266 CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES, ETC. 



Scorpaena ; dorsal more or less cleft towards the tail ; 

 its first or anterior division consisting of spinous 

 rays, the hinder of soft branched rays ; pectoral fins 

 moderate, hut no detached ray ; anal fin with three 

 spines in front ; no cirri on the head. 



marmoratus. Griff. Cut. Belangerii. Cuv. iv. p. 412. 



pi. 22. fig. 3. barbatus. lb. 413. 



australis. "White's Yoy. pi. niger. lb. 415. 

 52. fig. 1. ' 



Sc-ORP^NA Linn. Head large, armed with spines and 

 tubercles ; the sides compressed, destitute of scales, 

 but furnished with fleshy cirri or lobes of diSerent 

 sizes ; teeth minute, velvetty, placed on the jaws, 

 vomer, and palate ; mouth obliquely horizontal ; body 

 ovate, covered with scales ; pectorals moderate, the 

 lower rays thick but not branched ; dorsal fin deeply 

 emarginate near the tail. 



scrofa. Cuv. venosa Cuv. Russ. pL 56. 



nesogaUica. Griff, pi. 16. 2. grandicornis. Cut. pi. 86. 



Sebastes Cuv. Head and body compressed, and covered 

 in aU their parts with distinct scales ; no fleshy lobes 

 on the head, which is only of a moderate size ; mouth 

 cleft almost vertically; the under jaw longest, and the 

 chin pointed ; pectorals moderate, not very broad at 

 the base, but the lower rays simple, as in Scor- 

 paena ; head without tubercles or frontal prickles, 

 but with a strong suborbital spine ; dorsal fin emar- 

 ginate near the tail; caudal truncate.* 

 TariabLlis. Griff. Cut, pi. 22. fig. 1. 



T.£XiAxoTus Cuv. Body ovate, broad, excessively com- 

 pressed ; head obtuse ; front truncate ; mouth ob- 

 liquely horizontal ; short obtuse spines above and 

 before the eyes, and smaller ones on the gills ; dorsal 



• For the reason assigned by Cuvier, i. e. the simple rays at the lower 

 part of the pectoral fin, I have followed him in retaining this genus near to 

 that of Scorpcena; but I am not quite satisfied this is its natural station. Its 

 sub-vertical mouth shows a strong relation to Trichodon, which, from pos- 

 sessing the same character in the pectoral fins, but with a completely naked 

 body, I have placed as the corresponding type in the sub'family of Synan- 

 china. 



