NO. 1394. 



ON SYNANCEINE AND PELORINE FISHES— GILL. 



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NOTE ON H(»Kl»^.NA FRONDOSA. 



Inasmuch as much emphasis has been laid on the peculiar elevation 

 of the snout and orl)its of the Pelors, it is in place to refer to a form 

 originally described as Scorpsena frondom^'^ which has analogous 

 characters. That species evidently does not belong to the genus Scor- 

 peeva., and may be isolated as the type of a new one to ))e named 

 Rhinopias. It is well distinguished by the excavated crown and ele- 



RHINOPIAS FRONDOSA. (AFTER GttNTHER.) 



vated nape and orbits, as well as by the elongated profile and upturned 

 snout; the pectorals have narrow^er bases, the ventrals more advanced, 

 and the vertical tins more elevated than in the typical Scorpseva^. The 

 RJi!)}(>plas frondosa of Mauritius is the only known species. 

 The figure accompanying the original description is here reproduced. 



"Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1891, p. 483, pi. xxxix. 



