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head. Ventrals f length of head. Anal 17, similar to soft dorsal. 

 Caudal rounded, T 7 o length of head. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), brown marbled with darker 

 shades, vertical fins dark with irregular black patches, a large 

 oval black blotch on dorsal above pectorals. 



One specimen, 319 mm. in length, from Durban Museum. 



If Gill's subdivisions of this genus are accepted (Proc. Ac. Nat. 

 Sci., Phila., 1862, p. 241), it should be placed under the genus 

 Gnathypops t which he separates from Opisthognathus as having the 

 maxillary of medium length and truncate behind, not extending to 

 edge of opercle, caudal moderate, rounded behind. 



FAMILY PEDICULATI. 



ANTENNARIUS HISPIDUS, Schn. 



Teeth, cardiform on jaws and palate. Eyes high up, 2 diameters 

 from point of snout ; interorbital space 3^ times diameter of eye ; 

 rnouth subvertical, lower jaw a little compressed and width of gape 

 exceeds that of cleft. 



D. iii 12 ; A. 7 ; P. 10. Anterior dorsal spine about same length 

 as 2nd, ending in a large tassel-like lobe about % the length of the 

 spine, with numerous flattened short tentacles which sometimes 

 have ciliated edges ; 3rd spine equals f length of 1st ; both 2nd and 

 3rd spines with short tentacles ; no membrane between 3rd spine 

 and soft dorsal. Skin covered with rough spines, which are bifid or 

 trifid ; a few cutaneous filaments which are longer and ciliated on 

 chin. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), body with dark reticulating lines ; 

 dark cross-bars on vertical fins, about five on soft dorsal, three on 

 anal, and five on caudal. 



One specimen, 72 mm. in length, from Durban Museum. 



ANTENNARIUS PINNICEPS, Commers. 



Teeth, cardiform on jaws and palatines. Eyes high up, small, 

 oval, 2i diameters from end of snout and 2 times in interorbital 

 width ; mouth vertical. 



D. iii 12 ; A. 7 ; P. 10. Anterior dorsal spine same length as 2nd, 

 3 times diameter of eye in length and terminating in 3 lanceolate 

 flaps, the 2 outer of which are as long as the spine, the inner about 



