. P. 11. V. 1-3. A. 20. C 11. Length, 5 to 5J inches. 



