SCORP^NA. SCORP^NA. 



Generic Character* 



Caput magnum, aculeatum, 

 cirrosum, obtusum, squa- 

 mis nudum, subcom- 

 pressum: Oculi vicini. 

 Denies maxillis, palato, 

 faucibusque. 



Membr. branch, radiis sep- 

 tem. 



Corptts torosum. Pinna 

 dorsalis unica, radiis an- 

 terioribus spinosis. 



Head large, aculeated, cirr- 

 hose, obtuse, without 

 scales, subcompressed : 

 Eyes placed near each 

 other. Teeth in the jaws, 

 palate, and throat. 



Gill-membrane seven-rayed. 



Body fleshy: Dorsal fin 

 single, with the rays of 

 the fore-part spiny. 



PORCINE SCORP.KNA. 



Scorpaena Porcus. S.fusca nigro variata, cirris ad oculos naresque. 

 Brown Scorpaena variegated with black, with cirri at the eyes 



and nose. 

 Scorpaena Porcus. S. cirris ad oculos naresque. Lin* Syst. Nat. 



p. 452. 

 jScorpaena squamis parvis, maxilla inferiore imberbi. Block, f . 1 8 1 . 



X HE genus Sccop^ena is distinguished by a pecu- 

 liar uncouthness of appearance ; the head, in some 

 species, being abruptly truncated in front, of vast 



