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GENUS VIII. HEMILEPIDOTUS, Cvuv. 
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 
Scorpena ; 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’Hémilépidote de Tilesius (Hemilepidotus Tilesii, Cuv., Cottus hemilepidotus, Tit., Cottus trachurus, PALL.), 
Cov. et VaL., Iv. p. 276, pl. 85. 
Hemilepidotus Tilesii, Grirrita’s Cov., x. pl. 53, fig. 4. 
Hemilepidotus trachurus, Hiekejak, Ricn., Fauna Boreal. Amer., m1. p. 51. 
GENUS IX. SCORPAINA, L. 
The Scorpene 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. Scorpena poreus, L. 
Body brownish, marbled by large blotches ; beneath, the body and inferior fins of a rosy 
tint. Six small fleshy appendages at the extremity of the snout. 
D. (2). P. (2). V.(?). A- (2). C-(?). Length, 8 inches. : 
New York, Cuv. 
Scorpena porcus, L., SHAw’s Gen. Zodl., 1v. p. 267. 
La petite Scorpéne brune, Scorpzna porcus, L., Cuv. et VAL., Iv. Pp. 300. 
rf « Small Sea-Scorpion, Dexay’s Report, p. 58. 
2. Scorpena 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. 
