PISCES. 185 



Blepsias Cuv. 



Sp. Blepsias trilobus Cuv., VAL. Poiss. in. PI. 90, Traehinus cirrosus PALL., 

 on the coast of Kamschatka ; from the same coasts is also Blepsias bilobus 

 Cuv., R. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. PI. 24, fig. i. This genus is very nearly 

 allied to Haploactis SCHLEG. 



Genus Tcenianotus LAC., Cuv. Is it sufficiently distinct from 

 Agriopus? Head compressed, aculeate, cirrose ; body much com- 

 pressed, covered with small scales. Dorsal fin high, of the length 

 of back, joined to caudal. (Teeth . . . ? Rays of branchiostegous 

 membrane . . . ?) 



Sp. Tcenianotus triacantJius Cuv., VAL. Poiss. IV. PI. 89, R. Ani., ed. Hi., 

 Poiss. PI. 23, fig. 2 ; the specimen of uncertain origin, 3" long. 



Hemityndotus Cuv. 



Sp. Hemilepidotus Tilesii Cuv., Coitus hemilepidotus TILES., Cuv. et VAL. 

 Poiss. IV. PL 85, R. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. PL 22, fig. i. 



Pterois Cuv. Head compressed, aculeate, furnished with laci- 

 niated cirri. Teeth thin, short, crowded in jaws and vomer, none 

 in palate-bones. Branchiostegous membrane with seven rays. 

 Anterior rays of dorsal fin and rays of pectoral fins elongate; of 

 these the first are sometimes produced as far as the caudal fin. 

 Body covered with small scales. 



Sp. Pterois volitans Cuv., Gasterosteus volitans L., Scorpcena volitans GM., 

 BLOCH Ichth. Tab. 184, BENNETT Fishes on the Coast of Ceylon. London 

 1830, PL I, Cuv. et VAL. Poiss. rv. PL 88, in the Red and Indian Seas; 

 Pterois zebra Cuv., R. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. PL 24, fig. i, in the Indian Sea, 

 from the Island of Mauritius to New Guinea. All the species are from the 

 Eastern Hemisphere. 



Scorpcena L. (excl. Scorpcena horrida). Head compressed, 

 covered by naked soft skin, aculeate, often cirrose. Eyes large. 

 Teeth sharp, subulate, crowded in jaws, vomer and palate-bones, 

 with a zone broad anteriorly in jaws. Body scaly. Kays of bran- 

 chiostegous membrane seven. Branchiae three and a half. 



Sp. Scorpcena scrofa L., BLOCH Ichth. Tab. 182; the skeleton in ROSENTHAL 

 Ichthyotom. Taf. xv. fig. 2. This species attains a size of i', at most of 

 2'; Scorpcena porcus L., Diet. univ. d'Hist. not., Poiss. PL 4, fig. 2; this 

 species is smaller than the preceding and has smaller scales. Both occur 

 in the Medit. Sea and the Atl. Ocean ; the last comes now and then to the 

 Canal. 



Sebastes Cuv. Body scaly, without cirri. Remaining characters 

 ilmost those of the preceding genus. Habitus of Perca. 



