Jordan and Evermanri. Pishes of North America. 1841 



mandible reaching beyond orbit, about 4 in length of body, a little less 

 than 2 in head, with prominent symphyseal knob. Nasal spines small, 3 

 spines at top of orbit, 1 in front and 2 behind; 2 spines on each side of 

 vertex and 1 on each side of nape ; a tympanic and a humeral spine ; two 

 .spines 011 opercle, 5 on preopercle, the first with a small supplementary 

 spine at its base, the strong preorbital spines overhang supramaxilla ; 

 suborbital car inn feeble, with 3 small spines. Top of head scaleless; 

 sides of head incompletely scaled. Cephalic filaments all small, the longest 

 above orbit, about 3 in eye. Gill rakers 6-(-7. Distance of spinous dor- 

 sal from tip of snout equals length of its base; first dorsal spine 2 in 

 second; third to sixth about equal, 2 in head; penultimate spine 1 in 

 last, which is about equal to orbit; longest ray about 2 in head; caudal 

 very long, its middle rays about 3 in length of body; anal origin under 

 eleventh dorsal spine, its base 2f in head, third spine very little longer 

 than second, twice as long as first, about equal to orbit; longest ray 

 little more than | head. Vent under tenth dorsal spine. Pectoral very 

 long, longer than head, reaching to end of anal, the uppermost 1, and 

 the lower 10 simple, the others branched; ventral reaching origin of 

 anal, nearly $- as long as head. Color above, light orange yellow, creamy 

 white below lateral line; fins all pale. Length 3f inches. Mid-ocean, 

 N.lat. 23 13', W. Ion. 39 10', east of Cuba. (" Named for Alexander 

 Agassiz in recognition of his eminent services in deep-sea explorations.") 



Scorpcena agasrizii, GoODE BEAN, Oceanic Ichthyology, 247, fig. 243, 1896, N. lat. 23 13', 

 W. long. 39 10'. station 259, Steamer Blake. (Type in M. C. Z.) 



2237. SCORPJENA CBISTULATA, Goode & Bean. 



Head 2, twice length of upper jaw; depth 3; depth of caudal peduncle 

 equal to snout; eye nearly 3 in head, length of maxilla. D. XII, 9; A. 

 Ill, 5 ; P. 23 ; scales about 8-60-15 ; lateral line tubes about 35. Inter- 

 orbital space moderately concave, 4 in upper jaw, about 8 in head; mandi- 

 ble reaching to posterior margin of eye, slightly longer than postorbital 

 part of head; teeth in villiform bands on jaws, vomer, and palatines, a 

 naked space at symphysis of maxillaries. Anterior nostril nearer eye than 

 tip of snout. A pair of spines on preorbital ; 6 spines on suborbital carina ; 

 5 on border of preoperculuin, the uppermost largest, with a smaller sup- 

 plementary spine at its base; nasal spines developed; 3 supraorbital 

 spines on each side and 3 more on each side of the vertex and the nape ; 

 a postocular ( ?) spine, a tympanic and 2 humerals ; 2 thin, flat spines on 

 operculum. Nearly all spines of head with short filaments behind them, 

 longest filaments above orbit, scarcely of eye ; anterior nostril tubular, 

 with 2 dark-colored filaments. Gill rakers short, stout, the club-shaped 

 extremity armed with minute spines; 4 developed, and 2 rudiments 

 above angle, 8 developed on anterior limb, besides 5 sessile rudiments. 

 Pseudobranchise present. Interorbital space incompletely scaled; supra- 

 maxilla finely scaled. Distance of spinous dorsal from tip of snout equals 

 twice length of upper jaw, first spine equaling interorbital space, 

 second nearly twice as long, third about 3 in head, penultimate little 



