SCORPJENA. SCORPAENA. 



Generic Character. 



Caput magnum, aculeatum, 

 cirrosum, obtusum, squa- 

 mis nudum, subcom- 

 pressum : Oculi vicini. 

 Denies maxillis, palato, 

 faucibusque. 



Membr. branch, radiis sep- 

 tem. 



Corpus torosum. Pinna 

 dorsalis unica, radiis an- 

 terioribus spinosis. 



Head large, aculeated, cirr- 

 hose, obtuse, without 

 scales, subcompressed : 

 Eyes placed near each 

 other. Teeth in the jaws, 

 palate, and throat. 



Gill-membrane seven-rayed* 



Body fleshy : Dorsal fin 

 single, with the rays of 

 the fore-part spiny. 



PORCINE SCORPiENA. 



•Scorpaena Porcus. S.fusca nigro variata, cirris adoculos naresque. 

 Brown Scorpaena variegated with black, with cirri at the eyes 

 and nose. 



Scorpaena Porcus. S. cirris ad oculos naresque. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 p. 452. 



Scorpaena squamis parvis., maxilla inferiore imberbi. Block, f. 1 81. 



Til E genus Sccopsena is distinguished by a pecu- 

 liar uncouthness of appearance ; the head, in some 

 species, being abruptly truncated in front, of vast 



