SCORP2E N A . ZEUS.
G E N E R I C C H A R A C T E R . G E N E R I C C H A R A C T E R .
Caput magnum aculeatum; oculi vicini.
D m te s maxillis, palalo, faucibiisque.
Membrana branchiostega. radiis v ii.
T h e h e ad large, p r ic k ly ; ey es n e a r to e a c h
o th e r ; teetli in th e jaw s , p ala te, an d
th ro a t. T h e b r a n c h ia l m em b ran e has
v ii. ray s .
No. LVI.
ScoRP^NA capite cavernoso, alepidoto, spinis m u n ito ; c irrulis p lu rib u s a d maxillam ijiferiorem;
oculis magnis ; cirrus inter nares utrinque ; cauda oblonga, rolundata.
T h e ScoRp.<ENA w i t h a r o u g h , p i t t e d , h e a d , w i t h o u t s c a le s , b u t a rm e d w i t h s p i n e s ; s e v e r a l
c i r r i a t th e l o w e r j a w , a n d o n e b e tw e e n th e n o s t r i l s .
Ca lled b y th e N a tiv e s M o o r oo B o n t o o .
B . v i i . D . 2 2 . P . 1 8 . V .Y . A . s 7 C. 1 6 .
T h e body oblong-ovate, compressed, squamous. Scales imbricate, small, roundish, with pectinated margins,
and feeling rough to the finger.
T h e bead roundish, obtuse, rough, with many straight spines pointing ba ckwa rds; tlie front concave declivous.
T h e mouth very wide, a little oblique, terminal. T h e jaws extractile, nearly equal in length, the upper emav-
ginate; six or seven cirri at the under jaw . T ee th small, setaceous, in many rows. T ongu e short, awl-form,
smooth, free. T h e palate rough with teeth. T h e eyes large, high, near each other, orbicular; the upper edge
o f the orbit armed with curve spines. Nostrils small, near the orbit, with a small cirrus or pinnula, between
them.
Branchial opercula two-leaved, partly squamous, moveable, armed with straight spines [»inting ba ckwa rd;
the membrane exposed; aperture lateral and gular, arclied.
T h e trunk. I h e back somewhat arched, roundish ; the sides convex, compressed, the throat and abdomen
convex; the tail attenuated, compressed, roundish. Lateral line carinate, descending obliquely from the point
o f the first opercula, it proceeds straight and nearly middle to the tail. T h e anus small, and distant from
the head.
T h e ^ « j. T h e solitary dorsal fin occupies the whole o f the back, the twelve spinal rays forming an arch,
the others ascending; the pectoral broad, and pointed; the ventral and anal short; the caudal oblong,
rounded.
T h e colour o f the head and body dark, with a mixture o f dull red ; the throat and belly are o f a pink colour.
T h e fins irregularly streaked black and r ed ; the ventral at its root is pink, like the belly.
T h e length including the caudal fin nearly seven inches.
Caput compressum, declive : labium superius
membrana transversafo rn ica tum . Lin g u a
suhulata.
Membrajia branchiostega radiis v ii. p e rpm -
dicularibus; infimo transverso. Corpus
compressum, tenue, splendens.
T h e h e ad comp ressed , d e c liv o u s ; the
u p p e r l ip a rc h e d (fu rn ish e d w ith a
m em b ran o u s v e lum a tta ch ed before,
an d loose b e h in d ) . T h e to n g u e awl-
shape.
S ev en p e rp e n d ic u la r ray s in th e b ra n c h ia l
m em b ran e , th e lowest tran sv e rse . TJie
b o d y compressed, th in , sp le n d e n t.
No. LVII.
Z eus corpore suh-rhomhoido ; radiis quibusdam p in n a dorsalis, ventralis, anique, longiorihus, in
setas longissimas coadunatis; cauda p rofunde bifida.
T h e Z eus w ith a b o d y som ew h at rh om b o id ; several ray s in th e dorsal, v e n tra l, a n d anal
fins, u n itin g r e sp e c tiv e ly , fo rm v e ry lo n g setaceous t a i l s ; th e c au d al fin d e e p ly
d iv id e d .
Tjtcs Callus, L in n . S . JV. p . 4 5 4.
Called b y th e N a tiv e s G u r r a h P a r a h .
B . v i i . D . 2 5 . P . 1 7 . V. 6 . A . I S . C. 2 2 .
T h e body nearly rhomb-form, compressed, very thin, without scales, smooth, shining.
T h e head large, declivous, mucli compressed, front very steep, and carinate; the nose large, emarginate.
T h e mouth low, terminal, oblique, wide. T h e jaws nearly o f equal length, extractile, feel to the finger like a
file ; the lips thin.
Teeth hardly visible, minute, set in many rows. Tongue short, linear, free, smooth. Palate tuberculate.
T h e eyes middle, at the root o f tlie nose, close together, round, large, flat. Nostrils small, oval, between the
orbit and the nose.
T h e opercula oblong, rounded, smooth, moveable; branchial membrane small, covered; the aperture large,
lunated.
T h e trunk. T h e back arched, carinate; the sides much compressed; the throat and belly straigh t; the posterior
part o f the tail almost round, and very small. T h e lateral line forms an arch above the pectoral fin,
and then runs straight to the tail, being carinate towards its termination. T h e anus near the throat.
T h e Jins. T h e dorsal assurgent and declining; five short spines compose the first five ra y s ; the next five
are very long, and joining together form a setaceous tail, between six and seven inches in length ; the next
four rays are also long and setaceous, but shorter; the rest o f tlie fin is low, equal, with eleven fibrous rays.
T h e pectoral, middle, moderate length, and falcate; the ventral near the anus, the second and third rays the