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LOPHIUS. 



The head very wide, depressed, with protuberances; mouth capacious, 

 armed with formidable teeth. On the head long, separate, moveable 

 tendrils, distinct from, the dorsal fins, which are two in number. Skin 

 soft, without scales. Pectoral fins fleshy and horizontal, formed like 

 arms, the bones of which resemble the bones of the human arm, but 

 in reality answer to the bones of the wrist. Ventral fins like feet. 

 The gill membrane wide, supported by long bony rays; the gills 

 themselves on each side formed of three arches, opening behind the 

 pectoral fins. 



ANGLER. 



TOADFISH. FROGFISH. FISHING FROG. SEA DEVIL 



Rana piscatrix, R. marina, 

 LojpMus piscatonus, 



Lophie Baudroie, 

 Baudroie Pecheresse, 

 Lopldus piscatorius, 



JoNSTON; Table 11, f. 8, p. 37. 



"WiLLOUGHBY; p. 84, Table E 1. 



LinnjEus. Cuviee. 



Geiffith's Cuvier, pi. 44. 



Bloch; pi. 87. Donovan; pi. 101. 



Lacepede. 



Eisso. 



Fleming; Br. Animals, p. 214. 



Jenyns; Manual, p. 389. 



Yarrell; Br. Fishes, vol. i, p. 305. 



GuNTHER; Cat. Br. M., vol. iii. 



This appears to be the fish which is described by Caius 

 under the name of Ceruchus, but he does not seem to be 

 aware that it had been noticed by any other writer; and 

 indeed it may be true as he remarks, that he was the first 

 that gave a precise description of it. 



The remarkable form of this fish, in connection with its still 

 more remarkable manners, had attracted the attention of 

 observers of nature from the earliest times; and, strange to 



