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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
obtained is the type (No. 49532, U.S.N.M.), 1.75 inches long, taken in the tangle February 8 at Fish 
Hawk station 6093, off Culebra Island, 5.25 miles southwest of Culebritas Light-house, in 15 fathoms, 
on live coral bottom. 
Albus, white; fimbria, flap. 
233. Scorpaena bergii Evermann & Marsh, new species. 
Head 2.4; depth 2.7; eye 3.5; snout 4.8; maxillary 2.4; mandible 2; interorbital 6; preorbital 
6.5; D. xi, 10; A. hi, 5; pectoral 17; scales 9-38-15, about 22 pores. Body short and stout; head 
short and broad, width 1.4 in its length; snout short and broad; cephalic spines and ridges prominent; 
supraocular ridges strong, with 3 spines; interorbital groove deep, its 2 ridges very low; a pair of 
strong nasal spines; occipital pit deep, a deep transverse postocular groove crossing occipital pit; 
a small spine at each anterior angle of pit and a larger one at each posterior angle, back of which is, on 
each side, a smaller spine; a postocular and 2 small humeral spines; opercle with 2 strong flat spines 
and 2 short blunt ones below; preopercle with 5 blunt spines, upper one largest and with a small 
accessory spine on its base; no pit below anterior part of eye; suborbital stay strong, without any 
spines except terminal one at posterior end; preorbital with 3 blunt spines, 2 of them obscure; 
maxillary broad, reaching past pupil; cephalic filaments short; a pair of short nasal cirri, a small pair 
on anterior part of supraocular ridge and a larger pair on posterior part of same ridge; preorbital with 
2 flat flaps, anterior the smaller; dermal flaps on body few and small, a series of 7 or 8 along lateral 
line; fins high; distance from snout to origin of dorsal 3 in body; first dorsal spine 1.5 in second, 
which equals eye; fourth spine longest, 2.6 in head; longest dorsal ray 2.75 in head; first anal spine 
1.75 in second, which is 2.2 in head; third anal spine weaker and somewhat shorter than second; 
longest anal rays 2.5 in head, pectoral broad, its base 3 in head, length 1.6; tips of rays nearly reaching 
anal; ventral 2 in head, reaching past vent; caudal 1.8 in head. 
Color in alcohol: Dark-grayish on head and body, under parts paler; a broad black bar crossing 
body between soft dorsal and anal and extending across these fins; caudal peduncle pale, with a narrow 
black bar at base of fin; dorsal grayish mottled with black and white, a large round black spot between 
third and seventh spines; soft dorsal with 2 or 3 broad black bars with pale interspaces; anal pale at 
base, with a few' dark spots, then a pale band, next a broad black band continuous with that on body, 
then a broad white band, follow'ed by another blackish bar, tip of fin white-edged; pectoral gray, crossed 
by 3 blackish bands; axil pale, with 5 or 6 large round brown spots; ventral pale. 
This species seems related to S. pannosa Cramer, from Panama, but differs in many important 
respects, notably in the fewer pectoral rays, the greater length of the pectoral, and the color. The 
presence of but 11 dorsal spines instead of 12, the usual number, may be merely an individual variation 
