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Genus COTTUS, Linn. 



164. The Father-lasher (Cottus Scorpius, Linn.). 



Fig. Bloch, Hist. Nat. des Poissons, vol. i. pi. 40. Cuv. et Val. vol. iv. 



pp. 117, 126. 

 Hab. European Seas. 



165. Cottus bubalis, Euphrasen. 



Fig. Cuv. et Val. vol. iv. p. 120. 

 Hab. Northern coasts of Europe. 



Presented by Lieut. Franklin, R.N., 1818. 



166. The Sea Scorpion or Short-spined Cottus (Cottus Scorpius). 



Fig. Bloch, Hist. Nat. des Poissons, vol. iv. pp. 117, 126. Yarrell, Hist. 



of Brit. Fishes, vol. i. p. 60. 

 Hab. Northern Seas of Europe. 



Genus SCORP^NA, Cuv. 



167. Scorpeena Scrofa, Linn., Cuv. 



Fig. Bloch, Hist. Nat. des Poissons, vol. iii. pi. 182. 

 Hab. Mediterranean Sea. 



168. Scorpcena Novce- Guinea. 



Fig. Cuv. et Val. vol. iv. p. 235. 

 Hab. Feejee Islands. 



Genus SYNANCEIA, Schneider. 



1 69. The Witch (Synanceia horrida, Schneider; Scorpcena horrida, Linn.). 



Fig. Lacep. Hist. Nat. des Poissons, vol. ii. pi. 17. fig. 2, vol. iii. p. 263. 



Cuv. et Val. vol. iv. p. 323. 

 Hab. Indian Ocean ; but there is no record from whence the present 



specimen was procured. 



170. Synanceia horrida. 



A small but more strongly coloured specimen. 



