1862.] OF FISHES FROM MADERIA. 177 
specimens of 8, berthelotii that have occurred. The fishermen give 
to both these species the name of “ Praga.” 
The total length of the specimen (which was taken in the month 
of April last) is 147"5 inches ; the height between the ventrals and 
the vent is 3,5 inches, and its thickness thereabouts is 411 inch. 
The dimensions of the principal parts are expressed in inches in the 
following table :— 
inches. 
ently of hidnd 2.04 aatale Var RE ABI ee 
Diameter of eye, rather more than ..........  § 
Dorsal, length of base ..............-6- oe OR 
height -atmiddle. 2:3 2ANaS Ae. ee SZ 
» distance from snout............e000+- 32 
Pectorals, length .......... e Ae Ciena gan ee 
, breadth of base ......... fA ES 
, distance from snout. . AN oe 375 
Ventrals, Neneh) sia) reacts See ee eae 1 
Vent, distance of its vertical from snout eed Pe Gz 
, distance from anal .......... DEE Spee: 4 
Anal, Benet OF DASE) els oe was ca oe SRO 3335 
, height i in front. . Fe, Le eS fy 
Caudal, length of longest rays BAD ee eee ae 25 
Fam. TrigLip2. 
SETARCHES, gen. noy. (Pl. XXIII.) 
Head and body compressed ; no transverse groove at the occiput ; 
vertex without spines; preoperculum armed; body covered with 
cycloid scales; without skinny appendages. One dorsal fin divided 
by a notch into a spinous and a soft portion. No pectoral appen- 
dages. Villiform teeth in the jaws, on the vomer, and on the pala- 
tine bones. Lateral line a broad scaleless groove. Six or seven 
branchiostegal rays. Pyloric appendages in small number. No air- 
bladder. 
It will be observed that this new genus is closely related to Sebastes 
and Scorpena, but more nearly to the former than to the latter. 
From both it is distinguished by the cycloid scales, the scaleless 
lateral line, and the absence of spines from the vertex. The single 
individual on which it has been founded was taken in the month of 
December 1861, and is now in the British Museum. It was at first 
assigned to the genus Sebastes, but was at once discriminated from 
all the species of that genus previously taken at Madeira. With 
these species I shall compare it throughout my description, with the 
view of aiding other observers in identitying specimens, if they should 
occur. 
SETARCHES GUNTHERI, Sp. n. 
ee Sh Plog Vee Oliv 7. Z.ay. 
The height, compared with the total length, is as 1 to4. The 
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