302 A. Alcock — Supplementary List of Indian Fishes. [No. 3, 



§ 1. Descriptions of nev) species. 



Family Scorpaenidse. 



1. Scorpaena bucephalus, n. sp. 



D. XI. — A. III. 5. L. lat. circ. 40. 

 9-10 



Extreme length of head, in the adult, half the total without the 

 caudal : height of body rather more than one-third of the same measure. 



Length of snout equal to that of eye, and one-fourth that of head. 

 Interorbital space not quite half an eye-length in breadth, traversed 

 by two diverging ridges that do not end in spines. Spines of head and 

 cheek prominent and acute, supra-orbital margin with one in front 

 and two behind, a fimbriated tentacle about half as long as the eye 

 intervening. 



No occipital groove. 



The maxilla does not quite reach the level of the posterior border 

 of the orbit. Teeth in the palatine bones. 



Scales large, about 40 rows from occiput to base of caudal : vertex, 

 occiput, cheeks, and opercles scaly. 



The 3rd, 4th and 5th dorsal spines are the longest — nearly one- 

 third the length of the head : the 2nd anal spine much the longest and 

 strongest — nearly half the length of the head. Pectorals hardly longer 

 than the ventrals, not reaching to the anal. 



An air-bladder. 



Colours in spirit : light reddish yellow, with numerous purplish 

 blotches on the head and on and above the lateral line ; fins unspotted 

 hyaline. 



A female with gravid ovaries measures rather over 4§ inches. 



Off Malabar coast 36 fms., off Coromandel coast 33 fms. 



2. Scorpsena erostris, n. sp. 

 D. XI. ^ A. III. 5. L. lat. circ. 40. 



Very near Sebastes bougainvillii, C. V. 



Extreme length of head nearly half the total without the caudal. 

 Profile of snout almost in the same vertical line with the front border of the 

 orbit. Diameter of eye about one-third the length of the head : interor- 

 bital space over half an eye-length in breadth, traversed by two ridges 

 that do not end in spines. Spines of head and cheek small but acute : 

 supra-orbital margin with a tooth and small tentacle in front, and with 

 two spines and a large fimbriated tentacle behind. No occipital groove. 

 The maxilla reaches to the posterior border of the orbit. Palatines 



