846 covnnnrTiONS TO NORTH AMIMMCAX ICHTHYOLOGY iv. 



vertical fins barred with brown; belly and sides with small white 

 spots. Skin of head and body, as well as dorsal lins, with Meshy ta--. 

 which are most numerous on the dorsal spines and abdomen. Wrist 

 slender: \entrals large, nearly half as long as head. Dorsal and anal 

 with the posterior rays uot adnate to caudal peduncle. Head L",; 

 depth 1\ D. II 1-14; A. 7; V. 5. Tropical parts of the Atlantic; 

 abundant on our Gulf coast and occasional northward. 



x liixlrin Linn. Syst. Nat. cd. Id. '.':!? : <'1iir<>in'cl,:-< In rii/ulii* C\\\. Mnn. Mus. 

 iii. 1',':!: .lnti-ini(trinn inannorntit* (iiintln-r, ill, Id5: I'tcroplinjin Jtintrtu (Jill, Proc. 17. is. 

 Nat. Mus. i. -Jill. 1-78.) 



aa. Ventral (ins short; skill spinous; mouth vertical. (.Intennariux.) 



13O1. A. annaQlafus Gill. 



FaNvn-color, lighter below; many black spots ocellatcd with white 

 both on the body and lins; body with several pink areas, one of which 

 forms a triangular saddle in front, of the dorsal and another a broad 

 ring around the base of the caudal fin; angles of month with a pink 

 spot. Month large, vertical. First dorsal spine slender and straight, 

 terminating in three simple tentacles; third dorsal spine partly im- 

 bedded in the skin; wrists and pectorals widened: ventrals short. 

 Skin covered with bifid spines, (dill.) (iardeu Key, Florida. 

 (Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1-fi::, '..>., 



1 :{<>>. A. pEcoiropIatEiaCcHiss Gill. 



I'.rowu, marbled with lighter, "and with scattered black dots: each 

 ^ide with three large black spots ocellated with brownish; one on 

 dorsal near its base, a second immediately below it on the sides, and a 

 third in the middle of the caudal tin; mouth behind tongue black, with 

 yellow lines. Skin covered with minute bifurcated spines. First dor 

 sal spine terminating in a Cringed lobe: second spine longer than the 

 lir-t. its membrane extending nearly to the base of the third spine, 

 the latter nearly free, (dill.) Key West, Florida. 



l, I'r...-. A.-:,,l Nat. Sri. I'liila. 



HiS.-CBIAUNAX Lou,-. 



i l.iuv.-, Trans, /."<>]. 8oc. i.nmi. iii, :::;:i. i~ii;: typr rimimnx ]>i<tnx l,o\vc.) 



Head very large, depressed, cuboid. .Mouth large, subvert ical; jaws 

 and palate with cardil'orm teeth. Skin with minute spines. Spinous 

 dorsal reduced to a small tentacle above the snout; soft dorsal mod- 

 erate. low; anal short. Nuciferous channels conspicuous. Atlantic. 



;, Olie who gapCS.) 



