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BICAPILLATED SCORPJENA. 



Scorpaena Bicapillata. S. capite truncato, svbdepresso, postice 



Jilamentis duobus longissimis instructo. 

 Scorpaena with abrupt subdepressed head, furnished at the 



back part with two extremely long filaments. 

 La Scorpene Double-Filament. Cepede 3. p. 2?0. 



Described by Cepede from Commerson : length 

 about four inches : body rather thick, and covered 

 with extremely minute scales; head large, some- 

 what depressed, and marked with protuberances : 

 lower lip much elevated, so as to make the head 

 appear obliquely truncated in front : eyes very 

 small, and much approximated : pectoral fins very 

 large, and so long as to reach as far as the middle- 

 of the body : tail rounded : vent-fin rounded, as is 

 •likewise the opposite part of the dorsal fin, while, 

 the other part, consisting of spiny rays, has the 

 membrane deeply scalloped : above the neck are 

 seated two very slender filaments, of such a length 

 as to reach beyond the tail : native of the Indian 

 seas : colour not mentioned : dorsal fin has eighteen 

 spiny rays, and seven soft ones : pectoral fins 

 seventeen rays : anal seven, and the tail fourteen. 



y, iv. p. ih 



