354 SYNOPSIS. 



Sp. 23. C. quadricornis. Four-horned Cottus. Occiput with 

 tcxx rough tubercles or horns, two near the eyes and two 

 on the nape ; preoperculum with three spines ; colour of 

 the head brown, tinged with red on the gill-covers ; back 

 brown, sides yellow, belly greyish- white ; fins mottled 

 with brown. Fin-rays, D. 814 : P. 17 : V. 1 +3 : A. 15: 

 C. \\.-Linn., Cuv. & Vol., iv. p. 168; Yaw. Brit. Fish., 

 i. p. 83. 



GEN. XL ASPIDOPHORUS. Body mailed with angular plates 

 which render it octagonal ; head thick, flat below, the snout 

 with recurved spines ; two distinct dorsal fins ; vomer and 

 palatines without teeth. 



Sp. '24. A. Europceus. Armed Bull-head, or Pogge. Upper 

 jaw rather longest, chin and branchiostegous membrane 

 furnished with many thread-like filaments ; snout with 

 four recurved spines ; preoperculum with a large spine ; 

 operculum unarmed ; body octagonal from the vent (which 

 is under the middle of the pectorals) to the termination 

 of the second dorsal, beyond that hexagonal ; caudal 

 rounded : brown above, white beneath, marked with dusky, 

 which assumes the appearance of four indistinct bands ; 

 pectoral with a dusky bar across the centre ; tail brown. 

 Fin-rays, D. 57 : P. 15 : V. 1 +2 : A. 7 : C. II. Cuv. 

 4f ral, iv. p. 201 ; Yarr. Brit. Fi*h., \. 85. Asphido- 

 phorus cataphractus, Jenyns* Brit. Vert., p. 346. C:vta- 

 phrartus Schoneveldii, Flem. Brit. An. 

 GEN. XII. SEBASTES. Body and head completely covnvd 

 with scales ; dorsal single, the anterior part spinous, the poste- 

 rior with flexible rays ; lower rays of the pectorals simple ; pre- 

 operculum and operculum ending in three or more spines : 

 teeth velvet-like, placed on both jaws, the vomer, and palatine 

 bones. 



Sp. 25. S. Norvegicus. Bergylt, or Norway Haddock. Ge- 

 neral form resembles that of the Perch ; under jaw longest ; 

 colour of the back dark red, becoming lighter on the sides, 

 and silvery white, slightly glossed with red, on the belly ; 

 fins red. Fin-rays, 15 + 15 : P. 19 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 



