666 TELEOSTEI CHAP. 
The British species are Mullus barbatus and M. surmuletus, 
remarkable for their beautiful pink or red colour, and much 
re piel, . 
Fia. 407.—Scapular arch of Mullus surmuletus. cl, Clavicle ; cor, coracoid ; pt, ptery- 
gials ; péc/, post-clavicle ; pte, post-temporal ; sc, scapula ; scl, supra-scapula. 
valued on the market, although no longer held in the high 
estimation for which they were noted by the Roman: 
Fam. 25. Scorpididae.—Second suborbital with an internal 
lamina supporting the globe of the eye; entopterygoid present ; 
palate toothed. Ribs sessile, behind the parapophyses when these 
are present. ‘Iwo nostrils on each side. Gill-membranes free 
from isthmus; 7 branchiostegal rays; gills 4, a slit behind 
the fourth; pseudobranchiae present. Lower pharyngeal bones 
separate. Ventral fins, if present, with 1 spine and 5 soft rays. 
This family embraces 12 species from the coasts of Africa, 
Southern Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, referable to 5 genera : 
Scorpis, Atypichthys, Atyposoma, Henoplosus, Psettus. The fish 
here figured (Psettus sebae, Fig. 408) is remarkable for the exces- 
sive depth of the body, which is greater than in any other species. 
Aipichthys, one of the few Acanthopterygian types known to 
have existed in the Cretaceous period, appears to belong to the 
family Scorpididae as here defined, and not to the Carangidae. 
Fam. 26. Caproidae.—Characters of Scorpididae, but supra- 
temporal completely ankylosed to the skull. 
The Boar-Fish (Capros aper) of the Atlantic and Mediter- 
ranean is occasionally found on our southern coasts, and is highly 
remarkable for the hair-like bristles with which its scales are 
