Fishes . s of this genus are oftenfound dried in Chinese insect boxes. Helicolenus differs from Sebastiscus only in the total absenceof air-bladder. The species are all bright crimson in color, veryhandsome, and live in deep water. Helicolenus dactylopterus israther common in the Mediterranean, and is sometimes takenin the Gulf Stream, and also in Japan, where two or three otherspecies occur. 644 Pareioplitir, or Mailed-cheek Fishes Neosehastes is much like Sebastodes, but the suborbital staybears strong spines and the dorsal is very high. Neosebastcspanda is found in Australia, and .V. entaxi
Fishes . s of this genus are oftenfound dried in Chinese insect boxes. Helicolenus differs from Sebastiscus only in the total absenceof air-bladder. The species are all bright crimson in color, veryhandsome, and live in deep water. Helicolenus dactylopterus israther common in the Mediterranean, and is sometimes takenin the Gulf Stream, and also in Japan, where two or three otherspecies occur. 644 Pareioplitir, or Mailed-cheek Fishes Neosehastes is much like Sebastodes, but the suborbital staybears strong spines and the dorsal is very high. Neosebastcspanda is found in Australia, and .V. entaxis in Japan. Setarches isdistinguished by the cavernous bones of its head. Species arefound in both the Atlantic and Pacific in deep water. Severalother peculiar or transitional genera are found in difTerent partsof the Pacific. In Scorpcena the head is more uneven in outline than inSebastodes and Sebastichihys, skinny flaps are often present onhead and body, the air-bladder is wanting, there are 12 dorsal. Fro. 540.—Florida Linn fish, 6i-urpana grandicomis C\iv. it Val. Key West. spines and 24 vertebra;, and on each dorsal spine is a smallvenom-secreting gland. The species are very numerous, higlilyvaried in color, and found in all warm seas, being known as scor-pion-fishes or Rascacios. Two species, Scorpcena scrofa andScorpcena parens, are common in the Mediterranean, being re-garded as good food-fishes, though disliked by the fishermen. Of the numerous West Indian species, Scorpcena pliimieri,Scorpcena grandicomis, and Scorpcena brasiliensis are best guttata is common in southern California and is anexcellent food-fish. Scorpcena mystcs is found on the west coastof Mexico. Scorpcena onaria and S. izensis are found in remains referred to Scorpcena are recorded from the Terti-ary rocks.
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