THE CIRCLE OF THE SCORP^NIN^. 



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Analogies of the Sub-family ScoRP^NiNiE. 



Genera of the 



ScORPiEMN^. 



Apisies. 



Analogies, 



Types of the 



SCORPENIDiE, 



(■Pectoral fins large, with 7 scorp;fna 



I detached processses. j ''CORp^na. 



f Pectorals excessively ^ 

 Pterois, \ large, but wilhoutde- VSynanchia. 



C tached processes. J 

 TcBuianotus. Dorsal fin very long. Blepsias. 



r Mouth vertical; bodyT 

 Sebastes. t < mailed with plates or > Agkiopus. ? 



t tubercles. 3 



Scorpcena. Head very large. Platycephalus. 



Types of the 



TRIGLIDiE. 



Trigla. 



Dactylophorus, 

 Rhyncthitys. 

 Trachicthys. 

 Oplicthys. 



We have not space to enlarge upon this table ; replete 

 as it is with innumerable relations to all the others 

 contained in this volume ; T)ut we beg the reader's at- 

 tention to another no less curious, by which it will be 

 seen that the ScorpcenincB and the Synachince equally 

 represent each other in their details, as weU as inti- 

 mately corresponding with the two other columns just 

 enumerated. 



Analogies of the ScoRP^NiNiE and the Synanchin^, 



Genera of the 



ScORPiENINJi;. 



Apistes. 



Fteroz's. 



Analogies. 



Genera of the 



SyNANCHINuE. 



f Dorsal fins united, or but slight- T 



divided ; pectoral fins mode- ^ Synanchia. 



i 



rate. 





Tcenianotus. 



Sebastes. 

 Scorpcena. 



C Pectoral fins excessively large : ~i 



< dorsal rays greatly length- > Pefor. 



C. ened. 3 



rDorsal fin extending the wholeT 



■) length of the back ; eyes very J- Erosa Sw. 



larg&. 





rDorsal fins two, equal, almost? y,.,,. g 

 I united ; mouth vertical. j '' ^tcnovnasia »w. 



{ ^S S"^ oh\nn^\y ; head j jj^^i^pt^^ „,. 



With such resemblances as these, so definite as almost 

 to assume the precision of generic characters, it would, 

 in fact, be absolutely impossible to tell which was a 

 ScorpcEna and which a Synanchia, were not these two 

 series permanently distinguished ; the one having the 

 body covered with scales, and the mouth horizontal^ 



