Scorpaena asperella Bennett~°%is very imperfectly described, 
the color and filaments only being noted, With reference to the 
former the spinal dorsal is said to have a red blotch in front 
and the ends of some of the posterior spines blackish, The long 
maxillary, so characteristic of Sebastapistes corallicola Jenkins 
is not mentioned, Jordan and Everman, in compiling Bennett's 
description?©'pive the erroneous impression that the anal fin has 
8 reys, whereas Bennett clearly intends the number to include both 
spines and divided rays, thus the formula is A. be 6 Oy 
268 
Scorpaena tristis Klunzinger has the lateral line 38 and 
the under jaw with a labyrinth of dark spots. As Sebastes strongia 
he describes Red Sea material with lateral line 35, though tater” 
he gives lateral line 47, 
Scorpaena ballieni Valiiant and Sauvage? (9 appears the 
as our Fiji material, We have compared 5 small examples in 
Academy, Hawaiian, and identified by Jordan and Evermann as S 
ballieni. They agree in squamation and largely in coloration, 
The latter is certainly very suggestive of Quoy and Gaimard's figure 
of Scorpaena strongia, They show the lower jaw pale or only with 
a few pale cross-bars or blotches, The supraorbital bentacle may 
be present or absent, likewise the black blotch in the spinous 
dorsal, GSI BE RS, AR EAE ROUTE add 7 Oo al 
266 Zool. Journ,,vo0l.4,1829, p.40. Sandwich Islands, 
567 Bull. U.S.Fish Com,,vol.25,part 1,1903(1905).,p.458, 
568 Verh.Z.8.Ges,Wien,vol,20,1870,p,802. fs 
269 Fische Roth, Meeres,vol.1,1884,p.71, 
Sc en nn nen 
270 Rev,Mag,Z001.,(3) vol.3,1875,0.278, Sandwich Islands, 
