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in the trwe_sense of that term. This belief necessarily 
implies that the species is established somewhere near our 
shores. When we remember that this fish in its early life is 
pelagic in its habits—a condition peculiarly favourable to 
the spread of the species—it is not impossible that a colony 
may have—somewhat recently, perhaps—been formed by 
offspring of Scandinavian origin, for we know that it is 
numerous off the Norwegian coast. This colony may, 
possibly, be established in the accustomed depths inhabited 
by this species; or, it may be, that our British representa- 
tives are dwelling in somewhat shallower waters than 
those in which Scorpwena dactyloptera has been, as yet, 
ascertained to flourish. 
SYNONYMY AND LITERATURE. 
Scorpena dactyloptera, Delaroche. 
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Poissons observées a Iviea, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., vol. 
xlil., pp. 337-339, pl. xxii., fig. 9 (1809). 
2. Risso, A., Ichtyologie de Nice, p. 186 (1810). 
3. Risso, A., Hist. Nat. de ? Europe méridionale, vol. iii., p. 
369 (1827). 
4, GunTHER, A., Report on Pelagic Fishes, Zool. Challenger 
Exp., vol. xxxi., pt. Ixxviii., pp. 2 and 6 (1889). 
. GunrHeErR, A., Deep-Sea Trawling off the S.W. Coast of 
Treland—Fishes, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), vol. iv., 
p. 417 (1889). 
Hott, E. W. L., Survey of Fishing Grounds, West Coast of 
Ireland, Sci. Proc. Roy. Dublin Soc., vol. vii., pp. 121, 
219, 248, 261, 273, 429 (1891-92). 
. Nezsoy, T. H., and Cuarke, W. Eacte, Scorpena dacty- 
loptera on the Yorkshire Coast, Vatwralist, 1893, p. 81. 
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Sebastes imperialis, Cuv. and Val. 
8. Cuvier, G., and VaLenciennss, A., Hist. Nat. des Poissons, 
vol. iv., pp. 336-340 (1829). 
. Lowe, R.'T., Synopsis of the Fishes of Madeira, Zrans. Zool. 
Soc., vol. ii., p. 175 (1837). | 
