﻿[109] 
  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA. 
  897 
  

  

  417.— 
  SCORP-SSNA 
  Linnaeus. 
  (359) 
  

  

  1294. 
  Scorpasna 
  guttata 
  Girard. 
  C. 
  (1036) 
  

  

  1295. 
  Scorpaena 
  plumieri 
  Bloch. 
  W. 
  P. 
  (1037) 
  

  

  1296. 
  Scorpaena 
  grandicornis 
  1 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  W. 
  

  

  1297. 
  Scorpaena 
  brasiliensis 
  2 
  Cuv. 
  &. 
  Val. 
  W. 
  S. 
  (1038 
  ft.) 
  

  

  1298. 
  Scorpaena 
  occipitalis 
  3 
  Poey. 
  W. 
  (1038 
  c.) 
  

  

  418.— 
  SETARCHES 
  Johnson. 
  (360) 
  

  

  1299. 
  Setarches 
  parmatus 
  Goode. 
  B. 
  (1039) 
  

  

  Family 
  CXXIV.— 
  COTTID^}. 
  (107) 
  

  

  419.— 
  HEMITRIPTERUS 
  Cuvier. 
  

  

  1300. 
  Hemitripterus 
  americanus 
  Gmelin. 
  G. 
  N. 
  (1040) 
  

   1300b. 
  Hemitripterus 
  americanus 
  cavifrons* 
  Lockington. 
  A. 
  (1041) 
  

  

  420.— 
  ASCELICHTHYS 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  (362) 
  

  

  1301. 
  Ascelichthys 
  rhodorus 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  A. 
  (1042) 
  

  

  421.— 
  PSYCHROLUTES 
  Giinther. 
  (363) 
  

  

  1302. 
  Psychrolutes 
  paradoxus 
  Giinther. 
  A. 
  (1043) 
  

  

  1 
  Scorpeena 
  grandicornis 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val. 
  

  

  Gray, 
  with 
  brown 
  shades 
  and 
  faint 
  cross-bars 
  ; 
  sides 
  with 
  numerous 
  bright 
  yellow 
  

   spots 
  in 
  life 
  ; 
  axil 
  dark 
  gray, 
  with 
  round 
  white 
  dots, 
  each 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  dark 
  ring. 
  

   Pectoral 
  largely 
  blackish 
  above 
  ; 
  a 
  black 
  blotch 
  at 
  base 
  below 
  ; 
  the 
  fin 
  largely 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  yellow, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side. 
  Supraocular 
  filament 
  blackish, 
  with 
  gray 
  

   fringes. 
  Soft 
  dorsal 
  largely 
  blackish 
  toward 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  spinous 
  dorsal 
  chiefly 
  dusky 
  ; 
  

   ventrals 
  tipped 
  with 
  blackish 
  ; 
  anal 
  with 
  three 
  black 
  bands 
  ; 
  caudal 
  with 
  two 
  ; 
  a 
  

   faint 
  band 
  at 
  its 
  base. 
  Body 
  rather 
  stout 
  ; 
  deeper 
  than 
  in 
  S. 
  plumieri 
  and 
  much 
  less 
  

   variegated 
  in 
  color. 
  Sides 
  and 
  head 
  with 
  dermal 
  flaps 
  ; 
  a 
  slight 
  depression 
  below 
  eye 
  ; 
  

   occipital 
  pit 
  very 
  deep 
  ; 
  spines 
  of 
  head 
  sharp. 
  A 
  few 
  scales 
  on 
  opercle. 
  Breast 
  with 
  

   rudimentary 
  scales. 
  Supraocular 
  flap 
  very 
  large, 
  wide 
  and 
  fringed, 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  

   length 
  of 
  head, 
  reaching 
  to 
  beyond 
  front 
  of 
  dorsal. 
  Maxillary 
  reaching 
  posterior 
  

   margin 
  of 
  eye, 
  2i 
  in 
  head. 
  Dorsal 
  spines 
  higher 
  than 
  in 
  related 
  species, 
  the 
  highest 
  

   equal 
  to 
  second 
  spine 
  of 
  anal 
  and 
  about 
  half 
  head. 
  Head, 
  2| 
  ; 
  depth, 
  2£. 
  D. 
  XII, 
  9. 
  

   A. 
  Ill, 
  5. 
  Lat. 
  1, 
  26 
  (pores.) 
  

  

  West 
  Indies, 
  north 
  to 
  Key 
  West. 
  

  

  (Cuv. 
  & 
  Val., 
  IV, 
  1829, 
  309; 
  Giinther, 
  II, 
  115; 
  Poey, 
  Syn. 
  Pise. 
  Cubens. 
  303.) 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  of 
  Scorpeena 
  found 
  in 
  our 
  waters 
  may 
  be 
  readily 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  

   color 
  of 
  the 
  axillary 
  region 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Guttata 
  : 
  pale, 
  usually 
  unspotted 
  ; 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  dark 
  spots 
  behind 
  it. 
  

  

  Plumieri 
  : 
  jet 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  large 
  white 
  spots. 
  

  

  Brasiliensis 
  : 
  pale, 
  with 
  several 
  round 
  blackish 
  spots. 
  

  

  Occipitalis 
  : 
  pale, 
  with 
  dark 
  specks, 
  and 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  above. 
  

  

  Grandicornis 
  : 
  dusky 
  gray, 
  with 
  numerous 
  white 
  stellate 
  spots. 
  

  

  s 
  Scorpama 
  brasiliensis 
  Cuv. 
  & 
  Val., 
  V, 
  105; 
  Giinther, 
  II, 
  312 
  = 
  Soorpana 
  stearnsi 
  

   Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  South 
  Carolina 
  to 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  3 
  Scorpcma 
  occipitalis 
  Poey, 
  (Memorias 
  Cuba, 
  II, 
  171), 
  is 
  probably 
  identical 
  with 
  

   Scorpaena 
  calcarata 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  

  

  4 
  According 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Bean, 
  Hemitripterus 
  cavifrons 
  is 
  not 
  distinct 
  from 
  H. 
  americanus. 
  

   S. 
  Mis. 
  70 
  57 
  

  

  