AMERICAN SCORP^SNA. <#J5 



the genus by having four very strong recurved 

 spines above the eyes : both plates of the gill- 

 covers aculeated : dorsal and anal fins more elevated 

 on one part than the other ; the' elevated part 

 being of a rounded form, as are the pectoral fins 

 and tail : colour not mentioned : native country un- 

 known : seems allied to the American Scorpcena. 



AMERICAN SCORP^ENA. 



Scorpaena Americana. S. ore cirroso, capite spinoso f pinnis 



pectoralibus suborbiculatis. 

 Scorpaena with bearded mouth, spiny head, and suborbicular 



pectoral fins. 

 Scorpaena Americana. S. pinnis pectoralibus suborbiculatis. Lin. 



Syst. Nat. Gmd. p. 1220. 



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HEAD armed with protuberances and spines : 

 two beards on the upper lip ; and five or six on the 

 lower : the last fifteen rays of the dorsal fin form a 

 portion more elevated than the rest of the fin, and 

 of a rounded figure : the anal fin, which is situated 

 just beneath this part, is of similar shape : the 

 pectoral fins and tail are also rounded : native of 

 the American seas : size and colours not parti- 

 cularized by Cepede, who describes this species 

 from Duhamel: the dorsal fin has thirty-three rays; 

 the pectoral thirteen; the vent fin sixteen, and the 

 tail thirteen. 



