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more than length of last; longest soft dorsal ray \ base of spinous 

 dorsal. Caudal slightly rounded, middle rays nearly | of head. Origin 

 of anal under last dorsal spine. Anal spines stout ; second and third 

 about equal, about twice as long as first, longest ray about 3 in head; 

 ventral slightly longer than maxilla, not quite reaching vent; pectoral 

 reaching vent; 1 upper and 8 or 9 lower rays simple, the other 13 

 divided. Color (in alcohol) light orange yellow, a faint dusky blotch on 

 upper part of opercle; an irregular area of dusky under second half of 

 spinous dorsal extending down to about middle of body; another ill- 

 defined blotch | length of eye on basal half of soft dorsal; membrane of 

 spinous dorsal beginning behind fourth spine intermingled with dusky. 

 Length 6 inches. Only the type known. Deep water off coast of Georgia. 

 (Goode & Bean.) (cristulatus, with a small crest or tuft.) 



Scorpcenacristulata, GoODE & BEAN, Oc. Ichth., 246, fig. 242, 3896, N. lat. 3O 44', W. Ion. 



79 26', off Georgia, in 440 fathoms, at Albatross Station 2415. (Type, No. 39326.) 

 Scorpcena schinita, KOHLER, Ann. Univ. Lyons, xxvi, 474, 524, pi. 27, figs. 4 to 6, 1896, Bay 



of Biscay, in 700 fathoms. 



2238. SCOBP^NA BBASILIEXSIS, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Head 2f ; depth 2| to 3; orbit 4 in head. D. XII, 10; A. Ill, 5 (5|); 

 transverse rows of scales (oblique) about 25 to 30, (vertical) 50 to 60; 

 tubes 25 to 30. Body short, compressed, profile convex, depth of caudal 

 peduncle a little less than 4 in head. Head compressed; interorbital 

 space narrow, a little more than orbit, about 7 in head, deeply concave, 

 deepest between preocular spines, and with 2 marked longitudinal ridges 

 on frontal bones, parallel with the supraocular ridges; a deep pit at the 

 occiput, deepest behind, its anterior side sloping back from base of coro- 

 nal (tympanic) spines, its posterior side nearly vertical ; preocular, supra- 

 ocular, postocular, and coronal (tympanic) spines moderate, parietal and 

 nuchal spines sharpest, their ridges thin and sharp; exoccipital spines 

 and ridges present; spine between orbit and occipital small, not bifid. 

 Preorbital very broad, with 2 sharp spines ; no pit between anterior infe- 

 rior border of orbit and suborbital stay, the latter low, with 2 or 3 small 

 spines ; uppermost preopercular spine much the longest, a small spine at 

 its base, the others very small or almost obsolete ; opercular spines rather 

 small, with not very prominent ridges; all ridges of head less prominent 

 than in Scorpaena plumieri. Jaws equal, the lower with a small symphy- 

 seal knob ; maxillary reaching posterior edge of pupil, about 2 in head ; 

 teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines in rather narrow bands. Pseudo- 

 branchiai reaching down nearly to epihyal bone ; gill rakers short, com- 

 pressed, about 7 on anterior limb. Dorsal fin deeply notched, membrane 

 reaching halfway up the twelfth spine; dorsal spines slender, low, the 

 longest equal to maxillary, about 2 in head; soft rays higher, about If 

 in head; anal spines graduated, the second a little the thickest, soft rays 

 If in head; caudal truncate, or very slightly rounded; pectoral reaching 

 beyond origin of anal, a little shorter than head, its base not procurrent, 

 the 10 lower rays slightly thickened, exserted and simple, the upper 



