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SPINY SCORPjENA. 



Scorpaena Spinosa. S. pinna dorsali a capite ad caudam extensa, 



linea laterali spinosa. 

 Scorpaena with the dorsal fin continued from head to tally and 



spiny lateral line. 

 Scorpaena spinosa. S. linea laterali spinosa. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



Gmd. p. 1220. 



BODY compressed : head spiny : lateral line 

 marked by spiny points : dorsal fin longer than in 

 most of the genus, reaching from between the eyes 

 to the tail : an uncertain species, described in the 

 index to the Leskian Museum : native country 

 unknown. 



BEARDED SCORP^NA. 



Scorpaena Barbata. S. capite cavernoso, cirris geminis in max* 



ilia inferiore. Grower, ruus. ichth. 1 . p. 46. 

 Scorpaena with head marked by protuberances and cavities, 



and two cirri at the lower lip. 



THE head of this species is marked in some parts 

 by several protuberances, and. in others by pretty 

 large depressions or cavities : on the upper lip are 

 two beards, and the pectoral fins are united to each 

 other by a small membrane : the tail is almost 

 rectilinear : size not mentioned by Cepede, who 

 describes this species from Gronovius. 



