AMERICAN SCORPiENA. * c £^5 



the genus by having four very strong recurved 

 spines above the eyes : both plates of the gill- 

 covers aculeated : dorsal and anal Fins more elevated 

 on one part than the other ; the elevated part 

 being of a rounded form, as are the pectoral fins 

 and tail ; colour not mentioned : native country un- 

 known : seems allied to the American Scorpcena, 



AMERICAN SCOliPiENA. 



Scorpaena Americana. S. ore cirroso, capite spinoso, pinnk 



pectoralibus suborbiculatis, 

 Scorpaena with bearded mouth, spiny head, and suborbicular 



pectoral fins. 



Scorpaena Americana. S. pinnis pectoralibus suborbiculatis . Lin, 

 Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1220. 



Head armed with protuberances and spines : 

 two beards on the upper lip ; and five or six on the 

 lower : the last fifteen rays of the dorsal fin form a 

 portion more elevated than the rest of the fin, and 

 of a rounded figure : the anal fin, which is situated 

 just beneath this part, is of similar shape : the 

 pectoral fins and tail are also rounded : native of 

 the American seas : size and colours not parti- 

 cularized by Cepede, who describes this species 

 from Duhamel : the dorsal fin has thirty-three rays • 

 the pectoral thirteen -> th© vent fin sixteen, and the 

 tail thirteen. 



