PEDICULATT. 73 



the extremity of this filament, being itself concealed beneath the sand or in the 

 mud, when it gradually retracts the member until the fish is near enough to be 

 swallowed by a quick motion. 



Lophius piscatorius, Plate XXIX. 



AXiag fidrov, Aristot. Hist. Anim. ix, c. 27, ii, c. 13, v, c. 5 and 14. Bdrpaxog 

 AXluq, Aristot. ix, c. 37 ; ^Elian, vii, p. 286 ; Oppian, ii, p. 33. 



Bana, Ovid, v, p. 126 ; Plin. ix, c. 24, xxv, c. 10. Bana marina, Belon. p 

 85 ; Jonst. Pise. 1, lib. 1, tit. 1, c. 3, Art. 3, Punct. 9, p. 36, t. ii, f. 8. Bana 

 piscatrix, Rondel, i, lib. 12, c. 20, p. 363 ; Salv. His. Aq. p. 129, f. 47 ; Gesner, 

 Aquat. iv, p. 813 ; Schonev. p. 59 ; Aldrov. iii, c. 64, p. 466 ; Willughby, p. 85, 

 t.El; Ray, Synop. p. 29 ; Ratty, Nat. Hist. Co. Dublin, p. 349 ; Leight, Nat. 

 Hist. Lancashire, p. 186, pi. vi, f. 5 ; Borlase, Cornwall, p. 265, pi. xxvii, f. 3. 

 Lophius, Artedi, Genera, p. 62, sp. 1, Synon. p. 87 ; Gronov. Mus. i, p. 57 and 

 Zooph. p. 58. Batrachus, Klein, MSS. iii, p. 15, sp. 1, 2 ; Pontoppidan, Nat. 

 Hist. Norway, ii, p. 244 ; Duhamel, Peches, ii, sect, ix, p. 94, pi. xviii ; Ascan. 

 Icon. t. xxxv, xxxvi ; Strom, Sond. i, p. 271. Common angler, Pennant, Brit. 

 Zool. (Ed. 1) iii, p. 120, pi. xviii (Ed. 2) iii, p. 159, pi. xxi, also the Long Angler 

 (Ed. 1) iii, p. 123 (Ed. 2) iii, p. 162. The fishing-frog, Low, Fauna Oread, p. 183. 



Lophius piscatorius, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 402, and Faun. Suec. p. 108; Mull. 

 Prod. Zool. Dan. p. 38 ; Retz. Faun. p. 308 ; Briinn. Pise. Mass. p. 7 ; Bon. 

 Ency. Ich. p. 14, pi. viii, f. 26 ; Lacep. i, p. 304, pi. xiii, f. 1 ; Bloch, iii, p. 82, t. 

 lxxxvii ; Bl. Schn. p. 139; Donovan, Brit. Fish, v, pi. ci; Turton, Brit. Faun, 

 p. 115 ; Mitch. Lit. and Phil. Trans. N. York, i, p. 465 ; Cuv. Reg. Anim. 111. 

 Poiss. pi. lxxxiv ; Flem. Brit. An. p. 214; Richard. Faun. Bor. Amer. Fishes, 

 p. 103 ; Storer, Mass. Rep. pp. 71, 404; Mohr. Isl. Nat. p. 61 ; Faber, Fisc. Isl. 

 p. 55 ; Shaw, Nat. Misc. xi, pi. 422 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesc. iii, p. 61, c. fig. ; 

 Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 344, pi. ccclxii ; Nilss. Skand. Fis. Faun. p. 245 ; Jenyns, 

 Brit. Vert. p. 389 ; Risso, Eur. Merid. iii, p. 170; Parn. Wern. Mem. vii, p. 253 ; 

 Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 330 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 1) i, p. 269, c. fig. (Ed. 2) i, 

 p. 305 (Ed. 3) ii, p. 388; Templeton, Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) 1837, i, p. 410; 

 Johnston, Berwick. Nat. Club, 1838, i, p. 172 ; Gronov. ed. Gray, p. 47 ; Thomps. 

 Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv, p. 119 ; Nord. in Demid. Voy. Russ. Merid. iii, p. 444 ; 

 Gaimard, Voy. Isl., &c., Poiss. pi. xix ; Guichen. Explor. Alger. Poiss. p. 80 ; 

 White, Catal. Fish. p. 56; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 179; Schlegel, De Dieren van 

 Nederland, p. 56, pi. iv, f . 6 ; Baird, American Nat. 1871, v, p. 785 ; Mcintosh, 

 Fish. N. Uist, Pro. Roy. Soc. Edin. v, 1862-66, p. 614, and Fish. St. Andrew's, 

 p. 175 ; Collett, Norges Fiske, p. 68. 



Batrachus piscatorius, Risso, Ich. Nice, p. 47. 



Lophius Americanus, Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 380 ; De Kay, New York Fauna, 

 Fishes, p. 162, pi. xxviii, f. 87 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 181. 



Lophius vomerinus, Cuv. and Val. xii, p. 381 ; Giinther, Catal. iii, p. 181. 



Lophius upsicephaHs, Smith, Illus. Zool. S. Africa, Pisces, pi. ix ; Giinther, 

 Catal. iii, p. 181. 



Angler, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, ii, p. 204, pi. ex. 



Young. 



Lophius eurypterus Diib. en kor. kgl. Vet. Akad. Hand!. Stock. 1844, p. 63, 

 t. iii, f. 1, 2 ; Nilss. Skand. Faun, iv, p. 251. 



Lophius piscatoritis, Giinther, Ann. and Mag. March, 1861, p. 190, pi. x, f. c. e. 



Monstrosities. 



Lophius cligitatus Ferguson, Phil. Trans, liii, p. 88, pi. xiii. 



Lophius barbatus, Montinus, Act. Holm, iii, 1779, t. iv ; Gmel. Linn, i, p. 1480. 



Lophius Fergusonis, Lacep. i, pp. 303, 330 ; Walb. Artedi, iii, p. 496. 



Fishing frog of Mount's Bay, or Long Angler, Borlase, Nat. Hist. Cornwall, 

 p. 266, t. xxvii, and Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. liii, p. 170. 



Lophius Cormobicus, Shaw, Zool. v. p. 381 ; Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 390. 



B. vi, D. 3/3/11-12, P. 13, V 1/5, A. 9-11, C. 8, Ccec. pyl. 2, Vert. 30 (29-31). 

 Head large in comparison to that of the entire fish ; it is depressed, broader 



