F'ishes f Massachusetts. 317 
serves, “ that it i dtely been discovered v an 
inhabitant of the Greenland Seas, so that this sub- 
genus belongs entirely to the northern hemisphere, 
. and chiefly to the higher latitudes." 
HrwrrRiPTERUs. Cuv. 
Generic characters. The head depressed, and two 
dorsals, as in the Cottus ; no regular scales on the 
skin, but teeth in the palate. The head is bristly 
and spinous, and has several cutaneous appendages. 
The first dorsal is deeply emarginate, a circumstance 
which has led some authors to believe they had three. 
H. Americanus. Gmelin. The Sea Raven. 
Trans. Lit. et ETA Soc. N. Y. p. 382. 
Cuv. et Valenc. Hist. Nat des Poiss. t. iv. p. 268. 
Fauna Boreali Americana, " 
The Sea raven, or ipe water sculpin, as it is 
generally called by our fishermen, is the only known 
species of the genus “Hemitripterus.” It was con- 
sidered a “Cottus” by Pennant, and a “ Scorpena” 
by Gmelin and Mitchell. 
It is taken in deep water, in the neighborhood of 
ledges, by the cod fishers, and grows to the length 
of two feet. This species varies exceedingly in its 
color. Thus of three fine specimens lying before 
me, one is of a deep blood red color; a second, of a 
pinkish purple; the third, of a yellowish brown, 
darker on the back; each, however, variegated on 
the head and sides and fins with irregularly defined 
markings: body, beneath, yellowish. The coloring 
