THE FISHES OF PORTO RICO. 
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Snapper Banks, Egmont Key, Boca Grande, Jamaica, and Rio Janeiro. The collections from Porto 
Rico contain but a single specimen, 2.75 inches long, taken in the seine at Palo Seco, January 16. It 
differs somewhat from larger examples in having the second anal sjnne stronger than third. 
Scorpxna brasiliensits Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 305, 1829, Brazil; Jordan & Evermann, 1. c., 1842, 1898. 
Scorpsena stearnsi Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1882, 421, Pensacola, Fla. 
232. Scorpaena albifimbria Evermann & Marsh, new species. 
Head 2.1; depth 2.4; eye 3.3; snout 4.25; maxillary 2; mandible 1.9; interorbital 7; preorbital 
6.5; scales 7-45-15, about 21 pores; D. xii, 10; A. iii, 5; pectoral 19. Body very short; head heavy and 
broad, width 1.6 in its length; snout broad and short; profile rather evenly curved front tip of snout 
to origin of dorsal fin; occipital pit shallow but distinct; interorbital space rather broad, shallow; no 
pit below anterior part of eye; mouth large, maxillary reaching posterior border of eye; spines of head 
strong; supraocular ridge moderate, a strong preocular spine and two smaller supraocular ones; coronal, 
postocular, nuchal, parietal, and exoccipital spines strong; opercle with 2 spines, lower terminating a 
strong ridge; 4 preopercular spines, uppermost strong, with a small accessory spine on its base; subor- 
bital stay prominent, with 3 evenly spaced, strong spines, in line with upper preopercular spine; nasal 
spines obscure; preorbital with 2 broad, blunt spines. Cephalic filaments mostly long, but slender, 
nasal pair short and broad; preocular pair long, greater than eye; supraocular pair slender, about equal 
to eye; a few small dermal flaps below suborbital stay, and a very broad one on lower edge of preor- 
bital continuous with skin of the 2 preorbital spines. Scales small, scarcely ctenoid; scaling of head 
obscure; dermal flaps numerous, largest along lateral line. Fins large; longest dorsal spine 3 in head; 
longest ray 2.9; second anal spine 2.1, longer and somewhat stronger than third; longest anal ray 2.1; 
pectoral reaching origin of anal, 1.6; base broad, 2.5; third, fourth, fifth, and on one side sixth rays 
branched, others undivided; ventral 2.2; caudal 1.6. 
Color in alcohol: Pale-rosy, with dark dustings on head, humeral region, back, and side; top and 
sides of head profusely covered with fine milky-white specks; similar spots on body, but less numerous; 
dermal flaps on head and body all milky-white; under part of head white, a large rosy blotch at base 
of fourth to seventh dorsal spines; dorsal rosy, richest on soft portion; anal pale, with some black on 
membrane between first and second spines; caudal pale; pectoral rosy, with dark dustings around 
margin; axil pale, without spots; ventrals pale, dusky at tips. In life the rosy color was doubtless 
much more evident. 
This species seems quite distinct from any previously known species of Scorpxna. Its most 
characteristic features are the numerous milky-white specks and dermal flaps. The only specimen 
