. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. CAPE VERDE ISLANDS 7 which has been included in the above description. This species is very close to S. senegalensis, Steindachner/ of which I have examined a single specimen from the Gold Coast, 280 mm. in total length. The Cape Verde species appears to have a shorter, deeper head, with a somewhat shorter snout, and the spines on the head are generally stouter and less acute. The supraorbital tentacle is smaller and less branched, the pectoral fin is a little shorter, and there are minor differ
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. CAPE VERDE ISLANDS 7 which has been included in the above description. This species is very close to S. senegalensis, Steindachner/ of which I have examined a single specimen from the Gold Coast, 280 mm. in total length. The Cape Verde species appears to have a shorter, deeper head, with a somewhat shorter snout, and the spines on the head are generally stouter and less acute. The supraorbital tentacle is smaller and less branched, the pectoral fin is a little shorter, and there are minor differences in the coloration. Fowler ^ has given a detailed description of a specimen, 295 mm. in length, from the Cape Verde Islands, identified by him as S. senegalensis, but it seems probable that his fish is referable to S. laevis. Both species are readily distinguished from S. porcus, Linn., S. scrofa, Linn., and S. tisttilata, Lowe, by the smooth scales, scaly breast, and other. Fig. I. Scorpaena laevis. X 5. characters. S. plumieri, Bloch, from the Atlantic coast of tropical America, is closely related to S. laevis and S. senegalensis, but has the axil of the pectoral fin jet black with a few pure white spots, and there are other differences in coloration. Further, the eye is somewhat smaller and the spinous dorsal fin lower. DACTYLOPTERIDAE Dactylopterus volitans (Linn.). St Vincent. 2. ix. 27. Hand line: i specimen, 300 mm. WEST AFRICA Fishes were obtained from five stations, three off the coast of Angola, one off the French Congo, and one off Annobon, Gulf of Guinea. None of the specimens are from a depth of more than 100 m. Altogether nearly 300 specimens were collected from these stations, representing about 50 species, of which 9 have proved to be new to science. 1 1881, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, XLiv, p. 31, pi. iv. - 1919, Proc. Nat. Mus., LVi, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced fo
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