RECORDS OF W.A. MUSEUM. 
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incorrect. It differs in the form and disposition of its cephalic 
spines, smaller scales, general proportions, and colouration. 1 can 
find no difference between it and S. cardinalis. 
SCORPAENA SUMPTUOSA, Castelnau. 
Plate XIII. 
Scorpaena sumptuosa, Castelnau— Res. Fish., Austr (Viet. Offic. Rec. Philad. 
Exhib.), 1875, p. 17; Id., Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc., N. S. Wales, V., 
1881, p. 432. 
D. XI., I. 9-10 ; A. III., 5 ; V. I. 5 ; P. 16 ; C. 13. 
Depth 2^-2|, head 2^ in the length to the hypural. Eye 4-4^, 
caudal peduncle 3J in the head. 
Dorsal profile highest at the base of the third dorsal spine, 
thence descending rapidly to the tail. Head armed with strong 
spines and largely covered with glandular skin, only a few scales 
being present on the end of the operculum. Interorbital space 
deeply concave with a very low median ridge anteriorly, and defined 
posteriorly by a raised sinuous bone. A deep transverse hollow 
behind the eyes divided into four parts by three longitudinal ridges, 
the two exterior of which have each a small spine in front. Eye 
with a broad spine anteriorly, and two on the upper margin. Nasal 
spines simple or bifurcate. Preorbital with a rosette of sinuous bony 
ridges. A ridge with three or four spines extends across the cheek, 
and there are two more on the preopercular margin on the same 
line; below these the margin is armed with four more points. 
Superior opercular spine inclined upwards, the lower extending 
forwards as a prominent curved ridge. There is a small bifurcate 
spine behind the eye, and two larger ones with broad bases between 
it and the upper opercular margin. Nuchals large, each with two 
points; a very small spine between them and the operculum. 
Maxillary extending beyond the eye, and two-thirds as wide as it 
posteriorly. Bands of villiform teeth on the jaws, vomer, and pala- 
tines. Gill-rakers short, thick, and spiny. 
Scales large, cycloid, extending forward to just in front of the 
dorsal fin ; six or seven between the lateral line and the twelfth 
dorsal spine, and about fifteen more to the vent. The lateral line 
is formed of about twenty-one tubes, and there are forty-four 
rows of scales directly below it. Skinny lobes are distributed at 
intervals all over the body, but are most numerous on the back and 
the lateral line. 
